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Post by tonyqj on Nov 11, 2016 21:34:56 GMT
Thank you I will have a go..Im sure i can find the fuel tap...do all lawn mowers have one?..Mine is a red one Well that narrows it down Hopefully it does! Often a sign like a fuel can and an arrow next to the lever for the tap. It may well look something like this:
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Post by tonyqj on Nov 11, 2016 21:35:56 GMT
And it will be under the thingy where you put the petrol.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2016 21:41:16 GMT
Rain and awful weather forecast here tomorrow and i wanna cut grass.. I have a problem..have one of those petrol mowers that you have to haul at a rope thingy to start..well it don't ever start first time or 2nd or...... I have to leave it and go back and the damper the days are the more of a pig it is to start...ATM I have the mower wrapped up in blankets and a carpet to try and keep the chill away from its sensitive parts..I paid for a service last year and made no difference ... so qu...... will that sure start stuff help and where shall I spray it? Will WD40 help and where shall I spray it? Lawn to big for electric with my dodgy handling skills... I hates zee grass..Well when it needs cutting I do...now and again the thought passes through my mind that a man would be useful in my life but its only ever a temporary affliction and following large glass Merlot I recover. Always used to have trouble starting mine. I got a new carburetor diaphragm from Amazon and it's been fine since.
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Post by patty on Nov 12, 2016 6:41:59 GMT
Thank you ...as soon as it clears up I'm going to unwrap her and have a look n see...... I think thats what my dad used to do with his, he would never allow me to cut the grass.
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Post by naughtyfox on Nov 12, 2016 7:40:25 GMT
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Post by tonyqj on Nov 12, 2016 7:59:34 GMT
Gotta be right - it's in The Mail
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Post by Delta9 on Nov 12, 2016 8:43:51 GMT
When you have finished cutting the grass turn the fuel tap off and let it run until it conks out. When you need it again open the fuel tap wait a minute for the carb to fill and Bob's your uncle. Many small engines hate being left with a float bowl full of petrol. Thank you I will have a go..Im sure i can find the fuel tap...do all lawn mowers have one?..Mine is a red one Electric lawnmowers don't have one If you have n electric mower you will need to leave the mower running and turn it off at the socket so it uses all the electric from the cable before stopping.
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Post by tonyqj on Nov 12, 2016 8:53:33 GMT
Thank you I will have a go..Im sure i can find the fuel tap...do all lawn mowers have one?..Mine is a red one Electric lawnmowers don't have one If you have n electric mower you will need to leave the mower running and turn it off at the socket so it uses all the electric from the cable before stopping. Unless it's a battery powered electric mower in which case the above would be a bad thing
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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2016 8:55:52 GMT
Fountains contractors are here cutting the grass? Am I wrong, I thought you don't have to cut grass in winter? Nothing personal Mr Kris, but my year seems to be constantly punctuated by people pointing out that grass hasn't been cut, and ought to be, or grass is being cut, and didn't ought to be. I appreciate you didn't qualify your observation, but I feel we should just relax and let Fountains do their job. Rog Hmm. I think kris asked a clear question, and I'm not sure your reply served any purpose with such flippant remarks. You are obviously happy with the service fountains provide, some of us are not. Your attempt to undermine what is actually a huge problem at the moment (justification being all the more evidenced by even the IWA making complaints), is not very helpful, or for that matter factual, and definitely not a worthy reply to kris (just sayin).
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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2016 9:27:22 GMT
Nothing personal Mr Kris, but my year seems to be constantly punctuated by people pointing out that grass hasn't been cut, and ought to be, or grass is being cut, and didn't ought to be. I appreciate you didn't qualify your observation, but I feel we should just relax and let Fountains do their job. Rog Hmm. I think kris asked a clear question, and I'm not sure your reply served any purpose with such flippant remarks. You are obviously happy with the service fountains provide, some of us are not. Your attempt to undermine what is actually a huge problem at the moment (justification being all the more evidenced by even the IWA making complaints), is not very helpful, or for that matter factual, and definitely not a worthy reply to kris (just sayin). Thank you for sharing. There are many problems to overcome in connection with the waterways. I don't believe grass cutting is near the top of the list, and, as I hope I made clear, the complaints that it isn't being cut enough seem to be equalled by complaints that it is being cut too often/in the wrong weather/sticking wet grass to moored boats/ doing damage etc etc. I don't believe my post could be read as an attack on Kris, but if that is the case I apologise. I sometimes feel more petty complaints (and I view gardening ones as such) undermine the importance of real issues that exist between boaters/canal users and C&RT. Perhaps I failed to make this clear. Forgive me for also being surprised at you championing IWA. Rog
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Post by bargemast on Nov 12, 2016 9:43:23 GMT
And it will be under the thingy where you put the petrol. Are you related to MissMax of the other, now a lot less popular, forum ?
As the "thingy" is her favourite expression to make clear about which item she's talking.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2016 9:45:24 GMT
Hmm. I think kris asked a clear question, and I'm not sure your reply served any purpose with such flippant remarks. You are obviously happy with the service fountains provide, some of us are not. Your attempt to undermine what is actually a huge problem at the moment (justification being all the more evidenced by even the IWA making complaints), is not very helpful, or for that matter factual, and definitely not a worthy reply to kris (just sayin). Thank you for sharing. There are many problems to overcome in connection with the waterways. I don't believe grass cutting is near the top of the list, and, as I hope I made clear, the complaints that it isn't being cut enough seem to be equalled by complaints that it is being cut too often/in the wrong weather/sticking wet grass to moored boats/ doing damage etc etc. I don't believe my post could be read as an attack on Kris, but if that is the case I apologise. I sometimes feel more petty complaints (and I view gardening ones as such) undermine the importance of real issues that exist between boaters/canal users and C&RT. Perhaps I failed to make this clear. Forgive me for also being surprised at you championing IWA. Rog Richard Parry stated in 2015 that he spent 5000 quid a mile on vegetation. Given the results of that over the past few years, the complaints, and even a news item on the BBC, I would say it's an important issue. That is a ridiculous amount, and in my view unrealistic. Your right to suggest there are bigger issues, but I suggest nipping this particular one in the bud is necessary. Some of the canal I've travelled this year has been less than 6ft wide in places, owing to lack of vegetation Management. Eventually, this will lead to bigger issues for the canal itself, and further expense. Just like CRT, the IWA should be noted when it makes a positive contribution.
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Post by kris on Nov 12, 2016 10:48:27 GMT
Hmm. I think kris asked a clear question, and I'm not sure your reply served any purpose with such flippant remarks. You are obviously happy with the service fountains provide, some of us are not. Your attempt to undermine what is actually a huge problem at the moment (justification being all the more evidenced by even the IWA making complaints), is not very helpful, or for that matter factual, and definitely not a worthy reply to kris (just sayin). Thank you for sharing. There are many problems to overcome in connection with the waterways. I don't believe grass cutting is near the top of the list, and, as I hope I made clear, the complaints Β that it isn't being cut enough seem to be equalled by complaints that it is being cut too often/in the wrong weather/sticking wet grass to moored boats/ doing damage etc etc. I don't believe my post could be read as an attack on Kris, but if that is the case I apologise. I sometimes feel more petty complaints (and I view gardening ones as such) undermine the importance of real issues that exist between boaters/canal users and C&RT. Perhaps I failed to make this clear. Forgive me for also being surprised at you championing IWA. Rog i do actually think the fountains contract is problematic. Β£5000 a mile is too much in my opinion, it was a contract that was signed whilst still BW but Crt are bound by it. I don't think the job fountains does is as good as BWs own staff used to do. Infact it flys n the face of this image Crt puts out about being concerned about ecology. I suppose this varies around the country depending on the local contractors. I know two people who have had windows on their boats broken by fountains cutting grass on their moorings. I ve seen them using strimmers without any concern for the members of public on the towpath. Concerning them cutting the grass near me the other day, as it had been under 2inches of snow less than 12hrs before. I don't think it would have been dry enough. In my opinion ithe vegetation contract would be one of the easy things to sort out.
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Post by patty on Nov 12, 2016 12:51:01 GMT
And it will be under the thingy where you put the petrol. Are you related to MissMax of the other, now a lot less popular, forum ?
As the "thingy" is her favourite expression to make clear about which item she's talking.
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No the word 'thingy' describes everything that us women have no technical term for...I do like Max's posts and I understand her technical references using the descriptive word 'thingy'.....we don't have quite the same word choices that u men have but we can make ourselves understood...I think
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Post by Trina on Nov 12, 2016 14:37:03 GMT
Fountains contractors are here cutting the grass? Am I wrong, I thought you don't have to cut grass in winter? Nothing personal Mr Kris, but my year seems to be constantly punctuated by people pointing out that grass hasn't been cut, and ought to be, or grass is being cut, and didn't ought to be. I appreciate you didn't qualify your observation, but I feel we should just relax and let Fountains do their job. Rog Except for when they decide to cut the grass alongside a lock when I am in itπ .Both the boat & myself were getting covered in grass(not the sort you could smoke-before anyone makes the obvious comment).I did shout VERY loudly at him to stop & by the look on his face-he then needed a cork !π
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