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Keep in mind, here in MA, anything listed on that site is an OPE dealer, powersports dealer, airport, hardware store, or canned fuel sold in the gas station store. Not a drop of E0 is available at ANY pump here in MA. It's all by the can - quarts, gallons, or 5 gallon jugs at $25+ per gallon...

If you keep a barrel air tight, you can keep even E10 usable for a year or more. I wouldn't use 87 octane in something you cared about after that length of time, but it's possible. I've done it. E0 I'd wager would last 3 or more years in the same conditions. It's cold quite a bit up here in MA...

I used to use Christy Drygas for passing emissions in my '85 Monte Carlo. Worked like a charm every time! Putting that in today's fuel is asking for trouble - probably why you don't see it anymore. Fuel already has enough alcohol in it as it is. Drygas was isopropyl alcohol, mainly, and alcohol...

In the past 14 years of wrenching on this stuff full time, only ONE time was a bad plug causing a no-spark condition. Plug quality is pretty good today.

Like others have mentioned to do, one of the very first things I do with a no-start is squirt carb clean into the carb and see if it'll fire. If it does, then that eliminates everything else, & I know to focus on a fuel issue. If you indeed have a fuel problem, drain some off the bottom of the...

The powers that be here in MA won't let us serfs save the money on road taxes with off-road fuel. They need every nickel they can get their slimy hands on to continue their quest for world domination ... or destruction, more likely. :mad: Only places you can find ethanol free fuel at any pump...

I have seen every single combination thereof. I would say 95% of the time they're either filling the crankcase with gas, or starving the bowl dry, but I've also seen everything in between as well. MA fuel SUCKS.

I've seen this countless times as well, Dreaded.

Air filter first, then check bowl as others have mentioned. Sticking needles are common with the s#$* fuel we have today.

We always used bungees on chains for the trash trucks I ran on a big city recycling route. They would be just enough to take the slack out of the chains. As long as you didn't curb them, they'd last quite a while. You have to get the correct length, and install them, preferably 2 of them, in...

I'm at the age where my tolerance level for this kind of b/s engineering is EXTREMELY low. These days I pick and choose my battles. I don't need the money that bad! I need my sanity more.

I'd take an engine removal on that than on anything built after 1995, though. On Ford trucks it's easier to remove the cab to get to the engine than removing the engine with the body in place. Add some Northeastern road salt with low-bidder metals, and you've got yourself one hell of a fun week...

Wish that was all I had to do on modern econoboxes. Intake manifold has to come off. That part is easy - it's the 300 parts, wiring, and sensors attached to it that sucks. 😂 What a sweet Mustang. Must've been a blast to drive! 😎

21st century engineering for ya. You should see what we're dealing with in the automotive world. The newer the vehicle, the more infuriating the engineering. Sad part is, some of it is as simple as maybe installing a bolt so that it can be removed without removing the transmission while it's on...

If you want line that lasts forever - and I mean FOREVER, with ethanol or regular gas, get Tygothane / Versilon (the name changed a few years back) formulation C-210-A. Thank me in 10 years when your lines are still soft and flexy. I've tried the fluorescent-colored Tygon in the past. It...

Get yourself a set of hose removal pliers like this: https://www.vividracing.com/-p-153726444.html You'll thank me later. I used to use a flat blade screwdriver - I would twist it so that it acted like a press, and forced the line to move. Never had to heat one in 30 years of work. Ahh...

Amen to that, Bert - exactly the way modern automobiles are manufactured, only they put the low-bidder parts in impossible to access locations, and turn what used to be a 10 minute job into a 5 hour SLOG. I'm so sick of dealing with it I was ready to start refusing to work on cars built after...

Sitting that long I can pretty much guarantee underneath the engine cover will be packed solid with a mouse motel. This one sat 3 years up here in MA. Guaranteed valve issues when the head passes 500° ... :

I always go middle of the spec, but for motorcycles or anything with a shim-under-bucket valvetrain design, the valves will tighten with wear. On some OPE engines, this is opposite.

My blade removal tool is an impact gun. Never had to fight any blades in 10 years of daily repairs for customers. Today's electric ones are amazing, as well. Almost as powerful as a pneumatic. Some brands are right there. That Harbor Freight Earthquake has proven itself in commercial settings...

I haven't seen this on any push mower yet, but I've seen it plenty on lawn tractors - check the engine mount bolts. I've seen some on (cheap) lawn tractors where I was amazed the engine hadn't fallen right out, lol. Worth a check, anyway.

No, not $50,000 - whatever the average national wage was in the 80's. I can't remember the exact number, but any person with a job got alot more bang for their buck back then, be it cars, dishwashers, or lawn equipment. Just about everything was built good (except for domestic compact cars, and...

Back when I bought my L100 (2003), it was uncrated and tossed on the floor by employees - the dealer had no part of any of it. If I remember right, recently, I thought I saw the local dealer's sticker on a unit on the floor at a Home Depot. I could be confusing this with a customer's unit. I...

Here in the states, the cheaper "box store" units are 2-3 weeks pay (average - depends on your line of work. I believe average wage nationwide is $50,000 per year, before tax of course. Varies greatly by state, too). Back in the 80's, it was roughly the same. You got ALOT more for your money...

I just tore down the Kawasaki engine on a John Deere LX280 - Kawasaki FH580V. Owner snapped a bolt off in the end of the crank, and I lost half an EZ-Out trying to extract it ... even heated with acetylene! Anyway, unit has 380 hours on it. Threw a used crank in it, and during the process of...

Back in '03 I bought a L100 (basically the same thing, but with a manual transmission) $1,500 out the door with MA sales tax, which was 5% at the time. I sold it to a friend who abused the hell out of it - left it outside, uncovered, never maintained it, etc.., and it ran for YEARS afterwards...

I bought a Husqvarna M-ZT 52 in June, 2014 for my 2.5 acre yard. The two problems were immediate, since I bought it in a crate. I should've went over the thing a bit closer when I first got it. The plastic ball on the throttle fell off and disappeared in the yard somewhere, never to be found...