My 22 yr. old snow blower quit on me. I had done my drive way and started to do the walk. The carburetor was flooding. A few taps with a hammer didn't fix it. When I took the bowl off,the float came with it. Due to spotty running and starting I am thinking new carb. I'll do some searching later.
Last winter, I saved an old snowblower with a brand new, $16 eBay carb. So there's hope...
What is this "snow" of which you speak, and why are there mechanized methods with which to blow it? 
SVreX said:What is this "snow" of which you speak, and why are there mechanized methods with which to blow it?
Crystalized water, in the north, and shoveling it manually sucks balls. 
The motor (5 hp Tecumseh) blew on my snowblower and I took one of my kart motors (modified Honda, about 12 hp) and bolted it on. It's fun clearing snow when you can chuck the snow so far. Video of the first time I tried it (snow was very heavy)
In reply to SVreX :
I guess many of us are faced with the eternal choice of snow vs. fire ants. I've chosen the fire ants all my life.
M2Pilot said:In reply to SVreX :
I guess many of us are faced with the eternal choice of snow vs. fire ants. I've chosen the fire ants all my life.
Having spent all but 3 heard Of my life in Minnesota, and now in Florida, I'll take hurricanes and fire ants over snow (and Packers fans) any day.
M2Pilot said:In reply to SVreX :
I guess many of us are faced with the eternal choice of snow vs. fire ants. I've chosen the fire ants all my life.
Don't leave out the termites, scorpions, snakes, and alligators... 
RealMiniParker said:SVreX said:What is this "snow" of which you speak, and why are there mechanized methods with which to blow it?
Crystalized water, in the north, and shoveling it manually sucks balls.
Or as Dbd13 would say....'blows goats'..BWahahahaaa
Last year my neighbor wanted mme to rebuild the carb on his old Troy-Bilt roto tiller with a B&S engine. Weeks went by and he never dropped it off, he bought an OHV 8hp Honda from Harbor Freight for $99.
Everything else on the tiller should out live all of us.
Snow gave me a great excuse to buy a '60s Allis Chalmers! I would hate to see the amount of fire ants I would need in my yard to convince my wife I need a tractor to get rid of those!
loosecannon said:The motor (5 hp Tecumseh) blew on my snowblower and I took one of my kart motors (modified Honda, about 12 hp) and bolted it on. It's fun clearing snow when you can chuck the snow so far. Video of the first time I tried it (snow was very heavy)
You're in short sleeves?
Woody said:Last winter, I saved an old snowblower with a brand new, $16 eBay carb. So there's hope...
This.
I bought a new carb for a mower off Amazon for $17. A rebuild kit for the same carb was $12. Took me minutes to swap the carb and it cranked on the first pull. I will never futz with a small engine carb again, they are too cheap to buy brand new.
In reply to jstein77 :
It was only -5 or something like that, which is why the snow was so heavy
In reply to slefain :
My thoughts.
In reply to M2Pilot :
But snow is around only 3 or 4 months. Fire ants etc. 12.
And you can wear more clothes to offset cold/snow discomfort. I've heard ants can actually get 'in your pants'.
Snow is fun. Sledding is fun. So is a snowball fight. Beaches, though .. oh, I do miss the beach.
I would rather have 12 months of fire ants, scorpions, alligators, and cracked dashboards than three months of cold and snow.
but alas, I live in PA.
Which brings up an equally curious point: Having grown up in PA I always marveled at how CA people continue to live there even though the threat of earthquakes means certain imminent death for the entire state at any moment. Then I lived there and it really was wonderful. The one earthquake that happened while I was there made my pendant light swing about 1/2". Meanwhile, native SoCal folks would marvel at how I could possibly live where the snow and cold actually KILLS people. At first I laughed... then realized that winter kills a lot more northerners than earthquakes kill californians every year.
It's all perception. I spent a month in Costa Rica in a hammock and some mornings woke up with either a monkey or an iguana curled up beside me and thought "this is cool". I lived in New Orleans with rats that weighed 40 lbs (Nutria) and realized it was the drunken Liberals I couldn't deal with. I lived in TX with fire ants and scorpions and realized that it was the local republican population that I didn't like. I lived in FL with gators and fire ants and realized that it was all the old people clogging up the roads that I didn't like.
The moral of the story is I'm REALLY just not fond of people. I'll take monkeys, rats, and spooning with large lizards over people any day.
I live in Winnipeg, Manitoba-we call is Winterpeg, Manisnowba and my sister-in-law lives in Las Vegas. I complain about the cold and the snow and she knows I want to move down there and she keeps saying "Oh, you'll have something to complain about here, too". So, I finally told her "I'm tired of complaining about the cold and the mosquitos, I want to complain about the heat and the scorpions".
M2Pilot said:In reply to SVreX :
I guess many of us are faced with the eternal choice of snow vs. fire ants. I've chosen the fire ants all my life.
Snow, fire ants, or earthquakes and smog tests. I went with the latter. :)
Curtis said:I would rather have 12 months of fire ants, scorpions, alligators, and cracked dashboards than three months of cold and snow.
but alas, I live in PA.
Which brings up an equally curious point: Having grown up in PA I always marveled at how CA people continue to live there even though the threat of earthquakes means certain imminent death for the entire state at any moment. Then I lived there and it really was wonderful. The one earthquake that happened while I was there made my pendant light swing about 1/2". Meanwhile, native SoCal folks would marvel at how I could possibly live where the snow and cold actually KILLS people. At first I laughed... then realized that winter kills a lot more northerners than earthquakes kill californians every year.
It's all perception. I spent a month in Costa Rica in a hammock and some mornings woke up with either a monkey or an iguana curled up beside me and thought "this is cool". I lived in New Orleans with rats that weighed 40 lbs (Nutria) and realized it was the drunken Liberals I couldn't deal with. I lived in TX with fire ants and scorpions and realized that it was the local republican population that I didn't like. I lived in FL with gators and fire ants and realized that it was all the old people clogging up the roads that I didn't like.The moral of the story is I'm REALLY just not fond of people. I'll take monkeys, rats, and spooning with large lizards over people any day.
Lived in Western MD, decided I hated rednecks being far from culture and too much snow and no jobs(loved the outdoors though). Moved to pittsburgh, decided I hated sports fans (and no jobs). Moved to DC, healthy subset of us here who actually HATE politics, employment is great, but the commute is murder.
Wife and I have been discussing 5-10 year plans and if they involve seeking greener pastures, but that all depends on careers...
Back on topic, if my snowblower has a lot of blowby does it make sense to rebuild or just motor swap it?
Apexcarver said:Back on topic, if my snowblower has a lot of blowby does it make sense to rebuild or just motor swap it?
Neither. Keep topping up the oil. Blowby is just another word for "auto-recycling lubrication system." No more oil changes! Just add more. Your motor no longer conforms to old standards of those pesky oil change intervals. Your snowblower now has the "calibrated crankcase ventilation" system. When the oil gets low, you know it is doing its job of burning off those nasty oil contaminants to make room for fresh, new oil.
But honestly... run it until it explodes. I have a Honda lawnmower from 1986. It's one of the first aluminum deck models. I bought it at an auction for $2. It was used so much that the aluminum deck has two holes corroded in it. The cover on the motor has a sticker on it from an equipment rental company that has been out of business since the early 90s. When you pull start it, it feels like there is no spark plug in it because it turns so easily. When you pull the throttle back to stop, it keeps spinning like turning off a helicopter rotor. There is just so little compression that it keeps turning. To say that this mower has been abused is an understatement. It burns oil and has probably burned oil since 1994, but it still runs.
codrus said:M2Pilot said:In reply to SVreX :
I guess many of us are faced with the eternal choice of snow vs. fire ants. I've chosen the fire ants all my life.
Snow, fire ants, or earthquakes and smog tests. I went with the latter. :)
Wicked thunderstorms and tornados for me.
z31maniac said:codrus said:M2Pilot said:In reply to SVreX :
I guess many of us are faced with the eternal choice of snow vs. fire ants. I've chosen the fire ants all my life.
Snow, fire ants, or earthquakes and smog tests. I went with the latter. :)
Wicked thunderstorms and tornados for me.
If it weren't for the fact that you still get ice and snow once in a while,I'd be there. Love me some storms.
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