My cousin had the same issue...couldn't start his mower for some reason. Didn't notice the oil coming out of the air filter box...
Drained out half a bottle...but the mower takes a few mL at most.
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Drained out half a bottle...but the mower takes a few mL at most.
Cool contraption. I have always stacked my tires flat. In the old garage, all eight tires were in a column, in the new garage, they are up on a platform so they don't use up floor space. Unfortunately platform is eye height so getting tires up and down is a bit of a workout and something like your cart can't help me.On the subject, these are the new racks/dollies I got. Total game changer. Two sets of tires take up about the same if not less floor space, and no more lifting to get tires on the top rack, just put it on its side and roll them in/out.
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Obviously overfill but most push mowers will be between 0.5 and 1L to fill.
I have no idea about the newish no-oil-change Briggs where you just keep adding new oil and never remove any old oil. Seems like a very bad idea.
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I used to have my wall-mounted tire rack close tot he ceiling thinking I was being smart. That didn't last long as bringing the wheels up and down a ladder was downright dangerous even when I was young and didn't think they were that heavy. Then I switched to stacked carts similar to this one, but still had to lift and center the tires. Then went to the commercial rack so I could roll them onto the bottom rung and store rarely used ones or moto tires on the upper rung. I'm sure I will find a downside to these new ones, time will tell. Maybe a combination of one commercial rack and some more of these.
I just stack them 8 high for the lowest possible footprint.
They need moving maybe 1-2 times per year (beyond tire change) so for now it’ll do, it’s free, and it works.
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When I had them stacked on the floor, I would sometimes have them on moving dollies so I just push the pile around easily. It sucked if I needed the dollies to move something else though.
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I didn't even know I had to change the oil or even top it up in lawn mower, ran it like that for years until one day it was complaining and I looked into it. Opps. Topped it up with some HD syn 3
that was a few years ago now, I should look at it again.I guess I could build a dolly with all the scrap wood I've got left over.
Throw on a few casters, but then I'll have to take the top off as moving 8 can be dicey.
That was how it was with my old Tempos and Topazes. They were beaters and they never got oil changes just the odd top up.
Its fine within the garage, just go slow and push with your foot. I wouldnt roll the stack out onto the asphalt.
Relax
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I didn't even know I had to change the oil or even top it up in lawn mower, ran it like that for years until one day it was complaining and I looked into it. Opps. Topped it up with some HD syn 3
I would like to also, but the 19" wheels and tire combo are heavy as hell so I prefer them on the ground. They take up a total of about 2.5x2.5ft of floor space for 8 tires (if that).
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Two coworkers (from separate jobs) refused to perform any service on their cars. One used to lease the base model civic with no options, then return it with a can of Bardhal in the motor to quiet the valves and start a new lease. The other used to lease Chrysler products and joke about how they were all original, including the oil.
Yes each year the lift up gets a bit harder.
An acquaintance (whose father was a mechanic) spent all his money on making his civic look dumb. About two years in the engine locked as he had never changed the oil and drove it hard and put it away wet. That was an expensive lesson.
I never changed the rad or tranny fluid (manual) in my Toyota Ehco and it was running fine when I sold it with over 400K on the dial.
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If you have an unused corner and can stack 8, I'd just keep doing what you're doing. I don't have that option for various reasons, hence the racks/dollies.
I put a $15 John Deere retrofit kit on my lawn tractor that had the “quick change “ filters on it. Now I can use normal $10 oil filters instead of the $60+ quick change ones that only replace half the engine oil.
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