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Small diesel starting problem

We have a Stiga mower with a Hatz 1B50 diesel engine. When cold it starts easily as long as the battery is in good cond...
56 comments posted 7yrs
posted by cl
56 comments posted 7yrs posted by cl

Painting BBQ

Hi all I have a metal BBQ which has started to show some signs of surface rust. Before it gets too bad I thought I woul...
9 comments posted 7yrs
posted by leenowell
9 comments posted 7yrs posted by leenowell

What happened to teenagers?

Long gone are the days when the apprentices would turn up for work on a Monday morning with hangovers, VD, black eyes,...
38 comments posted 7yrs
posted by adamwadsworth
38 comments posted 7yrs posted by adamwadsworth

Why do people have garden gates?

I'm not talking about big locked ones, just the silly 3 foot high ones that anyone can open. They clearly don't stop bur...
45 comments posted 7yrs
posted by bruce.farquhar
45 comments posted 7yrs posted by bruce.farquhar

Hot plugs

I wondered why my fanheater kept melting sockets. First I blamed the socket, then the fuse, it was just oxidised pins o...
52 comments posted 7yrs
posted by bruce.farquhar
52 comments posted 7yrs posted by bruce.farquhar

Re: Christmas lights

> Anyone other than me [1] got thick as pig s*it neighbours who have > already put up their Christmas lights? Not actua...
12 comments posted 7yrs
posted by spuorgelgoog
12 comments posted 7yrs posted by spuorgelgoog

Homebase

The local (Hemel Hempstead) Homebase is closing and everything is for sale with discounts of 50 to 80%, some quite good...
0 comments posted 7yrs
posted by peter
0 comments posted 7yrs posted by peter

Recommend a Toilet Seat please !

We have a pair of holiday cottages on the farm, and toilet seats are everlastingly failing. Modern seat seem to be a/ o...
10 comments posted 7yrs
posted by andrew
10 comments posted 7yrs posted by andrew

Bloke who keeps shocking himself

Link for that DIY bloke on youtube who keeps giving himself electric shocks please.
4 comments posted 7yrs
posted by MrPounder
4 comments posted 7yrs posted by MrPounder

Heat shrink caps.

Anyone know of a source of these - preferably in a range of sizes? The sort of thing you'd use to cap the end of a wire...
19 comments posted 7yrs
posted by dave
19 comments posted 7yrs posted by dave

Bathroom illuminated mirror problem

I have an illuminated bathroom mirror which has two unsilvered vertical strips with 15w T8 fluorescent tubes behind the...
23 comments posted 7yrs
posted by watt.tyler
23 comments posted 7yrs posted by watt.tyler

Ring Video doorbell

I wonder if their free-replacement-if-stolen guarantee applies to this one:...
8 comments posted 7yrs
posted by spuorgelgoog
8 comments posted 7yrs posted by spuorgelgoog

Central heating timer changing itself?

Possibly a silly question, but hopefully not. Mum and Dad's CH timer occasionally (perhaps once every few weeks) change...
8 comments posted 7yrs
posted by no
8 comments posted 7yrs posted by no