02-06-2015, 12:11 AM
Finished getting my free snow thrower back together again. The scraper bar had been ground away years ago and the sheet metal of the lower housing and side panels began to get ground away as well after that for several more years. Bent, twisted, full of rust and holes, and folded over onto itself. Sheet metal repair/replacement, new crank main bearings, decarbon cylinder head and piston, polished exhaust ports (to reduce carbon buildup), total carb rebuild, new paddles, switched from a ratcheted hand lever on the chute to a hand cranked gear drive chute control, and retro fitted an electric starter as well. It's a good thing the price of the machine was right.
All just in time for the national weather service to forecast 60° F temps this weekend.
All just in time for the national weather service to forecast 60° F temps this weekend.
Willie