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'Safety' inspection?
On Sun, 27 May 2018 13:21:36 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:
On 5/27/2018 1:16 PM, Keyser Soze wrote: wrote: On Sun, 27 May 2018 11:56:40 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote: On 5/26/2018 10:13 PM, wrote: I noticed my Honda was dripping a little oil a couple weeks ago. I just topped it up and went on with my life. The next day it pumped out 2 quarts in 2 miles leaving a trail up into my driveway. I looked and it was leaking around the oil filter housing. I fooled with it for a few minutes and decided laying under a car with oil dripping in my face was not what I wanted to do. This Honda is miserable to work on. Harry will be happy, I paid the man.* The filter base itself was bad. On a lift, replacing it was trivial but under the car, not so much. Hey, I change the spark plug on my chain saw every few years!  I don't sharpen the chain, though. I have two chains. When the one on the saw gets dull, I swap it out with the other one, the one that I have sharpened. Then I drop the dull chain off to get sharpened. I don't see the problem in doing "the bizyness" with honest, local tradespeople. You must not use your chain saw much or you just get used to a dull chain. Don't use it much. I'm not a lumberjack. Did you know that Raymond Burr had a brother who was a lumberjack? His name was Tim. Wait a bit. He's looking up Raymond Burr's history. |
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'Safety' inspection?
On 5/27/18 1:21 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 5/27/2018 1:16 PM, Keyser Soze wrote: wrote: On Sun, 27 May 2018 11:56:40 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote: On 5/26/2018 10:13 PM, wrote: I noticed my Honda was dripping a little oil a couple weeks ago. I just topped it up and went on with my life. The next day it pumped out 2 quarts in 2 miles leaving a trail up into my driveway. I looked and it was leaking around the oil filter housing. I fooled with it for a few minutes and decided laying under a car with oil dripping in my face was not what I wanted to do. This Honda is miserable to work on. Harry will be happy, I paid the man.Â* The filter base itself was bad. On a lift, replacing it was trivial but under the car, not so much. Hey, I change the spark plug on my chain saw every few years!Â*Â* I don't sharpen the chain, though. I have two chains. When the one on the saw gets dull, I swap it out with the other one, the one that I have sharpened. Then I drop the dull chain off to get sharpened. I don't see the problem in doing "the bizyness" with honest, local tradespeople. You must not use your chain saw much or you just get used to a dull chain. Don't use it much. I'm not a lumberjack. Did you know that Raymond Burr had a brother who was a lumberjack? His name was Tim. Even Della Street would groan over that pun. |
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'Safety' inspection?
On 5/27/2018 3:44 PM, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 5/27/18 1:21 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 5/27/2018 1:16 PM, Keyser Soze wrote: wrote: On Sun, 27 May 2018 11:56:40 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote: On 5/26/2018 10:13 PM, wrote: I noticed my Honda was dripping a little oil a couple weeks ago. I just topped it up and went on with my life. The next day it pumped out 2 quarts in 2 miles leaving a trail up into my driveway. I looked and it was leaking around the oil filter housing. I fooled with it for a few minutes and decided laying under a car with oil dripping in my face was not what I wanted to do. This Honda is miserable to work on. Harry will be happy, I paid the man.Â* The filter base itself was bad. On a lift, replacing it was trivial but under the car, not so much. Hey, I change the spark plug on my chain saw every few years!Â*Â* I don't sharpen the chain, though. I have two chains. When the one on the saw gets dull, I swap it out with the other one, the one that I have sharpened. Then I drop the dull chain off to get sharpened. I don't see the problem in doing "the bizyness" with honest, local tradespeople. You must not use your chain saw much or you just get used to a dull chain. Don't use it much. I'm not a lumberjack. Did you know that Raymond Burr had a brother who was a lumberjack? His name was Tim. Even Della Street would groan over that pun.Â*Â* https://tinyurl.com/ycx9lomb |
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#15
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'Safety' inspection?
On Sun, 27 May 2018 15:44:12 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote: On 5/27/18 1:21 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 5/27/2018 1:16 PM, Keyser Soze wrote: wrote: On Sun, 27 May 2018 11:56:40 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote: On 5/26/2018 10:13 PM, wrote: I noticed my Honda was dripping a little oil a couple weeks ago. I just topped it up and went on with my life. The next day it pumped out 2 quarts in 2 miles leaving a trail up into my driveway. I looked and it was leaking around the oil filter housing. I fooled with it for a few minutes and decided laying under a car with oil dripping in my face was not what I wanted to do. This Honda is miserable to work on. Harry will be happy, I paid the man.Â* The filter base itself was bad. On a lift, replacing it was trivial but under the car, not so much. Hey, I change the spark plug on my chain saw every few years!Â*Â* I don't sharpen the chain, though. I have two chains. When the one on the saw gets dull, I swap it out with the other one, the one that I have sharpened. Then I drop the dull chain off to get sharpened. I don't see the problem in doing "the bizyness" with honest, local tradespeople. You must not use your chain saw much or you just get used to a dull chain. Don't use it much. I'm not a lumberjack. Did you know that Raymond Burr had a brother who was a lumberjack? His name was Tim. Even Della Street would groan over that pun. Reminds me of an old cartoon of a woman standing under a falling tree saying "Tim Who dear?" |
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