Recent content by rainman49

With the advent of YouTube repair videos, I’ve really gotten into repairing neglected two-stroke equipment. Just gifted my little brother with a limbing saw, an Echo CS310 that I pieced together from two parts saws. Picked up a Stihl FS130r from a seller who was less than truthful. He fired the...

SIL does a lot of short-tripping. Distance between home and work is about 2 miles. That oil change schedule is what his mechanic friend recommended, and at $4 for 5 quarts, it will be no problem!

Jonny, you're correct. It was $4 for 5 quarts. We're doing 3k changes on his 2010 truck with the 4.6.

I cleaned out my local AutoZones of the valvoline extended protection and also got a screaming deal on Quaker State 5w-20 for my SIL's F150 for $5 a 5-quart jug.

Bought a FS131R from a lawn care company because the crew didn't like running it. They said it was too heavy. I adjusted the valves and installed a new spark plug, and I am impressed with the power of the 4Mix. I put a saw blade on it to deal with the abundant oak saplings that pop up regularly...

I'm glad I loaded up on clearance oil at Autozone, $4 a quart for Valvoline Extended Protection. Got a mix of 0w-20 and 5w-30, about 30 quarts or so.

E0 with Red Armor mixed 45:1 for the win! That's what I use in my Echo, Husqvarna and Stihl saws and 4-Mix FS131R and Kawasaki trimmers.

I bought a 1988 F150 5.0 brand new and put 467K miles on it, changing oil every 3k miles with Castrol GTX 20w-50. Great truck!

I tried to use one of those Chinesium plugs a while back and it had less spark than Barack and Michelle's love life!

Like Super20dan, I used Mobil 1 2T until it wasn't available any more. I had a stash but finally ran out. I remember the red color. Maybe that's why I use Echo Red Armor today!

Added 9 quarts of Valvoline Extended Protection 5w-30 for $4 each to my score at Auto Zone.

No Mobil 1 15w-50 in my area, but I did score 16 quarts of Valvoline Extended Protection 0w-20 for $4 a quart.

The Rancho shocks on my 2020 Silverado RST were crap and completely shot in less than 40k miles. Got Bilstein 4600s all the way around, and it's like driving a new truck. You don't realize how bad your old ones were until you're riding on Bilsteins!

We have the same wagon, and it's great! That's the only product I've purchased from Vevor, but I might try one of their vacuum sealers in the future.

I use Kawasaki semi-synthetic 20w-50 in my Bad Boy with FX691V. The Kawi oil supposedly has 1,200 ppm of zinc. I'll keep using it for sure until my warranty is up in another year. I live in Lower Alabama, so it is hot down heuh!