I think todays blizzard was the end for my 1979 MTD Snowflite. Snow started piling up in front of it and I realized the auger wasn't turning. Impeller turns and it drives fine. It will turn if I rotate the auger back and start it...until it hits any snow then it gets stuck.
Then I tried to get the backup, a 2005 craftsman that needs a bunch of new cables (I'll never get one with cables again) started and the engine was seized. Spark plug had ice on it. (It was taped up in the back yard with about 10 Bungie cords but guess that wasn't enough). I ended up getting it unseized with a cylinder full of pb blaster and now it runs but it sucks to use with no chute control.
I'm sad to lose the old MTD cause the Tecumseh 8hp ran great, didn't burn any oil.
I'm trying to find something decent in the $600-700 Canadian range but closest I have found is 850 for a newish Ariens deluxe 24.
Then I tried to get the backup, a 2005 craftsman that needs a bunch of new cables (I'll never get one with cables again) started and the engine was seized. Spark plug had ice on it. (It was taped up in the back yard with about 10 Bungie cords but guess that wasn't enough). I ended up getting it unseized with a cylinder full of pb blaster and now it runs but it sucks to use with no chute control.
I'm sad to lose the old MTD cause the Tecumseh 8hp ran great, didn't burn any oil.
I'm trying to find something decent in the $600-700 Canadian range but closest I have found is 850 for a newish Ariens deluxe 24.
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