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  1. Deafhead
    Hi there, Blower rebuilt using old ring, query about it being chrome though, some carbon in the groove behind the ring. Compression with oiled bore still just 140 and still no sign of it attempting to fire. The overall condition is pretty good otherwise I wouldn't be bothering with it. Even if there was still a problem with the carb it should still fire with a squirt of fuel in its throat. Anyhow enough is enough, appointment arranged with Mr Skip.
  2. Deafhead
    Good point, but the base o ring gasket is in fine shape. The ring pushes easily into the bore so its either lost tension or worn out.
  3. Deafhead
    I might try and find a new ring for it, failing that, in the box it goes.
  4. Deafhead
    Interesting, but the innards have got Husqvarna written on them
  5. Deafhead
    Hi, I am the owner of the blower and you are right about the ring, however ( I nearly said my ring was loose then) The ring was free in the groove and the gap had opened up to about the limit, so a new ring may have cured it. It was barely adequate for the job anyway, so I have treated myself to a new backpack blower.
  6. Deafhead
    Why not use a 3/4 x 22mm coupling.
  7. Deafhead
    Just to add to the fun, some of these engines had an extension to the camshaft for the starting handle, which meant you could at least get a bit of speed up before dropping the decompressor, it also meant you had either a clockwise or anticlockwise starting handle. The other trick was for the handle to slip off the shaft and fetch you one up side the ear or knee depending how you stand. Openspaceman could probably add something about the starting of the twin cylinder variety. The fact we are all on this discussion means we all believe that Friday is definitely poets day.
  8. Deafhead
    I think there might be a fine filter on the outlet from the pump, but cant be sure.
  9. Deafhead
    I take it you have undone the bleed screw on the pump and made sure bubble free fuel is coming out, also does the pump rack slide easily back and forth. Stopping the engine with the decompressor lever will wash the oil off the bore and eventually cause poor compression for starting. When turning the engine over, you should hear an audible creak from the injector.
  10. Deafhead
    As I think others have said, there should be a lift aside catch on the pump slide to enable the pump to over fuel to help start-up. Looking at your pic its the bit with the bolt on it.
  11. Deafhead
    The lad is my son who is now a senior engineer with an international aerospace concern
  12. Deafhead
    One looks like my old Drott dozer, I think the other dozer is a B100. I'll leave the ag ones to you.
  13. Deafhead
    Where does that rainwater spout discharge?
  14. Deafhead
    The trick is getting the bl**dy badgers out of your garden.
  15. Deafhead
    A good counterweight on the threepoint takes a lot of effort out of the steering.
  16. Deafhead
    I remember old Robertson nearly in tears as his dairy herd went at Loampits, remember the palaver dragging his mobile milking parlour around the countryside.
  17. Deafhead
    Model aircraft and tree climbing sort of go together don't they. Manx Nortons were £ 465 back then and the same again for Francis Beart to tune it. My Morgan Late 1950,at the bottom of Star Hill.
  18. Deafhead
    Thanks for the comeback guys, Khriss, you could be right as I do use steel jerrycans to collect my fuel (40 litres a time) but then decant it into 5 litre plastic as needed, so it can sit in the steel container for a while. Openspaceman, a thousand years ago I raced a Cooper JAP and used to collect the fuel (Cooper No.1 racing fuel) in sealed 2 gallon cans, this fuel was methanol with about 21/2 % Nitro methane additive and if you did not use it fairly soon after purchase it would very soon turn milky white through moisture absorption.
  19. Deafhead
    Just had a non start prob with a Husky and on about the third strip down I noticed some small water globules on the pump diaphragm, so changed the carb (Lots of spares, long time chainsaw user) thoroughly cleaned the tank and off she went. By the way I could not find any water present in the fuel in the tank.
  20. Deafhead
    Might still have diesel in the spark plug shorting it out.
  21. Deafhead
    I cut my old tracks in half and buried them under my farm tracks potholes, made good over the top, no more pothole. Its suprising how heavy a rubber track is to lug about.
  22. Deafhead
    One of my grasscutters requires that the battery is disconnected when not in use,I gave up looking for the cause of the drain.
  23. Deafhead
    The wheel looks too small for the wheel arch.
  24. Deafhead
    I think some Wadkin planer/thicknessers were fitted with a means of locking the table once adjusted to the correct height. Just a thought.
  25. Deafhead
    On the Wadkin machine that I used back in the last century, the thicknesser bed moved up and down on an inclined slide and I'm pretty sure that was either dovetail slides with gib strips or rectangular slides with an adjustable clamp bar. The wheel for the bed movement was low down on the feed end.( May have been the other end, it was a long time ago).

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