openspaceman
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that puts engine heat into the carburettor compartment which is the last thing you need
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Husqvarnas of that era were prone to vaporising the fuel in the carb which made hot starting a problem. modern saws with purge bulbs can mitigate this by circulating cooler fuel through the carb.
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Yes that's right. The other thing is as the flail only rotates one way the motor drain is normally dumped into the return line, it's reversing motors that need a dedicated drain to tank.
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I still use green cans for neat and red for 2t, and yes red 2t oil because it is more visible. I don't have 4 mix engines but it was my understanding they need higher specification and lower ash. What I don't understand is how Stihl HP is red and to Jaso FB , suitable for most saws, HP super 2 is green and to Jaso FD, suitable for 4 mix saws too but a couple of quid more expensive and HP Ultra 2 is green, fully synthetic but only Jaso FB plus twice the cost. It's weather like now that stresses the lubrication more than winter but I don't know whether Jaso FB has any less lubricity than Jaso FD because the main difference is in the detergent effects, i.e Jaso FD should keep the engine cleaner.
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I thought they needed to be factory pressed on or am I misremembering? @Jase hutch
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I agree with Alex that red is best for checking there is oil there but I gather the Stihl red is not good enough for modern saws, I currently have Stihl HP super but will try the Oregon if it meets the same spec.
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I agree, although I do a small patch by cutting daily, by hand, it has given the tussock grass and two heathers a chance to re establish. Once I no longer control the bracken it will take over again as the rise in fertility will favour it over heathland. We have a large area of original heath but as grazing largely ceased 200 years ago and the increased fertility has favoured an increase in bracken such that it covers a high percentage of the area. Take the council owned common cut by the A3 where they have built a much vaunted heathland bridge. Because of bird nesting worries no work is done in summer and bracken covers 50% of the western side and increases by nearly 3 metres each year. Nothing of concern nests in bracken and frequent cut and collect could begin to address the fertility and alelopathic nature of bracken litter. Well yes but hanging people for it seems a bit extreme.
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Just tucking your trousers into your socks cuts the risk of one getting in. They tend to climb up until they find a warm moist bit to settle in to. So far none this year, and I cut bracken daily, 5 on me last year before I took this simple precaution. I'm fairly certain some migrate onto me from the lap dog.
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Insurers are bookies at heart and origin
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Don't be so sure about that, the one in my shed is a 2000 model and owner had it from new, it now has 128k on the clock and last year went for a special MOT that proved even with carbs its emissions are below the level necessary for ULEZ and now has the paperwork to prove it. He recently siffered a heart attack so I begin to wonder if he will ride again. I found it a bit buzzy and lacking low down torque compared with my MT07, too much gear changing even though 25% more powerful. I inherited a 2012 CBR250R from my brother, it is my shopping bike and I do less than 1k miles a year with it, nice and light and good fun, makes my wrists ache below 50MPH.
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In the absence of any firmer evidence I would guess it is safe to cut up to the chainlink fence if the stems of the hedge are beyond it.
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@Hodge?
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I can see that for the V8, it was always difficult to get the dwell angle right enough for the coil to recover and give a fat spark. In my case I like bog standard, it would be different if it were a regular drive. Does the new ecu sit in the distributor or does there have to be a crankshaft position sensor added?
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I imagine it is a badged Robin, Kyoritz or some such.
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I always used osr in my saws from 1990-2010 and I have an early Oregon gypsy stick which the mice chewed through the plastic and ate the oil. I would still use it if I used a saw regularly but nowadays I use mineral oil. The main thing is to keep the saws clean, especially the cooling fins or it bakes on and is difficult to get off then.
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The only two times it has let me down in 50 years and 130k miles.
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My wife is dreading my going out in her MGBGT, last two times she has had to tow me home, first time in 2023 the coil jumped out of its casing, it took me a while to fix but it was running fine by the end of the summer till I decided to gun it in 2nd, 4500 revs and the bob weights blew the distributor apart. Only took it out again this week after treating it to a new battery.
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Good luck with that one, only the housing association have any contractual relationship with the contractor. It's debatable if you can claim any loss, from tort, because you were not warned that the work was going to potentially damage your tree, but that would be with the HA (imo ianal).
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The law relating to offering back arisings from neighbours
openspaceman replied to hesslemount's topic in Tree health care
I think the original ruling was given in Mills v Brooker [1919] when someone took apples from branches overhanging his property and sold them. The judgement was they were not his to sell but remained the property of the tree owner. How subsequent disputes about ownership of the branches have been resolved I don't know but if the branches are not wanted by the tree owner and have to be disposed then they are waste and to throw them back over the hedge would not be a proper means of waste disposal. -
@daltontrees has said in the past IIRC that the right to abate the nuisance overrides the damage to the tree but that fair warning should have been given to the tree owner or shared owner.
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I agree with wilting/water stress but wonder if it's a fungal attack girdling the stem because those white spots look like they may be asci
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Are they wild or feral? I ate a truly wild one last week and could barely taste any flavour, I thought they were a different species from the ones you grow.
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Take a picture of your current paper licence showing your entitlements, there is a story of a police motorcyclist who lost his A entitlement when he changed from paper licence to picture card and there was nothing he could do about it other than take the test again, apocryphal or not.
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It has been a while since I did mine, I did not keep my D1 and C1 which gave me the right to continue driving mini buses (never did) and 7.5 tonne lorries which I did drive at work but felt no need after I retired. You do need a medical and fill a form in for these. The B+E is part of the car licence and is retained.
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Nettes indicate decent fertility as well as nitrogen. It's legumes that can grow in nitrogen deficient soils as the bacteria in their root nodules turn atmospheric nitrogen into a form the plant can use
