On May 31, 1:04*pm, wrote:
On May 31, 12:57*pm, (Richard Casady)
wrote:





On Sat, 31 May 2008 12:42:17 GMT, Les Avis Sont Comme Des Abrutis

wrote:
On Fri, 30 May 2008 16:20:58 -0400, John H.
wrote:

...is coming soon for the Yamaha. I need to change the engine and gear oil.
What's the best device to assist in changing the gear oil?

I would suggest using an old milk jug or if that seems too
complicated, just park the engine over a street drain and let it flow
into that.

Much less complicated than using an old milk container.

I wonder what the fine would come to. When I was attending Colorado U
the local city busses had a sign that warned of a $250 000 fine for
causing a disturbance on the bus. Not to mention a good sized jolt of
prison time.

Casady

I dunno but a friend of a freind owned an oil company and filled a 250
gallon tank only to find the tank had been disconnected in the
basement.. Dirt floor, downtown Essex CT... What a mess, they had to
remove it all, lots of earth, what a mess. The DEP stood on their nuts
till they did, then they had the fines.- Hide quoted text -

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Here's a cool basement story! Western NY, flood of 1972. My uncle's
basement floods almost to floor height. All pumps in the area are
being used to try to save businesses, etc. If you come out of the
basement, go about ten feet, then you go down a 10' drop to a stream.
So, always, even in my youth being resourceful, I used two garden
hoses and siphoned the whole basement!

On Sat, 31 May 2008 10:42:33 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

Here's a cool basement story! Western NY, flood of 1972. My uncle's
basement floods almost to floor height. All pumps in the area are
being used to try to save businesses, etc. If you come out of the
basement, go about ten feet, then you go down a 10' drop to a stream.
So, always, even in my youth being resourceful, I used two garden
hoses and siphoned the whole basement!

How long did it take?

Casady

Tim wrote:
On May 31, 10:35 am, HK wrote:
wrote:
On May 30, 8:41 pm, John H. wrote:
On Fri, 30 May 2008 14:09:38 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:
On May 30, 4:20 pm, John H. wrote:
...is coming soon for the Yamaha. I need to change the engine and gear oil.
What's the best device to assist in changing the gear oil?
--
John *H*
I change fluids in several of my engine driven devices, etc. I have a
vacume pump used for auto mechanics. Nice little device with tubes and
catch jars that can get almost anywyere. You can probably get one at
the local autoparts hardware store. Mine is in a neat little carry
case, bout the size of a timing light case.
I have this one:
http://www.toolfetch.com/Category--A...ic_Tools--Engi...
HTH
I'm hoping there's a cheaper, simpler alternative! That is cool though.
--
John *H*
Cheaper?? How much did you pay for the boat? Mine gets the most use if
I overfill something... Anyway, I did not notice the price when I
posted. I bought mine 20 years ago but some kind of suction pump
is handy in any garage, check wallmart for a cheaper version sometime,
great to have around even if you don't use it on your boat.
Maybe if brain-dead Herring would look at his engine, he'd realize that
gravity will drain out the oil and if attaches the right sized plastic
hose, it'll drain right into a container that can be taken to a place
that accepts oil for disposal.

Any competent boat salesman would have introduced a new customer to
someone in the shop who would have demonstrated the various
owner-maintenance features. But I guess if you buy a new engine off ebay...

When I change the lower end oil on my mercruiser[s], I save the old
and put it in the lawnmowers crankcase. it's cheaper than buying more
oil for a lawnmower. besides. Briggs engines don't need no respect
anyhow...


I use it where my hair used to be instead of Wildroot Cream Oil

"HK" wrote in message
. ..

Maybe if brain-dead Herring would look at his engine, he'd realize that
gravity will drain out the oil and if attaches the right sized plastic
hose, it'll drain right into a container that can be taken to a place that
accepts oil for disposal.

Any competent boat salesman would have introduced a new customer to
someone in the shop who would have demonstrated the various
owner-maintenance features. But I guess if you buy a new engine off
ebay...


Oh oh! Now he'll be crying to the moderator of another group about posters
being mean to him.

Don White wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
. ..
Maybe if brain-dead Herring would look at his engine, he'd realize that
gravity will drain out the oil and if attaches the right sized plastic
hose, it'll drain right into a container that can be taken to a place that
accepts oil for disposal.

Any competent boat salesman would have introduced a new customer to
someone in the shop who would have demonstrated the various
owner-maintenance features. But I guess if you buy a new engine off
ebay...


Oh oh! Now he'll be crying to the moderator of another group about posters
being mean to him.




My salesman spent about 45 minutes with me going over the details of the
engine, and this wasn't the first modern Yamaha four stroke outboard I
bought there. Considering how expensive these engines are, you'd think
that the owner of a new one would want to pick up a bit of knowledge
before heading down the road.

On Sat, 31 May 2008 10:29:24 -0500, "Phil" wrote:


complicated, just park the engine over a street drain and let it flow
into that.
You are not serious are you? Besides contaminating everything you can end
up in jail depending on where you live.

Of course I'm serious.

I wouldn't have said it if I wasn't serious.

On Sat, 31 May 2008 08:41:31 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

On May 31, 11:29*am, "Phil" wrote:
complicated, just park the engine over a street drain and let it flow
into that.

*You are not serious are you? *Besides contaminating everything you can end
up in jail depending on where you live.

There are a couple left here who just want to stir things up, most of
us completely ignore them. If you see a "suspect" post, and it goes
unanswered, you can probably assume they are in a lot of killfiles

A couple? Are you kidding?

The whole raison d'exister of you and most of the other posters here
is to "stir" things up - bitch, ****, moan and take offense peu
raisonnable et complète over every little statement, issue and/or
comment.

It's like watching a bunch of, how you say, vieilles anciennes reines
gaies de drague have hissy fits over makeup.

On Sat, 31 May 2008 10:26:20 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On May 31, 10:35 am, HK wrote:
wrote:
On May 30, 8:41 pm, John H. wrote:
On Fri, 30 May 2008 14:09:38 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

On May 30, 4:20 pm, John H. wrote:
...is coming soon for the Yamaha. I need to change the engine and gear oil.
What's the best device to assist in changing the gear oil?
--
John *H*
I change fluids in several of my engine driven devices, etc. I have a
vacume pump used for auto mechanics. Nice little device with tubes and
catch jars that can get almost anywyere. You can probably get one at
the local autoparts hardware store. Mine is in a neat little carry
case, bout the size of a timing light case.
I have this one:
http://www.toolfetch.com/Category--A...ic_Tools--Engi...
HTH
I'm hoping there's a cheaper, simpler alternative! That is cool though.
--
John *H*

Cheaper?? How much did you pay for the boat? Mine gets the most use if
I overfill something... Anyway, I did not notice the price when I
posted. I bought mine 20 years ago but some kind of suction pump
is handy in any garage, check wallmart for a cheaper version sometime,
great to have around even if you don't use it on your boat.

Maybe if brain-dead Herring would look at his engine, he'd realize that
gravity will drain out the oil and if attaches the right sized plastic
hose, it'll drain right into a container that can be taken to a place
that accepts oil for disposal.

Any competent boat salesman would have introduced a new customer to
someone in the shop who would have demonstrated the various
owner-maintenance features. But I guess if you buy a new engine off ebay...

When I change the lower end oil on my mercruiser[s], I save the old
and put it in the lawnmowers crankcase. it's cheaper than buying more
oil for a lawnmower. besides. Briggs engines don't need no respect
anyhow...

We French use the old gear oil to brush our teeth.

On May 31, 4:16 pm, JG2U wrote:
On Sat, 31 May 2008 15:55:55 -0300, "Don White"



wrote:

"HK" wrote in message
...

Maybe if brain-dead Herring would look at his engine, he'd realize that
gravity will drain out the oil and if attaches the right sized plastic
hose, it'll drain right into a container that can be taken to a place that
accepts oil for disposal.

Any competent boat salesman would have introduced a new customer to
someone in the shop who would have demonstrated the various
owner-maintenance features. But I guess if you buy a new engine off
ebay...

Oh oh! Now he'll be crying to the moderator of another group about posters
being mean to him.

Earlier you posted "Even you must realize from the tone of my posts
that I want to improve the newsgroup."

Surely even you realize that by facilitating, you are bringing the NG
down. Don't you?

Give it a rest Sheriff Jack. The tone of this NG was ruined long ago.

In case you didn't notice Herring whined about some members here at
another place. He is a crybaby.

On Sat, 31 May 2008 10:29:24 -0500, "Phil" wrote:


complicated, just park the engine over a street drain and let it flow
into that.
You are not serious are you? Besides contaminating everything you can end
up in jail depending on where you live.

It's OK, I think, in France. That would be my guess.
--
John *H*