Brushcutter Diary 2020Updated: June 5th, 2021

Author:-Created: June 6th, 2016

The brush cutter, sold as aClearing Saw,was bought to improve access to and to cut Himalayan Balsam; other uses have become jobs in their own right: like clearing tracks through other fields, the main access track (verges and centre) and around the wagon, caravan and vegetable plots.

Breakdowns and Problems

  1. Yearly fuel usage ::Read comment | General wear and tear! ::Read comment
  2. Thread gone in gear housing for a guard attachment screw. ::Read comment
  3. Engine cut out: Fuel starvation: break in line? Read Comment

2020

  • October 17th
    Used 2 bladed cutter around wagon, parkups and surrounds 1T
  • September 30th
    Used 2 bladed cutter around veggie plot and local area 1T
  • September 7th
    Used strimmer and then 2 bladed cutter around veggie plot, track to triangle field, around wagon area and some of track across bottom of triangle field. 2T
  • August 29th
    Used 2 bladed clearing the triangle field's north-south path 1T
    Used 2 bladed around veggie patch and surroundings 1T
  • August 12th
    Used 2 bladed across south of the far fields and across the lower marsh to the breach. 2T
  • August 11th
    Used 2 bladed across the small triangle field, the far fields and along the bund to the turning point. 3T
  • August 8th
    Used 2 bladed up and across the bottom of the triangle field to the far field 2T
  • July 31st
    Used 2 bladed cutter around the wagon and along the bottom of the triangle field to the apple tree. 0.5T
  • July 31st
    Used 2 bladed cutter along bund to the boat and north. 3.5T
  • July 5th
    Used strimmer to clear around the veg plots, wood chopping area etc. ALP & tent etc. 2T
  • June 23rd
    Used 2 bladed cutter along the bund from the drain to the breach. 1T
    2nd outing :- Used 2 bladed cutter clearing the track down to Trekensa Gardens and a part of the path north through the triangle field. 1T
    3rd outing :- Used 2 bladed cutter clearing further north through the triangle field. 1T
    4th outing :- Used shredder blade on final part to clear the remaining path to the top of the triangle field. 1T
  • June 22nd
    Used 2 bladed cutter across triangle fields, far fields and along the bund to the breach. 4T
  • June 15th
    Used 2 bladed cutter extending clearing around wagon and veggie area 1T
    2nd outing :- Used 2 bladed cutter clearing the bund from to the boat and along the bund to the elder tree 1T
  • June 18th
    Used 2 bladed cutter clearing the bund from the elder tree to the knotweed 1T
  • June 15th
    Used 2 bladed cutter extending clearing around wagon and veggie area 1T
    2nd outing :- Used 2 bladed cutter clearing the bund from to the boat and along the bund to the elder tree 1T
  • May 15th
    Used 2 bladed cutter clearing the bund from the turning point to the breach 1T
    2nd outing :-along the bund1T
  • May 5th
    Used 2 bladed cutter the small triangle field and reached the bund 1T
    2nd outing :-along the bund1T
  • May 4th
    Used 2 bladed cutter across the triangle field and halfway across the small triangle field 2T
  • May 3rd
    Used 2 bladed cutter to continue along the bund north to the breach 1T
  • Apr 27th
    Used strimmer to clean around veg beds and wagon. 1T | Had problem starting but then OK
  • Apr 26th
    Used shredder to clean stubs of bamboo between the caravan and workshop and all brambles and stuff from area where large ash was laying and has been used for wheat. 1T |
    cleared around big ash log
    Big ash log location

    Had problem see Comment 8
  • Apr 25th
    1st run used 2 bladed to continue east and along the bund and got to within spitting distance of the big willow I cut near the drain. 1T | Engine faltering: not so bad after a while.

    2nd run used 2 bladed around caravan, workshop, veg patch, benders and peripherals. 2T | Engine not faltering.
  • Apr 21st Brush-cutter: ~ 2 bladed : Along the bund down to the boat and east. Altogether 190m 1T | Engine faltering: Fuel starvation?
  • Mar 22nd Brush-cutter: ~ strimmer: Around veg beds and wagon 1T
  • Mar 21st Brush-cutter: ~ 2 bladed : Around caravan 1T

Total 47T

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Comment No. * from: [Member]

roger

May 5th No problem is reoccurring, so could it be a fuel debris issue. ~ Just called Stihl tech and they agreed that if the fuel is a bit old|dirty, as I use 20 year old 2-stroke oil then the pump diaphram may be effected.

May 4th The problem is reoccurring; I wonder if it's a consequnce of the way I hang it, by the engine vertically downward. Maybe there is some fuel debris effecting the pump diaphram I laid it under the workshop for the night.

FS460 would start and it appeared there was no spark. I downloaded the service manual after calling Dougie Bennett. It didn't dawn on me it was Sunday.

Mr Bennett thought it may be the ignition coil and by all accounts it would be a bit of a job me setting a new one up, shuls I try and replace it. So I sent an email to D Bennett as follows; but see after email.

-------- Forwarded Message --------
Subject: Sthil FS460 Roger Lovejoy
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2020 15:28:16 +0100
From: roger
To: Mr bennett

Hi Mr Bennett.

I hope this email gets to you and hope you and yours are well.

Apologies about calling on Sunday ~ I had no idea of the day given this lockdown strategy and that I'm supposed to be isolated at my age.

I have downloaded the service manual and can see that setting the gap between the ignition coil and the flywheel would be a major undertaking for me, the wiring I could handle :)

As I said there were problems two days ago with loss of power and then picking up. Then yesterday I used it for a couple of hours (a few tank-fulls) and by the end it was OK. Earlier in the day I did notice a noise, like a knocking I wasn't used to and so not that happy, but later in the day that went away. After reading the manual I wonder if something worked loose and the armature of the induction coil became damaged but the flywheel magnets don't look scratched.

Hopefully washing it last night hasn't caused a short circuit, so am letting it dry more.

I have a meter and could read nearly 400v max, but maybe that is nowhere near enough to make a spark and I did try another spark plug,

I noticed there is a bolt missing from the starter housing? One of the two.

So if your are still up and running and not too busy I would like to bring it in asap.

I'm still trying it and thought I heard a cough?

All the best

Roger Lovejoy

I tried a few times and decised to leave it in the sun, in case it was a short from my washing the machine. Lo and behold it started around 5pm and ran with no problems. So must email/call D Bennett

26/04/20 @ 20:11
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