Outdoor Power Equipment (Lawn Mowers, Snow Blowers, Chain Saws and more) Discussions

I posted some of this already but it was lost during a merge of the forums. Thanks to the help from the forum I was able to renovate a 1980 yardman 5 hp two stage. I got my first chance to use it on a couple of storms this week in MA.

I havent worked on repairing the electric start yet so I had to start by hand. It takes 6-7 pulls to get it going but it did start. I let it warm up and then took off blowing. Things went well until I hit the EOD. it was not high but was like wet cement. The blower bogged down and kept stalling. Even tried 1/2 passes but I couldnt keep it going. This unit has the 5 hp tecumseh Lhead motor. is this just a limitation of the HP?

Anyway I tried it out again today to clear 5-7 inches of lighter snow it worked much better. Although I was not used to using a two stage so I was a bit slow working all the controls. I also had one of the tire chains fall off!

I would be interested to hear from anybody with a similar 5 hp blower regarding how it performs in deep snow and EOD.

  Jgreen,

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                                                                                                  Fred   

On the starting issues, sounds like you might be overpriming it.  If i prime my 824 more than 3 times, it gets cranky to start, too much gas.  On the throwing issues make sure your auger drive belt is adjusted correctly, esp if you have replaced as part of your "ressurrection"(i can't remember if we made you change the belts or not) even if the belt is not new, still won't hurt to check adjustment.  Also make sire that your drive engage lever is adjusted properly(mine has an adjustment similar to a throttle cable on an atv) after sitting for a while(outside behind a shed IIRC, right?) and then being thrown back into service, the cables and such could need some tlc/adjustment.  sounds like your 80% there though.