Muddy42

Thread revival / update! So by chance I managed to find a second hand high output oiler (part number 11286403250). This is sometimes called a 1:1 oiler, meaning it uses 1 tank of oil to 1 tank of fuel rather than about 0.8 of an oil tank. I used the saw for a few hours yesterday and I can confirm this was how much oil it was using. I am a bit cautious about letting it run out of fuel/oil totally, for obvious reasons, but the saw was oiling even better. It seems really odd that this saw needs extra oil for a 20 inch bar, but if thats what it takes to avoid the bar nose seizing up, I dont mind.

I've done a few helicoils and they have lasted fine. I use cheap taps but I go slow, use lube and lots of reversing to manage the swarf. On that check for metal swarf in the cylinder, cotton buds work well for picking it up.

Im not technical but a friend of mine got decent wifi this way and he had poor mobile 4g at his house. I don't think you need line of sight to an antenna. Id expect the wifi provider to do a desktop survey and maybe come out to your house to make sure it'll work.

Have you considered having a 4G / 5G receiver on your house, that then provides your house with wifi and a landline. These receivers can pick up 4G signal where your mobile can't because they are stronger, higher up and point towards the source (if that makes sense). It'll be cheaper than Starlink and avoids giving money to Elon Muskrat.

If I'm feeling depressed, I cheer myself up by looking at garage forecourt kindling pricing. Makes me feel like a millionaire.

sounds a bit much. Fruit trees like slightly acidic soil. How much is a stove pan - 2 or 3 kilos? I give fruit trees a spade full a year. but who knows. Very difficult to prove what is too much.

p.s. wood ash is an easy, cheap and often readily available source of alkali, plus other nutrients. The soil around me is a bit acidic so I add some to the soil whenever I plant anything and thereafter occasionally dump a scoop at the base of smaller trees I'm growing.

You could try digging a hole bigger than you need and planting the tree inside a carboard box of your desired soil. Trim the cardboard to soil level and soon you wont notice its there and eventually it rots. Once the root ball gets through the cardboard it will be big enough to cope with poor soil.

Denmark has just ended its general postal service and personally I think we consider doing the same. The labour force is over-unionised and an inefficient throw back to the 1960s. The use of private letters is in decline and government / NHS should be forced to digitize. 90% of the physical mail I get is junk mail and a large proportion is a duplication of email. There are other ways to deliver the financial services and banking than through a post office branch. Sorry if this sounds harsh. For parcels, competition is great, but some days you get evri, parcel force, DPD all delivering separately and blocking up the roads - there must be a way to co-ordinate this.

Cylinder Piston Assembly WWW.LSENGINEERS.CO.UK The Cylinder Piston Assembly for the Husqvarna 390XP Chainsaw is crucial for optimal engine performance. This assembly includes components like the cylinder, piston, and... i dont think so

Agreed I think those are the standard US connectors (SAE) so should be very compatible.

i think thats only on the more expensive noco chargers. Its good to hear you have found this works.

Agreed I have a 2amp Noco charger. It charges everything from a quad to a tractor battery (this just takes longer, just ignore the % charged dial and keep going). I like the fact that as standard they come with a leads that can easily be used with crocodile clips or connected permanently to the battery as a trickle charger. The downside is that they are a bit "smart" and can sometimes refuse to charge older or heavily de-charged batteries. As above I might just buy a couple more 1amp noco chargers and use them as trickle chargers. I'm after a new jump pack. I have an ancient one made by RAC that won't hold charge more than a few hours, although you can charge it from a cigarette lighter which is a great when you are on the way to rescue someone!

bring it inside and it should recover, cold kills batteries. thanks but I don't think I'll try a solar charger. The shed is in a shaded spot and I'm skeptical that it would get enough sun! I want to extend the electricity to the shed anyway to run other tools etc.

Thanks will do. It would help if some manufacturers didn't hide their batteries so well. I need to remove 6 awkward bolts and the bumper (!) to get at the battery on the Grillo climber under the fuel tank/bonnet. I'm going to attach some permanent battery leads to make trickle charging easier.