Thanks for that, appreciate it. I live in Crookhall, Consett. I'm quite often over Washington, so may take you up on the offer sometime. Be very interested to see your collection. If I'm over sometime, I will give you a pm....are you in Sunderland?
Petrol mower? Where you getting it serviced, i was looking to get mine done but couldn't find anywhere local. Hasn't been serviced since I bought it new in 2015!!
Mines a Hayter and since Toobeys closed three years ago then the lad at Whitburn I managed to find this lad.. Derwent Lawn mowers just behind Blackhill Comrades club £68 + any other bits needed Unit 11 Derwentdale Ind Est, Consett DH8 8PZ
You two are building models and yet paying £70 to service a lawnmower FFS . Do them yourselves and save yourselves money
I bet there are videos on YouTube mate. If you can build models, set up tranciever radios and put petrol and oil in the mower, you can service it mate
There you go mate, piece of pìss. I would drop some 3 in 1 oil etc down the top of cable outers and grease some parts too but it'll save you a few bob. If it's 2 stroke you won't even have to change the oil
basically two things go wrong with petrol mowers...spark plug is a main one and then the need to clean the carb, was ready to chuck mine and get a new one but decided to give it one last go, can of WD40 with the straw in and blow the 'holes' through. need to remove the carb of course but usually two bolts does it, i am as cack-handed and impatiant as a man can get these days but i managed. PS: using old petrol is what clogs the carbs apparently, i used to fill my green container and that did all my mower needs for the season so think leaving the fuel in for so long caused my problems. (would start and run for a few seconds and cut out)
You can buy pure petrol mix for 2 stroke but expensive at about £20 a gallon . But it doesn't go off. Otherwise buy tesco momentum or shell optimax for 2 stroke or 4 stroke. E10 petrol will fook up rubber seals or plastic parts. The good old days of brass, copper and decent petrol are behind us thanks to liberal wànkers.
Ethanol in petrol (e10) absorbes water. It's shìt. Look at your cars mpg, it will have reduced and all them plastic parts don't like it
Hoying another model up. This was my next one, a Tamiya 1/48 F15-C Eagle. Was a bit bigger than i expected, but really enjoyed doing this one.....£20 well spent. The pilot and the wheels were hand painted, everything else was airbrushed. Main fuselage and wings assembled and first coat of primer. Close up of the cockpit... Engine exhausts painted, then masked over. Dark grey pre-shading followed by a mist coat of light grey. This was followed by light and dark ghost grey, then decals start going on.
