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Author: BigRigTech

Date: 4 Dec 2006 4:21 pm

They were calling for a dusting but then they changed it to 4-6" over night. Traffic was crawling it took me 2hrs to make a 1/2 hour drive....Loving my 4x4 now I gotta tell ya. The wife is stuck in traffic - if it keeps snowing like this I may have to go get her.

Is it ever snowing here at home....I have over 6" on my deck alreadyand the flakes are coming down as big as a twoonie! Time to fire up the beast and test it out - minus the new paint of course....Gotta make a quick air cleaner housing to keep the snow out. I was gonna pick up the snad this week to blast it this weekend. The snow is very sticky too.....Might end up shoveling my 150Ft driveway. :shock: ....Video to come.

Author: MissSnowshoveler

Date: 4 Dec 2006 5:01 pm

BigRig, I feel your pain. :lol: My honey couldn't wait to get home to try out his John Deere Model M with the plow. :roll: The snow is extremely heavy and the Deere just couldn't make a run of it, so he resorted to my Dads Ford, which has been here for a month doing nothing.

Author: BigRigTech

Date: 4 Dec 2006 6:19 pm

Yeah, it is very heavy. My old gilson wouldn't throw it - the bucket is just too rough without new paint. Now the little Craftsman threw it great - the new CAT paint was like Teflon. :D ....But that P.O.S. Tecumseh is another story....Up and down like a hore's drawers. Works great at WOT - too well....and it would hunt at idle.....never goes back to the same rpm twice. I rebuilt the carb completely last year too to factory specs.....P.O.S it is....If I could only find a 10HP Briggs for it it would be gone/ :cussing: I have to engage the auger, drop the throttle to WOT and engage the drive before the thing blows up - if I run it any slower while it's throwing it doesn't throw well.....Pretty madning to say the least. The Gilson needs a custom carb enclosure made - the intake was icing between the heads. I'll use the crankcase vents and some exhaust heat to warm it up. I put the old girl in the heated shop so I can tear into it tommorow night. I need to figure out what it has for an alternator too.

Author: snowshoveler

Date: 4 Dec 2006 6:54 pm

the lil deere has the power and better lights.
but i need to build some shoes for the blade ,digs in our frost free driveway very bad.
havent even brought the tire chains home for it yet.
the ford is a sweet tractor and has an awesome set of ring chains on it .
i just set the bucket down and tilt it back a bit so it tears up less gravel.
im gonna need to hook up the nice halogen lights that are on the ROPS of the ford as well .
oh yea its a diesel
Chris

Author: BigRigTech

Date: 4 Dec 2006 6:55 pm

Here's a couple of pics. 6+ inches of heavy, sticky snow....I'm just glad the little blower worked well enough to clear the driveway or I would still be shoveling....LOL....I really gotta do something with that POS Tecumseh carb/governor.



Author: BigRigTech

Date: 4 Dec 2006 6:57 pm

I was gonna say that thing needs chains. :D ....If I can't get my old Gilson to throw snow good with new paint and some rubbers on the impeller then I'll be buying a brand new blower or a plow for my truck.

Author: snowshoveler

Date: 4 Dec 2006 7:02 pm

you bring that carb down to me on your day off and ill fix you up no problem.
if you have a way to bring the whole machine then come to my house.
on the weekend.
bring the Missus and we can get the tecumseh running good and the ladies can do some of there christmas shopping.
we are about 5 minutes from the mall in town.
chris

Author: BigRigTech

Date: 4 Dec 2006 7:10 pm

I don't understand what the deal is with it. I cleaned it, set the new float to the spec height and etc. I have a Tecumseh manual here. My feeling is that the governor is not hauling the throttle open under load. It's really a bastardzied setup, the previous owner swap the engines and this one runs great other than the carb being a POS. The carb is not a Walbro, it's in mint shape too. As I'm using it I'm constantly having to mess with it as I'm using the machine. The old 10HP Tecumseh - RIP - was awesome, worn out but ran like a champ....Would that carb fit on the 8HP? I still have it and it's rebuilt too.

Author: snowshoveler

Date: 4 Dec 2006 7:21 pm

yup its a direct bolt on.
and like you said it could be governor related.
the manual describes the procedure and i know you are good with governors but tecumseh manuals are sometime a little vague.
if i showed you once how its adjusted you would have it no problem.
chris

Author: BigRigTech

Date: 4 Dec 2006 7:48 pm

Maybe I'll try a carb swap then and see what happens. I really hate the throttle linkage on that thing....It's a lever type and that is part of the problem too. I'm going to change it to a push/pull cable type like the Gilson - that's a much better affair. I believe things are bent/missing and etc. Maybe if I could find a similar engine I could get a complete carb and throttle/governor linkage for it.



Author: snowshoveler

Date: 4 Dec 2006 8:34 pm

ahh ...
a picture is worth a thousand words my friend.
notice your pic,it shows the rod coming rom the govrnor arm to the throttle control.
the throttle control is spring loaded .
it has fallen down when the carb was removed at some point.
if you look at your pic and your diagram you will understand.
chris

Author: BigRigTech

Date: 5 Dec 2006 6:26 am

It doesn't look like that now - it's flipped up like the factory drawing....That was a pic from last year. :wink: It still doesn't work right flipped up either......It's all messed up and the little spring is bent I think throwing it out of calibration/tension :? .....Do you have any old POS Tecumseh's down there with thrown rods that might have one of those throttle linkages on it?....Maybe a non-bastardized throttle assembly would cure my issue. The old Gilson has a pull cable on it and that works good.