difflock
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Not particularly a specialist job, technically a press should be used to push out the old bearing shells from the yoke, but I watched my father achieve the same using a carefully selected socket and a hammer. mth
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No job* undertaken with any knowledge or forethought, perhaps excepting bomb disposal, should be "extremely dangerous", or simply put, you are doing it "wrong". I do agree with the physically demanding and exposure to the elements stuff, never mind the mucho-macho bollocks though. marcus * i.e. deep sea diving
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no idea, bought it 10 years ago?? Marshalls are still the importers/agents I think http://marshalllogging.co.uk/ cheers
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I understood that the only requirement on replacing UJ's or Hardy Spicer joints was to match(or should that be unmatch?) the joints at the 2 ends of the shaft, to cancel out the inherent* cyclical speed fluctuation of such joints. Otherwise it should bolt on "anyhow" being a balanced component. mth *being zero when straight but increasing with angular deflection P.S. Our bin lorries were a mix of older Iveco and newer Mercedes, similar parts for each brand were often cheaper for the Mercedes, perhaps proving MB's promised lower "whole life" ownership costs, despite the higher purchase price.
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I used to hire a 13 tonne Thor road towable(petrol engined) splitter, it was very slow and the splitting wedge constantly broke the roll pin that secured it, due to pure poor design, from hazy recall. I really like my 17 tonne PTO Krpan though, plenty fast enough splitting on tickover revs and with the auto return the splitter has retracted by the time I have the next log in-situ. I find the single splitter much more useful than the 4 way head that was also part of the kit. marcus
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I ud say tis all about simple inertia folks, the tree top needs time to start to move. mth
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I would have scorned Poplar as firewood, but having had to fell a couple to access other trees, and noticing how easy(prob in the Spring) it was to de-bark using the front tyre of a 4WD tractor, I cut, split and stacked it. It dried remarkedly fast & well (from recall) and was bloody excellent for lighting the wood stove along with a couple of handfuls of scrunched up newspaper. So ah hadda rethunk my notions. mth
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Many years ago I observed the electric door lock mechanism was identical on both the rear hatch of the BX Citroen and the rear door of the early 1980's vintage 460 "G" Wagen (probably Valeo or similar OEM.) The Citroen part "probably" retailing for somewhat less than the identical MB component! Ditto for the headlights for a particular early BMW model, which were identical to those fitted to a Ford Capri model(I think) at about 1/4 the price. marcus
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Bugger me spelling, i not y blithely https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=blithely&oq=BLYTHLY&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0l5.11886j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
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Not a lie but an alcoholic mechanic(where I worked) spent a couple of winters trying to get a Victa mower to "go", incl replacing the carb, with a store bought brand new one, etc. etc., no expense spared, & all blythly charged out to the "other" department who owned the mower, and all without any success. Hi successor, when he found the then by forgotton about mower, first emptied the stale fuel from the tank, it was mostly red diesel. Doh! p.s. I too would have said red diesel.
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Huh ! Me back is aching even thinking of moving that lot! marcus
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I too have occasion to thank God, for giving me the wisdom to be an atheist.
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Photos perhaps? At least they should give some indication of the quantities or overall amount? mth
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A (reasonably*)compact telehandler/tool carrier with a pallet toes/grab/brash grab for starters. *depending on the type/size of jobs one targets. marcus
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Best log burning cooker with boiler?
difflock replied to Peasgood's topic in Log burning stoves and fireplaces
I was wile in the notion of a Lohberger, see link; http://www.lohberger.com/en/herde-oefen/homepage/ when the wife fancied a stove/cooker for the garden room. but she settled for a 1200mm Bertazzoni in the kitchen instead. An the garden room got another Morso. marcus -
https://imgur.com/gallery/VixByie
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FFS ! Re the above article.
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Do I deduce the WoodStove market has reached saturation/died a death/requires resurrection then?
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I am, kinda, with HOYC, re antibiotic avoidance, for whatever reason, unless ABSOLUTLY needed. Many others are not, apparently. Essentially, in my reasonably, i.e. 60-15=45 years formed opinion, antibiotics should not be guzzled as a preventitive measure, as most undoubtely/indisputably are. Save them for when they are actually/really needed. marcus
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So much trash, unfortunately not all of it can be Skipped afterwards, like wot certainly most of it, should be.
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Erm, 50 to 100 to 150 years, at an educated guess, for owt of similar traditional cast iron construction as Astroflamm/Morso/Jotul, for instance, as said, door seals, baffle plates, firebrick linings and glass will require periodic replacement, but since we ran a Morso Panther 24/7 for 4 months of each winter over a 10 year period, incl "slumbering" overnight, with only a replacement baffle plate and firebrick needed(due to overstuffing) and additional daylight burning in the autumn and spring months. This also included a couple of alcohol induced bone-dry Mahogony offcut fuelled fires where the 4' long flue pipe was glowing dull red. Despite this mistreatment this stove has done 20 years and is no worse for wear. Hence my opening line re expected life. And the flue has never been cleaned during these 20+ years btw. Marcus
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That is so cute, I really like the smooth haired Dachshunds, having fond memories of a daughters dog.
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Why does that immediately remind me of Kenny Everret's Cupid Stunt, course I always preferred her younger sister Cunning . . ., who was alas, never to be seen.
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I find it odd that none of the manufacturers see the sense in fitting a button, to be pushed ahead of, or early during a long planned journey, that would "inform" the engine management to do a regen, if say the DPF was 60-70-80% full. Having experienced the Octavia deciding to regen during an 8 mile return trip, after a cold start, having done a planned 200 plus mile continuous journey the previous day ! Gerr!
