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Emmo
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Re: Purchased Mr. Funnel F3CN
Reply #8 Jan 27, 2005 11:40 am |
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I bought two of them (one for my dad.......I'm tired of cleaning out gas tanks and carbs for him, you could make a bale of hay out of a couple of his tanks!) My only knock on them is that there is a couple tablespoons or more of fuel left when they are done draining. There is a frame that supports the membrane and it sits above the floor of the funnel, not allowing the last bit of fuel thru. I saw that Dave either throws it in another container for disposal or pours it back in the can if it looks clean. That's a good solution. I pour mine into the jugs of old oil that I take in for recycling. I just wish this wasn't necessary. It's not a huge deal, but filling the gas tank, shouldn't take more effort because of which funnel you use.
This message was modified Jan 27, 2005 by Emmo
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Marshall
As Long As There Are Tests, There Will Be Prayer In Public Schools. ;- )
Joined: Sep 16, 2002
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Re: Purchased Mr. Funnel F3CN
Reply #9 Jan 27, 2005 12:25 pm |
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Hi there Marshall, ROFL...I remember Bobby's name mainly from our other forum, but I can only assume by you kidding around that it must have something to do with me always wanting to prove "claims" of product performance by manufacturers. If that's what the joke was referring to, yes, I'm guilty as charged  I learned years ago to keep power of suggestion or simply a belief out of the mix. Things become very subjective in that respect, rather than objective. Look at the direction my other thread is going with the Tecumseh HP issue. Now we have Marty adding his research, that no doubt from what I've been doing the last few days in my spare time, was a frustrating and maybe an exhausting experience for him to come up with what he did. Unfortunate his research may have been lost on the other forum. He seems to know what he's talking about and I have to add it into the mix until Snowshoveler (Chris), whom everyone here seems to respect and trust, including myself, can determine if its a little bit of numerous factors that contribute to horse power ratings. If anything, all this and many other threads on this board make for some entertaining reading, especially when we get hot under the collar about them.  Marshall, come up with a really controversial thread, let's keep the ball rolling!
No Richie, let me explain. 
Bobby was Moderator here that has seemed to disapear. Anyway, he had three products that he pushed on the forum all of the time. One was Honda anything, the other two were Pri-G and Mr. Funnel. We always accused him of working for them or having stock in them or something. I was joking around, thought maybe you remembered that about him. 
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Richie
Bring On The White Stuff
Location: Long Island, New York
Joined: Dec 12, 2003
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Re: Purchased Mr. Funnel F3CN
Reply #10 Jan 27, 2005 12:40 pm |
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He must have done a good job of pushing these items. Now I remember how PRI-G ended up in my garage, and have been using it ever since  The difference is that I love Honda and really wanted a 724, but the two or three Honda dealers in my area here, in New York ,treated me terribly and made it seem like they were doing me a favor to even answer a single question. You may actually recall way back I mentioned to the forum that I had gone into a dealer, didn't see a single snowblower and asked, "do you have any snowblowers I can look at" The response I got was, "you come in here to buy, not to look. Pay for it and when it comes in, you can look at it" I'd never recommend one, ONLY for that reason. I could never send someone with $2,000.00 in their hand to a dealer like that, to be treated so horribly.
Richie
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Marshall
As Long As There Are Tests, There Will Be Prayer In Public Schools. ;- )
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Re: Purchased Mr. Funnel F3CN
Reply #11 Jan 27, 2005 1:20 pm |
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He must have done a good job of pushing these items. Now I remember how PRI-G ended up in my garage, and have been using it ever since The difference is that I love Honda and really wanted a 724, but the two or three Honda dealers in my area here, in New York ,treated me terribly and made it seem like they were doing me a favor to even answer a single question. You may actually recall way back I mentioned to the forum that I had gone into a dealer, didn't see a single snowblower and asked, "do you have any snowblowers I can look at" The response I got was, "you come in here to buy, not to look. Pay for it and when it comes in, you can look at it" I'd never recommend one, ONLY for that reason. I could never send someone with $2,000.00 in their hand to a dealer like that, to be treated so horribly. The old arogant as*hole approach huh? Never worked on me either. LOL
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Dave___in___CT
Deliberate often...
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Location: West-Central Connecticut
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Re: Purchased Mr. Funnel F3CN
Reply #12 Jan 27, 2005 5:51 pm |
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In memory of Bobby P... and his convincing posts... First... I started using Pri-G and PRI-D... Next... was a Mr. Funnel... Finally... I got a Honda FG100 mini-tiller... Dave...
Whether you think you can or you can't... you're right.Henry Ford  BCS Tractor & snowblower
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Richie
Bring On The White Stuff
Location: Long Island, New York
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Re: Purchased Mr. Funnel F3CN
Reply #16 Jan 28, 2005 8:53 am |
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Hi Tom, I'm glad you posted that because I realized this just prior to ordering it. Like you, I hate filling a fuel tank and accidentally over filling it, just to spilling fuel all over the place. My gas can is one of those larger 5-6 gallon plastic types. I also have a spare one that I keep in the garage also. I figured after I fuel the can up, I was going to take it home and install the funnel on my spare can and pour the fuel into that one rather than use the funnel directly on my OPE. I don't know if this defeats the purpose, because I don't know how much, if any, these fuel containers attract water just by sitting around. This is my solution, hopefully a good one. What I don't like about my TEC engine is that I recently switched it over to Mobil One 5w-30. There is only about 40 minutes of time on the oil due to this recent storm here in New York. But I noticed that the rubber breather tube had some white goo dripping from it (obviously water mixing with oil) and when I checked the oil, this same goo was on the top half of the dip stick. When I see this, I just wipe it off. Given the fact these carburetors are completely open and always exposed to the elements, and maybe the breather tube as well, I really don't know if this water or condensation issue can truly be eliminated. Not to mention the fact these winter fuels really attact water by their very nature. I thought of running the engine for a short while each day to burn it off, but that really isn't a viable solution to me, not to mention putting needless hours on the engine.
Richie
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