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Well that is about as embarrassing as it can get and the excuse means that if we cut a tree down each day of the week, by the last one, we haven't a clue how we got there, what to cut it down with, what kit we may need and what to do with it if we actually manage to cut it down safely!!! Farcical joke is being polite!

125psi is damn low, not sure about this machine but would have been happier with 150-170psi. The carb settings should be 1+1 and the symptoms sound like an air leak to me especially with it not snapping down to idle properly and revving high even though the idle screw is fully out. The air has to be coming from somewhere. Have you checked the inlet manifold (plastic part) isn't cracked and all the correct gaskets are in place?

Fine if you were a dictator and had control of the local thugs, not so good in a democracy where everyone had an equal say.

Tis a bad thing to open up a muffler on your chainsaw, it may end up in porting your blower, strimmer and hedge trimmer

Shame the location isn't in the Avatar by the side of our posts like it used to be....Stevie B.....how about a tweak?

I guess if my village were building a house using the people within the village, others may think that it was a great community idea and want to be part of it but unfortunately, the village is small and only has limited space to live in and food etc to feed the inhabitants. I think if I were project managing the building of the house or even part of the community, I would assess the skill set of the village and perhaps interview outsiders with the skills the village didn't have and take on the ones that would get the job done faster, better and to budget. Seems logical to me!

No good for me as I am North Hertfordshire, anyone else nearer Glasgow?

It has been a month now, would have thought the OP would have fixed it by now!

Where are you? Perhaps one of our resident techs may help out? Reckon it is time all members listed the county they are based in, it may help when asking for saw technical advice then someone local could help out. You may be in the next village...who knows!

Chopped my leg off today, only a flesh wound

Bit more Red Rocket than FS1E! Bloody loud, think it is crisper than the McCulloch 595 and 1-40s I have that pop out flames!

If it doesn't idle well, there is a mechanical adjustment on the carb but it isn't that obvious as on normal carbs. You need to make sure there are no other reasons why the saw isn't running well like the piston isn't damaged and the carb components are OK but beyond that, it may just need a new AT unit as they do fail.

I was just making a statement on the taxation on cash gifts and liability on taxation - one way or another tax and death are the two certainties in life!

I have similar with a 261 and find that if you are not careful, they are easy to flood. When you start them warm, you are often better not to start it on full choke but leave it on the normal running position. Go through the normal anti flooding procedure - plug out, upside down, pull it over hard for 10 pulls. let it dry overnight, stick the plug back and try to start again. Only do the choke for 5 pulls and if it doesn't pop, hold the throttle open and pull the saw over hard with the throttle held full open and the decomp out - redneck style! If it is still bad then it is possible the AT unit is cocked or the piston is a bit iffy!

It is about the loudest I have, fitted the tail pipe to quieten it and it worked a treat

Had some time on Monday to play with my 066, this is the one where the Red Eye coil failed and I fitted an aftermarket MS660 one plus it has had the full works and an expansion pipe fitted. I had tried it and it was a bit flat TBH. I re-measured the ignition advance, this is done by fitting a timing wheel, marking the flywheel and marking the crankcase or fitting a scale like I did with TDC, 10, 20 and 30 degrees on it. You then fire up the saw and strobe it with a timing gun. Bugger, it was running at around 40 degrees rather than around 30 The spec states 27.5 - 32 degrees. Refitted the flywheel and double bugger, it was now at around 50 degrees The scale needs to be re-graduated each time the flywheel is moved on the crank but it was 50 and kicked like a mule. I have fitted a decomp - a Husqvarna large holed one that makes it a little easier to spin over. Did the flywheel move again, there is no key on the crank and adjustment is a bit hit and miss but the scale and a piston stop helps. The measurement this time was 30 degrees and checking a normal MS660 was 25 degrees so am happy with that, the extra advance will give more torque and a brief go showed it seemed to go much better.

Perhaps your Mrs has fried the Credit card buying your Christmas Present

Inheritance tax on cash gifts is tapered in so much as if you die a few days later, you get full tax but as time goes on toward seven years, the tax reduces to zero at seven years or more.

https://www.ft.com/content/3ddaff78-fb68-11e6-96f8-3700c5664d30 I find that people tend to fall in to Property, Equity or "going to spend it all" category's depending on what they have been involved in during their life!

That's called hedging I believe

That's life with all investments, gauging the time to pull out or just stick with it if history has shown that recovery will come good in the long run. With Bitcoin, there are no rules and no history so consolidating decent gains may be prudent but what do I know. They may keep climbing or collapse overnight and never come back, it is all unchartered ground!

Not sure if you are asking a question but that is correct, any money paid in to a pension will get tax relief with pension payments to a maximum of £40K. Anything over that will not incur tax relief. If you are self employed, as I am, any payment in to your personal pension will get tax relief using the methods as I have already stated. I was PAYE employee for many years so had to go through how pensions and self employment work.

A profit is only a profit when the investment is cashed in for cash in the bank.....same with all investments!

NO, it works for all pensions as far as I am aware. I am self employed and my earnings are taxed through self assesment then I pay some in to my pension and they then get the tax back and pay it in to my pension. The other method is to pay earnings in to the pension, don't get the pension company to retrieve the tax element and then declare the pension payment on your self assessment and you won't get taxed on that part of your earnings. If you do both the above, it is fraud and you may get done if caught so make sure you only get a single dollop of tax relief!

I did mention this when comparing Pensions and ISAs, worth another mention though as many have a mental block with investments.