On Sat, 18 Aug 2001, Douglas Shook wrote:
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:Elton Clark wrote:
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:> Gripe one: why do they make it so much trouble to drain little
:> motors? I have one that I run out of fuel and then turn it up-side-down and
:> let it drain out of the filler . . .no way you can get the plug out for a
:> good hot-drain without 3rd degree burns and skinned knuckles!
:
:Elton,
:
:I know just what you mean. I think the vertical shafts
:are the worst. For the mower, the plug is on the bottom in
:the middle, of course, but you cannot get at it unless you
:prop the mover on it side, unscrew the plug and
:acrobatically drop it down directly over the drain pain
:before all the oil spews out on the driveway.
My father has a nifty vacuum thingy that he uses to change the oil in the
lawn mower s and snowblower. You work a pump, and store a baccum in a
pressure vessel. TYhere's a hose with a valve on it; it gets stuck down the
filler, and then you open the valve. I don't know what the thing is
called; he's had it for 15 years or so, so they may not be sold anymore.
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