While out yesterday I happened across an older Power Max LXE and after looking it over, struck a deal and came home with it. I've never been a big fan of Tecumseh's but I'll let it ride for now.
It certainly has power tho, I'm not sure if it's 10 or 11 HP, but there's a big difference between it and the 8 on my MTD. I gave it a quick test in the backyard before putting it in the garage so I could give it a good go-over, (which I did today).
Drained the oil last night, opened the garage door to a gorgeous day, I adjusted the first gear speed, removed the scraper and ground the burred edge off, made up some new cutting board skids, lubed the cables, fixed the chute deflector as it was binding up a bit in the cable under the dash. Also drained some of the auger trans fluid and topped it up.
I noticed last night in my test, it does indeed like to climb. So I cut some 1" solid square bar to make 2 pieces for some added weight on the nose of the bucket, I'll mount them up tomorrow morning. I'd love to see the option of moving the axle back an inch.
I spent some time last night googling info and it seems to be a 2005(?), correct me if I'm wrong. Living off the beaten path I like to have extra belts on the shelf. from what I gather, the auger is 106-4498 (1/2" x 43"). Drive belt 94-8812 (3/8" x 34 3/4"). Again, experts correct me if I'm wrong as I'll be looking to pick them up.
After playing with the Quick Stick abit last night and today in the garage I think I'm going to like that. It's a whole lot speedier than what I'm used to! Is there a way to snug up the ball in the housing at all? It feels like there may be more play/slop than what should be there? Of course it does have some age...
I also like the little clutch triggers for turning, anything to make life easier.
Later in the year I'll strip it down and freshen up the entire thing with some fresh paint.
I mainly wanted something with a little jam as a back-up in case my plow truck fails me, so I'm hoping this will fill the bill.
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It certainly has power tho, I'm not sure if it's 10 or 11 HP, but there's a big difference between it and the 8 on my MTD. I gave it a quick test in the backyard before putting it in the garage so I could give it a good go-over, (which I did today).
Drained the oil last night, opened the garage door to a gorgeous day, I adjusted the first gear speed, removed the scraper and ground the burred edge off, made up some new cutting board skids, lubed the cables, fixed the chute deflector as it was binding up a bit in the cable under the dash. Also drained some of the auger trans fluid and topped it up.
I noticed last night in my test, it does indeed like to climb. So I cut some 1" solid square bar to make 2 pieces for some added weight on the nose of the bucket, I'll mount them up tomorrow morning. I'd love to see the option of moving the axle back an inch.
I spent some time last night googling info and it seems to be a 2005(?), correct me if I'm wrong. Living off the beaten path I like to have extra belts on the shelf. from what I gather, the auger is 106-4498 (1/2" x 43"). Drive belt 94-8812 (3/8" x 34 3/4"). Again, experts correct me if I'm wrong as I'll be looking to pick them up.
After playing with the Quick Stick abit last night and today in the garage I think I'm going to like that. It's a whole lot speedier than what I'm used to! Is there a way to snug up the ball in the housing at all? It feels like there may be more play/slop than what should be there? Of course it does have some age...
I also like the little clutch triggers for turning, anything to make life easier.
Later in the year I'll strip it down and freshen up the entire thing with some fresh paint.
I mainly wanted something with a little jam as a back-up in case my plow truck fails me, so I'm hoping this will fill the bill.
