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    Grasshopper Drive Fluid

    We used Mobil 1 15w-50 in those hydro units.
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    What are NEMA 6-20 250V receptacles used for?

    I've recently picked up an old Amana microwave oven that uses this plug.
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    Stihl MS 311 engine swap

    Got these two in the other day. One has a good handle and frame but junk engine main bearings. Failure looks to be poor air filtration as the intake was loaded with sawdust. The other one has a broken frame from being dropped or a tree dropped on it. Motor looks good in this one. My job, make a...
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    New Bradley stander with air cooled B&S vanguard 26 HP twin questions.

    Hydrogear recommends an initial oil change at 75 hours then 400 hour intervals on the Gravely/Ariens zero turn riders we sell. I can see the shorter intervals on a stander. I'd do an initial at 50 or so then the 200.
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    Does Size Matter? Engine Displacement….How Low Can They Go?

    I got to do some troubleshooting on a very original BMW Isetta yesterday. 300cc single, 12hp.
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    What do you use in your ultrasonic cleaner?

    The soap product is called "Awesome"
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    What do you use in your ultrasonic cleaner?

    We use a product called Awesome in the shop. A heavy duty plastic baggie with a soap and water solution works a treat for ope carbs.
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    Thin washer for shimming mower wheels

    Our hardware store has them, machinery shims.
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    Foam filled tires

    Some Amish around here do have steel wheels on their yard equipment. A bit tough on the turf I'd think.
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    Does Size Matter? Engine Displacement….How Low Can They Go?

    I'm daily driving a 1.1 Opel Kadett. Optimistically rated at 60 hp.
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    Air India Flight AI171 (Boeing 787-8) Crash

    But yet this very thing is happening in the trucking industry with inward facing dash cameras.
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    Post your latest small engine oil change

    Had an interesting one come into the shop for a performance complaint. Honda FG110 tiller. A plugged and deteriorating air filter was the cause. New Air filter, new spark plug, and an oil change. Unknown old out, 4oz Vanguard 10w-30 in. Engine is a GX 25. Tiny little thing.
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    Buying a new String Trimmer

    The 4mix Stihls are very fussy about their valve adjustment. In the real world about 50 hour intervals. Go Echo, you will be pleased and if you ever go battery, the attachments will interchange.
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    No unimportant jobs- school bus driver

    Normally they already do. School bus only requires a Class B license with Passenger and School bus endorsements. Sometimes an Air Brake endorsement is needed, most operations now have all automatic transmissions so there will be an Automatic only restriction on the license. With a class B...
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    JD LA110 Resurection

    Please don't use a vacuum. Plenty of explosive youtube videos of that. I like to use compressed air with the fuel line disconnected.
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