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Feck me...use a fecking small roller and do the rest with a paint brush with whatever fecking shyte you want to splodge on your fence/shed/wooden garden construction. Anything that makes my wood last longer is good with me.....I can hear you tittering at the back BTW😉👍

The MS200T is a sought after machine and to use aftermarket parts on it will degrade its value. Saying that, you will be able to get away with some parts but not others. On the cylinder kit, getting an OEM kit is pretty much near impossible so Meteor is probably the best option now. Carb - the accelerator pump will need replacing or sealing, personally I usually replace the part, aftermarket carb kits are OK or purchase from Rowan Carbs. Bearings, the main bearings are pretty weird things so stick to OEM. I found aftermarket nitryl seals worked well. Some plastic parts may be OK but I used to try to get decent second hand OEM parts from eBay rather than Chinese and charge/inform my customers as such. Personally, a decent MS200T is worth a fair bit so would stick to OEM where possible.

🥱🥱🥱Can't you just start your own thread, call it "Bitching" or something similar and keep your arguments to that thread as nobody is really interest in who earns what, what cars they drive or any of the other shyte that is being thrown about this site on a daily basis. My pointer is hovering on the "ignore this topic" button....the same way the "Covid" thread went!

Funnily enough, it is and have had the pleasure (or may be the displeasure 😉) to meet many of the fellas on this site including Rich and Joe so no need to tell anyone who I am or what I do.....mostly complaining bitterly about the state of their and others saws👍.

ISAs are a 5 year + investment, they aren't a get rich quick commodity but a very decent foundation to any investment strategy. Normal shares will incur capital gains tax on sale but apart from the tax you have paid on earning the money in the first place, the ISA gains are tax free on sale or crystallisation as the FAs like to call it. You just picked a bit of a volatile time to acquaint yourself with personal investment.😱

Whatever.

Figures👍

Been doing ISAs since I was 27 years or PEPs as they were then, they are a foundation of any personal investment and should work side by side with a pension scheme. The pension gives you an initial tax free investment, and ISA gives you tax free gains at the end. You should be looking at doubling your money every 5-7 years but as I said, invest your dividends giving you compound growth and keep paying in as you can afford. Sounds like Trumpy has rolled off the tariffs to 10% so tomorrow should be interesting 👍 What do you want 1% guaranteed annual interest or the possibility of 10%, 20% gains up and down overnight. It is a rollercoaster and is a bit of a laugh😬

Ever thought about a career in diplomacy?

Keep the thing going, reinvest dividends, history shows it will gain in time, despite tango coloured issues.

The XPG and XP are the same metalwork but the "G"has a circular magnet bonded to the back of the flywheel. As others have said, the most common cause will be a sheared flywheel key. A really dodgy Chinese coil gone bad may cause backfiring but less likely. How are you doing up the flywheel? A piston stop and torque wrench may be best. I suspect a rattle gun!

Yup, worldwide stocks have crashed. That is any investment in equity including pensions plummeting. My advice to anyone is to ride it out. It may take 4 years until his term ends or even sooner if someone takes him out. I would imagine even his supporters will get a bit miffed when they see 15-20% wiped off their pensions. Happy days.

Well, that did it🙄

No disrespect and you can always ignore my advice but I would staple a bit of damp proof plastic on the inside and bottom of those timbers to get the best life out of them. They rot in time where they contact damp soil so lining makes sense IMO. Looks like a nice job and I happened to have a reel of damp course plastic available when I did a similar job on the old house veggie garden. This sort of thing: - https://www.screwfix.com/p/damplas-damp-proof-course-black-30m-x-225mm/284YN?gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwzMi_BhACEiwAX4YZUP2GOBV9CbXqtt_IWjHFoLilvnEn7n44DMj49mcX8wRpeBSFUEQoDxoC9AwQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

Flat file to deburr and a bench grinder with the foot set at an angle to achieve a level grind then flat file to smooth. When a bar goes well out of kilter, probably best to purchase a new one as the rails may be splayed as well - you can hammer them flat but is a tricky one.

I purchased a wok for the wife's Christmas present once, it still gets brought up years later, as does the pie maker a year later.....I thought they were pretty good presents. Blokes are like a dog with two dicks when they get an electric drill as a present but give a girl a food processor😡

Horrible grippy grabby things angle grinders. I never feel happy using one but they are a means to an end. The last job was cutting a 60s cast iron bath in to three pieces...fecking thing. I would rather use a chainsaw any day.

Take a look at the IPL below and make sure the components are in the correct order. It sounds like on securing the blade, the gears are forced further together than they should be. Check part "4" as it may be in the incorrect position. Possibly screws "16" are too long and not original?

This Vance bloke, I thought he was OK on the Friday Rock Show but he is losing his way with this latest venture.

Blimey, he has turned in to Martin Lewis but on a serious note, he is spot on. You need 35 years of paid up NI, if you opted out of SERPs or are not sure and need to check, you can do so but may need your self employment Government Gateway info or a phone call.

As Stubby said, one of these in working condition is only worth around £50. Just chuck it in and see if you have any comeback on the source you got it from as it is fake junk and has never seen Germany.

At 50, you are at the top of the ski slope and have just starting sliding down, It will only get worse, Ibuprofen is your friend...just call it "vitamin I" if you need to feel better about taking it.

As a B&S master technician, do you wield a light sabre?👍

Ah, I understand your logic now, I thought you were losing it😉

If you take the plugs out and turn the engine over slowly, you should see the piston rising to top dead centre (TDC) and both tappets on one cylinder rising to fully up so both valves are sealing for the compression leading to power stroke. At this point, make sure there is a small gap under each tappet by moving it up and down feeling for a small amount of play caused by the normal clearance between tappet and valve. If there is no clearance, the tappet needs backing off (the valve seat may also be damaged) or if the gap is massive, you may have a stuck valve. The fuel pump working wont prove decent compression. A reading of +/- 10 - 15 psi between both cylinders will prove that either both cylinders/pistons are shagged or they are OK. Not sure what reading to expect on mowers but 140+ should be OK on a cold engine. I would normally check the carb out, if the needle is leaking, it will cause flooding of the engine.