[SEL] Maytags always steal the show !!

[John Culp]

The thing about these modern synthetic two-stroke oils that recommend 
very lean mixtures is that those mixtures are for engines designed to 
run with them, that have rather better oil distribution to the moving 
parts, and commonly they also have needle bearings. They don't work so 
well in old Maytags. I've tried some synthetic oil a List member at 
Portland gave me at 70:1, I think, and quickly started hearing 
squeaking bearings. Went back to my 16:1 outboard oil and never had 
another problem. I like smoke, anyway. That's much of the fun of 
running a Maytag. It's the way it was originally done, and it's the way 
it's supposed to be. Why would you buy an old musket and try to figure 
out how to shoot it with smokeless powder? Same deal.

John Culp
Bristol, Tennessee, USA