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

I just received a non-working Jacobsen Imperial 826 and where there should be a key to turn on and off the machine there is nothing but a wire.  This snowblower has an HM80 engine and there is not a spark produced.  I can post pictures if there is anything you would like to see to help, I'd like to just put a rocker switch on but I am not really sure what else might be required.

Thanks in advance!

Excellent, thanks for the help, I was able to find the right size shear pin and I will post back tonight if I can get anything to work!  Thanks again!

Ok, so I definitely have spark now.  the carburetor is leaking from the main nozzle when I prime it more than a couple times.  So it leaks out the main nozzle and then drips out the back of the choke part of the carburetor.

I have taken the carburetor apart but I will have to look around for a rebuild kit, probably all gone in town.  Anything specific that I should be looking to replace in the carb?

Thanks for all your help trouts2, I probably wouldn't have figured out the spark issue if you hadn't sent me the scenarios...I really appreciate it and after a good carb cleaning the blower runs like a champ!!!  Thanks again for all of you help.

Pldawg,

   Nice work.  You’ve got yourself a great machine at a great price.  It may not toss as far as a new machine but it will dig in better than most and probably match or beat newer machines on throughput. 

David