DIYbanter - View Single Post - lawnmower cylindrical air-filter *really* dirty -- but Sears has none. Clean it?

Jim Elbrecht

(David Combs) wrote:

Thanks to all!

Called Sears again an hour or so ago. This time I got
someone REALLY REALLY GOOD!

The lesson here is that whenever you call any business [government
agency, whatever] with more than one employee, if you get no
satisfaction the first time, try again. Different day, different
time.

Especially an outfit like Sears that is bout to have a few good folks
still hanging out after all these years.

-snip-

So I just gave him my credit card number, and they'll be here
in what, a week or so?

I'm upstate near Schenectady. My UPS guy can usually get me parts
from NJ faster than I can get to a parts place 5 miles away. [and I
can be playing on Usenet while they are en route]

(Because the price was only $4.00, the shipping twice that,
I ordered three of them. At 20 or 25 years for the current
one, I think they'll last long beyond my need for them!)

And you just saved another $10 on gas for the 2 future trips you
saved.

OTOH-- you do know that now your mower will die within 2 weeks?

I'll read over all the suggestions, both for soaking and not
soaking, and decide what to do for the interim.

The *soakers* were assuming you had a foam filter. Don't ever put
anything wet on a paper filter.

Jim