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A few winters ago, I was driving through a local village only to see a sign saying "Road Closed, Flooded", I said to Er Indoors..."Bollocks, it can't be that bad"! I ripped along for half a mile and......Forking hell....it was a bloody lake, I thought I had hit Dover and gone off the edge, was that France over the flooding lake I had just driven the company motor in to up to the wheel arches. Reverse doubly quick, keep the revs up, lots of steam...bugger me that was close, red face and follow diversion signs to home!

I tried the rat trap with peanut butter on a bit of crust and it disappeared without setting the trap off so reckon the resident mouse has been nibbling - we see it out in the garden regularly so know we have one but also have a lot of squirrels.

Cucumbers are good, a mouse keeps nibbling the courgettes and they aren't that great, peppers are forming as are the toms but well off eating. Spring onions are fab...loads this year. This weather is crap!

The time has come for me to sell on my two old vintage McCullochs one is a 1-40 80cc as here- http://www.acresinternet.com/cscc.nsf/ed1d619968136da688256af40002b8f7/ede77d0a9e0194cf88256b000069ceaf?OpenDocument This must be around 60 years old and still works....if you know how to start them. The other is a McCulloch 595 and is in fact 103cc circa mid 1960s and has heaps of compression and a roller solid tip bar - very interesting design - I am looking for very sensible offers - Pics below VINTAGE CHAINSAW COLLECTION: MCCULLOCH 595. VINTAGECHAINSAWCOLLECTION.BLOGSPOT.COM MANUFACTURED BY: McCULLOCH MOTORS OF EUROPE, A. SPINOYTRATT.5, MECHELEN, BELGIUM. SERIES OR ASSEMBLY NUMBER: 600110, serial prefix A12...

Not sure what is worse, a dose of the Covid or watching England play!!

I am taking that this machine is perhaps 1-2 years old, on a machine this age, an air leak is very unusual. The unstable idle, first thing I would check when the revs increase and won't go back to the idle first set is that the carb is shutting off as it should. Yo may be releasing the throttle lever but the cable may be routed incorrectly and holding the carb open. I do this by pushing on the arm the cable is connected to so the carb throttle valve is pushed completely shut as you may have some issue with the cable that holds it open. If the revs drop back to normal, you have found your issue. If the revs still race, it may be a lean L screw, sometimes when they are set a bit lean, the idle becomes a bit unstable - manufacturers like them lean as they can certify their equipment as EPA compliant! Much comes back to getting the carb set by someone who knows what they are doing, 1/4 turn out on the L and H screw may sort your issues. A lean L screw will make it more difficult to start, be more unstable on idle and may bog if you give it a fistful of revs from idle. A lean H screw may make the engine falter and bog instead of revving out cleanly. How is your air filter? If it is a bit blocked, this can give some issues. The carb colour can give you some interesting info. If the machine is low hours, it is unlikely to have any serious issues. One KM94 I did had your symptoms and a new fuel filter fixed it after a carb tune did very little!

Probably Stihl Hexagonal screws, just get the correct driver and turn the H screw out 1/4 turn and try that for starters. It often brings the engine to life. I am taking it the unit is faltering flat out and the idle is OK?

Scrub that, wrong part number, you need - 503 59 16-01!

Worth a phone call.... Stop - Genuine Husqvarna Part - 503 99 16-01 | L&S Engineers WWW.LSENGINEERS.CO.UK Stop. Genuine Husqvarna Part. OEM No. 503 99 16-01 Other than that, possibly make one from a round clamp.

They are for trainers when you are wearing shorts......sartorial nightmare!!! It is easy, sandals at home or the beach (no socks), Boat/Deck shoes when out and about - no socks or short ones if you really must!

The best way is to get all that dirt away from the cylinder base with a paint brush, white spirit and a compressor. Remove the muffler and carb, pop the jug off and then seal the manifold on correctly. The IPL shows some sort of square jubilee clip, yours may have some sort of bodged home made affair. A clip like this, if you can get it still will be a couple of quid only. If you are getting a bit of leakage, you could try liquid gasket. The air leak won't stop the machine running unless it is very excessive where it kills primary compression and vacuum in the crankcase.

Stylish eh

Sliders eh...can't say I like them, bit ladish for my liking!! And socks......that is a faux pas! Not even if they have a St George cross on them!!

The carb should have an adjustable H and L screw. I have just looked at the KM91 IPL on the L&S website and it has the three normal screws. The symptoms you have would appear to be lack of fuel. in this instance, if the diaphragms and carb gauze strainer are OK, I would check the fuel line, change the fuel filter and if the same, rev it up, turn the H screw anticlockwise until the engine is stifled and then turn it in again until it nearly cleans up but doesn't scream. Put some pics up, the adjustment screws will probably be tamper proof hex type.

Glad you haven't changed Matt

Firstly pop off he top cover, take the spark plug out, push it back in to the cap, earth it on the cylinder away from the hole (it can ignite fuel vapour), make sure the stop switch is on and pull the saw over hard and see if the plug sparks. If it does, you can try an old plug with the end electrode bent out and away from the central one and see if that sparks. If it does, it is probably OK. If you get no spark, about all you can do is check for some continuity between the coils if you have the two part coil fitted and measure the continuity from the HT cap to earth, you should get some sort of reading if the HT line is OK. There is no real way to test a coil with a multimeter, all you can do is make sure the wires give some sort of reading to earth meaning they are making contact. If you have no spark, also try using printer paper to regap the coil to flywheel, just make sure it isn't clouting the coil as it spins. Often magnets can lose their magnetism and this can rejuvinate the spark. Non spark could also be a dodgy spark plug!

I saw some of the English football team sporting white socks and mule flip flops and noticed the youth today are more commonly wearing their sandals with socks. I call it depraved and my wife gave me a look like I had run over a puppy when I stuck my sandals on briefly with socks before slipping on shoes when going out. It is a strange phenomena!

Bugger, you could have swung by if much closer

Then you must be a time traveler as I haven't had a front lawn for 15+ years. Can you tell me the lottery numbers for next weekend?

Just think of it as a project when the days are short and it is pissing down with rain. Your cylinder, if scored is shot, your best bet is a Hyway kit or an old good OEM cylinder and perhaps a new piston. Where are you in the country, I throw 026 bits at people to make them go away

You should be able to get an OEM crank easy enough, I have a few scrappers I need to get rid of in the workshop! The cylinder doesn't sound so good, they came in a number of diameters so need to ensure you get the right one for the saw. Not sure what I have in my collection.

You can't say that in todays society old boy!!

Those Abu reels are works of art, angle the brake blocks, release the clutch, use Rocket Fuel and one of the thinnest Varivas lines for extra distance...150gm weight!

I am nothing compared to some ......the record is over 900ft or over 300 yards so 150 is nothing in comparison. Tuned Abu 6300C3CT Multiplier and a 13' Daiwa rod....Started at 50 yards and suddenly hit 100 when I got a pendulum swing going, walked miles casting over grass so you can stick your Pinocchio up your posterior!! Record Casts WWW.OUTDOORLIFE.COM Q Is there a record for the world’s longest cast? What equipment was used, and when was it done? My … Continued