Boost weather is here. A Siberian something or 'nother is here for the foreseeable future.
It's parka time.
I cannot begin to express how much of a PITA my snowblower was to get sorted out today. First order of business was to build some skis to help keep it from digging into the driveway and slinging rocks. Then I had to fix some wallowed out parts for the auger tensioner. TIG makes easy work of precision repairs.
After I got it all back together with fresh belts - it decided it didn't like one. And spat it off. Over and over. Cold, dirty fingers aren't fun. Back into the garage we go. Turns out the crank pulley had walked it's out of alignment over the years. Easy fix.
Back out into the elements. It's running like crap with the choke full open. Note the density altitude above. Close it up a bit and it's rocking along nicely. Might need a carb adjustment, eh?
Get a couple of minutes of decent runtime. And the auger stops. Return spring snapped clean off. Walk to the garage with the broken part, dig into my spare bin of springs, pull out one I assume is for a mid-70's Chevette drum kit, modify it and reinstall. Few more minutes later it pops off. Reinstall. Still minus a million degrees with wind and snow. Pops off again. Lather. Rinse. Repeat. More mods to the spring and it finally stays on.
But, now I am an icicle from moving in and out of the cold. Putin's pecker this is wild weather.
It's parka time.
I cannot begin to express how much of a PITA my snowblower was to get sorted out today. First order of business was to build some skis to help keep it from digging into the driveway and slinging rocks. Then I had to fix some wallowed out parts for the auger tensioner. TIG makes easy work of precision repairs.
After I got it all back together with fresh belts - it decided it didn't like one. And spat it off. Over and over. Cold, dirty fingers aren't fun. Back into the garage we go. Turns out the crank pulley had walked it's out of alignment over the years. Easy fix.
Back out into the elements. It's running like crap with the choke full open. Note the density altitude above. Close it up a bit and it's rocking along nicely. Might need a carb adjustment, eh?
Get a couple of minutes of decent runtime. And the auger stops. Return spring snapped clean off. Walk to the garage with the broken part, dig into my spare bin of springs, pull out one I assume is for a mid-70's Chevette drum kit, modify it and reinstall. Few more minutes later it pops off. Reinstall. Still minus a million degrees with wind and snow. Pops off again. Lather. Rinse. Repeat. More mods to the spring and it finally stays on.
But, now I am an icicle from moving in and out of the cold. Putin's pecker this is wild weather.
