"so i might be able to go away for Memorial Day, or not! "

Another reason that I quit doing custom repair. For some years now I have concentrated on my original scheme of buying, repairing and selling mowers and now primarily rebuilding engines. I work when I darned please, no one calling every 5 minutes to see if I have their mower fixed, etc.

Walt Conner

Another thing to add, it absolutely floors me the number of people who do not check their oil before starting the engine, something drummed into me by my Grandfather. Then when the engine blows from gasoline contamination, they throw a fit about the lousy engine mfgs. as we just had in another thread.

Walt Conner

Yes, yes and yes. Oh well, it looks like the economic stimulus has "hit" rustj. And I hope all do have a good Memorial Day. And thanks to all the veterans! I believe we have a few here besides the venerable rustj. {{gwi:329004}}

I ALWAYS!!!! check the oil on a 4-cycle before I start it. You never know if it has used some or if something happened. Or on a brand new engine if it is using a little until it broke in.

Nice one mownie. Thanks to all the vets and active duty also for keeping our butts safe. I'm a vet and my son has been in the navy for 6 years, so if Obama can stop screwin' with the military maybe they'll continue to keep us nice and safe. Most seem to forget what the price of freedom has cost us through the years.

And yes, I check my oil before operation too.

Yes, mownie, thanks for the nice thoughts about us veterans! I was in France during WW II, for a nice vacation, furnished by my dear old Uncle Sam! Got out minus my left foot--lost it in England, in a hospital. Somebody asked if i had ever thought about going back to look for it, but i told him it was too badly broken to fix, so i got the chop job! As i was young and simple, after i got home, i found my old rink roller skates, and set about getting used to them again with a wooden foot, and i went on to motorcycles, fast and slow cars, auto body work, auto mechanics, and now lawn mowers, to keep me in funds, and to keep the wolf away from the door!
Be safe--check yer oil! Rusty J.

jimtnc-Just what this forum needs,another Republican.How do you figure Obams is messing with the military.The way I see it George B shafted us with his WOMD Campaign.Just think on how many lives have been lost and how much money has been spent.So blame Bushy for the mess were in,not Mr O.From a Nam Vet.

If you check the oil when you check the gas it's as easy as it comes. I believe mine came with a shut-off too.

gorper99 - I was in too. I was lucky enough not to be injured to speak of. But, if I was in now and got injured today and the current POTUS had mandated that I and every other GI had to pay for our own hospitalization, medical care, and recouperation if we were lucky enough to live, I'd be highly pissed!! That's exactly what he was trying to do until he got ridiculed on nat'l TV. No, not the drive-by media, the Comedy Channel no less. LOL!!!

Who do you think got your butt to Nam?? How about Johnson, D-Texas?? Don't think Bush had anything to do with that one, but I'm sure you libs will find a way to blame him.

Naw, I'm not a pub or tied to a party...more an independent trying to choose the right person, but I'd like for things to be a whole lot more in the middle right than where they are today...dead to the left as far as you can go, and printing money as we go.

Ohhh, God Bless ya rusty for your service and loss. Without you guys I doubt folks like me would be typing this on the internet today. Matter of fact I'm pretty dam sure of it.

My Dad was with ol' Blood and Guts in Africa into Italy, then he went to Korea, then he went to Nam twice and said the he!! with it and retired with 28. Hell of soldier, my Dad was! Gone but not forgotten, which is how we should look at all of them that have gone on before us.

"The way I see it George B shafted us with his WOMD"

I doubt very much that this is an argument you want to get into. EVERY world leader, including the UN and most of the Democrat leadership, thought the same thing but no one else had the guts to do something about 17 worthless UN resolutions. Demos now run for the hills pointing their fingers after voting in favor.

Another Veteran,

Walt Conner

I took carb bowl off- found scaly rust inside, which points me in the direction of water/condensation in the bowl, and, since it sat all winter without running, it eventually collected enough water to damage the float, by freezing the water in an unheated garage, over a harsh winter, here in W. Pa.!
And, after finding a lock-up condition yesterday, and pulling the spark plug, and finding gasoline running out of the spark plug hole, It all points to a leaking plastic float. Luckily, both valves were closed, so no oil dilution, as it was still on the same level on the dip-stick! No wonder that the owner said it had so much oil in the crank-case, when he checked it.

"EVERY world leader, including the UN and most of the Democrat leadership, thought the same thing but no one else had the guts to do something about 17 worthless UN resolutions."

You don't know what they thought, only what they said, or did. Surely your Grandfather must have told you not to believe anything you hear, and only half of what you see.

My republican congressman (John Duncan) didn't believe it, didn't vote for it, and I didn't believe it either.

I'm a republican by the way.

Well of course the UN and every leader INCLUDING the DEMOs lied then. Hind site is always great. I don't know what you thought either, only what you say you thought which may not be worth much.

Walt Conner

Demo are spending money like it water. We'll see how many support them when there two faces are revealed and the get to there real agenda going RAISING TAXES. Just like the the new gas mileage standard, but then they are going to triple the gas tax cause we will be using less. I don't like policktions. they ALL BOLD FACE LIER"S. You just got to vote for the ones that MAY LIE LESS. AND I don't think Obama is a LESS LIER. This one won't last long and it shouldn't. But I will say your lawn equipment today will look nothing like it in the future. so they can't say I didn't talk about lawn mowers.

"George B shafted us with his WOMD Campaign."

I regret that you feel you were shafted by President Bush. I've done two tours in Iraq, had to leave my wife alone in a strange place, pregnant; worked for 225 days straight in a combat zone (the first time), lost several friends and saw first hand the horrors of war flying medevac and "hard-hit" raids, yet I don't feel shafted. I respect GWB for having the guts to stick with the war as it became unpopular. We didn't go into Iraq because of WMDs, that would have been a nice carrot to dangle in front of the "what will this war do for me" skeptics, but we went into Iraq because Saddam was strong-arming the UN inspectors, a blatant violation of the UN cease-fire agreement drawn up in 1991. It was all pretty simple; I don't know why the democrats needed more fluff to rally their voters.
If you want to blame someone, blame US Ambassador to Iraq Paul Bremer, who took a conquered nation and allowed it to fester into an insurgent free-for-all in just one year. The Iraqi military was eager to secure their nation after the fall of Baghdad with their honor intact. He told them to take a hike with no alternate plan to accomplish that goal. How would you feel if you were a respected Iraqi batallion commander on Monday and a part-time ditch digger by Wednesday? There were nearly half a million of them put out of work with the disbanding of the Iraqi military. I think I'd assemble and raise hell too. Bush appointed Bremer, so I guess he shares in some of the blame as well, but not in the way you mean.

All Obama is doing is steering the nation's defense in the same direction it was already heading. I'm not concerned about his plans for the military; I am, however concerned about his financial vision. Yes, I would call it socialism.

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I must admit I sometimes neglect to check the oil in my tractor. I don't know how accurate that idiot light is, but I've never had it go off. And since I've gone synthetic, I never burn any oil between changes. On the topic of fuel, I use sta-bil and haven't had any gummy carb problems. Although I do cut the fuel in my generator and run the bowl dry prior to winter storage.

"I've done two tours in Iraq, had to leave my wife alone in a strange place, pregnant; worked for 225 days straight in a combat zone (the first time), lost several friends and saw first hand the horrors of war flying medevac and "hard-hit" raids, yet I don't feel shafted."

Thanks and God Bless you and your family.

Another Vet.

Walt Conner

Thanks Walt. Same to you and yours.