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Yeah, I first heard this When Humble pie covered it in 1971, then I heard Ashford and Simpsons original '66 version then Ray Charles, then John Scofield, and most recently ish John Mayer which finally 50 years later I decided that I had to try to learn the dam thing, which isn't coming that easy☺️ Google Search WWW.GOOGLE.COM

I agree with that, and the reason will be some arsehole agenda I believe in Scandinavia that there is an Alkylate pump at filling stations, but it's something I heard on here a long time ago so I don't know if this is still the case. I very much doubt if our backwards, corrupt, race to the bottom little island will ever adopt anything resembling common sense.

OK then , what would you do with a collection of classic cars for instance... run them all on Aspen ? My point I suppose is that saws are only a tiny percentage of engines that don't get used every day and need protecting from shyte fuel... ..and as an engine builder I've used fuel stabiliser to mitigate against the consequences of Ethanol in fuel since I first started to notice the damage it was causing around 15 years ago. I know that Alkylate fuel is a much superior option particularly from a fumes pov and I'd say that the world would be better place it was the only fuel option, but unfortunately it's not. So I'm sorry that your experience with stabiliser was negative but I won't be using Aspen in my greedy outboard anytime soon but it still needs protected and it's a lot more expensive in every way than any saw. Not looking for an argument, just passing on my experience of mitigating against the massive increase in engine damage since this crap was added to ordinary fuel which previously never caused any of these problems.

I get it that you're totally on the ball as regarding protecting your engines against the damage done by ordinary fuel, but as a life long engine repairer I absolutely know that fuel stabilisers protect fuel from phase separation or going off for usually longer than claimed by the manufacturers [ a number of years ] while also protecting against the failures you mention and more for very little cost. I understand that Alkylate fuel is a far better fuel, but it's cost would prevent it being used in may engine uses : Gennies, Classic vehicles, lawnmowers, outboards farm vehicles etc, so if you want to protect these type of machines from crap fuel stabilisers are the answer... petrol and diesel. I know it's an Arb forum but although they cost a lot of money, chainsaws are really quite cheap when compared nearly everything else petrol / diesel powered that's being damaged by crap fuel. Cheers.

Just my 2pence worth, but nearly all the carb problems that I see these days are the result of Ethanol in the fuel. It's just so damaging to so many different substances in so many different ways and has ruined countless engines around the globe, and is only really in the fuel so that our corrupt, stupid leaders can tick some crazy ' green ' box while they cut down nature in order to plant palm trees to satisfy this madness. To this end I've been using fuel stabiliser in all my small engines for at least 15 years.. with no probs, Fuel will stay fresh for years and it costs next to nothing... My 2 recommendations would be Ethanol shield and Briggs and Stratton ' fuel fit ' 👍 And btw if you find yourself forced to by a new carb you might as well buy it from China and wait a bit as it would seem that's where they're made... so under £20 delivered or + £100 at your main dealer. Bear in mind that an ultrasonic cleaner can often dissolve these blockages behind welsh plugs, but only with the right solvent... so to that end I usually place the carb body in a jam jar with far less solvent than filling the whole tub and then place it in the hot water of the US cleaner for a decent time.. ..make sure the lid is loose.... which solvent?.. tried many.. feck knows😁

I've already put up ' The bluest blues ' on here at least twice, so maybe I shouldn't post it again. 👍👍

Reminds me of Alvin..

Rick Beato I'd guess? For me Ernie Ball all the way, 9's on the strat, 10's on the tele and acoustically always EB's heavy bottom light top 10 / 52 with a plain 17 G. 👍

I've no idea, but if iirc it sold for 40K ish 35 years ago.. it was absolutely beautiful and great to ride. Really only worked on 2 Vinnies as in building the engines, that and a Comet. The bottom ends were probably the most beefy, bullet proof but simple that I ever saw.... although a lot of the gubbins was on the outside which I didn't really mind as it was accessible so serviceable. I also thought similar about the only Jota that I had in bits { but to a lesser extent } the quality of the engineering was cheaper as what went with the era, but still muckle compared to the 70's / 80's British equivalent... imo of course.... which I suppose would have been a delicate Norman Hyde Trident.

I did that in my teens, the 2T was a big performance boost but scary with bantam brakes.. First bikes at 14, Two 1949 C11g's for £6 10 shillings, a fortune back then😁 built one out of the two and used it to go to school well before being legal, parents didn't know and nobody ever asked. Best bike of that era was a 1976 Rickman chassis kit with a tuned t140v engine. Most fun 81' 440 Maico enduro. Probably the best / most memorable bike I rebuilt was an Egli Vincent with a Black Shadow engine 👍👍 Seems like someone else's life now, Cheers.

Common sense is extremely rare these days as I'm sure you're very aware of, to me it's very troubling just how stupid most folk are becoming, too stupid to even discuss current affairs with any intellect... Happily ' to some extent ' it would appear that many of the cancelled world's most eminent scientists seem to be being allowed to once again voice their opinion, although it would appear that the the damage is already done, and the latest generation have zero interest in logic, truth or feck all else of any value.

Hi Stubby, also known as a plumbers version of a crows foot spanner, very handy when nothing else gets in there.👍

Or if you were really stuck you could do this, but proper tyre lube makes it easier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWd5vwUeYno

Hi, I can't comment on the hedge trimmer but my experience of Honda 4 stroke garden stuff is with the UMK450 e brushcutter which I'm very unimpressed with. It's heavy, slugish and and uses more fuel than my previous Tanaka and Kawasaki 2T 45cc strimmers... but the main problem with it is that it has zero ability for carb adjustment which any engine needs imo. Don't get me wrong, I have many things that run Honda GX engines but these latest garden machinery engines that can't be adjusted or tweaked are a complete pita and as well as that because of relative rarity there's very little advice or alternative spares available online. I've repaired engines for a living all my life, but " Honda power of dreams " would seem now to be feckin BS when it comes to their 4 stroke garden hand tools. Ok rant over, but as a quick search gives a price of around £650 for the HHH25 while you can get a Stihl HS45 for around £250 which will cut a bit more than 3/8" { I'm imperial 😁 }, why would you even consider it. Just my disappointed opinion, but if it doesn't have H and L adjustment screws on the carb... Don't buy it. Cheers

Got one of these... very nice saw👍