Never Judge A Book By It's Cover

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Originally Posted By: steve20
Originally Posted By: tommygunn
Originally Posted By: eljefino
This story needs mmore MMO.
+1 lol.

I wouldn't have ran any that engine in that condition without some extra lube

Especially down here in the south......high humidity + low gas level = possible water vapors in the possible stale fuel

Great success story none the less.

So, after he saw your 83 snapper, he thought he'd drop off his old mower he didn't want as his "admission ticket"? Not bad of a deal lol......unless in the coming weeks he asks for it back



Water doesn't turn to vapor until it's boiling ---at sea level that would be 212 degrees


I'm at approx 20ft above sea level what would my boiling point be???

 

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Well it's history...

A friend mentioned needing a mower to cut a ditch bank over at his parents, no problem I have just the thing... He took the simple route to get around the broken deadman cable, installed external switch to kill the iginition, problem solved...

 

[brainpause]

Originally Posted By: brainpause
My dad had a snapper rider when I was a kid. Pull start.

By the time he got that thing started, he was too tired to mow.

Larry



4 1/2 years later, I realized it should have said the Snapper had a Tecumseh engine, andmy dad hated that thing. Our subsequent Snappers had B&S engines. But he now has a JD with a Kohler engine.

 

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LOL

Next time I see my friend I'll try to remember ask if he's still using the Tecumseh... It was running last year('14), but I haven't heard it mentioned lately...

My Hondaized Snapper has just completed it's 4th full season without a major issue... No engine problem, every thing was a fluke(catching a wood chip between blade and housing), or small item like drive belt flipping it's self over, and spring to tension the clutch belt breaking... All minor, 10 minutes at most and I was back cutting...

 

[bubbatime]

Originally Posted By: brainpause
Originally Posted By: brainpause
My dad had a snapper rider when I was a kid. Pull start.

By the time he got that thing started, he was too tired to mow.

Larry



4 1/2 years later, I realized it should have said the Snapper had a Tecumseh engine, andmy dad hated that thing. Our subsequent Snappers had B&S engines. But he now has a JD with a Kohler engine.


Wow you REALLY dont want to let a small mistake go without correcting it. HAHA.

 

[Bror Jace]

"The Briggs ran forever ... the Tecumseh engines didn't seem to burn as much oil, but they really failed when the time came."

I believe the old saying applies here: Go big or go home!

"I'm at approx 20ft above sea level what would my boiling point be?

Roughly 211.973F.

http://www.csgnetwork.com/h2oboilcalc.html

 

[meep]

I always liked the design of the tecumseh's. they were easy to tear down and work on. Pressurized oil flow was a nice touch.

I got my hands on a commercial 16hp version when I was a kid--- yes it had thrown a rod.... but had -thousands- of hours on it. mowed a couple of acres for as long as I could remember. When I got it, it was a box of parts. shattered rod and piston, cracked head. For not a lot of money a new piston and rod were sourced, and it ran with the cracked head. It had so many hours on it, the throttle shaft was worn away and it sucked gobs of air through the carb body. That engine was solid. roller bearings on both ends, massive iron body--- OHV with two large gear-driven counter-balance weights. It was impressive.

 

[JimPghPA]

Originally Posted By: steve20
Originally Posted By: tommygunn
Originally Posted By: eljefino
This story needs mmore MMO.
+1 lol.

I wouldn't have ran any that engine in that condition without some extra lube

Especially down here in the south......high humidity + low gas level = possible water vapors in the possible stale fuel

Great success story none the less.

So, after he saw your 83 snapper, he thought he'd drop off his old mower he didn't want as his "admission ticket"? Not bad of a deal lol......unless in the coming weeks he asks for it back



Water doesn't turn to vapor until it's boiling ---at sea level that would be 212 degrees


Wrong.

Water will boil at 212 degrees Fahrenheit at sea level atmospheric pressure.

But, water will vaporize at any temperature including below 32 Fahrenheit. Ice will vaporize directly from ice to vapor without ever being a liquid, it is called sublimation.

 

[Silverado12]

I don't like Tecumseh products. The last one I worked on I never could get the carb right and I ended up flinging it across the yard in a fit of anger LOL. A small engine carb shouldn't be that much of a PITA, and I thought I had decent mechanical skills until I messed with this thing...