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  1. Richard Thompson
    I've always wanted to do this https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/b9/d7/15/b9d71560efcc5efa3bf41ab1cea6e6d6.jpg but I'm not going to change a tow bar just to mount a vice for an hour a week for on the job site sharpening
  2. Richard Thompson
    I have an Oregon red vice and a table/worktop clampable small vice that I clamp down on to the trailer greedy boards or hitching rail, the best option is to use a heavy bench vice but I'm not lugging round my record no23 in the back of the work vehicles http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/XEgAAMXQatBSajUn/s-l300.jpg
  3. Richard Thompson
    The only things used oil is good for is recycling and getting some heat in to the bonfire, I've seen what happens when someone wrecked a saw by using waste unfiltered engine oil. I'd never use filtered waste oil either there are too many ultra fine particuls in it to clog a saw and it's just a waste of time and absolutely stinks and the customer won't like it on there propertie. I'd rather just pay the ten euros for a can of oil and get the job done
  4. Richard Thompson
    I've a MacCulloch 382 "B&Q special" that needs a service and new chain and a Briggs mower in for a pre-season service
  5. Richard Thompson

    Saw ID ?

    Richard Thompson replied to bmp01's topic in Chainsaws

    Possibly homelite?
  6. Richard Thompson
    I love my 200t, loads of power comfortable to use and a pleasure to work on when it needs a repair. It's amazing what mine has cut, taking down trees way bigger than it should.
  7. Richard Thompson
    i use a homemade clip similar to this either clipped to the harness or my 2" army belt, if a dont want to use the tool lanyard. if I'm wearing jeans doing ground work i have an old style husky tool clip the only problem with the husky clip is its a small belt opening so no good for the 2' belt
  8. Richard Thompson
    Thanks for the parts no, MTD is big over here in France so I might be lucky in finding one ( depending on the price ). I've dremeled a few carb screws in the past but I'd like the screwdriver just for convenience and on-site adjustment at the clients home rather than in the workshop unless absolutely necessary
  9. Richard Thompson
    nope, its more like a pair of googly eyes. its a solid circle screw head with an off center hole that dosent breach the outside of the screw head https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/614-Z9sOYdL.jpg its none of the above types
  10. Richard Thompson
    Does anyone know whats the name for this type of carb screw E.g.( D, double D, pacman, splined ). the screw heads are smooth around the circumference with only the litle holes in the heads many thanks in advance
  11. Richard Thompson
    I've not done it on a 3/8 chain but sometimes I will use 4.8 and 4.5 on a .325 chain. It depends on the availability of the files when I visit the suppliers
  12. Richard Thompson
    I had trouble cutting the other day with my 150. it was just the rakers that needed taking down a bit, otherwise its been a fine saw/chain combo
  13. Richard Thompson
    I have a black and decker corded electric saw:blushing: on the bench today waitng for a guide bar tensioner and service/sharpen . nothing amazing but its money coming in and idle hands kept busy
  14. Richard Thompson
    I had a rough night in the Limousin region of France last night. Had a few calls and a sloe tree snap in the garden so I'll be sorting them out in the next few days
  15. Richard Thompson
    tsumara and husqvarna are written backwards ??
  16. Richard Thompson
    just coat the tops with tar, if you wanted after the tar add some sheet plastic, around here people use tin cans for the small posts and sheet zinc for the strainers nailed down with a few nails but thats only for the gardens. the farmers use the posts au-natural and replace after they fall over due to rot
  17. Richard Thompson
    In small mower type engines or small light plant engines I generally use 30W oil for classic cars or the Briggs stuff. I find it's better for clients mowers and my equipment with less wear on the internal parts
  18. Richard Thompson
    I have a couple of 041's and an 051, no chainbreaks and when i checked with the numbers they were about fourty years old give or take but that was not with stihl, one of the 041 has points and the other is electronic. I also have an old husky 61 i think, not runner and in bits in the loft
  19. Richard Thompson
    Its always a PITA going to an older saw after using the new ones, picking an old saw up and trying to start it when its in the off position . I try and flick the switch to on straight after i shut one down now but it desent always happen
  20. Richard Thompson
    I've heard " where's um to" from a guy from Devon, referring to anything or anyone
  21. Richard Thompson
    I've just had a ms230 strip, clean and piston change. A 200t service while I've had a week off and I have a 25-4 strimmer in for a carb rebuild and possible valve tune - up I just need to find a service manual for any specifications
  22. Richard Thompson
    talk to your postie and get a big thick elastic band round the hook, that should keep it in its stowed position. ive got a velcro strap round my hook ATM but the an elastic band is better. Also sharpen and reground the point to get it to bite better in the log but i normally just plunge cut a slot and use the tip if i want to roll big trunks
  23. Richard Thompson
    I have a 661 that eats plastic cage bearings and i check and grease regularly, has anyone got a part number for a steel cage bearing ??
  24. Richard Thompson
    I've got to say a raised fire in the corner, cut some of the trunks and lay them down, cover with corrugated tin and set a fire. Less damage to the grass and it's a lot easier to remove a few barrows of ash. I did the same to two large lyme and two pines in February. April not a sign of any work where the fire was, a while back someone suggested using wheelie bins back and forth full of the brash??
  25. Richard Thompson
    I had similar problems with an 038 ( weak spark but present ), turned out the ignition module behind the flywheel was knackered so i replaced it with a new type of "small engine" ignition module from Ebay and the saws a fantastic runner now ?? the modules are so good i replaced the module on my 051 as well and its improved that saw as well http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lawn-Mower-Part-Mega-Fire-Ii-Ignition-Module-UNIVERSAL-/172422102653?hash=item2825287e7d:g:2zsAAOSw8gVX6j~x

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