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Fuel needles and seats weren't in best condition, the bodies didn't look too bad, no need to put in Ultrasonic cleaner.
I've made some new HT leads new set of spark plugs and waiting on some formed fuel pipes for the tank.
Customer wanted it all stripped down and sorting out.
Been bitten before by people poking wire down the pilots etc to clean them out so I always recommend a full rebuild kit if we are going that far in.
sako243
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Today I fixed a **** job (literally and metaphorically). The lawn has been getting damp below the septic. After digging about with a chunkel (what we have always called the Portuguese azada) I found the culprit was the water pipe between the sludge tank and water settling tank.
Basically whoever installed it just butted the pipe against the concrete inlet, by butted I mean to within an inch... So obviously it eventually washed away all the soil sealing it.
Annoyingly the clay pipe was 100mm ID so that explained why they bodged it. The only pipe I had that would fit inside was perforated so not ideal. I decided the best approach was to slit a 4" waste pipe off cut I had, put it in a clamp and cable tie it closed.
Second bodge discovered was that the holes weren't square with each other so the "new" pipe aimed down and to the far side of the inlet. So after failing to find anyone to help tap it into place whilst I pulled it into alignment I called on my friend Jerry JCB
And success water is now flowing where it should. The slit has obviously been lined up at the top of the pipe which I don't expect the water level will ever reach but I did slap some CT1 over the joint after cleaning it up.
Basically whoever installed it just butted the pipe against the concrete inlet, by butted I mean to within an inch... So obviously it eventually washed away all the soil sealing it.
Annoyingly the clay pipe was 100mm ID so that explained why they bodged it. The only pipe I had that would fit inside was perforated so not ideal. I decided the best approach was to slit a 4" waste pipe off cut I had, put it in a clamp and cable tie it closed.
Second bodge discovered was that the holes weren't square with each other so the "new" pipe aimed down and to the far side of the inlet. So after failing to find anyone to help tap it into place whilst I pulled it into alignment I called on my friend Jerry JCB
And success water is now flowing where it should. The slit has obviously been lined up at the top of the pipe which I don't expect the water level will ever reach but I did slap some CT1 over the joint after cleaning it up.
Beeezer
Things are really chaining for the better….
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Looks like fawlty towers from the lawn shot….
