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found out that in fact it is a echo bear cat which is a off shoot of echo. big in the states. i have sent a email to bearcat asking for there advice as looking at vidio of it working it should be able to do what i am asking it to do. re bearings my thoughts. have asked dealer to look at bearings and shaft eg pull it apart to see if there are any blus spots on shaft or bearings are looking dodgey. just taking head off and spinning it is not going to find out the fault. and as for puting a bigger belt on. can see this putting a load on engine. see what comes from bearcat, and if needed take to a bearcat dealer.

http://www.goldstarengines.com/product_images/m/888/WT160T__39959_zoom.jpg this should show you a picture looks as if echo uk do not bring them in any more. well it has a pully on the engine which goes to the pully on the head now the head has a shaft which goes through two bearings one at top one at bottom . what i can not get my head round is it will work fine can use it for poss 4 hours stop it go to start and head just does not turn you can hear the belt trying to turn it as if not quick can smell burning rubber. dealer say they have stripped the head and found nothing wrong but my guess is its the shaft or bearing one is getting to hot and jamming on the other. by time i get it back its working fine well spins but not like it should.fed up with it DR was a dream never had any bother with that would cut through anything without missing a beat. trouble was it was old when i got it so was abused and in the end head just fell to bits was going to cost over £200 to fix if anyone has any bright idear then more the merrier need it fixed getting behind with work using only a cow horn

anyone got any good idear what is up with walk behind strimmer. works well hacking its way through stop it go to start starts ok but head will not turn belt just screams turning but head will not the heads been off can not see anything wrong bearings look ok belt its had two new ones and broke them both. you can turn by hand and after some time it will free up. its becoming a pain as loosing so much time taken it back to dealer to sort out and waiting for it to be fixed last time 3 weeks without it its a echo bearcat.

looking for someone in Cheswick or nearby to water a newly planted border on chewick roundabout. need own water supply and tank as none on site. if interested please PM need someone asap will be required to water at least 3 times a week

do a lot of strimming charge by the hour which includes fuel and line more for one offs less for contracts. and done a fieldpath been a doddle took a hour done one same took half a day.

thanks for info think i have found the line the diamond edge with there pivot head will make strimming a lot easier as i do a lot by stock fence and it kills line even thick stuff so will try there pivot head see if it works

how old is the moggie guess late sixties poss very early 70,s has it got the 1000cc engine in not the smaller one had the van version o i wish i could have it back best little van i had and with what you can get now uprated brakes having the engine uprated got one cracking car. or if i could find one hens teeth a pick up verion

see what the sheds charge for delivery £40 outside a radious of 10miles. you say its a 50 mile round trip when using my car for work i was paid 45p per mile so £22.50 delivery or £25 is it going to cost you that in fuel plus a bit for wear

get some old sash cord soak in saltpetre overnight then let it dry then light it it burns very slowly the smell puts them off they hate it, so allways put it so the fumes come towards you well its a little it of smoke smells like rotten cabbages. or hang it not lit from your belt and that will put them off.

this is our run around cracking little car 65mpg 1.4 derv use it for work if i need to can get mower and strimmer in it plus a builders bag. if needed. had 5 bales of hay in back back seats come out in seconds so as big as a van in back. 07 plae 135k on clock never misses a beat and do a 4 wheel drive version the scout http://imgproxy-cdn.skoda-auto.com/wwk2-sitecollectionimages/headers/roomster_header_201307071258.jpg

i know its been posted before but can not find aNY LINKS i have run out of my ruby red oregen line 3mm tried a few different ones starline say no more breaks so quick not getting any work done tried the 3 sided siver grey stuff not impresed lasted a bit longer but not much. i strim a lot of heavy duty stuff cow parsley nettles,docks brambles and very long grass on fieldpaths mainly need a strimmer as have to trim hedges back as going along so flail mower out any sugestions on a line that will last as long as a fill of fuel in strimmer. using a Honda umk 435 thanks for any info

thanks for info have a bit of a brain wave will mount a sheet by my LED outside light and see what it attracts. thanks for info and will keep grandson interested and can use it for his holiday project for school to take back in september

as other post if you want it small in the woods on a nice day bliss

thanks bren for the info did not know they relied on bees for thier food. learn something interesting on this site all the time. we had some at Junior school which we they had in a averiam interesting to watch. but that was a long time ago when in shorts was talking to the butterfly lady and the butterfly s and moths have had a hard time in the last couple of years due to the wet conditions. few more about this year.Bren how do you make a moth trap have a few around light at night be interesting to trap some to show grand kids the different types. not seen this year yet is the doodlebugs. loads last year. not seen one this year

hi looking for a good pile of silver birch brash if anyone in area is cutting down any silver birch in the next 3 weeks . have a hedgelaying demo to do and makes a good dummy hedge. pm me if you can help will collect.

+3 hawk moth very lucky to see one but to have it on your hand make my day. does anyone see now the death head hawk moth not seen any for a long time

try ethihad airlines economy plus get more leg room cousin fly with them and say one of the better airlines if stopping he said singapore. was not impresed with dubai but then they fly non stop to sydney. and he said fly non stop then rest when you get there. but NZ is a few hours more so do not know long time 30 hours on a plane. i am hoping to go next year and never flown for so long. and still trying to work out a good route and price as on a budget BA cheapest at moment but leg room not good 30 inches.

pity there was not two of them could of had a matching pair good price:biggrin:

sent you a pm be interested.

be interested in having a play but need the truck for work so nothing extreme please have a navara bog standard any weekend at present

i ue to sharpen garden shears as one of the jobs had a proper hollow ground grinder which ground the flat of the shears not the edge. hence they cut like new if bot better. i would think the same with grinder blades its not the edge but the whole face that needs grinding to get the hollow finish and will cut a lot better than just doing the edge plus will last a lot longer as its the face brought back not just the edge. if the tormec will do it and the jig looks like it will then worth doing if you have the machine. as pat says does not just do grinder blades but any sharp edge. had a earlier model and very good new ones a lot better

i would get ML to refurbish both a very good job and can beef them up if you want it done draw back is the truck is off road whilst they do them for you. but cheaper than new ones

hi i have at present next two weeks free if anyone reqs a extra pair of hands have my brushcutter certificate. PA! PA6 spraying have 10mil public liability cover. sadley do not have any cs tickets at present.if interested please PM me thank you chris

there is a product called smartwater. it sprays fluid on them if they do break in with your post coode DNA then when picked up they glow like a christmas tree. with your dna so they know what they have been up to. some are now using hydraulic tools to pries open containers sheds. not a lot is going to stop that. just needs to be tight so they can not get anything in to prize the doors off. it comes to something that you have to spend loads to stop it being nicked

ML springs portsmouth will refurbish old spring with new bits cheaper than a new spring. plus if you change one side it will drive p****d as one will be rock hard the other will have got soft due to use