spudulike
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Not trying being disrespectful or making light of what is an awful situation....but..... Are Chicken Kievs now called Chicken Kyiv?
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Air compressor leaking air from elec cable?
spudulike replied to drinksloe's topic in Maintenance help
I got a spare generic unit off eBay that many compressors seem to use and it did the job - keep one spare now. -
Air compressor leaking air from elec cable?
spudulike replied to drinksloe's topic in Maintenance help
There is probably a pressure switch on that box and it has a thick sealing diaphragm in it. It has probably split. Happened to mine and replaced it - wasn't a Clarke but similar. -
Afghanistan!
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So, if the Russians rolled up your high street and you were given a Kalashnikov and an anti tank missile, what would you do? Chuck it all in or give it a go....I think my Grandfathers would turn in their graves if I gave it up! My personal view is they are fighting for their freedom...Shit or Bust as we say. Whatever it is, those civilians are brave in my eyes. Two sides to every tale but that is the way I see it.
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About right, hopefully he has got the message. I have to say total respect to the Ukrainian President, seems like a very passionate fella and hope he comes out of this OK.
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I have had the aluminium splined shaft get twisted usually through using a trimmer head on it and the outer shafts can get bent also.
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Man is a danger to the world......I think that is more like it!!
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It must be one of his own.......
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I had a 525XPT in over the weekend and the purge bulb would depress but was having trouble pulling fuel through and it turned out to be crap in the gauze strainer. I would try to work out the passage of fuel through the carb when the purge is pressed and find out what is stopping the fuel flowing. A blocked gauze strainer, needle/metering arm issue or a gasket sealing the purge channel is the most likely fault but you will only get there with inspecting the thing. No idea if the AM carbs are any good. Worth a try if very cheap.
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Personally I find Putins threats of nuclear missiles a bloody insult. Having lived through much of the cold war, we are used to this threat and TBH - WHERE THE FECKING HELL DOES HE THINK BOTH THE UK AND US NUCLEAR SUBS ARE AND WHERE ARE THEIR BLOODY RAFT OF NUCLEAR SLBMs are POINTED AT.....what a total dick. 5'7" and now bringing out the "Special" toys...WOW what a man
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The bearings are a bit weird, some sort of plastic outside slider carrier and a roller bearing sitting in it. These must slide in to the tube in the correct way. I usually stick some HT Lithium or molybdenum disulphide grease on the bearings and then add a bit of engine oil down the pipe on reassembly. Most of this type of kit suffers from the bearings going dry and rusting then the bearings grenade and the whole lot fails. I reckon you could stuff the tube with a bit of anchor butter and it would last better than no lube whatsoever. I tend to do my own thing and all I know is when they come back a year later....generally the bearings are in good shape compared to how they were when I changed them. Same with hedge trimmer attachments - no grease verses anything gloopy and lubricating - these are all slow moving bearings so anything is better than nothing.
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I think I would be checking the carb gauze strainer and pump gasket first so hopefully the new carb kit may fix it.
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Air filter looks fine to me.
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The bearings are the weak points but I think the weakness is really the owners running them till death rather than greasing them up once in a while. They have their little foibles but once you have fixed a couple, they are pretty simple and save a lot of time and trouble doing smaller tree work. Not sure anyone round here likes fixing them though.
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Funny that...I use the exact same thing and a small lemonade bottle. the two lines from the bottom of oil to a full bottle of petrol is bob on and is enough to half or fully fill most saws. I just don't need too much mix at any one time!
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Helicoil inserts generaly come in 1diameter, 1.5 diameter, 2 diameter................. You just need to work out the length of the thread and work out if it is 1, 1.5 or 2 diameters etc You obviously need a 10mm 1.0mm insert as you said! Best go slightly short rather than longer!
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Not nice!
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Possibly the carb tuning, possibly a carb issue possibly someone has todged a saw out of crap Chinese parts. I did have one with a flappy choke that made it do that - you can pull the choke off with it running and try it without.
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We would be alright without the politicians. Different villages shaking their gardening items at each other would be the worst of it. Seems to me that the real issue is Putins 5'7"....he is a short arse and needs a tall fella to give him a slap with a wet halibut!! About time someone told him to put his toys away.
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I have seen plenty of pistons not look seized but often the piston loses diameter, the ring end gap is over 15 thou and it all means low compression. Have you compared this saw to a working 550/555/560/562 or similar? Very difficult to tell what the compression is like without pulling it over. I have seen fine wood chip in gauze strainers, bagged out metering diaphragms and perforated pump diaphragm flaps on these carbs but difficult to tell without seeing the saw. Have you cleaned the air filter? Is it one of those orange ones? They often look clean but their open mesh areas can often get blocked and it is like running a saw with the choke partially on - the saw runs rich and as you stop cutting the engine loads up with fuel and it dies. Worth checking.
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"Rivet".....put your glasses on old boy.......they are on your head
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Possibly a 625 but could be a 630, both pretty much the same....Serial plate is missing so would need to look at the cylinder to be sure. They are good Pro saws
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Damn, there goes another of my little tricks
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It would help if you stated why you fitted a new carb kit and purge bulb. If the saw was a non runner then ADW is probably correct. It is possible you have installed the carb kit incorrectly or even fitted one with the purge holes missing. The purge should suck on one side and blow on the other. Easy to test with a short length of pipe and a cup of fuel.
