I may have figured it out?

[SilentbutnotreallyDeadly]

Yesterday, the Italian Nonnadonna gave us a hint of her latest displeasure via a smoking ceremony spread across the paddock that smelt strongly of burning oil.

I knew she was due for an oil change and had all the stuff to do it so it was time to make the offering...

Naturally, this wasn't straightforward. The oil drain is behind the rear left wheel and has limited clearance for a 17mm spanner.

The limited arc available and the leverage required to undo the damn thing resulted in a blood sacrifice (again).

Access to the filter is equally daft. Mere millimetres clearance between the engine and body means a bloody tight fit. But it behaved...

Whilst I waited for the oil to drain out I fitted a new hour meter (the OE digital Honeywell unit borked itself in a nod to Lord Lucas) of the old mechanical variety so I can properly manage the supplication cycle from here on in.

1.4 litres of new oil later, wheel back on and BOOM...ready to party. The Grillo then proceeded to mulch its way through a half acre of thick weeds like a champion. It's now happily parked up with 0.7 hours on the clock.

Winner!! For now...

[pip bip]

Well done

[StreetsofPerth]

@silentbutnotreallydeadly Nice work. Glad you're still able to get property maintenance done. South-west, mid-west and wheatbelt WA is in total fire ban today. What's the outlook over your way?

[jminer]

This is my favorite Oppo series, the fight to the death between you and that mower!

[Krusty Walnut]

@jminer His White Whale. Can he ever tame it!

[MUSASHI66]

You are a proof that everything mechanical can be fixed given the time, money, skill and enough blood in you to keep sacrificing it to the gods of repair. Enghino, the ancient Roman god of repair and engineering, required a pint of blood in his honor if you wanted your project to work.

[SilentbutnotreallyDeadly]

@streetsofperth juicy. We have had 90 mm of rain so far this year...

[SilentbutnotreallyDeadly]

@krustywantout Tame it? No. But I could harpoon it with a crowbar...and how would I cut my grass then?

[SilentbutnotreallyDeadly]

@musashi66 it's not worth a pint and I'd prefer my sacrifices to be pain free...but Enghino sounds like an acceptable god.

[SilentbutnotreallyDeadly]

@jminer said in I may have figured it out?:

This is my favorite Oppo series, the fight to the death between you and that mower!

I'd much prefer that death was not part of the equation...but, as M'lady says, what the fuck is it with you and that mower?

[Shop-Teacher]

@jminer said in I may have figured it out?:

This is my favorite Oppo series, the fight to the death between you and that mower!

Yeah, of all the interesting and cool vehicles on Oppo, this crazy ass lawn mower is my favorite.

[StreetsofPerth]

@silentbutnotreallydeadly That's not bad. I can't remember when it last rained here. I think it was before Christmas.

[Italia]

@silentbutnotreallydeadly nonnadonna? Grandma woman?

[SilentbutnotreallyDeadly]

@italia said in I may have figured it out?:

@silentbutnotreallydeadly nonnadonna? Grandma woman?

Something like that but with a note of primadonna in the definition...