Ether Frenzy posted:

My mother has this snowblower - https://www.troybilt.com/en_US/two-stage-snow-blowers/storm-3090-snow-blower/31AH5DP5B66.html It's about 13 years old at this point, but has been well maintained generally & stored properly.

Because it didn't snow much last year, it got barely used so there's presumably 2ish year old gas in it from 2022, but she'd put Sta-Bil in it at the end of last year. This year she didn't think to try starting it before it actually snowed, and they've just gotten 12+ inches of fluffy snow and naturally it won't start. She's trying the electric start rather than the pull cord since she's 76, and it sounds like it almost catches but just won't keep turning over. She's primed it with the little bulb

Any suggestions on additives she could dump into it or if getting some younger person to come pull the cord might do a better job of getting it started than the electric starter? Otherwise it's probably going to have to go to the snowblower maintenance shop which is presumably going to be extremely busy now that the storm has arrived.

Godzilla07 posted:

cursedshitbox posted:

If it's less than ten inches (of sidewall) I am not interested.

I live in a fourth world country. It's bad enough replacing suspensions and frames annually without adding 5 kilobucks of tire and wheel to the bill.

Powershift posted:

I guess the 7.3 liter v8 is probably the odd one but it’s smaller than the engine in my other car

This is the first inline 4 I’ve owned, also The first n/a 4 cylinder.

PitViper posted:

Am I the only one that basically stopped using the tin-man-handjob anti seize? I mostly use the copper stuff, which keeps a better consistency and doesn't seem to have the same tendency to get all over everything. I've also got a bottle of nickel-based anti seize, but at this point it's pretty ancient because I seldom use it.

I do need to remember to get those loctite sticks though, at least a blue.

big dong wanter posted:

Yeah about a dozen of us die at work every year

I'd be shocked if there were safer jobs than being a cop tbh.

Darchangel posted:

It's 80-loving-7 inches wide. Granted, that's only 6" wider than a Silverado, but still noticable.
Jesus Christ how did this come to be? My 1970 Olds Cutlass is only 76.2" wide including the door handles. A squarebody is 79.6" sans any mirrors, so new pickup is actually about the same. Mainly taller, and a *much* higher hood line/grille (as that video posted in the Terrible Cars thread detailed.)

Powershift posted:

If it’s anything like my Mark IV, the mirrors aren’t even the widest part of the car. It’s about 80” wide at the arches and maybe 74” at the mirrors.

Humphreys posted:

It's Tri-nocular! I just havent paid the dumb money for cameras yet. Also found out my cheap 18650 scope can run off USB as a Webcan and fits in the 3rd hole

cursedshitbox posted:

The cars I put together when I was 15 were better built than the incel camino

Wistful of Dollars posted:

Starting with “woke up in Dubai” makes it sound like it was a surprise.

meatpimp posted:

Been absolutely swamped and social battery continuously drained since I took a board position on a 120 athlete rowing crew. The amount of deferred maintenance on $250k of boats is insane. But, I am taking a break. And I bought an alcohol still.

Humphreys posted:

Yeah I put a new belt on when I did it. lovely pump. Was cheap. Warranty was replacement but I asked for refund. Then got an OEM from my mate at the Holden Dealership.

Humphreys posted: