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I am guessing engines built during the early 1960's were designed for a 32:1 ratio, or 4 ounces of oil for one gallon of gas. This is for a 1964, 850cc, water-cooled, DKW 3-cylinder, used in automotive applications, and subsequently tweaked for better performance/racing use. No owner's manual...

Originally Posted by E365 I just used my ($20?) Harbor Freight box-end Torx Wrench set. The only American made equivalent I can find is SnapOn for $258 for a set. Honestly what's a consumer supposed to do? $52 for a simple, box-end wrench...

Originally Posted by PowerSurge ChinaMart and HF won't be the only ones. Lots and lots of construction materials (nuts, bolts, fasteners, etc) are made in China and aren't even made here anymore. This should be a lesson that we need to keep manufacturing here. I work at a Nuke Plant and all...

I take pride in maintaining my OPE such that they always start on the first or second pull of the starter, even after months of storage. Not this year. Our 15+ year old self-propelled walk-behind mower with a 6-1/2 HP Briggs Quantum engine would not stat. Tried a used plug that I was keeping as...

Two-stroke 5HP Craftsman that was built by Murray. It must be almost 25 years old by now and still works fine. I run Stihl 2-stroke oil at 50:1 ratio rather than the 40:1 printed on the gas cap, and Stabil Red added with each gallon of fuel. Only maintenance has been replacement of the auger...

Considering GM/Buick never advertised the Regal line-up it is a wonder the vehicles lasted as long as they did. I almost bought a Tour-X but I stopped myself because of the uncertainty regarding long term availability of parts following the sale of Opel to PSA, and that PSA has their own similar...

I have two Single Share certificates of Old GM. Just for novelty reasons they are probably worth more than New GM. I have no desire to buy a new GM vehicle or Stock. Particularly a new Corvette. Maybe a '61 or '62 Vette.....

Quote This merger is one of two smaller makers already swirling around the drain in a world of vast overcapacity as well as many financially stronger players better able to weather the next global recession. The key word may be "global". Both Ford and GM have severed nearly all global brand...

So....maybe it is a good thing that I did not buy a Buick TourX, which is built by OPEL, which is owned by PSA. No incentive for Fiat-Chrysler-PSA to continue parts availability past the minimum mandated quantities.

I was looking at these hard two-three months ago. - It is a little larger than what I would like in both length and width, - the stupid 'auto-stop-start' can be easily defeated, - difficult to find the color and options we want (smoked oyster exterior with tan interior), - it does sit higher...

Both mulched. Both brand new mowers "out of the box" with the factory standard blades. Son cut his grass at 5pm and neighbor did his in early afternoon so dampness was probably no different. Not sure about length of cut for each. It appeared the neighbor was taking off an inch, and it was my...

NOTE: A casual observation rather than a statistically controlled evaluation; My son and his neighbor both have brand new cordless self-propelled mowers. My son's is a GreenWorks 40 volt and his neighbor's is an E-Go 56 volt model. Both owners mowed the yards of their identical Pittsburgh area...

Dang! I just checked the internet at lunch and my B&S engine series only uses 140 inch-pounds of torque on the head bolts. Which is slightly less than 12 ft-lbs. I don't own a torque wrench that reads that low!

Originally Posted by old1 I am guessing that you tipped the mower to take off the blade, and gas or oil or both ran into the cylinder. Although if you turned the engine over with the rope while the plug was out, it should have cleared it. What I don't understand is why you replaced the whole...

I pulled my mower equipped with a 6-1/2 HP B&S Quantum engine out of storage yesterday. It started on the second pull, after 4+ months of being stored in an unheated lawn shed during Michigan's winter season. My tune-up consisted of installing a new plug, new air filter, change of oil, and...

Bridjit seems to have been the original ramp for low clearance vehicles to use driveways accessed by a rolled concrete curb. Other brands sold on Amazon include "Pyle" and "HappyBuy". Griot's sells ramps that look identical to Bridjit but without the molded in name. Does anyone have experience...

Originally Posted by Reggaemon ...there isn't any way I would trust a cheap meter on 480 3 phase VAC. For most people, non-pro, just about any DMM will do. Just don't scratch your head with one meter lead while the other is still connected to the 480 VAC source! Yup, I had an electrician do...

Originally Posted by Quattro Pete Originally Posted by CKN I would hope at the low volume they would be put together well........ When the sales numbers fall, manufacturers look for various ways to cut cost and reduce their operating expenses, so the opposite may be true. There are certainly...

The 2019 JD Powers Vehicle Dependability Study rankings were released this week. Buick is in the Top 5 whereas Volvo is in the Bottom 3.

Originally Posted by CKN The TourX won't be around long. It's brand new and it's already a dead model-IMHO. They are going to sell in VERY LIMITED NUMBERS. Then Buick will pull the plug on them. That is a concern that I didn't include in my original message. Note that I am asking about 2018 MY...