Someone's got some 'splainin to do.

The 50 year old tiller which was run hard and put away wet last year has clean oil, and started on one shot of ether and two pulls on the starter cord.

The 5 year old garden tractor, which had a full service before last year has black oil, didn't want to start even after a shot of ether and 45 minutes on the charger.

I think I need to find a 40-50 year old garden tractor. I'd have bought one last year, but LOH would have killed me.