Ariens which is pretty much the standard around here making parts availability
good.
They're super simple. Neighbor had mice get into his last year and the shifting
mechanism froze up, I had it working in 15-20 minutes. This year he "smoked it"
and bought another one. I think the mouse nest smoked... Either way I need to
remember to ask but he'll probably give me the carcass. If nothing else it'll
make a spare engine for mine.
-Curt
On Wednesday, March 7, 2018, 6:36:11 PM EST, Curley McLain via Mercedes
<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
Waytago!
What brand of schnee Gebläse? (blower)
> Curt Raymond via Mercedes <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>
> March 7, 2018 at 5:20 PM
> Big snow... We're predicted 1-2 feet. Fred and Dwight will probably
> get less.
>
> Some time ago my father-in-law mentioned that the drive on his
> snowblower wasn't working right. I've got the same model and had
> revived his when they first got it as a gift from Angie's maternal
> grandmother. I figured the cable was loose or mice had built a nest in
> it, both are fairly common problems. What I found surprised even me.
>
> https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4799/25809325297_dbd1881ef9_k.jpg
>
> Thats the drivewheel, its attached to the output and is driven by a
> plate thats driven off the engine. The one on the left is the old one,
> notice how the rubber tire its supposed to have is pretty much gone...
>
> I was pleased we could get a replacement locally today. The whole
> replacement job took about an hour, a lot of that was just fiddling
> around not knowing what I was doing. I think if I were to do it again
> I could probably do it in 15 minutes, the part was $26...
>
> To have it replaced would have been $100 and taken a week or two. I'm
> thinking maybe I'll proactively replace the one on my snowblower this
> spring before I put it away for the summer...
>
> -Curt
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