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What you guys do in your sheds is your business but we can't be seen to encourage / promote any risky practices which would reflect badly upon us. What you guys do in your sheds is your business but we can't be seen to encourage / promote any risky practices which would reflect badly upon us
G'day all ODK repairers and advisers.

Great thanks to Mod BB for identifying the principles here.
Many thanks for the genuine and intelligent replies too.

The modern world is litigious and we can't avoid this here at ODK.
We all know the ridiculous situations and over-reactions that might arise today.
This is a crazy,confused World.

However, I support the idea of 'best practice' as it is viewed by manufacturers.
We cannot endorse any repair a manufacturer would not when safety becomes an issue.
'Common sense' has become such an old-fashioned term.

With vintage machinery, some advise must be cautionary.
We need to spell out basic cautions that we otherwise would implicitly understand.

I ask the highly competent repairers who are members of these great forums to
consider the lowest common denominators of society who might misconstrue your
advise. Hence: the Darwin Awards scenario.

ODK exists on the generosity of members helping other members.
Please do not stop doing that; but please consider Darwin's children.

Thanks for understanding.
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Heaven forbid the following to occur.


Ahh, if only victa had kept producing the thumblatch catcher series, they would be in better shape today!
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Mowerfreak, Gas thieves are that stupid here too as that's how they caught one locally here. After he got out of the horsepital they arrested him. He said he lit a match to see if he had the hose in the tank.

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