[SEL] Maytags always steal the show !!

[Mark Shulaw]

Ahh I never get upset I just know they're jelous, GRINNN. Its all in good 
fun.
It really is an odd thing about the oil mixtures. I've seen fellows running 
40-1 like you and get away with it then I've seen fellows running 30-1 
bugger their engine up. There just does not seem to be any rhyme nor reason 
to it. Very seldom  if ever does anyone have troubles with 16-1 or 20-1
  Theres just too many variables to take into consideration. Like wear, or 
lack there of, Type of oil used,  And then the amount the air cap is open 
or closed, Just to name a few.  I know I sell pistons every year to fellows 
who run it too lean on oil.  The twins are just the most susceptable to 
damage by lack of oil. To me just to save a few $$ on oil its not worth the 
risk to run them lean.
                TTYL,  Mark

At 06:49 PM 9/10/07, you wrote:
>Hi Mark
>Don't let those devil worshipers upset you mate, my cousin came to stay last
>weekend and I took him out to the shed. I was looking around for an engine
>that had fuel in it to start one for him. I shook the Maytag 72 twin and
>found that there was about 3/4" of old fuel still in there. Now this engine
>has not been started for well over twelve months and that fuel was stale, I
>started second push from my hand, not kicked, as it sits high on a stand.
>The reason it took two kicks was I forgot to open the air valve first. It
>ran the smokiest it had ever run as I guess the gas had evaporated a little
>leaving a higher concentration of oil. I normally run it at 40:1 and have
>since 1999. I then gave it a drink of fresh fuel and it purrrred like a
>kitten with just a whisper of that tell tale smoke.
>This is the engine/motor I bought off our big buddy Leroy Clarke at Portland
>1999.
>Ahhh, love that two stroke smell, if it was not smoking you would not know
>it was running amongst all those loud H&M one lungers ;-)))
>
>Peter, Oz
>
> >
> > Mark,
> > Fred was about 30 years too late with his "good idea".  By the time
> > he saw the light, everyone else had as well and had gotten the farm
> > electrified!
> >
> > But, if it weren't for rural electrification, we wouldn't have all
> > these wonderful little smoke bombs laying around to play with.  They
> > have long ago been separated from their washers so grampy could put
> > that swell little electric motor on there.  It was great, after-all
> > you don't have to kick and kick and kick and kick to get those
> > electric motors to go!! 8-)
>
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Mark & Christine Shulaw
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