[GH85Carrera]

It is just mid 80s here, but the humidity has to be 110% even though that is impossible. OK it is only 70% but thick. I had to crank up the AC in the garage.

I got the oil changed in the Elky with no drama except dropping the oil filler cap that goes on the valve cover right into the pan of oil. Kersplash, big mess. I got more practice cussing, then cleaned it up.

Then I attacked the old edger that was bought in 1986. Dang thing developed a fuel leak after 34 years of use. It is amazing the differences of quality American made stuff from that era compared to the cheap Chinese made stuff of today.

There is an actual gas cutoff, that feeds into a water and sand trap, through a filter, to the carb. The old rubber hose was rather hard for some reason. I cleaned out the sand-water filter, replaced the inline filter, and put in a new spark plug. I ended up removing the carb to clean it up, and make sure it was not full of dirt. All was well, so back together. There was a air bubble from opening it up, so I had to fiddle with that, got the gas flowing, and it fired up on the first pull as always. No more leaking gas.

That edger has a grease zerk on each wheel, and every moving part. All of em got a shot of grease. It should be good to go for another 30 years. I sure wish modern yard equipment had that attention to serviceability and longevity.

My new Honda mower does not have one grease zerk, and has "lifetime" greased wheels and parts. Yea right. Like lifetime transmission fluid in some cars.