Well, that was a success.

[Huge]

Strimmer won't start (in its defence, it has been 2 years since I last used it and it looks like the carb is gummed up) and the brand-new backpack sprayer I bought yesterday has the same fault as the one I threw away; it pumps liquid up the hose instead of air into the tank, then hydraulic locks. I assume it's the shitty Chinese poppet valves. I've dismantled it (and got covered in silicone grease) but I can't see anything obviously wrong, and I can't dismantle it enough to get to all the valves. I think I'll just take it back to Screwfix and get my money back.

Fuck it, let's drink lots of beer.

[Capitol]

Today, I settled down to do the internal wiring on a couple of audio video junction units. I had already re engineered the power distribution panel in each from 18 positions to 8, removed the psu and relocated it

20 mm futher up in the housing, built the assembly holding 6 Keystone jacks in each, mounted them and installed the IDC interconnecting wires. I had also installed the 4 way video amplifiers in position. I finished installing and connecting the wires in the first unit and started on the second unit wiring. That's when I noticed that the second 4 way video amplifier unit was marked variable gain, but someone had omitted to put the gain pots into the pcb and there were no holes in the case to adjust them anyway. As I bought this unit some time back,it is just a case of fingers crossed that I can fiddle the video signals amplitude with some attenuators if necessary,when the unit is installed. Personally I prefer wine!

Tomorrow it's back to the wiring.

[Scott M]

I only finished crawling about under a mate's car an hour ago and managed a whisky in the (much needed) bath. I probably ought to wish I was lazier!

[Muddymike]

Try feeding it a little gas from a blowtorch (not lit) whilst trying to start.

Mike

[damduck-egg]

Nitrokeg beers are bad enough already without coming up with homemade concoctions to rival them.

G.Harman

[Huge]

It's more f***ed than that. It won't prime.

[whisky-dave]

Strange idea I drink mine and put bubble bath in the bath but each to his or her own ;-)

[Muddymike]

It may self prime once running on the gas. That's the point of using the blowtorch. The engine starts and runs for a short while on the gas and sucks the petrol mix through to continue running.

Mike

[Huge]

I'll give it a go (and indeed, that's how I usually start the profoundly shit petrol hedge cutters I have), but if the little priming bulb won't pump any fuel through, I suspect the whole thing is gummed up.

[Tim Lamb]

In message , Huge writes

Local lawnmower supplier offers an ultrasonic bath treatment for gummed up carbs.

Last time I took one in, it came back disassembled. I still wonder if the flutter valves are correctly fitted:-)

[The Natural Philosopher]

One time this happened to me the clunk filter had gummed up. I was able to get at it and wash it in fresh petrol