G'day MF,
G'day Gadge and NormK,
After buying Penrite oil for my cars, I won't go back to others. They run noticeably smoother and I know the engines are in good hands with that lubricant in them. My mechanic uses it also.
Yep; in my older [97 XH model] Falcon Ute, which uses a little oil [as a Ford 6 should do], Penrite's 'HPR 30 Gas' noticeably reduces oil consumption, compared to Valvoline XLD 20W-50.
In one of my several labrat past lives, I used to run a wear metals oil analysis program, for piston aircraft engines.
So I'd slip used oil samples, taken when I changed the XH's engine oil, through with the aircraft samples as a 'foreigner job'. Really liked the wear metals results/trends I saw with the Penrite!
The Masport steel bases hit a Victa for a six in their sturdy construction and design. Pity the wheels are a pest to replace.
Only because of those pestilential 'push nut' retainers they use.
On my personal mowers [my everyday is a Masport Maxicatch 550 alloy deck], the first time the wheels come off for lubing of ball wheel bearings, the axles get cross-drilled for split pins and flat washers. Or if axle length is a bit tight, they get the 'aircraft/racebike lockwiring' treatment.
Lockwire only requires a ~1mm diameter hole [it's ~0.8mm diameter stainless steel], so it can be used where there isn't room for a split pin.
