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It is my understanding that unless one understands and can work at these particular gearboxs...........leave well alone. An idea that was ahead of its time, that was not understood, was neglected and abused, then blamed when it inevitably gave trouble. And then the average agricultural non-franchised mechanic did not know how to repair. Some owners swear by them and still do some at them (well they used to) Bit like David Brown hydraulics really:lol:

Au contraire my friend. Personal Observations down through the years have revealed the ingunity of the user combined with cable ties, insulating tape, an odd disconnected wire, or indeed in the case of the JD 355 ride on mower, simply timing the flick of the switch just right. Bungee straps also have their uses! Will circumvent most safety interlocks, especially if such interlocks make an otherwise productive machine a proper bollox to use. cheers marcus

Bingo! My dear old DB has a selectable PTO. I often run her at about 1150 engine revs on the 1000 setting powering 540 equipt. The 540 shaft setting needs about 2000 engine rpm or so. So simple sums says 540/1000*2000 or whichever way round it is. Anyway on the rotary mower simply listen to the hum. But for the log splitter simply a fast tickover say giving about 350rpm at the shaft is plenty. When it sounds right it is right:thumbup:

i'm with rich and goaty. As the good ol boy in the Pacific North West said "ye caint fix stupid" Which is often the source of the problem

Unfortunately no matter how much of our money the state throws at the problem, the children will still suffer as the feckless parents get the cash and spend it on booze carry out food gambling and ciggys. There is NO control on how the cash is spent. Even the rent money now gets paid to the claimant and not direct to the landlord ffs. Their childrens basic needs appear to be quite low down on these parents list of priorities. Every child should get free school meals for a start

cough! At only 4 Times the price of red, I tink not. Someone might steal my beloved ould DB simply to drain the fuel tank then dump her. I might rather fix the turbo & leaky exhaust first:lol:

No kindling needed. Simply select and set aside in the kindling basket those particularly splintery logs, finer logs & logs with a relatively high surface area, plus logs with particularily acute angles:lol: (and the selection process can get very technical) Next night a handful or 2 of scrumpled up newspaper, add logs as above and ignite, with the door just ajar. Woomph! An we are well lit. Just like me after 2 bottles of Old Peculiar.(on an empty stomach:001_rolleyes:) But 2 pints of draught Guiness on an empty stomach:thumbup: bliss. As always signed Gibber, Mutter & Twitch

I would 100% agree with Farmer Ben. KEEPING THE LOGS/BILLETS AT WAIST HEIGHT, IDEALLY ON A SUPER SMOOTH STEEL SURFACED BENCH IS THE KEY. (A French zinc topped bar would be ideal) Keep the back straight, reach and slide, then lift & rotate only ideally. Bugger, not intended to shout but I will let it go. NOTE I haint actually got a bench yet:laugh1: but i will. I am also committed to the Continental system of billiting in 1000mm lengths, strapping into a 1.0m dia bundle, leave outside to season, mechanically stacked in a 3 or 4m high stack, then mechanically re-handling with an agri round bale handler, round tubing with flared ends should not cut the polywhatsit strapping. Onto the putative bench to go through the rocking saw and up the conveyor. Job done. Only In my dreams so far.

Interesting, is it not, that in this particular example of "Homo Sapiens", the Skull was obviously the thickest and strongest bone in the entire body, proper "culffed" the chipper that did:001_tt2:

As has been/is being discussed at a recent Political Party Convention. Anyway Senior Managment & me figger. Allow a Max of 2 on full benefits, 3rd only gets 50 % ditto for 4th. Then NOWT more. Regardless of changing sexual partners. Plus ending the automatic entitlment to a Government funded home for individual wee minx that gets knocked for this very reason. Let them stay at home with their almost certainly already Government funded and housed parents.(and 32 year old grandparents forby) PS Also at the very least DLA number plates for DLA cars. Since painting them all the same special stand-out DLA colour scheme is apparently "discriminatory" PPS Bah humbug.................. An ah HATE Xmas too!

IfI recall correctly AC Price told me 3-4k for the kit of bits alone, and assume from MB simply because this was an acknowledged weakness in the design, therefore either no second hand bits or they will be no better than the already defective ones. This was at least 5 year ago. PS Nick if you are selling a "minter" MB1000 at 10k I might even buy her. Funny enough they seem to be coming out of the woodwork recently after being unheard of for a good no of years. Do I need 2 No. though.

I reached for the 40 odd year old 08S recently at home (still fully functional of course) and was astounded at how "wrong" it felt to handle. Yet this was the saw I larned on & loved. The Reminton was def a mans saw, used exclusively by my father between bouts of intermerate language brought on by the Reminton's somewhat tempremental nature. Still got her too. (well the brother has) PS Huskys are some sort of half wolf dog arnt they? Signed Disgusted of Dervock

Not having but one dealing for a low value item offen e-bay, I am as suspicious as the next one. BUt I have to say the advert reads as being very open & honest, incl the known gearbox fault/weakness. I would still like to kick the tyres before I bid though, or at the very least a phone call and freshspecified detailed photos as mentioned above.

Senior Managment still gardens with her fathers 1953 kite marked Army shovel. Been welded twice and re-shafted once. A proper wee honey, the spade I hasten to add:001_tt2:

I'm proper in love:001_tt1: Bobh Pure "sex on a stick":lol: PS Affix an RSJ between the 2 roll cage tubes, as a mudguard replacment. Nowt wrong with the LHS one. Plus a couple a short sheets o zinc on the roof. Bonnet & electrics are 100%, they work dont they?

That sounds like an Echo? Ps I shall love & cherish and re-build if necessary my beloved 1997 026 Stihl. Which must have been built when Stihl were still properly engineered. I dont know that I could bring myself to run a Husky:blushing:( after bad experiences with their strimmers & washing machines) so will perhaps look at Makita or Echo.

Sniff! Well bloody obviously one would:lol: To a farmers Son leastwise. PS Actually actually :blushing:it will still be fine as I ran ours for a wheen o weeks (or months) on the kero settings/jetting before I could be arsed to make the changes:001_rolleyes: Said 17 year old boiler is still sitting on the temporary broken hyd pressed flags her was set on temp, just to get moved in. Should i post a photo? If it aint broke....why fix it:lol:

Erm! Bollocks:001_tt2: I ran our Woster Bosch for a number of years on red diesel. One fuel tank supplied both the tractor and the heating (but NOT the car btw) Changed jets (smaller since higher calorific value in 35 sec oil) and re-set the pressure (higher for better atomisation) But overhall I used a lower BTU output to better match my heating systems demand. Simples, honest. It was all in the wee booklet that come with the boiler. Boiler ran 100% fine, mind when I switched her back to Kero (28 sec) her was plumb bogging internally, soot & sulphur from what I recall. Said boiler still running faultless since 1995 when I/me/mysel installed her. Bloody heavy to move on ones own I do recall, took a chunk out o the patio door frame when I slid it out o the tractor link-box. Been independantly serviced once about 5 years ago. The higher per litre price used to be off-set by the higher per litre calorific value, 35 or 40 years ago it was not uncommon to run them thar new-fangled oil boilers on red diesel. ( VAT back anyone?) I believe this is no longer the case. well in the agricultural community leastwise.

I tink his (above) is a bit clogged with cheap vodka particulate matter.

The fuel quality should have no direct connection to a failed turbo, unless EGT were perhaps substantially elevated,(would running on JP8/kero do that ?) or sufficient fuel wash past the rings so as to dilute the lube oil. Most probably "neglect, misuse or damage":laugh1: cheers m

Note:biggrin: I am not in the least concerned re PPE or site safety procedures:001_tt2: BUT This wee thread is a bit like doing risk assessments, too much "what if" applied to the "n"th degree. Hindsight always being 100+%

I knew of a Bagpipe maker who used it for the pipes. That or ebony, 30 odd year ago, down Cookstown direction. Smaller pieces mind. We had quite a few misshapen lumps at the home place that is Co Londonderry (clue lies in the name from the Irish) Over here in Co Antrim/ the Garry boog it is all bog Fir. Wonderful fun getting that offen/from between ploughshares:lol:

All innocent like:001_rolleyes:! But surely iffen they got their tickets....................they can sharpen a chainsaw:001_tt2: Pet peeve of mine being a non-ticket holder who CAN actually sharpen a chainsaw:biggrin:

I would also add that a %age of ground source heat pumps are badly installed in respect of depth and amount of buried pipe, from what I have seen photos of. I do also however know of a very successful installation by an NIE engineer who dotted all i's and crossed all t's and installed in a new build with underfloor heating. He however backs it up with a big wood stove, just so as to kinda stay focussed:lol:

Ah! I my experience "kissing gates" always are hinged inward, hence my perplexment. To prevent motorbike scrambler access, stray dog access and really slow up younger pedestrians. Therefore unsuitable for wheelchairs. cheers m