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  1. gensetsteve
    I had a 20 hp ford with a cab. Actually made by shiburu or similar. Rear door was missing went to order a new one £570.00. Found the pto jumped out so took it back to the dealer for a refund glad to see the back of it. I hate ford stuff but the old tractors were fairly good just watch out for porous blocks. I have a kubota 3 cylinder in my small forklift. The previous owner left the original air filter in from 1982 until it stopped running then I bought it. Needless to say the compression is knackered but it still drags its butt out the shed on a cold morning and runs all day on a pint of cherry
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    The jag engine and discovery are the same. Made by ford sometimes ok more often than not crap. Shame you don't want a 4x4 because the 4.2 straight six is a very high pressure direct injection and very durable and reliable. I think the 4 cyl merc is good and the v6 never gives our local merc dealer any problems. The 6 cyl bmw engines are good with the swirl flaps out. The 4 cylinder is cheap crap assembled in South Wales.
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    If it was me I would be looking for what I call a little big tractor as you say. Above 60 hp below 100 hp. Later on it may be useful on a processor. I found small compacts and Japanese horrendous on part prices. May be a ford 4600 Massey 135 with cab or similar.
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    I look after the emergency generators in most of the big shopping centres around the country. So we are in a consumer shed at least once a week . I find it strange they lay in a shopping centres getting their eyebrows plucked, getting dyed orange and tottering miles on high heels and the women are no better.
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    I reckon with the beer goggles on I have had worse
  6. gensetsteve
    Good to hear I sometimes wonder if it's a bit strange having a generator engineer on an arb forum for 6 years merry Christmas to all
  7. gensetsteve
    I never realised people took it so seriously how do you know if you are one of the irritating ones or am I about to find out
  8. gensetsteve
    I love dates but found its best not to eat too many if your going waterskiing off shore
  9. gensetsteve
    Yes but they may have just towed his car of his drive and crushed it especially if he was 20 minutes over.
  10. gensetsteve
    I think that ship has sailed here I have owned a few landrovers plenty of rainbows when they been through. I think it helps towards a self healing drive way
  11. gensetsteve
    Where will I now get ham that has the texture and taste like its been dragged around the bottom of a parrots cage. Stale ginger bread houses and disgusting custard creams. No more broken bargain Chinese tools to clutter the workshop. The kids are delighted as they no longer need to break their teeth on the breakfast cereals.
  12. gensetsteve
    Well I rang aldi today and spending £211.00 and filling two trolleys not a good reAson to get my penalty notice cancelled for the following reasons. The average time an aldi shopper is in is 27 minutes. As a driver it is my responsability to check their signs every time I enter their car parks in case they have changed their terms and conditions. If I did not comply with the terms and conditions in a council car park I would get a ticket so why is theirs any different. I explained I had the reciept but mislaid the penalty notice and the woman said no problem they would be sending plenty more. I was polite and civil and was so gob smacked when I put the phone down I rang back again to check I was actually speaking to aldi customer service and not some sharky parking outfit. All I can say is my weekly shop cost £70 more at aldi and you get what you pay for. Their loss not mine it's christmas
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    I had a hakki pilki processor with gravity fed oil supply to the bar. A winter grade oil would have been great. You can always turn the tap down if it flows too fast but on full bore if it won't flow you are a bit stuck. As for mixing mineral with bio I only made that mistake once big sticky jelified mess time to get the steam cleaner out. Not sure if it would make much difference on a gear pump chainsaw although different grades may get over a worn pump problem.
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    Imo I would say the same possibly honda have the edge. A single cyl air cooled 3000 rpm engine is never going to be the best. I noticed overhaul times are about 2200 hours and the warranty last time I looked on the yanmar was about 2000 hrs. If looked after I would expect 4-5000 hours out of them. But I would expect 30-40,000 hours out of a 1500 rpm watercooled 3/4 cylinder quality engine.
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    Put 300 concrete railway sleepers down last year. Some lesser used areas have woodchip which works well as long as you don't take the bobcat over it, the mud bit is just mud stay off it till the summer.
  16. gensetsteve
    The small diameter of the hose could be causing the pressure relief valve to dump. If it's been doing this for a while it may have damaged the valve. Also if it's a rotory lance for a bigger machine the jet will be too big. Or it could be a combo of all above
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    I like a big saw for firewood when it's all 2 - 3 ft butts it's easier to just work from one side. Also for ringing up firewood you are not taking the weight of the saw its just supported in the cut.
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    I would imagine with the mild weather and plenty of cord about most log people are not interested in arb arisings. With log prices trying to compete with low oil it's hard enough to make easy cord pay without hauling crowns and knotty lumps back to the yard even if it's free. If the weather turns cold and the cord dries up things will be different get it while you can.
  19. gensetsteve
    The domestic house hold breakers are often more accurate and kinder to the windings than the stuff fitted to small generators as standard. Unless you spend a lot of money it will be difficult to get a breaker to prevent a gradual overload. If the breaker cuts out at exactly 10 amps then it will pop every time you start a motor. The best thing to protect your generator windings is the operator. Guess how many amps you can build up gradually on a 13 amp plug fuse before it blows.
  20. gensetsteve
    Needs a new door lock common fault but cheap part at £70. I don't think they replace just bushes they cut the whole wishbone in half with a grinder and chuck it away. New wish bone about £130 + vat + fitting. Eml is probably turbo actuator starting to stick open when you give it some welly. Not sure if a squirt of wd 40 will help it that's if you can see it or get to it. I bid 20 k on the land crusier which was 3 k more than it was booked. I think he may have been a bit of an odd bod as he sold it into Tanzania and they are hard to deal with.
  21. gensetsteve
    I was young and immature. Looks like I am in for some severe punishment for being 9 minutes over. No comment until my solicitor arrives. I said enough already
  22. gensetsteve
    I agree but maybe 2 hours would be better especially around Christmas. I filled two large trolleys and never went anywhere else. If they are not reasonable I will by a pint of milk next time and get the rest in lidl .
  23. gensetsteve
    I am going to talk nicely to Aldi I was in their store the whole time. I have a little bit of history re wheel clamp, petrol disc cutter. Apparently those big clamps cost £700.00
  24. gensetsteve
    Probably the best on the market. Not perfect as it's still only a single cyl air cooled engine but as good as you will get unless you spend over 6 k. Incredibly quiet but make sure you get the p6000s and not the p6000. I think I have sold one this week but need to check how much I pay for them now.
  25. gensetsteve
    Purely aldi was a big shop but excellent value when your used to there stuff. Some of it is :puke: but a lot of it is twice the quality and half the price. I am going to get those rotating number plates like James bond would be ideal on those average speed cameras as well.

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