JKendrick87
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No two pieces of equipment are exactly alike I suppose, one of those great unsolved mysteries.
Another Oil Thread 🙄
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Hell, I don't care one way or another.
Chucksta
What could possibly go wrong??
Yup.. I've got two , ( well, well two and a half), Echo 355Ts.. Supposedly identical, except for being manufactured a year apart. One will start right up, and be ready to cut in a heartbeat. The other? Well, it starts just as easy, but it needs a few more seconds to get it's mojo on... Tuned them properly, maintained them the same, but they are both their own dogs, when it comes to how they run until warmed up. From the serial numbers, no difference in the carbs, or the parts related to the serial numbers , etc. But, they definitely don't run the same. Got one that "fell out of a tree", that is the parts donor.. I guess that'll help define the difference, when I get around to needing the spare parts.
Well, I work on 30 or 40 pieces of equipment a week and I'm still waiting on the problem that the brand of oil they were using was the culprit. Plenty of no oil issues.
I'm thinking that most of you would never wear anything out using Quaker State 8 to 1 .
I'm thinking that most of you would never wear anything out using Quaker State 8 to 1 .
Other than a ton of exhaust smoke until the plug fouled....lol Heck, I used to run Klotz in my Kawaski 750 triple death trap too. Went like a raped ape but stopped like a snail. Only bike I ever owned that you could wheelie at 50 per. Should have kept it. Worth a fortune today.
Had a 69 H1 Blue Streak running Yamalube & a 73 H2 Trident Blue running Wynn's 2T both ran like a scalded cat . Tore them both down at 10 k for top end refresh . ( Wisco competition+) K&N Triple air filter upgrade , serious quick in the quarter mile . Both oils as antiquated as they were did their job !
Still own 2 Triumph's and a 67 Norton 750 High pipe scrambler with the rare Metisse oil in frame. It's in Bristol condition as is my Triumph with a custom built sidecar. it's 100% a show queen now. U have a pile of first place show trophies for it and the Norton. Took me 4 years to build the Triumph and it's a Centennial model, last one built entirely in England. Now they are built in Thiland...yuk. I will admit I bought the Norton full restored from my good friend in Marne, Iowa. I don't ride much anymore aid I cannot even start the Norton as the kick start lever is so short, it's an ankle breaker. I will say my buddy in Marne has an extensive collection of Brit bikes, maybe sometime I'll post up pictures and he actually let me ride his TE Lawrence, Brough Superior. Nice bike, fast with no brakes....lol It's all 100% restored as well.
I was EXTREMELY careful with it and I didn't ask how much it was worth either. I'm sure it's worth more than I could ever imagine. One of them I own...
I was EXTREMELY careful with it and I didn't ask how much it was worth either. I'm sure it's worth more than I could ever imagine. One of them I own...
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I ran a Homelite 7-19C for years selling fire wood when I was 18 or 20 years old.
I think it was 1/2 pint to the gallon. Cast in to the gas tank cap.
Quaker State was 50 cents a quart or thereabouts. Used burnt oil for bar oil.
Didn't even know there was such a thing as bar oil or 2 cycle oil .
I have seen them say something like 1/2 pint of 30 weight motor oil or 1/4 pint of Homelite or McCulloch oil.
May have the ratio off, but something along those lines.
Just looked it up. It was 1/2 pint Homelite oil or 3/4 pint of 30 weight motor oil per gallon gas.
I have about 10 pasteboard cans of Quaker State sitting on an upper shelf in the shop, never opened and they don't leak either. I should put them on Flea-Bay and sell them. Probably worth some jack. Even have a couple of the old school pointed can openers to open them with.... Got a ton of stuff I really should get rid of but I don't. Cats included....lol
I loved the sound those things made as they cut through the metal top...fingernails on a blackboard, anyone?
Also loved the way they attracted and held every piece of grit within 7 zip codes on the oil film inside ... until you punched through the top of a new can of oil and dumped all that sand and dirt into your crankcase.
Anyone want some nice valve-grinding paste in their engine?
I make sure it's clean first.
It's certified for none of those and being certified for all three is impossible.
JKendrick87
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StihlPotlicker
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Had a kawasaki 400 triple years ago, tuned pipes, jetted, and the cigarette style air cleaners. Always had issues with the center cylinder running hot, even jetted up fatter then the outside cylinders. Ended up selling it for $400.00 when I ran out of center pistons. I wish I kept it now. Easier to find parts now then it was 20 years ago.
Sure that wasn't a 350? I didn't know Kaw made a 400 3 cylinder. Thought it was 350-500 and 750??
Yep, 400 triple s3 1975.
Never said it was certified for it. It is BETTER! Meets or Exceeds!!!!!!!
I was poking fun at it earlier when I posted the wrong data sheet.
And here is a little more gas for the mix. https://www.jalos.or.jp/onfile/pdf/2T_EV_LIST.pdf
Ho woukd you known it exceeds a standard if it hasn't been tested?
It can't meet or exceed twc and the jaso ratings, it's basically impossible as they are two different specifications of oils, for completely different applications and running conditions.
