Thanks for all the help. I had time today to get most of the work done. I went a bit nuts (for me) and removed the deck so I could really clean the underside really well. Took a little longer than I planned, but generally went well. The grease part was pretty easy (thanks to all of your help.) I did not changes the fuel line (didn't really need to -- I read somewhere it was a good idea to change those after 5 years, but I have not had any real problems with it .. so I left it as-is.) One problem I did have -- I could not get the old oil filter off. Not sure if it just was tightened to hard last time, or not lubed enough around the gasket. I just went ahead and put the new oil in and moved on with the old filter (Kohler actually only recommends changing it every other oil change.) I have one of the band/clamp oil removal tools, but it's really hard to get any leverage with the tight area. I was going to spray some WD40 around it to see if would loosen it, but thought I would ask around if that was a good idea or not. Any thoughts? Are there any tools that are better for tight spaces? Thanks again for all the help!

Yeah, varieties have frequently fallen victims to the shameless manipulations of seed vendors that could care less about keeping uniformity and in some circumstances have "created" variety "exclusives" for marketing purposes and accidentally or purposefully added to the confusion, or have a cash cow variety and breed into it some additional traits but still refer to it as the old name to capitalize on its following under the guise of being "improved" (when they may have messed up the parents in some cases too lol). In the case of 'Goliath' it appears extreme: this name does not refer to a single strain, variety or whatever description we get thrown at us to make a sale. It seems like it is a "series" of "strains" leveraged off the name of a tomato that may once have been known as a hybrid tomato variety named 'Goliath', itself an early maturing derivative of the popular 'Big Beef' hybrid that has great production and was developed by a friend at Petoseed in the years before the Mexican buyout. Check out the 2017 catalog of Seeds and Such: Catalog link. In there, J. Wayne Hilton's discusses the Goliath hybrid which suggest to me it was possibly a European adaptation from the parentage of Big Beef, he says: “When I founded the company ‘Totally Tomatoes’ in 1993 ... and in 1995 I introduced Goliath (Indeterminate, 65 days), a European version of Big Beef, with gorgeous, blemish-free, bright red fruits, weighing 10-15 ounces and endowed with a perfect balance of acids and sugars to give it that old-timey, real-tomato flavor. After I sold Totally Tomatoes in 1999, the new owners changed Goliath to the “Pio” strain to gain even more productivity. But the ‘Pio’ strain of Goliath is not as round and uniform as the previous strain I first introduced. The current strain ‘Pio’ [DTM 70] further refines the original Goliath to add more productivity, better disease resistance and greater adaptability ..." Hilton also lists the 'old fashioned' Goliath 'Beef Maestro' variety [78 DTM], the Goliath 'Jubilation' yellow one [70 DTM] you probably got, and then the Goliath 'Boy-O-Boy' strain [75 DTM], which all seem to be newer additions to the "Goliath series". To be honest, it sounds like a bunch of gobbledygook to me and between that an Totally Tomatoes listing 'Pio' as the original 65 DTM, I would run away from that. But if you really must find out, email Hilton at the address given in the catalog as he is the one who probably knows best what is going on if he chooses to kindly share it with you. Add to that that there is an open pollinated variety 'Goliath' you can get from TGS claimed to be an unrelated 1800's Pennsylvania pink OP heirloom at this link: Goliath 85 DTM pink 'heirloom' and there is a Bush Goliath and an open pollinated version of that one, as well as an open pollinated version of one of the Goliath hybrids from Marianna's called Goliath Red: Marianna's link to 75 DTM OP Goliath derived from some Goliath F1 of Big Beef parentage. I hope this helps you not lose the farm. Personally, I would go for Big Beef F1 (73 DTM) and not touch that Goliath of a mess with a ten foot pole. I know some people get a hankering for a variety name, but as you can see, varieties come and go and between falling from use, bogus marketing, and those who really care, it is sometimes like being stranded on a rowboat in the middle of the ocean, springing leaks to keep track of what is going on. If you think you know, it might just be a $5 name and an illusion to go with it. Best of luck I understand your frustration. Cheers PC

I have both and use both, but even after using CCleaner, AWCP always finds a few more registry items to fix. However, I also have Reg Supreme, which I purchased several years ago, and it finds still more in the registry to clean. Just like the spyware scanners, each one finds things the other misses. But if you prefer to have just one program of that type, I'd recommend Advanced Windows Care because it does so many things to optimize your computer. There is a paid version also, called AWCProfessional, but the Personal version is the freebie.

"Let us get under the hood, clean up some functionality, delete those pesky temp files, update existing software and remove unwanted programs to keep your computer in best condition possible." NOTHING they did was so technical that you couldn't have done it yourself in an hour or so. It was more of a tire pressure check, empty the trash, and fill the gas tank than a "tune-up". Somewhere in my backups I have a whole "housecleaning for Windows" file left over from a writing job I had. Basically you remove software you aren't using, back up data that is no longer active (last year's taxes, whatever) delete stray files (your kid's old game saves,), find and kill any "TMP" files left behind by bad-mannered software, and then defrag the drive. http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/how-to/windows/3493358/how-defrag-in-windows-7-windows-8/ And this, on controlling what starts at boot-up. http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/how-to/windows/3446457/stop-programs-launching-when-windows-8-boots/ Basically, don't boot anything you don't use daily ... ======== The speed difference can be AMAZING. This post was edited by lazygardens on Thu, Jun 19, 14 at 18:00