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!

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