Recent content by OldArmy

When I decided to buy my chainsaw, I talked to the pro who was taking down a couple of damaged large trees well beyond what I was was comfortable tackling. I was down to choosing between Echo and Stihl. He said, I own both, but this is the one I use the most and he pulled out his Stihl. I’ve...

Sometimes it is the simple things which bite you. I was installing a mini-split in my a few weeks back. I’d done the inside evaporator work and was preparing to set the condensing unit. The condensing unit was still bolted to shipping pallet so I used forks on FEL to move it around back behind...

I have a John Deere and found the two dealers near me and night and day different. The smaller lawn and garden shop is closer but the big ag shop has better help and knowledge. I recently needed a new battery for my little 3032e. The small shop didn’t have one in stock and told me to go get...

I was given a 1953 Willys M38A1 Army jeep that had been left sitting on a farm, was vandalized and pushed into a dry creek bed which later flooded. The engine was seized. When I got the Jeep home, I pulled all the plugs and squirted each cylinder liberally with Jet A jet fuel and let it set...

I used MMO in my 1946 Piper J-3 Cub with Continental C-85 engine. The older Continental engines were designed in the 30s for unleaded 73 octane gasoline. Today, only 100 leaded avgas is available at most airports. While considered low lead content (100LL) it still has four times the...