Recent content by ChrisMU

I do know the history of the mower… it was bought new by my folks in ‘92 and I got it in 2017. The blades were replaced once with mulching blades, then sharpened once after that. There’s a possibility they were sharpened once more while I was off at college or something. I don’t think my dad did...

I’m wondering what happened on the middle of the blade (blue circled area). It looks almost like grease oozed out, but it’s a hard, yet flexible plastic material. Backstory: this is the original rusty 48” deck of my 1992 JD 240. I bought a used 48” deck from a 265, but I’ll need to replace at...

At first I thought he was involved with Tandy Computers, too. My family was a Macintosh family, so I never owned one. I like ELO, but aside from Jeff Lynne, I didn’t know any other band members’ names. I have most of their records, doubles of a few that were inherited, and a greatest hits CD...

I’d be willing to drive 5+ hours for a mundane daily driver and 12+ hours for something cool, like a forward look Mopar. My issue is that if I choose to buy it, my wife would complain about having to drive even an hour back on the way home. I looked at the listing pictures for the 2008 Mazda...

I currently use a 1992 John Deere 240 with the Kawasaki 14HP engine and optional 48” deck. It was bought new by my parents and used on their 9 acre property in SE Wisconsin (about 1/2 mowed) until I got it in 2017. The only trouble I’ve had with it was a broken throttle cable, rusty deck...

2013 RAM 1500 Laramie 5.7 95,116 miles, 5K OCI Out: Mobil 1 5w-20, Motorcraft FL-820S filter In: 5 qts. Mobil 1 5w-30, 2 qts. Mobil 1 5w-20, Parts Plus PH820 oil filter

You can find good cars, but you have to be fast (on FB Marketplace) when you see a deal. Saying sonething like “I have cash” seems to help. In 2019 I bought a slightly faded 2007 Toyota Yaris to help a friend who drove her 2015 Altima through a flood. I paid $1300 for the car ($1,500 asking)...

In December I bought a Speed Queen TC5 to replace the GE top loader I bought new around 2012. I wanted a simple machine, since my parents experienced problems with their fairly new Maytag Neptune top loader around 20 years ago. It had all the electronic bells and whistles. The GE started to not...

You could see if anyone is remodeling and has old plywood or paneling to give away

SOLD!

2003 Toyota Corolla - 215,002 mi. - 5K OCI Out: Mobil 1 5w-30, Motorcraft FL400S filter In: QS Euro 5w-40, Parts Master 61348 filter Oil filter box says “Affinia Group.”

It runs, drives, and stops. It even has the bumper fillers. Rare fuel-injected model with the 8.2L (500 c.i.) V8, and injector seals have been replaced. It has the auto trunk closing feature, which still works. Full vinyl top (rarer than the half-top that year) in good condition. This is an...

My wife and I have like 10 vehicles between us. I have the Circle K subscription (the fancier option that costs $42/month). I can use the wash twice a day and it doesn’t matter which vehicle it is. I could even have a friend’s car washed. I don’t like putting really nice cars or classics through...

I live in Central Texas (Dripping Springs), on the eastern edge of the Hill Country. It’s about 20 miles west of Austin. I grew up near I-94, just south of the Milwaukee suburbs… went to HS in Racine.

I had Travelstar UN106 thin whitewalls on my 2000 Town Car in that size. They were decent tires.