$25.00 Marketplace Snow Blower! How Bad is it???
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- Been keeping an eye out for a snow blower for my nephew to use to make some frosty cash, think this outta do the trick!
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When one side skid is wore out its because the tire on that side is soft and that skid is carrying most of thw weight.
Isn't it amazing how a little bit of maintenance makes it like new.
It feels like modern people just lose their ability and patience to love and care their equipment
@@yzhang8629 knowledge is power and nobody knows anything when it comes to these things anymore.
@@yzhang8629 In the old days, those small motors were so finicky and difficult to maintain that it wasn’t worth the effort for many people. Nowadays, they are so much more durable and inexpensive that even professional repair shops prefer to try to sell you a new one than do even a moderately difficult fix.
@@Mrhalligan39 no your wrong everything you said was backwards . Your Dad or Grand dad bought 1 lawnmower and 1 snowblower and they lasted. When our neighbor passed away in 2005 we got his 1964 ariens snowblower it still works and us used every winter. Today's machines are not more durable they are cheaper way cheaper made but cost more. They don't last at all and are expensive to fix but your right the shops do prefer to sell you a new one rather than fix the old one
@@danbartolini27 My grand dad had such bad luck with small motors that by the time I was born his only power tool was a Black and Decker plug in drill, so he still used a push mower, and my dad went through 3 mowers in 10 years before he bought an electric mower that lasted 35 years before he moved into a condo and for all I know it’s still out there.
I was getting jealous about Matt finding these free/cheap snow blowers to tinker with, then I remembered I’m Australian . . .
in Australia I presume..!
Lots of mowers on our Sydney clean ups to fix
I’d say the same about being in Texas near the coast but we just had a freak snow and ice storm.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Lol, i looked at major second hand / market place site in NL, as i usually do. Cheapest i could find is some 500 €
Same for motorized lawn mowers, especially those sort of mini tractor like, even a totally worn out ancient thing costs a minimum ~1000 €
All these sort of things with motors on em (specially diesel) are expensive here. ;[
Hey Uncle Matt, every nephew needs an Uncle like you. I gotta 14 year old nephew and I'm gonna pass down a 1975 C 160 Wheel Horse tractor. The 16 hp Kohler runs like a top, but the mower deck is rotted out. Your young man will be pleased I bet.
You need to stabilize the front of the plastic worm gear for the chute. Maybe a piece of metal with a piece of pipe welded to it that fits in the plastic worm gear.
I was thinking bale wire🙂
Also, for that shute control, make a plate for that loose end that has a short cylinder welded on it that goes semi-snug into the inside end of that worm. The plate would mount to the front. Test it holding the plate with some vice grips to the plastic first. Then just drill some holes and epoxy some nuts on the inside of that plastic housing to take some bolts to hold the plate
One of my favorite channels. Here is a small tip for people who use a utility knife to open plastic bags. Place the tip of the knife blade onto the bag near the edge of the bag, then pull the BAG across the table leaving the knife blade stationary. In my job I open hundreds of plastic bags of parts and other items. The "drag the bag" method saves the knife blade, as well as the surface of the table.
One thing I learned a few years ago when the pump gas was mandated to have ethanol added to it. A friend suggested using Marine / RV grade gas, no ethanol in it. Yes it cost more but I no longer screw up the fuel system on my snowblower OR lawnmower at the end of the season. I leave that fuel in the machine in the off months and have NEVER had a problem with the carburetor since. Even with the extra cost of the fuel, for the amount that I use it is worth it!!!
Around here in Québec, premium gas has no ethanol at all. But, something I learned the hard way, it gets bad very fast. 2 months old and it's useless.
Clogged carb jets and all. 😝
The lead is removed and it costs more. Alcohol is added and it costs more. Alcohol is removed and it cost more.
Could it just be left alone
and raise the cost? I will live with the extra cost.
Just stop screwing everything up.
@@OldSneelock I remember a long time ago when my wife's grandfather was still alive, back in the min 40's he said he worked at a small refinery here in Michigan, every time he saw a commercial about one of oil companies saying 'we to the lead out' he would start cussing that commercial saying they are lying to us, he said they put the lead in in the first place, it was a type of 'smoothing' additive so they didn't have to refine the gas as much.
I picked up a 1969 Arien's 10962 snow blower for free off the side of the road, excellent shape, but they said it just stopped running. Can you say plugged carb? Yep, ran fine after that... that was until it blew a main seal and seized the engine. BUT! I scored a brand new Briggs snow blower engine for $180 and after some minor adjustments to some of the mechanicals, I dare say it runs just as good as anything on the market today. It'll dig itself a hole in the ground if I let it. I only have about $300 total into it, not bad for a freebie that has been able to chew through anything I throw at it.
I changed out axle bearings, put new tires on it with actual tread (they came with these 'turf-saver' style tires), and just did a bunch of standard maintanence on it that would have come with owning one naturally. It's been a fun project :D
Good job Matt, like a guy who just lets the stinky axle fluid run on the floor with a pan or rag :-). like some mentioned keep the brass float empty and resolder and easy fix with your capabilities. Some others mentioned extend the worm gear and attach a larger bushing (pipe on inside) on the outside edge to keep it from coming lose. it's plastic, can't weld but JB weld would hold fine if prepped correctly.
I promise I have never seen a snow blower in person operating, I have seen videos but that's it. I live in the Dallas Tx area and have had a snow shovel for about twelve years. Last week is the first time I have shoveled snow with it. A week ago Dallas had -2 degrees, the lowest ever recorded. We did get five to six inches of snow with it. A bad time for us and was glad to see the eighties for a couple of days early this week. Our normal high this time of year is in the mid to upper sixties. I use the snow shovel for yard cleanup and that has been it.
Don’t forget to give the boy the Starter Warranty. Once you start it up the warranty is null and void! Great job!
Nothing better than coming home from work and have a new video from Diesel Creek. Thanks Matt for making my day a little happier keep up the good work and stay safe out there.
Nice. I have that exact snowblower frame, but a 9hp Tecumseh. I've had mine for almost 20 years, I think. They were made by Murray. The chute control has never been a problem for me. I put lithium grease on it years ago and haven't touched it since.
Love it when a plan comes together!
He needs to go old school with a snow shovel to make money in the winter! Builds character.
I see the flywheel for the road grader all machined ready to go on!
I was looking at that myself :)
He set the carb down and all I saw was flywheel lol
Man why do I always end up missing stuff like that on marketplace! 😂
The wet snow made me think of something; before you give it to the nephew, put some old mud flap pieces on the impeller; it'll fling snow even further and wont clog up easily on the wet stuff
Geat idea man ! I'll try it !
Take a piece of tubing that fits inside the crew, and make a bracket that bolts under the bottom in a C shape to hold screw in place.
Matt a piece of black iron pipe of the right diameter and weld some steel round bar stock to replace the plastic spiral gear for the chute rotator. Use some larger brass pipe as greased bushings for easy spiral gear rotation. Heat the bar stock to bend around the pipe and tack as you go.
Got a Toro CCR1000e for $40. Pealed off the black pasti dip to show mint plastics. Needed a $4 spring on the brake/tensioner arm and some fresh gas and she's mint. Already have a CCR2500e and 3000e GTS. Love em.
Sir Matt !!! Great going !!! Only comment is to take the shear bolts out and lube the auger shafts so that they don't weld themselves to the augers as had that happen on the blower that I had and had to replace the auger gear box !!!! Thanks for the video & ""KEEP IT SAFE ""!!!!
My dad used to clean the brass float, and solder the hole with his BernzOMatic Torch.
My brother picked one up off the curb in the middle of the summer and it worked just fine. He sold it on marketplace for something like $50 that winter
I can hear AVE applauding your over the shoulder carb cleaner disposal method
Don’t know if you’ll see this or not but next time set the cutting edge on a piece of 1/4 inch plywood then adjust the skids to the floor .
Now for the shoot . Put a piece of steel under it, use the two 1/4 ‘’ bolts that hold up the plastic piece.
Weld a piece of sheet metal under the plastic screw for the shoot and capture the end of the plastic screw with UHMW to hold it in place !
Always fun to buy cheap things like this and get them running. Thanks for the video
Enjoying your channel while in the hospital. Had back surgery on Thursday morning to remove a thoracic disc. Binging on your channel, abom79, Keith Rucker, Keith Fenner, Jeff Bradshaw Hamiltonville and others to keep my mind off the pain
Get well soon!
Had surgery yesterday morning and I can tell a positive difference
Thank you for the well wishes
put a piece of steel under that plastic bracket that can hold it together so the auger doesnt drop down. A piece looking like this |____|
Nice work Matt.
Bumping metal straight works better if you hold a heavier hammer on the side it is bent toward about an inch or so away from the bend. With the other hammer hit on the bend until it moves.
Some practice and you will be a body man. 😁😎
I have almost the same snowblower but without the electric start. Mine leaked too but it was the gas line that rotted away. A cheap fix, just a few dollars for new gas line. The challenge is that the gas line runs from the carburetor on one side of the machine to the fuel tank on the other, snaking under the machine. With a bit of persuasion I got it through. Mine was manufactured by Noma in Toronto, across the pond from you. I live north of Toronto and since we don’t get a lot of snow, I only use it 2 or 3 times a year, so it is in factory condition.
Put a piece of metal pipe and the worm gear and mowed a little flat washer on the end and keep it from popping out where it sticks out a few millimeters from the edge
Should have added a street elbow to that oil drain tube. That way, you'd never have a problem with the tube coming out of the block, and for an added bonus, the oil would come out straight down.
WE moved a year or so ago and had to remove the oil from our blower before they would put it on the moving van. I tried to get the plug off that little pipe, but it was stuck like Matt's and I didn't have time to fuss. So called the small engine guy and he dropped by with a vaccuum pump and drained it out the fill. He said the use pipe dope on those plugs and they never come out easily, so they never even touch them any more.
@@robertadams4207 you have to use something, because NPT threads don't seal. You could use teflon tape, I suppose, but you'd have to replace it every oil change.
Use A little bit of marine grease slightly on the rotary shoot were it turns.& add A couple squirts of WD-40 spray on the grease working it both directions. It will free up smoothly enough to start free turning by itself after doing that to it Matt.
Bought the same model for $50. Previous owner put new belts on wrong. It wouldn't through snow or move and the shaft bolt would spin off. Got them realigned, put a longer bolt in with some loctite and it works great. Only problem I have is the square discharge will plug up easily if you don't keep the auger going in wet snow.
It looks like the plastic flexes on worm gear housing. Find a piece of pipe or conduit that fits inside existing worm gear and weld a washer on the end of it. Insert it inside the plastic and drill through both of them on the inside of the plastic housing. Secure with a roll pin or cotter pin. The longer the piece you can get inside the worm gear, the more rigid it will be. Old farm trick from Wisconsin. Good luck
It seems like the average person will not do any kind of maintenance on stuff like this. Good news for guys like you and me though, we get good tools for cheap (or free)!
With snow blowers, unless there is evidence to the contrary, it's pretty safe to assume that there has been none.
@riflessss Yeah, when things are listed for free online, it's almost impossible to get there first. We have an email listserv for the county I live in and I've posted on there asking for broken tools and was surprised how many people contacted me with all sorts of stuff. Not only has this allowed me to create a bunch of repair videos for my channel, I've also learned a lot about fixing tools.
@riflessss Yep, that's why I enjoy watching channels like Diesel Creek, you pick up all kinds of good tips. Thanks for the sub, I appreciate it.
Get a dowel stick the same size as that worm screw and glue a short piece inside the worm screw so it can't fall out of alignment, a piece 2-3 inches long will do.
You come up with some funny sayings'(what's a couple of inches amongst friends.) too funny. 😂
For adjusting the scraper bar your supposed to be about an 1/8” gap or so. But then it’s leaving snow behind. My friend had me adjust his to be scraping the driveway to remove hard packed snow. It doesn’t leave any marks on his driveway
I know this is late in the game but, get a piece of PVC pipe that will fit into the plastic auger screw on the shute. Then glue a cap on the end of the short piece of PVC, and glue the PVC pipe into the open end of the auger screw. This should help stop the auger screw on the shute from trying to escape the front fitting. Just my $.02 worth
Love the old brass floats so easy to fix just boil them out scotch bright them and dip it in melted solder to seal the body keeping the hinges out of it file or sand the drips off. Hate the old plastic ones but they can be fixed too with super glue. I replace the shoes with angle iron with cut strips of a white wal-mart cutting board for skids attached last longer. For the worm gear. Make a small plate with 2 bolt holes than a bent 1/8 rod welded pointing into the worm gear to hold the front of it down and U bolt welded on the other side.
The whole video I kept thinking, "Mat's next snow blower is gonna be one of those V-8 snow blowers." Ya just need a hydro-drive quad runners and V-8 engine. Except Mat you are probably gonna use a diesel since they are your favorite.
Look up v-8 snow blower. You will see what I'm talkin about. lol.
love your video's.
Make sure to check the sheer bolts in the auger are actually sheer bolts! Most people just replace them with regular bolts and don't think much of it... Until they hit a frozen newspaper.
Or my personal favorite - brass toilet flange bolts. snap faster then sheer pins, cant get damned things out
I did a carb job on a Husqvarna 6-23 blower from the 90s not too long ago. Thing is a beast despite the Tecumseh Snowking 6hp. Paid $50 for it.
For easier starting, use a full synthetic oil, say a 5W30. Synthetics don't thicken as much at colder temperatures as conventional oils do, even if they are both multi-weight. Won't make much, if any, difference in the summer, but it will in the winter. Small engines like this aren't picky, just get whatever's cheapest.
Also, silicone spray or grease is the safest choice for plastics. Silicone is completely inert and won't dissolve anything. Dielectric grease and brake caliper grease are both silicone greases, better caliper greases also have ceramic lubricants as well.
A feller could add a finger guide 9 made from a dowel maybe?) to the inside of the worm gear to keep it in the cradle. mount that to the front side of the cradle.
Tilt it back and 3 pounder it in the center to bend it slightly up to give it more space.
The Canadian 5HP/23" Craftsman snowblowers were built of good heavy gauge steel, and all good quality parts, tire chains, and had the large fuel tank. There's a world of difference.
I have an ancient Mastercraft (made by MTD for Cambodian Tire) 28" with an 8hp Briggs that my neighbour found on the side of the road with a "free" sign on it... 20 years ago. Other than an oil change and a new spark plug with some fine tuning on the carb mixture it runs like a charm and it doesn't need to rev up much past idle to do it's job.
Perhaps put chute to dead center forward, use small eye bolt toward bottom of "pivot" area of same and fasten small cable or rope continous back to handle area so that you could pull to move chute left or right. This would be much the same as controlling a horse with a bridle??? Might work...??? Good luck and perhaps it would test part of the ability of the kid vs shovel.
That's so thoughtful of you the your encouraging your nephew to be independent and encourage good work ethics in him. Better a hand up then a hand out, it's one thing to give them an allowance but what ethics are you teaching kids by doing that? Showing and encouraging them to earn their own way is way better!
Screw a big fender washer into the end of the rotating screw on the chute rotator. That will (or should) keep it from popping rearward.
Good Job bringing the snowblower back to life.
Discharge chute: Maybe a short piece of 1/2 inch conduit in the end of it. Weld a tab on the conduit and screw to base.?
I like your attitude, I can fix it even if it’s for someone else’s benefit! May God bless you!
You just use an oil jug with a flexible spout to fill up the worm gear. It is also good for lubricating many other places where there is missing oil.
The worm gear for the snow spout, you can repair by and welding a piece of suitable pipe on a metal plate and let it hold the front end of the worm.
Good luck.
Hey Matt, maybe cut a washer in half and weld it back onto the chute crank on lower side of the support on the handle ( looks loose by the way) to reduce axial movement. Lots of runout there. Pop rivet a small piece of bent flat stock under the chute worm gear cradle to the body of the blower for support. More metal is more better. Just sayin'.
Id try zip ties on the shute to steady the worm gear if you can get it all the way around the housing.
Pulled my 40 year old Tec 10 hp snow blower out of storage and she started first time and still does!
Maintain and KEEP IT! A person has to pay a couple thousand dollars for a decent snowblower anymore. So much garbage out there anymore..
I boggles my mind how many machines like this I get for free from the dump. A little maintenance by me and I sell them..... To homeowners that threw there's away because it didn't run anymore
ethanol is the culprit for 90+% of these aswell..... all avoided if you drain the tank before storing it :(
@@ralphwiggum4805 ethanol and lack of knowledge. I can't tell you how many lawnmowers I got for free that won't run any more because the air filter is clogged up. It the fathers faults we stopped teaching our kids how to fix things
@@danbartolini27 Yep, the throw away, lazy generation.
@@danbartolini27 Society as a whole is to blame really, CHEAP stuff from China that parts can't even be bought for have long replaced quality made stuff that people took pride in building and supporting for a lifetime of use. You can buy 10 for the price of 1...... but you WILL buy 10 :P rather than leaving it for your kids to use :( Then emissions came along and in some countries/states there isn't even a point making an engine that will last 10 years because emissions laws will make it illegal anyway, because all the emissions from creating new ones and putting the old ones in landfill doesn't matter to the pocket of the manufacturers :O
@@ralphwiggum4805 uhh laws may mandate emissions standards but never ever has an engine not up to current standards been declared illegal. They have to stop making them but if you already have it you can use they can't stop you
I ordered some plastic glides this winter so my snowblower wouldn’t scrape our fancypants concrete driveway. They cost like a buck each, work like a charm. Just some info in case your nephew gets any complaints.
Old plastic cutting boards work great for skids last forever. Been using it by the sheet to make the skid plates under my truck. Lighter than steel stronger and slides great on rocks.
@@joshjablonicky171 Great tip, thanks!
@@knurlgnar24 btw is called corian. Same stuff they make counter tops from.
I put roller blade wheels on mine. I tried to find plastic guides, but couldnt in my area in time
@@troy3052 Oh my gosh, that's GENIUS!
Hey Matt! I use a dead blow hammer, to fix most dents or bent metal. No marks or damage on surfaces . The dead hammers in tough rubber or neoprene heads.
snow on the ground AND something you need to get out of the bed of your truck... perfect use for one of the toys
Can't tell you how many times I have trash picked snow blowers and fixed them up by just cleaning the carb. People throw them out because they wont start. It's always the carb being dirty due to never running the fuel out at the end of the season.
Well this Thursday just got better with a bit of Diesel Creek and Steve Summers.
ya big fan of both here also and Darren at Mustie1im soso with Vise Grip the way he talks after a while bugs me
wouldn't be a Diesel Creek video without some wheel spin..... just wasn't expecting to burn some rubber on a snow blower ! :) Thanks for another awesome video Matt
Next time you are at Lowes, pick up a product called "Spray and Forget It". In the shingles aisle. Mostly yellow jug. Spray it on that green mold on the siding of your house. It works great.
For filling the gearbox use an oil can to squirt it in. Great videos.
🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️ didn’t even think of that!
Thanks i have a 9hp unit and great seeing how it works, i appreciate the comment
Just what I needed a dose of Matt. Thanks!
👍😄 from the Netherlands
thanks for the video
Stay Safe and Healthy
Hi Matt on that shut turning screw have you thought to put a long split pin or a long nut and bolt to stop the worm drive falling out bud, only a thought, Mick.
I’ve never seen a snow blower before mind you I live in Australia 😂👍🏻
Gotta any vids on rebuilding a chainsaw? The vids are great and you do a super job of explaining what you are doing and problems to troubleshoot.
weld a bolt and washer to the front of the metal...with the bolt going inside of the hollow part of the worm gear to keep it from slipping up and out of the holder.....easiest and cheapest fix i believe........
Thanks again Matt.
Why do I watch a video of something I'm totally capable of doing myself? Well, I enjoy watching Musti1.... errr Matt! LoL
I hope the torch action at the end is showing the makings of a future video!
Yep the last 30 seconds are always a teaser
Super glue a piece of PVC or something similar to the end of that rotation mechanism on the chute. Should keep it from slipping out of the holder
Glue/cement a small PVC tube (with a flange to the inside of the tube) that will extend the shute director about an inch.
snow blower burnout challenge! bend a piece of baling wire - worm it in the hole - to check that drive oil.
Good resto Matt.
Get you nephew one of those little unclogging shovels so he has fingers after the first season. good job on this one Matt. Back in 93 and 94 I made a bit of cash shoveling people's driveways just running around on my 4 wheeler and hitting the subdivisions around. I would have gladly have gotten a snowblower but I don't even think anyone here in South Central KY was selling them.
Theres a jet on the side of the carb behind a plastic cap that sometimes needs attention but it sounds like its running perfect
It will only run if YOU ARE SMART ENOUGH TO MAKE IT RUN !!!
Hi Matt. It is called a discharge chute.
Gotta love SW PA. It was -2 on sunday morning 65 on Wednesday.
Put some pipe dope on the threads of that oil drain. It won’t loosen, afterwards, when you try to remove the drain plug.
I never doubt your mechanical skills Matt
Clean running, you can get mini angled funnels, often get them with generators and water pumps. Or get a female shewee
Hello to another Pa brother its funny you almost got the same snow blower as I did. But I got mine for free and its a 9hp and 29 inch ... looks like same as yours but bigger. Same problem with the carb . Another great video.. keep them coming from a NE Pa Brother.
If there is a way you could put a bolt in the auger screw with a washer on it to prevent it from backing out of the holder it might be a fix!
Matt I use my outboard boat gear pump for everything like that
Another thing, its a ton easier to disassemble that carb from the intake if you pull the 2 bolts on the head and pop that whole intake assembly off. Make sure you have that intake gasket set with everything else you got as well. Other than that I love watching ya work on the random things!!!
Great video! I’ve got an old craftsman tiller that won’t run. Now I know what to do! Thanks!
Time to put some LED bulbs in the shop!!
That was a good video! I could sense your delight when it started on the first pull.
I was like ARE YOU SHITTING ME, First pull?! That NEVER happens, especially if you're filming
Epic win tho, he got it running for probably under $40 out the door
take the shoot all a part and cuver all moving parts with vasolen it works well in the cold
great video! that was fun, those old craftsman blowers are good had mine for ever keep safe