From: hallerb@aol.com   
      
   On Monday, March 30, 2015 at 5:57:59 PM UTC-4, Clare wrote:   
   > On Mon, 30 Mar 2015 10:33:10 -0400, "Jim Wilkins"   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   > > wrote in message   
   > >news:368a0bd5-5a2d-4d26-95fc-060953d7fd27@googlegroups.com...   
   > >>I have a toro gts 6hp which is built by Briggs and Stratton and I   
   > >>have "converted" it to methanol... I put converted in quotes because   
   > >>the engine runs fine on meth without any modifications.   
   > >>   
   > >> If the engine doesn't run check/replace the spark plug. (Meth   
   > >> requires a hotter plug)   
   > >>   
   > >> One concern is that depending on what the fuel line and carb are   
   > >> made of they will corrode over time.   
   > >> I run meth in my lawn mower for fun and am not really concerned   
   > >> about rebuilding the carb and replacing fuel lines.   
   > >   
   > >   
   > >You apparently used "concern" to mean both the negative "think little   
   > >of it" and the positive "think nothing of it".   
   > >   
   > >I've had a 1980's bowl gasket disintegrate from E10 gas but nothing   
   > >else, and no trouble from modern replacement fuel line. Unless you are   
   > >all thumbs the carbs are easy to strip, clean and rebuild.   
   > >   
   > >-jsw   
   > >   
   > Etanol and Methanol are two totally different animals when it comes to   
   > the damage caused.  Methanol is extremely agressive. Doesn't take long   
   > to make some carbs unrebuildable with methanol, and it can even   
   > destroy the engine without running it. (due to corrosion) Methanol and   
   > any alloy with copper in it spells bad news. (that's many aluminum   
   > alloys used in pistons, blocks, heads, bearings, manifolds, and fuel   
   > system parts)   
      
   I serviced ditto machines back in the 1970s and 1980s. I had gallon in my car   
   when i ran out of gas. i added just enough, perhaps a quart at most to get me   
   to a gas station. this worked fine, except i told my boss. he ran out of gas   
   not long after i did.   
      
   he poured in a entire gallon and had to get a newpricey carb. he blamed me   
      
   i experminted and ran some small gas engines on ditto fluid. later i found   
   that ditto fluid methanol. had some water added.   
      
   the methanol did cut grass.   
      
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