Help me fix my snowblower so I can RAHAHB

Greatly appreciate it brother. pm me your address. I want to send you a few beers after the holidays when they’re brewed and ready.

 

i fail to see how this is in general homebrew forum....snow blowing should be in brew science shouldn't it? lol

 

Wait 'til you get her running again first

On a totally unrelated note...neighbors across the road had left a Jeep Cherokee stuffed in the snow for the last few days and tonight they tried to get it running. I'm listening from probably 200 yards away to them trying to start it, it sounded like the timing was way the hell off.

Then, when they finally got started, it sounded like it was running on half the cylinders and was cycling between stalling and over-revving every two seconds. Sounded like it was about to throw a rod - I mean some seriously wrong machinery right at the breaking point, and sure enough when they tried to back the thing out of the snow there was a huge noise then dead silence. Then I heard them spin the starter and there was zero noise save for the starter motor. I wager the crank went to Jeep Heaven.

No reflection on your snowblower, of course

Cheers!

 

Thanks for the inspiration/suggestion! This worked great, and my snowblower is running like a top now. I appreciate the advice.

Also, FWIW, I followed up with my "lawnmower" cream ale. Seemed appropriate!

M

 

New carburetor came in and I’m attempting to fix it. Everything lines up perfectly except one part, the choke system which is also what was the problem all along. The original choke opened and closed using a plastic post and socket set up(not sure if that’s the right terminology) where a post went into a sort of socket and when the knob turned the post, it would rotate the gear to open and close the choke, all of which was made of plastic and it was broken. The new carburetor choke system is brass and looks as though a lever or wire would connect to it to rotate the gear. Does this mean it’s not compatible? It’s frustrated because it states that it is compatible with my model number.

 

Sounds like you're describing the throttle lever, not the choke. I assume your choke goes up through the carb cover and to a plastic knob on the top.

I see the choke that was linked on amazon above. Can you take a pic and post of your old carb? Also, of your whole machine?

 

Glad I could be of some assistance!

 

Snowblower official fixed last night. Had a difficult time getting the correct carborator for the machine, my blower was the first gen that was made by craftsman after they were solely acquired by Lowe’s. They made the same machine a year prior when the rights were owned by ace, so many of the part companies didn’t realize that craftsman’s changed the choke linkage assembly on the machine (made it plastic to save some $). Had the Buy it from craftsman’s directly at $65 but at the end of the day it’s fixed

 

Good job! This time was a total hassle finding correct carb and replacing. Next time it'll be a snap

Make sure to use Sta-bil (or similar) in your gas - it'll save your carb during the off season. Might consider finding straight gas also.

 

Or, even easier and cheaper: Drain the fuel out of it completely before storing it for the season.

 

Can you drain the carburetor? Even running it until it stops, it's questionable - I really don't know.

When the fuel left in the tiny orifices of the carburetor break down after 6 months and turn into varnish, the carb is cooked. I think this breakdown is what the additives prevent. For certain, it's worked well for me.

 

fwiw, a loooong time ago I used to drain and run dry all my gas powered equipment for off-season storage based on the conventional wisdom on such matters. Then I started having issues with gaskets shrinking. So I started leaving the gas in over the off-season, but I also started using Sea Foam to treat the fuel. Haven't had any issues leaving the gas in since so I'm still doing this...

Cheers!

 

I started using ethanol free fuel in all small engines a couple years ago and stopped having carb issues.

 

Most snowblowers these days don't have fuel petcocks. But even if they did it's 99% certain that there's a carburetor bowl drain plug that can be removed to drain both the carburetor and the fuel tank. Once it's done dripping, replace the plug. Start it up and that will remove the last of the fuel from the carburetor.

 

We used to use guitar strings to clean the jets