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In Reply to: If you're gonna buy a snowblower, get one with real, honest-to-goodness shear pins. posted by ghost of olddude55 on February 12, 2020 at 08:46:56:
It had a rock stuck between the blade and the housing.
The problem was that it hadn't run for a couple of years (we have a 'plow guy' do the driveway) and wouldn't start.
Turned out the carburetor was gunked up. 15 minutes work cleaning the little orifice in the bowl and...
(after this successful test, I finished putting things back together and cleaned the ol' trouper up).
Those ol' Tecumseh "Snow King" engines are pretty darned immortal. :)
all the best,
mrh
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- heh, just changed a broken shear bolt on my 27 year old TroyBilt - mhardy6647 02/12/2009:07:21 02/12/20 (0)