Howdy Fine Folks!
Hope you're all well, and had a Happy Thanksgiving! Mine was good...till I drowned my nearly-new snow blower.
It's a two-stage Troy-Bilt, and I only used it for about three hours last year (bought it
after the
biggest storms, LOL!). I've never had it so good... I'm gettin' on in years, and I had never operated a snow blower before, and I just couldn't believe how much easier it was to clear snow with them. *YOWZA!*
But...I noticed some leakage of some sort on the floor over the summer in the shed. I figured it was oil. And...
...as the weather forecast called for snow Saturday night, I went out to put some oil in it...in the dark.
Now......I know what word you're thinkin' of... First half means "not so smart". Last half is what some Folks call a donkey.
And Lord, don't I know I deserve to be wearin' this Dunce Cap. I have been about as down on myself as I've ever been about something. I can't believe I was so stoopid.
But I over filled it with oil about as bad as you can without it bubbling out of the top like the time Ol' Jed Clampett just missed his dinner. I started and ran it the next day for about 30 seconds to a minute, hoping that I was just getting an inaccurate read, and with running, the level would reduce...
...and it ran like poo-poo, smoking and running bad, and even sounded like it was drowning (gurgle gurgle) after I turned it off... *sigh*
So...did I "kill" my pride and joy (and lumbar disc savior) or is there hope? Can I drain out the oil out of the drain plug at the bottom and hope for forgiveness? Or do I need to clean out other things that might have been drenched by the MASSIVE amount of oil I put in the Exxon Valdez?
AND...the manual says I have to empty the gas tank
BEFORE draining out the oil. Why is that? I'm not going to tip it or anything... Is that part necessary?
Well, as you might be able to tell, I don't get to talk to Folks much anymore, time has left me with a nice old lady, who isn't much into snowblower talk, and little else. I do have the time to work on my nice machine, just not all the know how, and I would sure be grateful for any advice or help you Fine Folks here on this wonderful website could give me...
...I'd sure miss having my shiney new firetruck red partner when I clear the driveway this winter, and the nice old lady says she'd miss me if I keeled over pushing snow around with my nickel shovel! I think she means that part...part of the time. LOL!
Well, thanks again!
Your Friend in the Snowy Mid-west,
Fred D.
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This message was modified Dec 1, 2008 by clunker
