ol trunt wrote:Hey SC, I'd be the first to admit I don't know what I'mm talking about when it comes to gas additives. I went with Sta-bil because it was available I guess. Of course I'll never know if it really works because I have marked my calendar with monthly start/run cycles thereby taking all the science out of it. Jack
I don't know much either - have friends who have used Sta-Bil and like it...they say it works well. I found this Opti stuff for my 2 cycles and just on a wild hair tried it everywhere. And did last a long time. When I find something that works, I tend to just go on auto-pilot and not change until something pressures me like price, availability, etc.
I have a 1976 Sears roto-tiller that I bought new and has been sitting unused for several years. Am getting it back up to running condition since I now have garden space big enough to use it on. Am going to start with opti but also use this as my experimental test bed for some other types just to see if I can tell a difference. Inexpensive test equipment. BTW, I called Sears looking for parts, knowing full well that they wouldn't have any, and was told there was a "mandatory recall" on these - apparently for about 30 years... They said I should return it to the nearest store. I asked if that means they give me a new one and the Cust Service person pretty much implied that yes, that was an option... Now the dilemma - I really like the old tiller, but a new one?? Maybe I could like that, too! Strange. Recall was because the tiller can be "locked" into run mode. In reverse. Which means one could get down and have it run back over you, tilling you into the dirt. I didn't do that for the first 30 years, so probably won't for the next 30...
Looking for a very thin wall 3/8" rubber tubing that appears to be crankcase vent tube into the carburetor. Tried regular gas line but couldn't get it to go through a bulkhead without drilling and I didn't want to do that until I exhaust all other possibilities. First world, antique tool problems...