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That looks like the wear you get just before the sprocket when running a chain too loose but never seen it that far down a bar before. Possible that you have a pinch on the bar causing a tight spot.

Yes but what were the bad bits

Blimey, that is a bit harsh even by my standards, you getting cold turkey now you have finished that Downton Abbey box set you got for Christmas

The case is plastic, the HT would only short to earth, in this case, the engine, it won't travel through plastic. Is the HT cap on the plug correctly, is the HT cap connected to the HT lead correctly?

The only thing generating electricity is the coil and this is joined to the HT cable and that joins the spark plug. Are you holding the saws handles when you get these shocks? Is the saw running? It is possible but unlikely that you are charging yourself with static through synthetic clothing and that is earthing through the saw but through plastic handles.....extremely unlikely, unless it is through the bar.......weird!

Point the bar tip at a freshly cut piece of wood and rev the saw - you should lay down a nice line of oil pretty much immediately. Is this on all your machines or just one? Are the oil pumps set to maximum? Especially if you are using a longer bar. Are your chains sharpened regularly, blunt chains kill bars. I am assuming that you are using the correct chain for the bar, not 1.5mm on a 1.6mm bar

Got another one today, the wife spots them and I splat them, I think they are under a neighbours shed but their numbers are diminishing rapidly!

Back to the Downton Abbey Box set then

Nice, Cantonese style...little chilli kick!!

If we didn't feed the birds, the rats would still be there but we wouldn't see them. It isn't a problem for me, got a couple of decent rifles that will dispatch a rat very easily. The bird food falls from the holders on to the ground and usually the fat pigeons hoover it up and the odd rat that turns up doesn't last long! I am sure most of the people in the village would say that they couldn't possibly have rats...really They aren't under my shed....anymore

And me....a big bugger eating the bird food, got him smack in the head, no chance of escaping

I stapled damp course membrane on my raised garden wood after the first lot rotted after a few years. Seems OK so far after a couple of years.

I always thought No 6 was sweet and sour chicken

My generic oil issue check.....flush the tank with a bit of Diesel/Petrol/Spirit, Check the pickup pipe and attached filter - pop a bit of WD40 down it and make sure it comes out of the filter - do not use an airline on it as it will BURST!!! Inspect the pinion oil pup drive gear, it is easy to miss damage so inspect for a flat on the worm thread and also look at the start of the thread and follow it whilst rotating the gear, I have had one where the thread was broken and ran in to itself instead of completing the path to the end of the pump thus stopping the pump rotating. FInally, blast some WD40/cleaner in one end of the pump and expect it to come out of the other freely if the housing is worn or less freely if it is in good order but.....you should beg some through. Blasting with a compressor is fine, wigling any blockage out with a pin is an option and, depending on the pump, you can often see a blockage or see the pump shaft if it is OK. Blockage is more likely to happen on the pickup/Input side. This should fix most pump issues. Pump housings do wear to the point they stop working, the initiated can tell from blowing down a pit of fuel pipe pushed against the pump input or outlet holes.

This is the tool ADW mentioned. If you have an old socket of the correct dimensions, you can fabricate one yourself! Make sure you take the recoil cover off when removing and refitting the clutch as the pawls locate in the recoil pulley unlike many other saws. I personally find the Stihl piston stop, one of the best - that is the dog bone double ended one. Never use a metal screw in type as it is likely to crack the crown of the piston. Puller for Husqvarna 445, 450, 455, 460 Chaisnaws - 502 54 16-03 | L&S Engineers WWW.LSENGINEERS.CO.UK Puller / Koppling Genuine Husqvarna Part OEM No. 502 54 16-03 Suitable for the Following Application's: 340, 345, 346, 350, 351, 353, 445, 450, 455, 460

But......new saws are run on Alkalyte fuel in the factory as you can smell it in the tank on new machines.....just saying what I have found!

Yeah, but there is "adjusted" and "ADJUSTED"!!! Not sure I can describe these BRs as being adjusted.

PCP air rifle and a good telescopic has done a few in my back garden. Poison and traps if you don't fancy a shooting party. They are partial to peanut butter and bacon for the traps! Terriers/Jack Russells are formidable ratters!

It is strange but....it has wiped this fella out, taken me a long while to get them sorted. The MS150 was pretty normal and a re-tune sorted it within minutes but these blowers were something else! definitely carb related and no retune was going to get them running correctly!! Just read your post again....the 881 must be just a few months old....probably the reason it is OK!!

Following on from this, I have a local customer who purchased a drum of Aspen and most of his kit now has running issues. His MS150T stopped idling and would stall - that was the easy one, richen up the L screw and speed up the idle - bingo. BR700 & BR600 back pack blowers - one would pop but not run, the other dead. Had the BR700 apart, adjust the tappets which I always do and went through the carb - clean the strainer, cleaner down the H&L screw hole etc. It would now run flat out but the low speed part of the carb was dead, no idle. I had to resort to the ultrasonic cleaner, strip the carb right down and then clean it for 40 mins with a bit more carb cleaner in the H&L screw holes half way through. This did it and the machine worked so repeated on the BR600 and had the same result. All I can think is the Aspen purged something from the tank and whatever it was, stopped the carb check valve working or blocked the low speed carb circuit. I have had this before but not had to resort to the US cleaner before. No doubt I will get a lot more of his kit through over the next few days

As much as I like the bloke for championing the underdog, he doesn't do the Pensions, ISAs, share thing on his TV program and openly states so. As much as saving £125 on your yearly heating bill is good, cracking on with a pension as young as possible and making as much use of tax free investments is a much bigger game changer if done earlier enough in life.

Someone has taken the "Delete Gasket" at face value and done just that. It is a common mod to the 372XP but....you must use liquid gasket otherwise you will lose crankcase pressure and vacuum ie....an air leak! You have two options, degrease both surfaces and use a suitable liquid gasket or fit a new gasket. You will lose a bit of compression if you put the gasket back - circa 15-20psi.

I had a mint one through a few years back, almost unused. Serviced and sold to a good friend.....nice machine!

Then phone them, they will get in what you need if it isn't listed on the site but is available from Stihl!

Good subject this and congratulate you on sorting it out and hope your ethic flows down to your kids through their lives. 20 years is a good long time to save money over and compound growth is your friend. Compound growth is where you re-invest your earnings through dividends, interest or whatever and it increases the pot so has a much stronger impact than taking an income. I would stick the £4K in an equity ISA as they are a great way of tax free saving, the money going in may be taxed but when you have a good large pot, you can take money out with no tax implications. A decent ISA should be able to double its value every 7 years so in 21 years you should be able to double your £4k and double that then double that in the 21years period. There are no guarantees to this as equity can go up or down but long term, it makes a lot of sense. You may like to start in relatively safe European and UK funds but as they get bigger, look at China, Japan, Tech and North American funds. ISAs or its forerunner PEPs were predominantly UK based funds but that has now expanded. One caveat to this is that equity has had a long bull run so you could wait a bit and invest if you see a major decline in share price but.....you have to be in it to see the growth over time! Personally I would avoid any funds managed by banks etc. Do your research, select a fund and invest through a platform such as Interactive Investor as they charge very low administration fees but they will NOT advise you. My late father did exactly this for my nieces and £1000 grew to £6k in under 18 years....work it out!!!