I'd rather have a foot of powder than a quarter inch of ice.
Angie's grandparent's had a snowblower they haven't used for 2 years that they
wanted to give to Angie's parents so we brought it to our house and yesterday
I got it running. Drained out oil that acted like honey and put in some good
Mobil 1 5w40, had to grease the shift mechanism with some Mobil 1 axle grease
before it would shift right. Primed it with some gas down the carb and it fired
right up. Learned how to adjust the drive clutch too.
It turns out this machine is an exact copy of our snowblower (actually ours is
55 units newer by serial number) so I took what I learned and adjusted the
drive clutch on ours. Then I managed to break the grease fitting for the
intermediate shaft. Actually its not so bad as that, the grease fitting is a
press fit and it just fell out. When the weather is warmer I'll tap the axle
and use a threaded fitting. With grease in the intermediate shaft its MUCH
easier to move the machine when not using the drive.
All in all a good afternoon but I was COLD when I was done. It was about 15F
when I went out, 10F when I finished but they're predicting more snow on the
way so I wanted it done...
-Curt
From: Alice Strickland via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2015 9:35 AM
Subject: [MBZ] Wx
Mighty quiet here in Goldsboro, NC, this morning; 27F, quarter inch of ice with
maybe an inch or so of snow and sleet on top. Outside steps look mighty
dangerous; haven't tried 'em yet to get paper; may wait for 37F this afternoon
to get it.
3F in Thurs night forecast!!!!
Wilton
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