Hi - I purchased what I believe to be is a 1979 Ariens 7HP snow blower this past weekend. Never owned an Ariens before but have had several Gravely walk behinds and riders with snow blowers over the years. It's in decent shape overall, solid and everything appears to operate/work/engage ok except I am still trying to figure out the linkage and operation associated with the interlock lever. The lever/linkage doesn't do anything that I can tell... The model is a 924032 and the serial is 013559. Can someone please tell me what the H60 and H70 represents, I have seen these mentioned on this forum but haven't seen anything in the manuals - is it a Tecumseh engine/HP size?
The only real rust appears to be just surface and is mostly confined to the engine heat shielding/cowling and the gas tank brackets. The cylinder head bolts look really rough though, might be siezed.
Are decals for the controls still available - mine are pretty well worn and I would like to replace if possible so the wife (me too) can operate it easier.
All in all, should be a fun little project getting it working properly and cleaning it up for next winter's use.
Thanks in advance,
Bill
The only real rust appears to be just surface and is mostly confined to the engine heat shielding/cowling and the gas tank brackets. The cylinder head bolts look really rough though, might be siezed.
Are decals for the controls still available - mine are pretty well worn and I would like to replace if possible so the wife (me too) can operate it easier.
All in all, should be a fun little project getting it working properly and cleaning it up for next winter's use.
Thanks in advance,
Bill