I bought this little blower for $10. The diaphragm appears to be cooked, but I hope to get it going at some point. (I’m not in a hurry) Homelite Leaf Blower HBBL26VN (26cc) Homelite Blower I found this note online – which suggests I should be able to get it running Genuine RUIXING Carburetor for … Read more
I noticed that the intake air hose between the Air Filter Box and the Carburettor had been repaired with tape, so I repaired the crack/tear in the rubber with by replacing the tape with ‘Gorilla Tape’, which lasted a few years. More recently I bought a new hose from Mazda Spares, and pleasantly surprised that … Read more
Here here we go again, after a trip to Sydney in the pouring rain our Mazda MPV started to miss fire. This has happened previously, and so I knew where to start solving the problem. Even so I pulled over at a Service Station three quarters of the way to Sydney, NSW and sprayed WD40 … Read more
I quite enjoy my van, however I have not really had an opportunity to take it on the open road, for a couple of reasons. Firstly it’s winter, and camping and touring during winter is not as much fun as Spring Summer and Autumn Secondly my van battery won’t hold a charge, which has left … Read more
I’m Seriously considering learning to weld, and why not I say! It would be very useful around the home, and I will be able use my new skill to design and make metal bases for my cabins. These days you can easily source very affordable mig welders, and a good quality welding mask. Just check … Read more
I few years ago my son and I built this chook shed “chook house” thingy together. It was a bit bulky and needed bigger wheels to move around the property effectively. What surprised me was how many people wanted it when I put it up on Facebook Market Place. I have always thought that if … Read more
We all have things to do each day and we feel that we must do what we know before we make our lists that we simply could not do everything on the list because we have a finite amount of time available each day (and we don’t know how many days we have left) and … Read more
This jam contains only three ingredients: strawberries, cane sugar and lemon juice. Done. Safety Warning: Don’t let the mixture boil over ! It creates one hell of a mess, not to mention on an open gas flame it may catch fire … and sugar has an awful lot of energy in it. ( my Mom … Read more
This was our attempt at building a bird box, it might be our only one, but I hope not 🙂 “Freestyle” … no dimension plans, in other words just making it up as we go along. The idea was to try to think of something useful, and then try to make it out of “nothing”. … Read more
Over the last two weekends, I built a Panel Table out of recycled timber. We have a fairly small kitchen, and I felt it would make sense to have the kitchen equipment we most often used more visible and readily available, because we don’t have the space to store kitchen appliances and electronics on on the … Read more