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Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Will It Ever Run Again?

This is what happens when you lend your equipment. The last time I used the snow blower it was running. Then I sent it over to the neighbor so he could clear his drive way. The snow was heavy and the motor seemed to be over revving. It was returned with a seized engine.


For grins I tore it down the night before the giant snowstorm.


I found a bunch of broken parts in the oil sump. The oil slinger broke off and the governor threw two counter weights & broke a few teeth of the gear. So, when did it break?



The main shaft seems to have wiped but it's not totally gone. If I can get replacement parts I will reassemble it and see if I can get it to speed regulate again. The smaller shaft with the larger gear is the cam shaft. There are two cams that operate the intake and exhaust valves.



Now I have to check the forums to see if this is how the timing marks are aligned. I sure do hope that I don't need this thing to be running tomorrow because I don't know if I can improvise the oil slinger and I don't want to run without a governor.




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