Recent content by Smithsonite

These days it's a fools game to be brand loyal. Everything has been on a race to the bottom the past 20+ years. You have to take what's good at that moment. I owned an auto repair / small engine repair shop for 14 years. I've come to the conclusion that if you got ANYTHING good today -...

Fixed it for ya. ;)

Here in MA, nearly every hotel along a major highway is jammed full of illegals. Now, they're stuffing them in Logan Airport. It's absolute INSANITY! What other country does this to itself?? What other country (Besides Canada) allows people who have ZERO desire to assimilate, stream over their...

I know - he was so awful - he put Americans back to work, had a roaring economy with cheap fuel. After Covid DECIMATED the economy, he had it back in action in LESS than 1 year. I heated my leaky house for $1,600 when he was in office. Cost me $38 to fill the car, and $65 to fill the truck I...

I don't think HE knows, lol. Too much LSD from the sounds of things. 🤣

Fox, lol! 🤣 You've gotta be kidding me ... Bert, it's useless conversing with you. You're off the rails.

Yeah, Bert - our reality and your news are as far apart as out respective continents are. You're being fed MOUNTAINS of bullshit. Don't feel bad, though - 50% of Americans believe it too, and they see the decline daily, yet refuse to admit it. Our media has run the biggest psych-ops campaign...

My ol' man used to hose down our sheds with it. One of the best stains / termite-repellents available. (y)

Well, from experience if you use that Amazon solenoid, you WILL be replacing it every year (IF you're lucky). I gave up many years ago buying ANY electrical devices from Amazon. It's all straight from mainland china with the expected quality control. That said, these days genuine Briggs parts...

I built my own waste oil burner, and use it to heat my uninsulated shop. Works great! It's just a drip system, with a gutted Becket burner to supercharge it. https://i.postimg.cc/KzQNX2bK/IMG-0862.jpg

I hear that, fellas. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. What's worked for years continues to work for me as well.

I have more, but they won't upload ...

Yeah, if you use your equipment constantly and it never sits, then E10 is perfectly fine. If they sit, then you deal with this ...

I was a small engine mechanic for 14 years full time - ran a shop out of my house. In my experience, if it has a diaphragm carburetor, you leave it FULL of gas. The diaphragms ALWAYS fail if left dry any length of time. If it has a float bowl, best course of action is to drain everything dry...

Government at work!