I have a 100 year old house with 2000 sq. ft shop/garage
for sale in Skagit Valley, WA. We get snow about
every other year.......and it lasts for a day!
Then you don't have to worry 'bout those snow blower
type things.
<GRIN>
Steve Hammatt
Mount Vernon WA USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Nase" <nases@verizon.net>
To: <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 9:17 AM
Subject: [Shop-talk] Snow blower repair
>I have a 15 year old Ariens 7hp Tecumsah engined 2 stage snow blower.
>It
> starts and runs well but no longer pitches the snow more than 6-8
> feet.
>
> I have adjusted the idler pulley and the cable to the clutch is
> tight enough.
> I see no other adjustments to make for the the impeller. I've tried
> every
> thing I know to fix it but nothing has changed. The belts have very
> little
> time on them. I haven't worked on the throttle and am wondering
> whether I
> should have more power under load.
>
> My dad had a similar unit with a 6hp engine and that thing would
> throw the
> snow clear across a 30 foot street.
>
> Mine never did move the snow like his did but it is getting
> unusable.
>
> Any ideas? Thanks.
>
> Phil Nase
> Quakertown, PA
> http://home.comcast.net/~philnasecpa/
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