Thwarted!
One of those days. . . . So I want to mow my lawn and I know I can't mow it until I change the oil in the mower because it is wayyyy overdue. I get home from school, eat some lunch, play with the Wiggle Pigs a bit and then hit the road for the mower place, with the dogs. I pick up some new oil, a new drain plug thingy to make the oil draining easier and less messy next time, and an oil filter. The way they make the engines on those Snappers, you'd think the engine people have never met the mower people! The drain plug sits way back on the frame, and it faces out, not down! This means you have to get oil every-frickin-where just to drain the stupid thing, which is why I bought that drain thing --so future changes will not be so messy. The oil filter is also something the design people obviously never thought much about because it is in between the back of the seat, under the gas tank, and in front of the engine, meaning it is nearly impossible to get out! I asked the lady a