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

In January of 2006 I purchased a Ariens 7524e with a Tecumseh OH195SP-73503C engine.   Last winter one of the oil plugs backed out while I was clearing my driveway and the engine siezed.  The engine is toast.  the body of the Snowblower is in excellent condition so I am trying to find a replacement engine for the blower.  The problem is this engine has the PTO.  Does anyone know of a replacement engine that can be fitted to the body without doing too much fiddling.

Thanks

Yes, I know about the speed change.  I was already thinking of a friction wheel adjustment to compensate and also the smallest engine pulley and largest drive pulley I could get.
Same for the sprockets, smallest  and largest .  This one is actually a 24" model.  Had an H60 engine that was locking up.  The cam PTO was freezing up in the front sump.
I had an H70 that had the crank/flywheel heavily messed up by what I can only guess was a botched points job and switched the cam/sump over and got the H60 running.
This project is not a priority since I already have a 924026 8/24 to use this year and a backup Toro 38035 35/21 that already has the 6.5 clone on it from last winter.

I should probably just dump it, but It seems to be better constructed than the Toro as well as using a lot of the same pieces as the bigger Ariens.  It is also 3" wider which I found annoying on the Toro.

I posted the idea I was thinking of more for PeteF than for myself as I am in no hurry right now.

Thanks the international cargo to Finland for an engine is about 790-1200 USD ! Crazy! and all because of aircargosafety things for a non used engine...