After my snowblower lost its drive(see my other thread) I pulled out my trusty
MTD 4.5 2 stroke single stage to clear my drive way.
I was having some issues with the spark plug wire grounding out. Thanks to Buttlint I have sort of solved that. He recommended I wrap the wire in electrical tape and cover the plug opening on the shroud with duct tape.
Well I did wrap the wire,but didnt have a chance to cover the plug hole tonight,
here is what happened ,it started no problem and worked well for quite a while ,then it started to loose power to the point of stalling.this is when the unit is just running and not blowing snow.
it was also back firing quite a bit.
I am thinking I need to do a better job wrapping that plug wire and cover the hole to keep water off the boot.
what do you all think???
John
Scotts 21" self propelled mower
MTD 4.5 HP single stage snow thrower
Snapper 3 HP single stage snow thrower
Yardman 5HP two stage snowblower
