[SEL] Maytags always steal the show !!

[Judge Tommy Turner]

Like I said John:

If you run a Maytag, make that baby SMOKE!!  What other excitement are 
you going to get out of it?

Tommy Turner
Magnolia, KY


>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
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