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See my comment above.

A fair point, but I was referring to the saw being in 'normal' operating use, and the operation of it thereof.

All chain brakes work on 'intertia' They are designed to stop the chain in event of kick back and are activated via the chain brake lever coming into contact with the 'knuckles' of your left hand, which with the force of the inertia kick back will push the chain brake lever forward to near immediately stopping the chain from rotating. Not having the chain fitted really isn't going to help you ascertain whether the chain brake mechanism is operational correctly. Generally petrol saws have a mechanical 'band' which grips and then effectively stalls the clutch mechanism to stop the chain rotating. Mains electric saws have a micro switch which immediately cuts the motor power- thus stopping the chain. Normally you will have a reset button to depress to reinstate power to the motor

They are indeed. I cannot tolerate idiots who expect someone to work for nothing whilst they are happy to charge punters £400 a day. No use beating around the bush and pussyfooting with these chancers..tell them how it is and set out your stall like I have suggested (above) I've had these people in who agree to your quote for work, then when it's ready to collect they decide to change their minds and don't answer phones etc. I always have a standard letter for this kind of stuff which I can personalise for the relevant situation and send recorded delivery...then I follow the letter up a week before the 28 days expire with a phone call (which is recorded on our system) reminding them to collect and pay. If they say they can't get it on the expiry date I call their bluff and say 'no problem, I can take payment over the phone and I am happy to hold on to it until you get chance to call in' .....usually works. After all it's the money that's important to us and not the fact it hasn't been collected. If it's still not paid for or collected, then we can usually sell on...and sometimes for more profit. Just keep a paper trail of everything just in case a bloke turns up a year later to collect and wonders where his machine is and denies all knowledge of us contacting him and we have sold it. At that point I hand over a copy of the correspondence etc and say, see you in court then if you want to go that route.

A lot of convoluted answers.......just pay up or he doesn't get them back. Then put in writing payment must be made within 28 days of letter date, or the items will be sold at auction to recoup your costs. Send the letter recorded so you have proof they have received it.

45:1 compared to stihls recommended ratio for their oil of 50:1 may not sound much more oil, but its over 10% more than recommended (50:1= 20ml per litre, 45:1=22.2ml per litre) See this a lot on modern stuff that is designed to run pretty much on fumes to pass euro specs. Everything is made narrower in the fuel and exhaust systems to pass emissions and doesnt take a lot of excess oil in the mix to build up and then you get a snowball effect and the engine cannot breath efficiently.

We are £50 per hour plus vat plus the parts. And that labour rate needs to go up due to the minimum wage increase recently. That hourly rate has to cover all staff involved in the repair process....the mechanic, the reception staff, the admin etc, plus business running costs. You did well to fix them both in that time as well....and not to find any further issues when you got them apart. If it was in our situation we would always give the customer an estimate of costs before doing the job.....always prevents issues at a later date like yours. Even if you are doing it as a sideline

I think I know what constitutes their favourite 'entry' nowadays

As I understand it, it was more 'hurty words' to someone of a sensitive disposition who didn't like being told to eff off after the artiste said after numerous times they didn't want to be filmed at that time back stage. Hurty words trumps a lot of things nowadays. Just look at Scotlands new law. Which is quite ironic considering the constant appalling use of the f and c words by the 'younger' generation in public places . In fact the use of the f word in front of women and juveniles by adults isnt seen as taboo now. I, however disagree

Was 'hijacked' as a showcase for a different take on life, and as a result has just turned into race to the bottom of who can be the most outlandish and freakiest. Nothing to do with music (yes, it did used to be...albeit a bit cheesy) and all to do with politics and the 'message' Loved it in the days of Wogan taking the rise out of it with his commentary, but not watched it since his demise.

Put it back together, give it a clean up take a few decent pics and sell it on the bay as spares or repair.......you will get £50-£80 for it easy. Unless you really want to take it apart and money isn't an issue?

Like any piece of equipment, if maintained correctly, not abused and used for the purpose intended, then I have never had issues with the stihl home owner range........when sold to home owners and being used occasionally for that is what they are intended for. Bit of pruning and some firewood cutting once or twice a year when seasons dictate. However, when there are issues from my experience is when pro users buy them because they are 'cheap' and 'light" but expect the performance and quality of a pro spec saw...simply because it says stihl on the side of it. The worse culprits are people that travel who wont buy a proper topping saw and buy a 180 or 181 and use it one handed up a tree because they are light.

When you say 'there is compression though' what psi is it showing? (don't trust the 'Irish' compression tester method)

Domestic user is 2 year warranty.....not saying it is a warranty issue, but if it is and you start playing with it you have invalidated the warranty. Just a thought.

TR72EES? Pet hate of mine people buying cheap plates trying to make them look and read differently then they basically are.

If all else has been eliminated then possibly crank seals leaking. Using the saw on a different plane can cause loads to be transferred differently to when the saw is used in a cross cutting action, and can highlight a leak. Most often I see this with hedge cutters. Work fine until you try to use them on the side of a hedge and similar thing happens.

We have already given France very nearly that amount already and they are happy to take our money and stick two fingers up and turn a blind eye to the dinghies Just a moment... COMMONSLIBRARY.PARLIAMENT.UK

Good man. Pictures are welcome

'Diversity is our strength' 😇

IF you have to go through several safe counties en route to the UK ,and then employ a gangster to smuggle you into a country and pay them an eye watering amount of money to do so, then by definition you are not poor, nor a genuine asylum seeker. There are channels in place for genuine asylum seekers to the UK, none of which include smuggling you into the UK at vast cost to the underworld. Anyone who says the majority are genuine asylum seekers are gullible fools. Genuine asylum seekers already have a legal route at little cost.

In the UK now, if you have any opinion that is some way different to the agenda set out by the MSM, then you are instantly labelled as 'far right' which instantly pigeon holes you into the same category as Tommy Robinson. the EDL and the National Front. They do this so you appear to the sheeple, that you are affiliated to those extreme organisations so you either shut up or you get shut up. If you dare suggest there are too many immigrants coming over in boat, you are now far right, if you suggest we have too many people in this country you are far right...it's all done so in the end you comply with how they think you 'should' be thinking.

You would from me...although im not fussy!

Overfilling will cause hydraulic pressure if the grease has nowhere in the gearbox to migrate to. This will blow the seals where the blades extend from as will as any seal between the clutch housing and the drive gears and also the lower cover plate gasket. Stihls advice is to only check and top up if required every 25 hours of use....admittedly that could be every week of a pro user but for weekend warriors that probably 3 or 4 years. Rule of thumb, if you remove the grease plugs and there is a 'tail' of grease on the inner side of the plug as its removed, then it shouldnt need any. We always give a quick pump of grease just to be sure, but even then, unless we are rebuilding a gearbox a tube of the special grease last our workshop considerable time, so doesnt work out much more expensive than some alternative

You have a point re the chainsaw protection element, and safety boots/shoes with soles made from a certain material and will just turn to dust after a couple of years whether you wear them every day or only occasionally....that's the nature of what it's made from. I did some research because I was so cheesed of with the soles crumbling on my occasional use chainsaw boots, and I avoid soles made from that now. Since then, I have always purchased chainsaw boots and my everyday steel toe capped work boots not made from it, BUT I don't expect any boots worn everyday at work to last much more than a year anyway. Mine get a lot of use and abuse and I am surprised they last that long. For my main work (I'm a dealer- not a pro arborists) I wear scruffs dealer boots with steel toe cap and steel sole inserts...cost about £60. Really comfy and well made...but still only last a year. Google the issue with soles disintegrating (there's loads about it) and then avoid that material..think it's called PU (probably short for polyurethane)

Yes....I was asked to do this last year when a customer had both models, and ran into said issues. Cost him more than expected in the end.