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Small amounts in the atomized fuel/water mix will burn, but not necessarily well. If a lot of water is in the fuel mix, it's going to lose power. Ideally, the fuel filter(s) do the job needed. Boats often have so much water in the tank that a fuel/water separator is needed and when they're...

I would drop it off at a waste disposal site- it's only one gallon. Or, if someone has a burn pile, use it for that.

Was the new foam fire-resistant, too? That's the material that kills people faster than anything, not the cover fabric. I have a friend who owns an upholstery shop (he has done a lot of aircraft seats & interiors, too)- they recover tractor seats all the time and in fact, we know some people...

Can't fix broken gas. Good thing it was only a gallon.

How can you prevent a super concentrate from affecting the new turf if it rains after application? Is the lawn flat? If it is, why not use a weed & feed/pre-emergent, let that do its job and overseed, to let the new grass crowd the weeds out?

I have to wonder if the people who buy these are proud of the fact that it has the brand name of the mower. I don't understand that thinking.

That's not 'fair trade', that's price fixing- fair trade is for developing countries, so they can receive better price for their products. Did you mean 'free trade'? That was outlawed a long time ago. Setting prices can be done- MAP is Minimum Advertised price but if the dealer wants to sell...

Does the drive shaft have an intermediate bearing? Could that be the source of the rattle?

Why does the plug need to be Cub Cadet brand? That would be similar to buying headlights or wiper blades with Chevrolet on them- the company that sells products don't make the parts, so generic is going to be cheaper and a better alternative may be available.

But they could at least look for the best price! I guess that consider that gouge equal to the local price because their time it so effing valuable, eh? I mean, driving a long distance vs online is fine but not if it involves grabbing the handles to assume the position. BOHICA! And these are...

Why would anyone buy from them when everyone has this plug for much less?

I have one area in the back yard that goes dormant, so I watered it a few times this week and will cut the whole lawn after it grows a bit more- waiting for more leaves to fall. We need rain- it's not growing fast, so I hope the snow waits until I get the leaves off- we're not supposed to see...

I put a starter kill in my '83 Cutlass after it was stolen (and recovered about 20 minutes later, when the guy kicked the metal collar onto the asphalt as he got out of the car at an intersection where a bunch of cops were handling another call). That worked great at car washes and they always...

My friend who worked in V8 Powertrain Development at the GM Desert Proving Ground until about 2002 drives a 1995 Chevy Silverado- he could easily buy new vehicles but why, so he can be stylish and trendy? Not that type and because he has a 2400 square foot garage with a lift IN the floor with...

Disclaimer- I have never, nor will I ever, use Common Core Math. A British comedy show has a woman who has degrees in Advanced Theoretical Mathematics, Quantum Mechanics & other areas and when she mentioned a show with 'smart' kids "using some kind of magic Maths", she said one 11 year old...

50% idiot, 50% moron and 50% nimrod.

My next door neighbor has someone service her mower and snowblower but she wasn't great at starting them, so I showed her after she came over to ask since mine always start easily. I explained that pulling the cord slowly a few times draws gas into the cylinder and builds compression. The...

And it's easy enough to find out if it will be a problem- shake the container and pour some into a clean, clear bottle. If it's cloudy, let the gas in the gas can settle, then pour the good gas into a different container so the water can be removed. I stopped filling my 5 gallon container and...

My relatives out there say Newsom is a moron, or an idiot- can't remember which.

I'm familiar with Carlysle, having worked at boat dealers and seeing that brand on so many trailers, although they had a bad reputation for awhile but that was likely due to being overloaded, over/under inflated or generally abused. I have used Kenda on my bicycles for a long time and they last...

Update- probably corrosion on the terminals- I tested the lights separately, found that one socket was definitely corroded when I disconnected the plug at the hood & connected a battery, cleaned it and that problem was solved. The switch was good, checked any other connections and after sliding...

I have an Ariens 42" riding mower and the front tires don't have much tread so they slip on hard turns- do the least expensive replacements last long, or should I spend a few bucks more and buy something else? It has Carlysle tires now. Rims are spotless, so I'll just replace the tires.

I was wrong- one fuel line was on my 2 stage, which I still have and I still have the second paddle type, which is much newer. That's true- one is gone, still have the other so I'l look (it's covered). I checked the lines for internal delamination & blockage and found nothing, but I have had...

Yeah, and CARB is a big part of the reason the whole country has to conform to the emissions standards. I like clean air as much as anyone but the gang of 543 in Washington become involved in legislating some aspects of our lives, it's not a question of if, but when it will be a problem.

Color in/on an object is only possible if light can reflect the proper wavelengths. In the absense of light, there is no color, only matter, or nothing.

The shut off valve is a good thing to have, as long as it's not too far from the carb- changing a short piece of fuel line isn't a big deal. I had two different paddle type snow throwers that stopped working well- they ran fine for awhile, then it was like they just had nothing more to give...

Black is the absence of light or energy.

The custom car paint industry has a color called 'Blacker than black'.

They also have more poor people than some whole stated have people, so old/bad running vehicles are common. Then, they have Long Beach/shipping nearby, trucking, wind blowing polluted air against the mountains- it's a bad place for people who want clean air.

Those are the double beam that click, right? The beam wrenches are good unless you can't fit behind something to see the fastener and scale.

It can't be assumed that 7 year old cars have been maintained properly for the whole time and they often run badly because of that. If they HAVE been maintained, there's no reason they can't run as well and cleanly as they day they rolled off of the assembly line but higher reliability and the...

Might be similar to TV sales ads in the 1970s- "We lose money on every one but we make it up, in volume".

Worst government money can buy.

That's an insult to monkees. Most of this began because California has so freaking many people. Many went there for the weather- I get that an have been there many times because I have relatives but the first time was in late 1966 and when we went to Griffith Observatory, the smog was terrible...

Can we see a photo of the seat? That could make it easier to find a solution.

For anyone who may have a Panduit ratcheting crimper with a cracked frame near the dies, Greenlee bought the company and hopefully, they still cover Panduit, but I called to find out what they do about the crack- they sent a Greenlee replacement without the dies, which are still interchangeable.

Proper terminals, you mean Scotch Locks? :)

Probably meant 'no gap', which many terminals have.

3-5 years? Not for me- I maintain mine and drive much longer than that. I bought a 2005 Chevy Astro in 2011 with 78K miles and it now has a bit over 275K, runs great, rides amazingly well considering the terrible roads here and it isn't a rattle trap. It always passes emissions. It's very easy...

Sensors fail, causing higher emissions, making the EPA/CARB sad and it chokes the gophers. WRT people expecting a tip FOR EVERY GD THING THEY USED TO DO AS PART OF THEIR JOB, I sometimes say "You want a tip? Never pet a burning dog" or "Buy low, sell high". Asking them "Do you think you have...

Fuel injected outboards, or inboard/stern drive? Both are great- I have worked as a boat mechanic and they both provide reliable operation and they start very easily, but only if they're maintained properly.

Del City may have them. If they're the same size as the small terminal on car speaker wires, these would be .187".

If you don't need to drive anything in or can drain the tanks after they're inside (I would drain them before arrival, so the fumes won't fill the place), maybe the storage owner will allow them. I stored my mower and snowblowers after running them dry with the valve closed, then drove to the...

I don't know what/if anything was added, but this came out of the Ariens 42" I got recently. It started extremely easily, but as the previous owner wrote in the ad, 'white smoke' began not long after the engine warmed. The first thing I gig after looking into the tank was drain it, then refill...

The bottle on the left has a milky appearance at the bottom, maybe 1/8"-1/4" high, the one on the right doesn't.

I would use a floor jack and whatever impact gun you have. Lift the lighter end and remove the spark plug. PB Blaster to remove, clean the bolt/shaft and use anti-seize on the head/washer and blue thread locker on the thread. I have an Ariens 42" riding mower and when I changed the head...

Is it OEM? What brand is it? Duct tape will let go in high temperatures- can you post a photo? Depending on the plastic, you may or may not be able to glue it on but if the pad has come off in a large area around the rim, maybe a compatible plastic piece can be screwed to the bottom or back...

OK, I'll play- a leatherworker had seen into the future and decided that he should make leather chaps. He didn't know how they would be used, but he did it anyway. All of the people in the village called him 'Chappy' and he left the world without ever seeing the genius of his efforts. :)

Perfect, no, but with Aluminum parts, it's not a bad idea to be more precise. With cast iron, it's not as critical in most cases but in a case like the Briggs that really should have had a bolt where the gasket fails so frequently, undershooting the torque will just make it fail sooner and...