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Originally Posted By: greenaccord02 No, you're wrong. Please take a look at this image taken from a scan of the Briggs 6B-HS Model Engine: Might take a look a this one too, from the 5S model, one of the most common collectible briggs engines: These manuals are available for free download at...

Originally Posted By: ShiningArcanine Make/buy. It does not make a difference. The point is that you need to be the owner. Been there, done that. Trust me, I know how the game works.

Originally Posted By: law3500 NONE of these were turned into the feeding frenzy that this latest recall has. Did those involve any deaths?

Originally Posted By: ShiningArcanine If you feel differently, make your own message board. Don't you mean "buy one"? Let's make one thing VERY clear - Helen did not make this place.

Originally Posted By: Quattro Pete Maybe it's right for business (her business). Having a bunch of heated political discussions and name calling just lowers the overall board quality and may turn off some advertizers. That is only slightly true. Most boards (for profit) aren't 1/10th as...

Originally Posted By: ClarkB Conventional BITOG wisdom is that all automatic transmissions will need serious work before 200K miles. I'll have to disagree with that. Maybe 30 years ago. For anyone that doesn't get at least 200k on a modern transmission I'd say they bought a peice of [censored]...

Originally Posted By: Quattro Pete It's her board. She can do whatever she wants. That doesn't make it right. And I never said she couldn't...I just suggested she lock the whole thing so she doesn't have to worry about all these horrible offensive posts anymore.

Originally Posted By: eljefino Do a ninja change on the hyundai some weekend with the 10w30. Drive to the industrial part of town where there's no cops or people and put the passenger wheel up on a curb, through a handicap cutout. Forget the filter: get in, get out. If your elantra is like my...

Originally Posted By: PandaBear 4) tax? Good point. If you're making $110,000/year, you're paying WAY more than $10k in taxes alone.

Originally Posted By: Troy_Built Helens thread about Toyota Why doesn't she just lock the whole board? Is there anything that doesn't offend her?

Originally Posted By: greenaccord02 I have a couple older engines from B&S from the era you mention. The OEM recommendation was Mobil 20 weight for temps above freezing. No, it wasn't. Plain old 30W oil has been Brigg's recommendation for as long as they've been making engines. They have never...

Originally Posted By: Chuck1986 According to salary.com, as it stands the average salary for the profession I am entering is $110k/year. I figure if I work hard and set aside $5k/month (after taxes and cost of living expenses) - assuming it earns about 3% interest per year, compounded monthly -...

Put it in a box. Put it in the attic. Forget about it until you're 85. NOW put them on ebay, they're antique, and STILL FULL! (and you can say "remember back when we used to change oil in our cars?) *doing my best not to make you an offer on SL rated Havoline*

Originally Posted By: eljefino Though you can weld with batteries there's still some reason (inductance?) just beyond my grasp why you have to loop your cables a specific way... to keep the batteries from blowing up. That's not true. Stick 3 batteries together, add some jumper cables, and BANG...

Originally Posted By: Char Baby I used Havoline for years cause it was cheeeeaaaaapppp! Yeah, me too. Now it's half the price of a good synthetic! It's kind of odd that Chevron oil remains one of the cheapest brand names with a good reputation, while they jack up the price on Havoline...