Gargoyle

Here's a cheery face to match my mood. A gargoyle is poised above and the little man below him looks grumpy. Like I feel. I want this lawnmower thing to be over with. I got no call yesterday about the new battery. That leaves today. And rain is supposed to be returning on Saturday. Joy.

Grumpy guy.

I wanted to drain some oil out of the tank, but for the life of me, I could not find the drain plug. I looked for hours (not an exaggeration) but it just wasn't where the manual said it was. Aaaack! I looked at a few videos online about changing the oil on this model. I only found one video wherein the mower looked like mine. And there was the oil plug, right where it was supposed to be. Yeah, it's easy when you know where it is. Only, instead of being a hand operated valve with a hand operated nozzle like the manual shows, it's just a nut that the guy in the video opened with a socket wrench. It's buried about halfway into the engine itself and I don't have a tool that will reach it, let alone unscrew it. There's no valve to turn like the manual shows, just a nut that, even if I could get it open, would allow oil to spill out onto the mower's cutting deck and then who knows where. Well, I do know where: onto the floor of the garage. No pan could contain that gusher.

I'm ready to load up the truck and move to Beverly.

Hills, that is. Swimmin' pools. Movie stars.

Ok, it's not that bad. The dipstick (I resemble that remark) shows the oil level to be just at the max point, maybe a tad more, so I guess it's alright. Bother.