Got the snow blower the day I went after it but had to wait until the shipped the lawn mower which should be here on Tuesday of this coming week.
About the snow blower.... I kind of messed up filling it with oil. On most engines there is a small plug at the base of the engine where you put oil in to fill it. Before I did anything I pulled out the dip stick and looked at it to see if any oil was in it, well I couldn't tell. It felt a little oily but I couldn't see the oil on the dip stick (to clear).
So I unscrew that plastic plug an put the amount of oil in the engine it calls for. When done there was a big puddle of oil on the floor! What the hell!
As it turns out, you are not to use this port for adding oil, you put it in where the dip stick goes. At this point I had no idea how much oil was in the motor so I ended up draining it all out catching it in a container.
After al the oil was drained out I measured the correct amount and add the oil again, but this time down the dip stick tube. So the snow blower is all ready to go but for adding gas which I'll probably do over the week end and fire it up. Guess that was a lesson learned the hard way.....
The only thing I want to get is a pack of shear pins. The snow blower came with three extra shear pins, one being a different color, don't now why that is, will have to read up on that. But I want to have extra shear pins just in case being my lane isn't a paved lane.
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