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

 I got interested in small engine repair lately so I bought couple of projects that I am working on. 

1. Arines snowblowe, 924029.  10 HP Tecumseh engine and a 32" auger.  I bought it with no engine.  I got a 13HP Honda GX390 as a substitute.  It just requires too much work.  The mounting holes are different.  The plate that the engine sits on is too small to drill new holes.  The crankshaft height is different so I have to get new belts.  I gave up trying to use the Honda.  I took the Tecumseh 10HP engine from my chipper and made it to work.  Still need to do some adjustment but seems to work fine.  The engine RPM can not be adjusted.  It runs on one RPM once engine starts.   I think I need some extra parts to connect to the governor.  If someone has an extra 10HP engine I will be interested to buy for my chipper.

2. Homelite back pack  leaf blower.  It would not start when I bought it,  I rebuilt the carb. but still not working right.  Idles fine now but can't accelerate.  Adjust high/low speed but still the same.  Leaks gas when idle.  I did not set fuel valve lever since I don't have a gauge.  Not sure if that is the problem.  Let me know if you have any suggestions.

3. I have a 5HP Tecumseh snow blower engine.  It only has 35 psi when I checked with a starter.  I dropped some engine oil in the cylinder and that made no difference.  I assume the leak is from the valves.  Is this a simple thing to do?  Do I need a special tool to do this project?  Do I need to take this to a machine shop to have the valve seats redone? 

Feel free to comment.

Thanks

"The plate that the engine sits on is too small to drill new holes." Someone else (I think it was on youtube) ran into that problem and posted about it. He just made up plate that bolts to the engine and was either welded or bolted to the existing plate. Sorry I don't have a link, but think about it - it's probably a lot less work than going out and getting another engine.

I would have modified the base of the snow blower to make the honda fit. The crankshaft height would just require different belts and maybe some modification to the belt cover.

carlb wrote:
I like to use the Honda also if I can. The problem is that the mounting holes of Honda is right on the edge of the base plate.  The base is like a box. It has vertical plates on each side.  I can't really drill it on the edges.  I have to raise the Honda engine a little bit and mount that to the blower base.  I could not figure out an easy way.

Perhaps you can get some ideas from what this guy has done?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNACsm-OQlo

Thank you for the interesting link.  Why does he want to weld a new plate if the thrower deck has enough area to drill holds for the new engine?  Am I missing something?

bcjm wrote:
My bad.  He was more addressing fractures in the mounting plate.  Sounds like you need something that mounts to the original holes and extends the deck beyond the tractor "box".  Like a cantilever setup.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/JOHN-DEERE-826-SNOWBLOWER-ENGINE-MOUNT-PLATE-M45775-/160540781398