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"Berkshire Bill" <bkitterm@berkshire.rr.com> wrote in message
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>> Emptying gas tank and carburettor are primary.
>> I also (2) empty the oil sump;
>> (3) remove spark plug, squirt a few drops of oil
>> in the hole and pull manual starter once (to
>> distribute oil on cylinder walls, and replace
>> the spark plug only finger tight;
>> (4) store under cover from the weather.
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>> --
>> Don Phillipson
>> Carlsbad Springs
>> (Ottawa, Canada)
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> NO FINGER TIGHT SPARK PLUGS !! I unknowingly started a lawn mower with a
> finger tight spark plug. When the spark plug left the cylinder head and
> went through the side of my boot I figured "no problem" it will heal. Two
> weeks later they amputated my great toe at the first joint.
>
> Bill
>
...and I would say the same to the suggestion to "drain the oil". Bad idea -
you will forget, and it will be expensive when you're reminded by the
shrieking sound of bent, busted piston & valves.
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Re: Storing a gas snowblower till next winter
