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I wish the Chinese had made a crap virus. Unfortunately, this one seems pretty dodgy to me - easily passed on and has potential to kill.....wish it would fall apart like most Chinese tat!

This is the original seller - Forestry Trailers and Cranes - Contact Us WWW.USED-TRACTOR.CO.UK

Here we go - palms+8+tonne - Google Search WWW.GOOGLE.CO.UK That is where the real one is or was, Edenbridge Kent, funny as I lived there for 18 years! The scum has just nicked this guys pics! Get wise!!!

Ask the fella if you can pick it up with cash on pickup. He will probably decline judging by his lack of feedback.

Just had a look around and CPUs are now commonly 6 and 8 core. My lappy is X4 and is pretty sprightly on all the normal stuff that you....and I do. When booting, mine used to take 3-5 minutes after a few years abuse. I used to turn it on and make a cuppa before using it. I reckon it is around 15 seconds now due to a SSD I fitted a while ago and that is with the same drive image being used and cost around £40. I have upgraded memory to 1GB and both are pretty easy mods. It has stayed that way and did the wifes desktop a year ago, same issues and bingo...super fast boot up time, no turning it on 30 mins before use! I just checked and mine is 10 years old and that is sooooooo long in computing terms but, it really shows that if you don't need games or are doing highly intensive graphics rendering or the like, all you need is an old banger with a bit of extra zip from memory and SSD. You could buy a decent 5 year old laptop making sure the processor is at least X4 core and then put around £60-80 of bits in it and bingo...it will blow you away! Lots of companies do refurb laptops for a couple of hundred £, just don't start thinking that you are going to use any more than 20% of the performance of a modern laptop surfing the net so why pay a fortune for it?

Are the sides leather? It looks like a cloth backing and wonder if only the tops are leather, the rest PVC? The only way of strengthening it is from the underside and that would be a sod to do.

Fast boot up times means SSD (solid state hard disk) and is the way to go, I upgraded mine and OMG, as fast as I can sit down, put my password in and go on the internet, the thing is already there. Quad core CPU is good although not sure what the latest incarnation is. I have been using an old Fujitsu 7-8 yrs and it has lasted well albeit upgraded memory and SSD, Lenovos are also good. If you are just surfing and doing a bit of paperwork then you don't need a real high spec - Games are the big user of power and if you are not a big gamer then you don't really need a high end lappy. I would look for the best CPU, memory can always be updated at a later date if necessary. If you do a lot of office work and like the Microsoft experience then go that route, there are other machines running Android and the like available. Try to match the machine to your needs rather than spending ££££££ on things you will never use.

Is the saw revving out to 13-14Krpm, if it is and your fuel/oil is mixed correctly then that is the most logical issue that may cause this problem. You could empty the oil tank, flush it out, remove the bar and chain then fire it up and see if it still smokes. Most two strokes smoke a bit when cold but clean up once warm.

I read Michael Caines Auto biography - Elephant to Hollywood....BTW excellent book - he did one of these war films in some God forsaken country and the whole cast and crew went down with Dysentery....except him and his theory was.... he was swigging a bottle of Vodka a day at the time as he was a bit of a raging alcoholic and his theory was that the voddy made his body a wasteland for bacteria and killed pretty much anything that came near it.....got me thinking

Yup, after a bad day, I thought I would try to fire it up and despite the wife's chastising, it went pretty well. I reckon we should have a day when we fire up our loudest machines to thank the NHS....reckon it may be a glorious day

And £5 on eBay...good to know!

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The GT85 was to break down the old oil in the bore to make it easier to turn over and hoped when it ignited, it would pull the fuel through rather than breaking my back which it did. Got two of these saws, one is a 1-40 and is 1960s 80cc with a lowered cylinder and a bit of porting. This one is the 595 and is 100cc but haven't done much work to it....yet! Around 1970s in date.

Just a bit of GT85 and old oil burning off, nothing to worry about

Well, I got the old bastard out today, never had it running as it is near impossible to pull over. These old bangers had a screw in the carb where you remove it, take the spark plug out and then pull it over enthusiastically until the fuel pisses out of the top of the carb. once it does this, you replace the screw and pull over the saw enthusiastically which I did and sprayed a bit of GT85 up the carb to make it pop helping the fuel along and bingo, lots of smoke and a running saw. VID_20200422_165510095.mp4

A bit extreme, the beauty of the two stroke is set port timing, very few moving parts and complexity compared to a four stroke engine. But - go ahead and I guess most of us have 6 weeks + of being locked up so plenty of time to fiddle....good luck!

I emailed them today as I couldn't add parts on backorder as I would normally and was told that their suppliers are shutting up shop and they will not be able to supply them until this pandemic is over. I have just tried and it looks like you can still add Husqvarna parts to your basket. With Stihl parts, this doesn't work - unfortunate as 90% of my work is Stihl in my area.

If L&S haven't got the parts in stock, they won't be able to supply as the supply chain is shutting down and it is causing a few issues for me and probably others. I guess all parts suppliers will be similar unless you want aftermarket.

What is the reason to know the duration and opening timings of your saw? TBH, you will need a timing wheel, a method of fixing it to your saw, a pointer and then there are a number of ways that the durations can be expressed so you will need to get your head round those if comparing them. A little knowledge can sometimes be dangerous!

Not tried the ball ones as they are a bit pricy but use a 2 or 3 stone small bore ones. They do the job as long as you don't go mad. Get rid of any transfer first and then hone it.

The type of pump depends on how you use it. Backup saw then Hyway may last but if it is a daily use saw, OEM all day long.

Looks like we have a bit of trouble ahead, parts are now in constraint, suppliers are only supplying what they have in stock and the supply chain is running dry. Not good news!

Yes, carb off and is under the cover with the brass angled pipe sticking out of it - about the diameter of a pencil and really needs pulling out as it can have dried scum in it which isn't that apparent. If it isn't picking up cleanly from idle then a small anticlockwise turn on the L screw may sort your issue. Doing this may lower your idle speed and is 100% normal and it will also need a slight tweak. The oil pump adjuster - there is a gear connected to the pump shaft. The gear has an ANGLED flat top and the adjuster varies the amount the gear moves sideways (Not rotationally). More movement means more oil. The adjuster has a small ball on the end of it and if it is close to the centre of the gear, it pumps less. If it is near the edge, it pumps much more as the whole shaft and gear move more. It makes sense if you have the thing in front of you!

Courgettes, Cucumber, Toms (Cherry and normal), Lettuce, Chilli and chives all doing well in the green house, runner beans in pots seeds just planted, Spring onions in the ground and doing well. The only hindrance has been a cat shitting in my veggie patch so have had to put a fence around it....I hate shitting cats! Haven't done all this for years, one of the positive aspects to this Chinese Virus!

Yes, caught me out once and always pressure test them now.