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  1. i live a built up area in west london and am overun with tree rats,cant shoot them,so got a live trap,17 down the pan now in a short time,but they keep on coming,got 2 out of the 3 young so far this year,1 more to go,
  2. get some younger bloke to do the donkey work for you,sit back and enjoy your life before become the richest bloke in the graveyard,no pockets in your shroud matey
  3. wont be as rare as my toyota century limo,only one in the country,and its more comfy
  4. total fact,no disputes,and its about 5 doors away from me,and know both the families involved,and yes its obviously pay cheap get cheap,
  5. no this was by some so called tree surgeons who done the work for the first house drove up the road and dumped it into another random garden
  6. today i was told of the most blatent bit of cheek by folk ,they evidently cleared a garden and reduced some trees,loaded their van/pick up,drove to the bottom of the road and tipped the lot into someone elses drive,this all happened in the road i live in,can it get any worse?
  7. just make sure that any replacement pump will match the settings of the injectors,ie the pressures that they operate at,as there can be many variants,so can lead a good pump not having the correct pressure to open the injectors,even tho the pump is fine,its a very complex thing and they must match each other in operating pressures,hope this has helped you in sorting out a bad situation,but you could be very lucky and get away with it if there was not too much water through the pump,regards gdane
  8. i spent 29 yrs working on diesel motors/injection systems and they work to such fine tolerances lubed by the diesel fuel,hence the large amount of fuel returned to the tank,that any long term usage with water in the fuel system reduces the pressure generated by the pumps,sometimes,180 bar,or 180x 14.7psi,and greater with common rail engines,that they fail to inject fuel into the cylinders from the injectors,which are designed to only open the part that injects fuel into the cylinder at pressures near to the pump pressure under perfect conditions,the water and crud that enters the pump wears the rotors away lowering the pressure generated,any water in a modern diesel system is the kiss of death to it,any water/crud coming out of the injectors pipes is a bad sign and poss wont generate enough pressure once its all built up under cranking over,hope this dont scare.or upset you but years of seeing non starts due to worn pumps killed by water is a regular thing caused by filters not getting changed,and the biggest cause of water in fuel tanks is condensation in the winter caused by hot fuel being returned to the cold tank,in the winter always keep the tank full as poss to keep the fuel cool as poss,hope this helps,spent many years solving pump/injection problems,i see you have fuel coming out of the pipes with no injectors fitted,this will happen,but if the pump pressure is reduced it will not open the injectors,it is designed to do this to prevent premature injection before the piston is in correct position,its all very complex,but any wear will not trigger the injection
  9. many thanks,i thought it might be the solitary bee,but was not sure,what ever it is they are very entertaining and hard working and we wont disturb them until the end of the season,thanks once again
  10. Hi,can any one help with identifing a strange bee ,only one of them,thats made a nest in a hanging basket in my garden,its going into the basket underneath through one of the drainage holes,its always coming back with a small piece of leaf its cut off and takes it into the underside of the basket,its a small to medium size and very dark in colour,its great entertainment watching him/her working hard at his task,sorry cant get a photo of it,any help would be a great help
  11. bet its a draper one,bits cost an arm and a leg
  12. the birds in my garden are well fed,i live in twickenham,but have a fantastic array of wild birds visiting,i put out suitable feeders for the types coming,at the moment ive got 2 old stumps turned to tables,and 10 various feeders round the garden and trees,birds visting so far are,blue,great,cole and long tail tits,robins,goldfinches,blackcaps,even in winter time,starlings,goldfinches,flocks of up to 10/12 sparrows,dunnocks,robins,poxy collared doves,woodys,plus occasional woodpeckers,they love the food and keep well fed all year round,i make up a mix put through the wifes mixer .of ground up fat balls,suet pellets,mealworms,insect mix and seeds,plus niger feeders for goldies,
  13. Hi,take the plunge and go with it,i took a total change of career 3 yrs ago,i started stump grinding for a local tree surgeon,purchased a new machine,and have been happy pretty much ever since,i now have a bigger van,3 machines of various sizes and dont need to advertise that much to get work,i dont wish to work flat out now 5/6 days a week ,i work enough to keep me happy,if you need a stump grinder in the surrey south london area feel free to contact me on here,we all need to work with each other on here,its a great life
  14. buy a crew cab transit tipper,covers everything you need,my son has one,keeps it clean and doubles up as a car for him too
  15. Banger racing,stock cars,classic cars,got 2,68 caddy convertable and a toyota century limo,bad guitar playing on cigar box 3 string ala seasick steve,occasional bit of work fitted inon the stump grinders,3 now in the workshop

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