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TX200 = £480 or cheaper if secondhand Impact Mk11 - £1700 new Just depends on how much you use a bit of kit, my Air Arms S300 was £100, £50 for an aftermarket magazine, Big Chinese Tele - £40, Mounts £20, pump £60 secondhand, £20 silencer and bobs your uncle, PCP on a budget. The OP was after a BSA meteor and you can pick those up for £50-80.

I don't sell modified bits but have done MMs on mufflers supplied to me in the past. Just PM me and will pull a price together although it is a sod of a job. Looks like Wes uncurled the join on his, I found it easier to cut and braze although either takes quite a time so won't come cheap.

Wes is pretty much there, the gubbins inside the muffler really needs to be removed and does make a difference to the power of the saw, ported or just MMed. I cut the muffler in half and then remove the baffles and then braze it back together with a larger outlet either ground or a let in pipe. I tend to do conservative muffler mods (Gay as Wes calls them) where they give the desired end result without waking the dead in the next country!! Much of the work I do goes to work on domestic and commercial companies working in towns and cities where excessive noise isn't welcomed. The Forestry guys really don't give a damn as trees don't complain so anything goes but avoid front exiting ports especially directly opposite the exhaust port!

You do realise that you are going to pile on a shed load of weight when you get behind a desk to do your work! I lost 2 stone when I did the opposite from sitting at a desk to standing up all day. It really shows what a desk job does for you! Better take up serious cycling, running or walking if you aren't already.

Yup, it does sound like it has a big air leak. Possibly seals, impulse line if of rubber tube construction, cylinder gasket failed etc. Best to pressure and vac check it otherwise you may get away with it by changing the seals but would get it checked.

If there is no baffle in the muffler it will be stupidly loud and only suitable if you are using in in the middle of nowhere using earplugs AND ear defenders! It goes against one of my major muffler mod rules and is bourn out by a customer in Ireland who is now partially deaf using something similar imported from the US before I did him a proper useable MM which he is happy with!

Just work out what you may like to clean in it and double up on the size. 2-3l should be ample if just doing a carb or two. I can't say I use mine much and only resort to it if the carb has been cleaned with spray cleaners, has been refurbished and still has running issues. To use it on every rebuild would be uneconomical and a PITA. They won't clean bio oil off cylinders or anything like that but are decent at getting crud and resins off carbs etc. Keep your fingers out of them though - I have heard it can damage the structure of your bones etc. Ripped this off one advert, sounds awful if true - The article recounts the story of a seaman who put his feet in an ultrasonic cleaner for a few minutes, said that it felt ‘good and relaxing’, pulled his feet out, stood up and applied full bodily weight only to shatter all the bones in feet. While we don’t have any independent verification of this story we still highlight it as it has a high probability of being true. Let us reiterate: Never run an ultrasonic cleaner with living organs in it.

BTW, when ADW talks of a "Large Compression Spring", he basically means that if you prize it out, it will explode out of the cover like one of those Aliens out of John Hurt in the film Aliens. Best cover in rag before prizing and only remove it if you need to as it will be a fecker to return in to whence it came from....be warned!

Looks to me to be ready for the Red Bull Soap Box Challenge!

Nope, ceased production in the late 80s! I think the OP is probably reminiscing about childhood - makes him mid 50s I reckon!

We get them in the garden and they often go very loopy, chasing their tails, jumping in the air and all sorts, strange behaviour but funny to watch.

Cheers Steve, I just thought of the meteor, as that is what we had as kids. But yes, an airsporter sounds ideal, I may buy a kit with sights, gun bag etc all included. If you can stretch a bit further, PCP air rifles are truly brilliant, zero recoil, very low noise with a silencer and very accurate although you will need a pump or gas cylinder as well. I guess I was lucky to get my Airarms S300 for £100 as most seem to be up in the £350 bracket. If you are looking at springers on a budget, the Airarms TX200 is pretty sweet, got one of those as well!

You blokes sure know how to party.......

The Airsporter or Mercury would be a better bet and a telescopic sight gives you more accuracy. Not sure a Meteor would be up to dispatching rats as they are pretty indestructible unless you hit them just right and it is always best to kill them in a humane manner.

I am sure we can rock up Gin Gang Goolie.........Oh er missus that sounds a bit rude

Husqvarna had a few heat related and also air filtration problems on the 550 and other saws so the air filter system has been modified as well as trying to duct away as much heat as possible. Not seen one in yet so don't know much more than that.

Looks like Stubby and I had similar ideas. I personally love my hollow body Ibanez Artcore, very light and with a Les Paul style neck so very easy to live with and for £200 and another few pounds of new pickups, sounds pretty good. I liked it that much I got a similar solid body, sort of PRS style with Les Paul thrown in. Just setting it up, dressing the frets, doing the truss rod and have filled a few dings as it was cheap but a bit "well used".

You are talking to a man with a ported blower and strimmer!!

Top cover....just saying darling

Here we go, bashing the couriers although Robs issue does sounds a bit extreme! I use DHL who were Ipostparcels and Parcelforce, I receive parcels from UPS, APC, Hermes, DPD, Yodel etc etc. Our DHL guy was a Romanian, also called Marius ...we called him Marion but he was always fab, his replacement, also Romanian is also a polite grafter and never an issue. The Parcelforce bloke...Darren is excellent as is our postman but don't tell him as it will go to his head. At this time of year, the couriers deal with Black Friday that lasts two weeks, cyber Monday, pre Christmas sales, Boxing day sales and then on to New Year Day sales. Their workload goes north of 100 -150 drops a day. I always help them shift my shipments to the van and get to the door fast...anything to help. You have to see both sides as most couriers don't take on extra drivers so expect more from their drivers which defies logic and tend to sympathise with them. Most by far do a good job.

They are my go to parts supplier and are good in my opinion and also good on the rare occasion an incorrect part is supplied.

I am beginning to see quite a lot of MS200Ts in with cheap Chinese top ends. What's the difference - the Chinese ones look to be in OK condition but pull around 130psi and don't run well. A decent Stihl kit will pull 150psi when well worn, 170psi on a relatively fresh engine and have seen 220psi on a ported new OEM Stihl cylinder kit. The difference is the torque and cut speed in larger cuts, it is very noticeable. It is simple to tell the difference between the kits, the Chinese ones tend to have no markings on the cylinder transfer mouldings, the Stihl ones will have part codes and manufacturers name on them.

I had a cup of Ryan Air tea spilt all over me on my return from Malta in November, I know it wasn't good when my arse started to burn and stood up and felt like I was wearing a soiled nappy. I think the passengers started getting worried about my lack of composure so dried the seat and sat down. Fortunately it all dried off by the time we landed. Flight crew did say I could sort myself out in the Loo but unless there was an industrial size hand drier at knee height in there, I didn't see what I could do to help. Perhaps I should sue - burns, new coat, new jeans, new undercrackers, damage to my man bits......what a load of balls

Why

Yup, I fully agree. I had a 20 year career in manufacturing and had hydraulic/ flywheel presses, large print and robotic machines under my management. we HAD to check all guards on a shift basis, train the staff to do and sign to say the equipment was checked. In this case it is a mix of the seller not stating the equipment needed the guards fixing and the new owners just putting it to work with no form of risk analysis or repair put in place.