Re: [St] Dragon--Corn nuts--now Filter wrench Q

[JES_VFR <jes_vfr@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 06:44 PM 11/22/2008, you wrote:
> By power brick I assume you mean the little wall wart power 
> supplies? Yea, I would agree with everything there. How about doing 
> the same for MC batteries ( batteries in general)?
> For motorcycles, you have 3, maybe 4 physical sizes, and a few 
> variations therein, and they all have the positive on the same side 
> too. That would make way to much sense. Speaking of mandating non 
> removable labels, I have a few thoughts there as well... Two stroke 
> engines, I dont care what they are powering, weedwacker, chain saw, 
> bike, or outboard, should also have their mixture stamped clearly 
> somewhere readily readable. The other day my neighbor brings over a 
> gas powered hedge trimmer and says "it quit". Hell, it wouldn't even 
> crank. 'It's my brother's, he'll kill me if I broke it". I looked it 
> over, looking for some indication of something. Nothing. All kinds 
> of decals listing features, colors blah blah blah. Nothing said two 
> stroke. Anywhere. That's what I was looking for. Now my neighbor is 
> not an idiot, but is not mechanically inclined. I asked if he put 
> gas in it. Yes. Did you mix oil? No. Didnt know I was supposed to. 
> Putting myself in his shoes
>  ( and he has owned a boat with an outboard...) there is nothing 
> anywhere to explain to the unknowing what the thing needs. I had to 
> study the motor , determine the absence of a valve train and other 
> such obvious ( to me ) sorts of things to know it was in fact a two 
> stroke. Hmm... OK. Needs oil. How much?  Why the hell isnt the 
> little oil symbol and the ratio stamped into the gas tank or cap or 
> whatever?  Added a bunch of oil to the fuel, got it started, 
> thinned it out, thing works fine. But IMHO, the idiot here is the 
> manufacturer, not my neighbor...
>
> The other day I had to order a replacement starter recoil for my 
> pressure washer, an Excell with Honda motor. Manual doesnt say what 
> motor my unit has. NOWHERE on the motor does it say so either. Had 
> to call a Honda engine place and waste 15 minutes of each of our 
> time to get the SN for the motor and thereby figure out what model 
> it was. All kinds of shit saying "OHV", blah blah blah, but the 
> impotant stuff, no way....
>
> Damnit , Matt, you just had to get me going , didnt you?....
>
> :-)

Break left, Break Left John!!!!!

Frack, for a second there I thought you going to fall into the black 
hole of bad packaging.

Anyway, Yeah there are lots of controls, labels and display markings 
that are severely lacking in this day and age.
Many more battery case sizes and shapes than are really required, but 
then again who wants to have spend all that money for a ytx-12 
battery for a 90cc quad???

My last two stroke Trimmer had 32:1 plastered all over it. On two 
different labels and the gas cap, but my new four stroke trimmer does 
not tell me what weight of oil or how much should fill the crankcase 
(I luckily saved the mini bottle that came with the unit and used a 
sharpie to mark the original level of oil).

I hate the fact that most companies only want you to buy the unit and 
then throw it away when it breaks. Hell, the last portable compressor 
I bought for the one shop cost less than replacing the main 
compressor section on it.


JohnS
A Dragon Ascending
"Forging my body in the Fires of my Will"

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