Recent content by denchen

Heating water takes a lot of energy, and when we think of 'solar' I tend to think of converting sun to electric. But I did think of sun to heat [water] by putting a length of rain gutter facing the sun, covering with something reflective, silver paint or glue aluminium foil to it then run a...

I use a Stihl 009 on a 12 inch bar. Years old, never any problems. A bit heavy I guess by modern standards but always starts easy and works like a horse without struggling.

Linch pins. I managed to get one of those plastic box's with about 20 in at 4 different sizes, OK, made in China but even though I attach them with a bit of chain, I tend to loose them. I forget the price, but the box full was cheap.

That looks the same as the one I had on an old boat engine

I am not an expert on mobile phones [cell phones] but my understanding is the phone companies are allowing a lot of misinformation going out to the public. I understand that 5G works at much higher frequencies than 4G and the old systems. This means much more data transfer but much shorter...

For my penny worth of trying to help, By the colour of the smoke it looks like diesel, not oil, so I wouldn't be bothered about the turbo. So why too much diesel in the mix. It could be injectors, but they're not very old. could it be lack of air, say filter partially blocked, could be but then...

I would think a simple hook and eye would work. One of those cheapo ones would rattle when not in use, but the more expensive brass type, might be the answer. They come in different lengths depending on how far open you want the door.

Obviously electric is not getting to the right bit. What I did once is to put a small crocodile clip on each end of my electric multi meter. Set the meter to 20v DC on mine, then connect the red to a glow plug and the black to earth [ground]. There should not be a reading. Now whilst watching...

If you're going to put a new junction box in, why not fit it a bit lower and add an external power socket

Only 6k hours on the clock. The clock stopped 20 years ago and it's been to the moon and back since, but we've just had the clock fixed to sell it. Only 3 years old and never had any troubles starting. It belonged to a contractor who had it going full speed 24 hours a day during harvest...

One careful owner from new. That was grandad who let his son use it whilst he did his farming and as it was on its last legs, the grandson used it contracting. But it still belonged to grandad.

The old fashion way was to have a look at the oil, if it's getting a bit black, or it looks a bit milky, or you can feel it a bit gritty when you rub it between your fingers, then maybe it's time for a change. But if it's nice and clean and slippery, then maybe have another look later.

I know a local builder whose cement mixer had a Honda engine and the Honda ground to a halt. The only engine they could get there and then was a cheapo Chinese one, a Honda was three or four weeks wait. They had to keep going so they fitted the Chinese and ordered a new Honda. The idea was, to...

If it's 'cast steel', I'd weld it. If it's 'cast iron', it's a lot more tricky. Might not meet the standard for going to the moon, but a good weld would probably outlive me.

Years ago we had a car in for a speedometer repair. When we got it to bits, there was a paper note saying 'Oh no, not again'