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'Reading books'....there's a novelty nowadays. Welcome to you.

Seems to be eating at the moment.

Barkboxes and the like would fail noise and exhaust emissions...that why they dont come as stock....and the usa and in particular california are far more tougher on them than europe.....and emissions in europe are tough. Every two in 10 2 strokes we sell will need the fuel mix 'tweaking' during the pdi process...thats why we simply refuse to sell machines in a box anymore

Yup..I would go with that. The TS760 was based on the 076 hence similarities, but the air filter cover looks more like the standard TS760 one.

Why I read the title, I though this is someone who's quite kinky.

Stihl 075 or maybe the later 076 with the hot regions extended air filter casing for a larger air filter to be fitted.. Cover design changed depending where in the world it was going to be sold.. Here's one with the tall cover removed. Uk and europe had a flatter filter and cover

Deffo not a contra , 070 or 090. Very similar to the 075 and later 076....except the engine cover is higher in that pic. Will check my old catalogues and get back

Avoid Bosch green plastic products though...they are the domestic range. Go for bosch blue.

Recommended bar length given power and performance is a 16" bar on an 024. The bigger brother, 026 is fine with an 18"

Reminds me of a joke from my school days. Why have elephants got big ears? ..............because Noddy wouldn't pay the ransom.

Have you checked the current stud you have on it for wear and rigidity in the plastic body? The fact it has the tooless cover fitted may not be your issue....particularly as you have eliminated the bar possibility by swapping with new. The bar cover only clamps the bar in place....yes, its a much firmer 'grip' on the bar if its the proper nut system, but even so, you should still be able to tighten it sufficiently with the tooless system without you being able to move the bar up and down. These plastic body stihl have a habit of the threads stripping in the body.....check that the stud is sound before shelling out.

Dont bother messing around with adding another bolt....you're not going to improve anything and you are going to a lot of effort for no return. Yes, it is easy to convert from tooless, although there should be no upward movement of the bar in either set up. Are you ensuring the bar tip is elevated up as far as it can be before tightening the cover 'wing nut'

You think that's strong? My cock can hold up the traffic!

I wear belt and braces....just to be sure. ....a belt and braces option if you like! 😄

Ok...maybe not quite the correct phrase i used there....this guy wanted them fitted like a tight pair of jeans though so he could show his rrrr'ss off. There was no give whatsoever.

I recall selling a pair of Stihl trousers years ago to a person who travels, and he was more interested in how he looked in them and how they hugged his physique......a week later they came back with a split crotch. Remember it's not a fashion show, and in the right areas baggy is best.

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Gearboxes are notorious for failing and are eyewateringly expensive to repair

Wow...you are going back around 12...nearly 13 years for the all alloy 1m kombi extension. It's listed in my 2010 catalogue (product code 4140 710 7131) but doesn't appear in the 2011 catalogue, which it went obsolete. As far as I can find, no parts are now available for these early extensions, so you won't be able to make one up. Biggest issue I have found with the carbon Kombi's is when they are used for a lot and a long time with the hedge cutter attachment fitted.....the carbon shaft can flex with the weight and can cause friction hot spots within the shaft. This can soften the full length plastic support liner within the tube and when stopped being used it cools down and hardens up around the inner metal drive shaft, so seizes it up. Is this been your issue?

Kaaz always used to make good kit. When I started nearly 25 years ago, our dealership were selling their brush cutter and hedge cutter. They mainly used Mitsubishi, Kawasaki or Zenoah engines with their own bodies. Very good quality stuff. Problem we found in the end was parts supply. Danarm was the company that used to distribute them and they weren't really geared up for running a 'proper' efficient business. When we rung them for spares to repair machines...would would often get through to the owners who operated the business from a garage in their house and had all the stuff strewn about in boxes everywhere....it was all a bit 'heath robinson' then we had issues with the Kawasaki side of things as Danarm didn't do the engine spares, then Zenoah spares became non existent, as did Mitsubishi. We get them in occasionally now...20 odd years old still going, but we don't touch them because if we needed a spare, we just can't get them...and if we could find someone it would mean opening an account for a few bits a year which isn't worth it

At the moment with prices like they are, it would be cheaper than using andrex.

I recall years ago when we advertised in the yellow pages book....we also got a free online listing.....which also had a customer review feature online. All was great, until one day we had a guy come in with a newish mower we had sold which he had hit a washing line pole in the ground. Really bad...so much so not only was the blade bent but he had also bent the crank.....it was beyond an economical repair. We informed him as such to which he stated it was under guarantee. We explained accidental damage is not covered to which he replied 'well an engine should be strong enough so if I hit something it shouldn't happen' We politely pointed out a blade rotating at 200mph and coming to a dead stop within 18" of a cutter deck, something has gotta give.....plus there is no actual grass that grows strong enough for it to be correctly used on, to bend a blade, let alone a crank. He wasn't having so took to our review page on yell....together with his family, friends, pet dog etc. I rang yell and said these were malicious and spurious reviews and were damaging our business....i was happy to provide evidence. They weren't interested...they said reviews and feedback are valuable tool for future custom. I said we won't get any future custom, and if we don't get future custom then we won't be advertising. Still not interested....said it was all part and parcel of the yell package we had signed up for....only way to remove it was to not renew when it comes up......so we didn't and soon after yell went belly up...and all our spurious reviews disappeared with them. Sometimes, services offering a review platform can be counterproductive to said advertising company.

I don't want to embarrass them, or get arrested..........................again!

My near 60 year old tool is still performing much better than some of those younger ones out there.

I said the same in one of my earlier comments. Strange that conservative governments want a competitive marketplace when it comes to us the consumer...such as phone suppliers, electric, gas, insurance etc so monopolies cannot occur and price fixing follows, but its ok for councils to operate like it.