Posted by Mike (WA) on March 14, 2015 at 08:09:06 from (174.31.192.111):
In Reply to: Seized up engine posted by Why Worry on March 13, 2015 at 15:06:56:
Lots of ways that can happen, some more painful than others. When Dad was in his early 80's, he had our son come over and weed-whack for him. Ran out of gas, so dad brought over the gas can. Son asked if it needed to be mixed with oil, Dad said no, it runs on straight gas. Son (age 12) cautiously asked again, Dad got a little testy so son let it go. Of course, it soon seized up.
Dad and sister hinted that I should fix it. So I found a used crankcase at local Stihl dealer, fixed it, then told dad that maybe we could "share" it now, and keep it at my place and have son bring it over when dad needed whacking done. Justified it as us being worried about him trying to run it himself and getting into a jam. That seemed to satisfy him. Naturally, son also brought over the fuel.
Turns out dad had kind of thrown son under the bus when he explained the problem to my sister, so I told her "the rest. . . of the story." At that point, we started thinking about assisted living for him. He was a good man, but old age really can take a toll on the mind.
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