Coleman Generator Problem
- CoalHeat
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Gear oil is nasty. What's the deal with it that makes it smell so foul? When I bought my 2N it was full of gear oil and water. You could smell it from 15 feet away. I drained it all out (3 drain plugs) and refilled it with the correct mineral lube that the N series tractors use.
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Oooh yeah, gotta love gear oil! Great on a first date from what I remember! Heeeey laaadieeeeeezzzz!
Haven't come across anything that new yet, but I've seen some without any needle at all! Whatever setting it had at the factory was cast in place, I guess. Those get the drill ... but that's always a gamble. And yeah, every single piece of equipment I have ever worked on needed more fuel before it leaves my garage. The EPA don't care if you melt the piston!
I remember the Honda carb cleaner ... back when it was actually GOOD, and actually CLEANED the damn carbs ... with methylene chloride. Let me tell you ... get that *censored* in your eyes & you'll be rinsing it out with mace to dull the pain! Then you can't see for the rest of the day - but that trained me to wear safety glasses. Stuff used to instantly strip paint too, until it succumbed to tree-hugger mania along with everything else.
Haven't come across anything that new yet, but I've seen some without any needle at all! Whatever setting it had at the factory was cast in place, I guess. Those get the drill ... but that's always a gamble. And yeah, every single piece of equipment I have ever worked on needed more fuel before it leaves my garage. The EPA don't care if you melt the piston!
I remember the Honda carb cleaner ... back when it was actually GOOD, and actually CLEANED the damn carbs ... with methylene chloride. Let me tell you ... get that *censored* in your eyes & you'll be rinsing it out with mace to dull the pain! Then you can't see for the rest of the day - but that trained me to wear safety glasses. Stuff used to instantly strip paint too, until it succumbed to tree-hugger mania along with everything else.
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Hmmm sulphur ..... could explain the attraction of some the types of ladies I used to hook up with ....
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I was trying to think of a reply but you beat me to it.
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Sulfur?Wood'nCoal wrote:Gear oil is nasty. What's the deal with it that makes it smell so foul?