Age : 24 Join date : 2013-04-10 Posts : 1408 Forum Rep : 0 Location : Galway NY
Subject: broken snowblower Sun Feb 16, 2014 11:29 am
hey guys. my buddy just got this snowblower for free, not running. its old, thats all i can say. to me, it sounds blown up from this vid. it sounds like there is zero compression. what do yall think?
Age : 22 Join date : 2013-09-15 Posts : 467 Forum Rep : 0 Location : Greensburg, PA
Subject: Re: broken snowblower Sun Feb 16, 2014 11:50 am
my guess would be no compression
Moose Vice Grip
Age : 31 Join date : 2014-01-12 Posts : 917 Forum Rep : 2 Location : Defiance, Ohio
Subject: Re: broken snowblower Sun Feb 16, 2014 12:52 pm
yeah sounds like something is ***** up it looks like it takes no effort to pull so that kinda makes me wonder if the valve springs are toast it isnt even making a put put sound like its pulling air and stuff
willis923 Hammer
Age : 24 Join date : 2013-04-10 Posts : 1408 Forum Rep : 0 Location : Galway NY
Subject: Re: broken snowblower Sun Feb 16, 2014 12:56 pm
thats what i thought. and by the way the output pully keeps spinning for a bit after he pulls it, leads me to believe there isnt any compression
Age : 31 Join date : 2014-01-12 Posts : 917 Forum Rep : 2 Location : Defiance, Ohio
Subject: Re: broken snowblower Sun Feb 16, 2014 12:57 pm
time for a new engine!
TheBeal Hammer
Age : 26 Join date : 2013-06-06 Posts : 1350 Forum Rep : 107 Location : Central PA
Subject: Re: broken snowblower Sun Feb 16, 2014 6:59 pm
Could be a rod... looks like a Tec, have been known to throw rods.
willis923 Hammer
Age : 24 Join date : 2013-04-10 Posts : 1408 Forum Rep : 0 Location : Galway NY
Subject: Re: broken snowblower Thu Feb 20, 2014 2:52 pm
diagnosis is a thrown rod. did a reudimentary compression test by removing the sparkplug and there was nothing there. so i pulled the head and pulled, the piston didnt move. i pushed it to dead bottom, and tried pulling and it locked up. so like i said, thrown rod. however, i DID find a peerless 3 speed gearbox which i will be removing in the spring and will be for sale. send me a PM if interested.