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wisecobandit

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  1. Wait til you need certain things. Had issues getting efco parts for strimmers and mowers. Some of there smaller stuff even use plastic bodied carbs. My local Radmores are efco dealers so are abbey garden sales but rarely keep anything much in stock and several weeks to get when available. No experience on there chainsaws tho.
  2. Matty, Re buying an efco... When it goes wrong you will be wishing you hadn't bought it due to spares prices and availability. I prefer the 357 over the 361.
  3. Assuming its been spaced correct regarding air gap between coil and flywheel? Also but mainly effects husqvarnas its worth cleaning the surface where the coil mounts/touches the saw for its earth with some emery paper leaving bare metal on the saw.
  4. Transit engine in them which is handy for parts etc. You may find it worthwhile taking a trip down the commercial auctions at Exeter mate when the council sell theres down there? Seen them down there before and normally have a list of whats up for auction on there website (husseys) Ldv's tend to rot a bit so check it over. Steer clear of ivecos etc as they are troublesome.
  5. Yeah what he said. The tank breather has a tube which goes to the airfilter. Just needs disconnecting from the back of the airfilter box and just leaving loose. When used and thrown around the fuel can and will run into the airbox causing starting issues but although the fuel evaporates eventually the small amount of oil residue does block the filter up over a time.
  6. Could be a blocked tank breather. Next time it does it open the fuel cap and tighten it down again to ensure theres no pressure in the tank and see if it starts then. Otherwise chances are the gauze filter inside the carb could well be choked up with grot.
  7. Most don't have the primer bulbs, but they where on both ms and pre ms "0"models but ive only worked on 3-4 having primer bulbs out of probably 40-50 ive worked on. Chain tensioning... lol my pet hate is the quick adjuster jobs and just 1 bar nut. Although the stupid easy easy starters where you pull it and about 2 seconds later it actually spins the engine weirds me out every time.
  8. I don't mind working on them. Can have them fully stripped and back together in an hour or so. They are a bit notorious for bad carbs and crank seals tho. Certainly sounds carb related tho if you've replaced the fuel line. Its not a rarer one with the fuel primer bulb fitted is it?
  9. As mentioned you can overgrease when theres seals involved. Also things like uj's excess grease can cause dirt to stick and cause a slight abrasive action which can be drawn in when hot if not using hi temp etc. In general terms tho a few pumps on each nipple ;-) is always good on a regular basis and don't go overkill. Im sure we are all guilty of overgreasing if we have plenty of time and undergreasing when in a hurry or "it wont hurt another day without greasing" scenario....
  10. Great news and handy if you need to get any related parts. Pretty good motors tho and hang in well. The bores can glaze up on them and the 239 if used on light work but I shouldn't think you will ever get that issue with a forwarder.
  11. Perkins a6 354 I believe without checking. I believe the 600 combines used the p6 tho. Awful lot of p6 engines in combines.
  12. For faster hydraulics jon. Some of the older/smaller tractors even make even powering a logsplitter slow work.
  13. Ah fair enough. That makes much more sense if it doesn't have infills!
  14. You can get straight in there on the 395 etc just by popping out the infill
  15. Most people forget the likes of the international 634 etc It was benson who took over county that also developed the 4x4 transit
  16. TCD I don't know about the skidder engine but I cant see it being different. Your top pic saying skidder serial number is exactly the same place as where the vin plate is on the tractor which is an aluminium plate. The lower pic is where the engine model is cast into the block. I would hazard a guess as it being the same. I cant see neuss soley casting a separate engine block just for a skidder when its exactly the same engine? Jon/Shavey did you realise the mf1200 uses the perkins out the mf525 combine? I need to pull one out a scrap combine soon which is in good working order....
  17. Do you even have to take the trigger out on the 3120? You don't on any of the other big husqvarnas. I find it easier just to take the handlebar off and undo the 3 av springs and pop out the handle infills which you need to do anyway to replace the cable.
  18. If you look by the oil filter the engine model (ie d239 or d246) will be cast into the block so then you will know which engine you have. I wouldn't think the oil filter access would be made to hard and its only a few inches away from the filter. It would be interesting to know. Out of interest do you know its age roughly? Im not clued up when it comes to the hydro but believe the "true" hydro came out early 80's.
  19. I really should read thru all the post.... The d246 is used in the 784/785 855 etc tractors. If your unsure what engine it is you have it is stamped in raised letters on the side of the engine block quite visibly if you look.
  20. The turbo version was mainly used in the crawlers. Uses a slightly different diesel pump to also compensate.
  21. TDC I never taken any notice of this before but just seen in the brochure it has a d239 engine which im assuming is the nuess d239? Same engine as in my 684 tractor. They are quite respected for the hydraulic side given the age etc. How do you find the hydraulic system?
  22. Im assuming by what you say Barry that they've changed the fuelling to basically fire slightly earlier which would mean more fuel in the pot before firing obviously to avoid the hotspots. The problem with doing that is when the engine is cold you can get a form of diesel knock which is what I reckon your referring to (slightly noisy when cold) due to lack of heat of the engine to help combustion. They do include a learning curve learning which the ecu learns the way you drive and slightly adapts to it but that only happens for a few hours of driving after an ecu reset and suchlike before it closes down the function and fully sets. This is normally a petrol engine feature tho not so much diesel related. It maybe due to this feature the erraticness of the engine will disappear. Normally the feature only works in a closed loop procedure before the engine reaches normal working temps when it shuts down. (The equivalent of when a lambda sensor shuts down when working temp is reached on a petrol engine) I guess its comparable to the learning of the 550/560xp autotune saws. Im sure you understand most of it, your wiser than you let on ;-)
  23. Its certainly worth a phonecall to double check to your dealer. If its a fuel mapping issue chances are that landrover will be using a different ecu and mapping system. HOWEVER that doesn't mean to say that the oil pump side of the recall wont include your vehicle.
  24. Did it feel any different to drive Barry? I always found mine a little sluggish down low but responded better once on the move. As we spoke about the new transit I have certainly responds better low down but maybe a bit less top end power. I put it down to maybe a smaller turbo on the newer version but maybe the fuelling mapping being out could cause a similar issue, Yeah it was manic down there the week before but they then decide to add more roadworks on the swingbridge just to make matters worse. On Fridays now the kids are off Fridays are definetly the day to stay away from there at the moment.
  25. I don't believe ford are notifying anyone. I believe they are taking the stance that its cheaper to repair the odd van that goes bang and it a replacement engine than to recall all the transits involved and fit new pistons etc. As Barry suggest its worth checking for the sake of a phonecall to the main dealer.

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