Tuesday, 4 April 2017

Broken things

The front left wheel of the sit-on mower broke the other day.   Something that keeps it in place seems to have snapped, and the wheel was turning without its bearing for a little while.  This knackered the wheel, so I'm waiting on a replacement one from my local service agent.  They always say that parts will arrive in a few days but it always takes at least a fortninght.  Meanwhile, I need to cut the grass so I bit the bullet and bought a second-hand walk-behind self-propelled one to use as a spare.

Meanwhile, I can at least change the oil and replace the oil filter.  Hence the oily patch....



The boiler has a problem too.  The wood is fed into the boiler by a screw feed, and this arm is one of two that sweep the wood into the screw.   Except this one doesn't because it has snapped.   It's been over a week and I still don't have even a quote for a replacement from the distributor, though the guy just phoned to drop round to take some measurments.  Apparently there are several options for the mounting.  

I can probably weld the two bits together, but I'd rather fit a new one, and keep the welded one as a spare.


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10 comments:

  1. Anonymous4 April 2017 at 09:48

    Seems rather unkind to mention this, but you do know that things always break down in threes?

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  2. Mark In Mayenne4 April 2017 at 10:39

    Thanks a million! Let's hope it's the egg timer.

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  3. Timbotoo4 April 2017 at 14:36

    Are you a part of the "Just came apart in me 'ands, honest" brigade?

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  4. Mark In Mayenne5 April 2017 at 01:19

    Nope, I'm normally pretty good with things that might come to bits

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  5. CherryPie5 April 2017 at 17:07

    I love reading about the lackadaisical attitude about appointments in France :-)

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  6. Mark In Mayenne5 April 2017 at 22:17

    Hi Cherie, I try not to let it wind me up :)

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  7. Eleanor.6 April 2017 at 00:12


    Trying to find how to "Follow", but can't, so doing this instead.

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  8. James Higham6 April 2017 at 02:24

    You're lucky to be alive.

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  9. Mark In Mayenne6 April 2017 at 03:29

    Hi Eleanor, I think you can follow using Google account, but I use the Android app "Feedly" to follow the Blogs that interest me.
    Are you Eleanor B?

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  10. Mark In Mayenne6 April 2017 at 06:10

    Hi James, yes, I have had the occasional contretemps with the forces of nature :)

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