I bought an old 824 in the middle of last winter used when my ancient True Value snow blower died. Model numbe ris 924050 S/N is 020654. Right now I have it totally disassembled because I wanted to throroughly go over it before winter. I am checking all the bearings, replacing the belts, cleaning up and checking for wear on all the parts. I am also going to clean up all the sheet metal and give it a new coat of paint. One question I have is that I never really liked how low the chute was and thought if I could put a taller newer style chute on it might throw farther. Also I would love to have chute tilt control from the handlebars. I have seen these on ebay and was wondering if anyone know whether or not they would fit on my machine. Even with a little fabrication.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Ariens-Snowblower-Chute-With-Automatic-Deflector_W0QQitemZ260447728162QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item3ca3e4f222&_trksid=p3286.m20.l1116
http://cgi.ebay.com/Ariens-Snowblower-Chute-With-Automatic-Deflector_W0QQitemZ260447726195QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item3ca3e4ea73&_trksid=p3286.m20.l1116
Also is there anything else I should look for to make sure this thing runs as good as possible come winter?
Thanks for any help.
Brandon
