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hi I am looking for any info on a power edge trimmer made by Andrews lawn edgers ltd mine is the one with the jap 34cc engine and red in colour dates to about mid 1950s any photo copys or info would be a great help / I can be contacted on 01245468401 or 07585414505.

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I shall probably be there about 12, with my gem. Will be nice to see everyone again.

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Thanks wrist pin been thinking I will do the oil in bore just a ligth coating of sae30. Hadn’t thought about spraying the carb and exhaust only sealing after expeatfarmer said about mice but don’t suffer pest issues. It’s more the fuel tanks that’s causing issues as I have two on the mg as its tvo. The main one is just going to get brimmed with tvo when it gets parked up. And think same with petrol one. Still open on the idea of this fancy fuel as I’ve normally just used ultimate unleaded and been fine when I get back in spring , some times drain it and mix 50-50 with new and use on Morden machines.

For damp i luckily have a 40ft ex fridge box that’s fully insulated and my workshop isn’t to bad just the little shed suffers. I fine the hessian sacks work really well I’ve used for about five years. They keep dust and muck off and act as insulation layer and and damp then do get they keep rather than it getting to the machine. Then let them air in summer.

Am interested in what over people’s reasons to long term storage are, just would of thought winter would be a hive of activity in all the sheds

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On a four stroke engine do the oil in the bore thing and turn the engine over so that the valves are shut and the points closed. Good squirt of WD40 in he carb inlet and exhaust outlet and tape them off. Fuel tank. Either brim it with stabilised fuel to drive out moist air or drain it and hang a desiccating sachet in it having put a very small amount of thin oil in and let it run through the tap to lessen the risk of it drying out.
On a two stroke, oil in the bore and shut points and seal the carb and exhaust and treat the fuel tank etc.
If the shed is damp and the machine precious make a poly igloo around it and stick either an electrical or chemical dehumidifier in with it .
Not sure about the hessian sack suggestion as unless the shed is bone dry they will attract moisture .

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Looks now as if there will be 10 machines at Newbury. I shall be arriving on the Friday pm to set up the stand ,banners and balloons etc. Looking forward to a good weekend.

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hi charlie, mainly due to it being an entry fee event , makes it a bit awkward for getting people in and machines moving in public etc. unfortunately the person who i was dealing with is now on maternity leave and her replacement has a completely different approach to how it should be run

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hi all.
the kent meet and greet has now been canceled due to a change in requirements on site that are not practical to meet. apologies to anyone wanting to attend

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To expeat farmer good idea with the boards but both my sheds have ally floor so shouldn’t be a issue.and pests touch wood I don’t have much trouble I do put rat bait down as everything is covered in hessian sacks. But with 50 farm cats I think am okay ha ha .

Is it worth slacking the tracks off over winter?

And thought I’d be a odd one by by storageing stuff over winter but seems a lot of people do it?

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I have used a high grade stihl two mix oil in a villers engine on a Howard rotovator and it has never run nice since. It has a small wimp from crank case. So only use sae30 engine in a mix for old two strokes now.the dertegents in Morden two Stoke oil is to harsh for old machines.

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Andy,
Forgive my ignorance on older two strokes, but why not? What is or isnt in it? I appreciate modern oils have lots of detergents in them and additives, i wouldnt think of putting a modern multi viscosity oil in the plain bearings on our steam engine, there is something in the oil that leaches the zinc from the bronze and it just crumbles away.
Could you not use straight aspen and add the appropriate oil to it?

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We actually use aspen, there, i said it. They supply 2 stroke with synthetic oil at 50:1 and also straight petrol. I get ours from lister-wilder, most good garden machinery suppliers should stock it or could get it. Thinking about it, if you used a small amount of 2 stroke on a 4 stroke engine it will leave a noce bit of oil around the bore, piston, valves etc.

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If you ring Keith Beasley at standen engineering in Ely Cambridgeshire he will have them on the shelf.

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Not sure if this is relevant or of any use but when we used to lay our saws up for the winter, 2 stroke I know but same principal, with normal “pump petrol” and oil, even v power, optimax, nitro etc the saws would suffer poor starting, poor response, lack of power and just not sound right when we pulled them out again several months later. I’m convinced it was the ethanol in the petrol going off. Now we have changed to an alkrylated petrol, which is basically synthetic fuel with much less nasties like benzene and aromatic hydrocarbons in, they always fire first pull and run on the second. I’m not suggesting running old machines on this (it is about £3 a litre) but maybe draining the tank, putting a splash in, running machine again before storage. Eddie the rep told me it has a shelf life of over two years.

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Regardless of how dry the shed is I’d buy a few of the disposable dehumidifier tots you can get for less than a quid and surround the machine. I tried a couple to shut our witch of a landlady up this year, ( she reckons that the mold in the house had nothing what so ever to do with the rotten/ missing fascia and instead was me causing it!). It really is amazing though how much moisture they will suck up. My shed this winter is going to be filled with them.

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I would also suggest running the machine up on to a couple of boards to keep the tracks off the floor and reduce the risk of the tracks rusting on the contact faces.From experience plugging any larger holes like the exhaust outlet and track support tubes will deter mice from making them a winter home or a food store.

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