Recent content by Iain741

Ha, yeah I've definitely had my money's worth out of it!! No the carb hasn't been replaced. End of the dip pipe was clean. The rubber elbow does seem a bit slack, I'll maybe try it with a tie wrap securing it on each end

Thanks mate, yep pretty sure I've got the gasket & diaphragm on right. (Thin bit on the tank side). There is a rubber pipe elbow connecting through carb to the mower, I'll have a look at that. The other thing I wasn't sure about was the governor springs...should those move much ? Mine seem...

Hi John...is that this bit? (See photo) I removed the tube and just sprayed cleaner everywhere else, including inside it. Would you disassemble it more?

I've just serviced my Mountfield HP470 mower. I've replaced the blade, oil change, new air filter, new spark plug, new fuel primer, cleaned the carburetor (used brake cleaner spray), new diaphragm & gasket...but it's not running right. To be honest, it's pretty similar to how it was before...

Cheers John, I'll have a look at that tomorrow

Hi all, Just taken my old petrol mower out the shed for the new year! It's a Mountfield HP470. It starts fine, I just put in fresh fuel, but when it's running through motor seems to vary speed to the point of almost cutting out. Anyone know what would cause that? I left it running for about...

Na, can't see any signs of glue and no screws about the joins

Hi all, Wondering if this is normal? See attached photo. I have quite a lot of squeaky floor boards in my house that seems to be where there's an unsupported join in the boards. You'll see from the photo that the boards are nailed to the joist, but the join isnt on the joists, it's about 100mm...

Hi all, I moved into a house with 2 bath/showers, all works fine except when you adjust the temperature the water never runs completely cold or completely hot. Any idea why that might be? See attached photo. The tap on the right switches between bath, wall shower and overhead shower (missing...

Cheers guys...that's worked perfectly! Noticed the need for large allen key after i got home!! I improvised by using a bolt head where I'd filed the shaft square :)

Perfect mate, thanks very much! I'll get one today and try it out. Cheers

Hi all, Can anyone recommend suggestions on what i can do here? I'm replacing an old radiator in my house with a new one. The old radiator shut off valve is an imperial size (1" external - photo attached), then the tail from my new radiator is metric (15mm tail - photo attached). I'm...

I knocked a delicate rad valve when doing painting prep so I didn't have much choice! This will put me in good stead for future too. Cheers all

Ah i see, that's makes sense! I'll do that too then.

Cheer Rob! So do you mean bung the pipe inside the feed cistern, or you're talking about doing it further down the system? Yes, I had a bit of a job last time to clear all the airlocks. I was finding bleed valves all over the place that I didn't know about!