Weld a drain plug into pan while its off. After that makes it easy to do a quick drain every other oil change or so.5 1/2 to 6 qts will drain if you let it sit awhile. Have often refilled with different brands of Dex 6 with no problems.On my 2017 rwd Silverado I had to drop the Y pipe to remove...
When you rebuilt the carb did you change the gasket between the throttle plate and main body? There are several different ones and possibly the idle ports or transfer slot holes could have been blocked off.
Best UV protection is a cover anytime bike is parked. I have always just used simple stuff like Mothers or Meguirs on bikes or vehicles with good results.
Yes there are small engine valve spring removal tools. Almost look like a pair of tongs for kitchen use but have a thumb screw at end of handle to close them up. Put one jaw over the retainer and jam the other into lower part of the spring tighten the screw to compress the spring and just...
Imported equipment tires almost always run smaller than the OEM tires on anything. Guess its not illegal to put a size on a tire that it is obviously not. It should be considered false advertising but in todays world any crap China feeds us we eat.
Working in a country garage in SE Mass . Sold Mobil gas a Cadillac pulled up to the pumps and the woman driving it was in tears, Told me Elvis had passed away,