Recent content by Trigger

Thank you for the great responses. I checked out some of the links you guys sent and they did not seem to recognize my serial number. I'll get to digging around it and try to find another number. Thanks again to all of you!

My son just acquired an older ski boat with an outboard Mercury motor on it and I have no idea on anything about the motor. I was hoping someone here could give me some advise. It is a late 70's or 80's ski boat. The engine is a Mercury 140HP. I know it is a two stroke, six cylinder. It is also...

Thanks guys, it is finally getting cool out and I know my wife won't be riding if it is too hot out, so I'll run the Rotella. The starter does sound a little weak.

I just got an 82 Yamaha Virago that I am going to be using as a training bike for my wife to use to re-learn how to ride. I have no idea how old the engine oil is so I am going to change it and cannot find much info on the web so far. I am just wondering what oil you guys think would work best...

Hey guys, sorry I did not get back to you. My internet was down. Thank you all very much for the advise. I will run an additive, looks like some really good ideas here. I am certainly going to replace the timing belt, that is super cheap considering if it blows up on me! It needs a new water...

I just inherited a 80 VW Rabbit pick-up that is a Diesel. The truck had been sitting in a field for about 7 years. I brought it home on a trailer and hooked a battery to it and it fired up on the first try. I live in Northern California and we have the low sulfur fuel out here. My question is...

Sorry I did not get right back to you guy. A couple things came up over the weekend that I had to deal with. Thanks for all the advise. O'Reilly's had two for one Techron on sale, so I bought two of them today to put into the truck. I would be happy to post a couple pictures of the truck, but I...

Just put in new air filter, fresh gas and new battery. Thanks

The gas was very low. I put in fresh gas a couple of days ago and it purrs like a kitten. I am going to change the oil, two years does not seem right to me. I was just wondering if there are any special considerations I should address since it has been sitting so long. Thanks.

I have an 86 Toyota 22re that has been sitting for a little over two years. It has been outside and has the same engine oil in it now that it had when it was parked. My question is, do I need to do anything other then a standard oil change using a quality oil? The truck has a little over 200k on...

Thanks for the ideas. I will try to get a picture posted soon.

I friend of mine asked me to ride his motorcycle for a couple of days because he has been unable to. While backing into my garage, it rubbed against the side of my garage and I got some white paint transfer on his black hard bags. They are plastic. I was wondering what I could use to get the...

Thank you all for the responses. I even think the comment by Yeti was meant in a way to be blunt towards the side of safety and not to be mean. With all that said, I think I am going to try the plug at least for a little bit. It appears that people who have real experience with the rope style...

I have a 03 Sportster and just noticed I have a nail in my rear tire when I was checking the pressure. I don't know how long it has been there. It is in the tread, actually completely in one of the tread grooves. A friend of mine said it would be fine to pull the nail and plug the tire. Does...

Great. Thank you for clearing this up for me.