Caravan Monster
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I'm a chimney sweep and you are absolutely right, nearly all customers have this thing for turning it right down at night so that there is barely enough air for combustion to occur 'to keep the fire in'. Modern houses with central heating, good insulation, draught proofing and small rooms get far too hot even with a little sub 5kw appliance, so they are never run at the correct temperature. Being the poor sod sweating my knackers off in thick overalls and a respirator on in february, I know full well how warm people like to heat their houses before they even light the fire. My particular favorite is the diy fitters that install really large appliances with back boilers that are never run anywhere near up to temperature and then the smoke is cooled further by heating the water - 'what do you mean it's extra for the 2 hours you spent chiseling creosote off the inside of the burner to release the baffle plate?'
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Strangely enough, I just had an email from gumtree saying that one of the people I had contacted about a saw had been reported to them for 'suspicious activity' If I was working in the industry, absolutely would do that no question. However, in this case it wouldn't make sense to buy an £1100 saw to cut someone else's firewood for no reward, but I can live with spending £300 or £400 on a second hand ms440 which I can keep going indefinitely so long as parts are available. (My 82 year old landlord was getting big bits of oak and ash from site clearances delivered to the farm, splitting lengthways with wedges and somehow getting them on the saw bench. I have been using a ms261 with 18" bar, but it is a bit much for it and most of the wood is around 24" to 36", so would struggle to do it with a smaller bar. The old boy still insists on doing the splitting, but hopefully he is less likely to get hurt this way. Bit of a performance, but he has been very good to me over the years)
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my misunderstanding Are those new old model stihls (ms200 / ms260 / ms440 etc) that seem to be sold by people with eastern european sounding names legit, or are they those 3D printer copies ? They look real, but it's difficult to be sure from the photos and can't be sure of receiving the actual machine pictured.
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I've been trying to buy a second hand ms440 to cut firewood for my landlord. I bought one 'ready for work' from a garden tools ebayer for good money. I think 'ready for work' meant completely fecked but had given it a quick blow with the airline before sending it off. Fortunately ebay meant he had to refund me. Since then, I've been contacting sellers local to me, saying I would like to check over the saw first and pay cash on collection. Strangely, all 3 I've contacted so far are 'away' so I cannot collect and they will only post the saw. Seems like there are a lot of scammers out there around garden / arb machinery.
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I believe it is possible to get some sort of test from the doctor which will tell you what sort of pollen you are actually allergic to. Then it is possible to medicate / act accordingly. I had a holiday job strimming motorway embankments when I was a student. Got the full works: streaming eyes, snot and non stop painful sneezing. Turned out it was the exhaust fumes on the motorway that did it and I was fine cutting grass elsewhere.
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Cheers Stuart and Elfinwood
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Rebuilding a MS230 - it needs new rings, but I've stripped it right down because it never ran perfectly from new. The Stihl dealership I bought it from could never set it up properly either. The tickover would get erratic and stall after twenty minutes work from cold. Can't see anything glaringly obvious, so I'll get it back together and work from there. Replacing main seals, rings, gaskets and carb kit. It feels fine, but should I replace the little end bearing whilst I'm at it? Anything else I should do whilst it's in bits? Anyone know the ring gap and torque settings for the engine bolts for the MS230 ? Or even better, a link to download a service manual ?
