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Any benefit to using 'high mileage' oil in an old tractor?
Comments (8)jptgs1, I've recently been in touch with the folks at Valvoline about their high mileage oil "Max-Life" 10w-30 synthetic blends, albeit for a different reason than yours. Paraphrased, here's what they said: "Max-Life synthetic blends are formulated for higher mileage (or higher hour) machines, and contain additives targeted at reducing further wear and at conditioning older seals to reduce or eliminate leaks. They also contain elements intended to eliminate sludge build-up". Responding to my specific question, they added that Max-Life products are perfectly fine for use in newer and low time equipment, and extend those benefits to them as well. Take this for what it's worth, for marketing spiel is part of the equation, too. Personally, I've been using Valvoline DuraBlend 10w-30 in several machines, and am quite pleased with its performance. The Max-Life products, I think, are relatively new to the market...I first saw them on shelves this past winter. Cordially offered, Hal...See Morehigh mileage oil and leaking crank seal.
Comments (8)In Volkwagens, which have high miles, we use common chemicals bought at any auto parts store which causes---or attempts to cause---seals to swell slightly... TransX works great in automatic transmissions. Lucas additives are excellent products. All have a chemical compound which tries to soften the seals then make them swell slightly to seal the leak. A small amount of oil additives geared towards older engines would and will not hurt that motor. Clean oil not deluded by gasoline, maybe even 20/50 with some oil additives might buy you some time. If the seal can be removed and replaced without taking the engine apart you might consider it a winter project....See MoreHigh ledge in 2-story great room
Comments (34)your house is totally beautiful. Myself if it was my house i would do a few things. First I would paint some color on the walls, a bit darker maybe in browns, or a sage green, or a soft gold..and then I would find some type of art that I love, or large plates or something..and I would put a colleciton of those items on the wall across the entire space at the same level, above the wall and entertainment center..remember you'll have to clean whatever you put up there so try to make the items things that won't gather a lot of dust..also that other large wall area on the other side calls for something large..maybe you could put something in the same venue on that wall.. some ideas might be, say a collection of clocks, a colleciton of pictures, a colleciton of large platters or tin trays, metal grilles..etc. and then if you want to set things on the ledge, try to tie the items into the art on the wall..and keep it simple. say if you were in the desert or mexican region, you could put up there some large mexican type plates or flat wicker type bowls, with some other large urns in a similar style on the ledge.. Say if you are into antiques..you could put a colleciton of antiques across the wall of similar size and shapes and then put a few coordinating antiques on the ledge.. i do see that you enjoy the wicker look, i think i would go with that look by adding a warm brown to the walls or a sage green, and then I would hang the larges wicker trays you can find in a row across the wall, put the large wicker baskets in the far right hand corner, and add a few more around the room..maybe with magazines in them, make sure the scale of the items you use in the room are very very large..you might check out some import stores like Pier one for large items..they have beautiful large painted wooden items that are dark and would go with your wood..some are the size of doors ..they can be quite expensive though so watch for sales..they would be beautiful up there, with maybe some import items on the shelf that would coordinate??...See Morehigh chill fruit varieties in low chill regions - success stories
Comments (5)Climate zone 10 (probably on the border between 10a/10b), less than 150 hours of chill. Blenheim Apricot produced 11 fruits, though only about 5 of them fully developed. The tree had been planted in the ground only 2 years before that, so I'd say that's pretty good. Rainier cherry in partial shade seems to have no problem blossoming, Bing cherry tree appears to be able to grow just fine, and there were maybe 10 blossoms on it last year. Still too young for fruit though, I'll have to let you know. Two months ago I grafted a small branch of Royal Minnie on it, so there is a possibility that might help induce the tree to be able to fruit, wake it up faster from its dormancy. The graft took and that branch is now bursting full of blossoms and leafing. The lack of chill isn't a total curse here, it is possible to grow most types of tropical fruits (growing a banana and lychee tree, and there's someone not that far from here with a huge starfruit tree in their backyard). It's the type of place people are more likely to have an orange tree or avocado, but almost never an apple or plum tree. There are a few people around here who've planted a low-chill Babcock peach, but I've never seen much fruit in these trees. A long time ago in the 40s, there used to be commercial orchards of Blenheim apricots around here. But I think the region gets a lot less winter chill than it used to due to all the development that has happened and asphalt paved surfaces....See Morepanzees36
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