Thanks for adding me! Have been scanning these forums for quite some time, and have learnt alot about my old Ariens ST824, and not least the Tecumseh HM80.
A co-worker of mine got this beauty for free, as a previous owner couldn‘t get it to start. But as he did not want it, and did not need it, he gave it away to me, as he knows I love to collect old sh… treasures. So I changed the spark plug, the wire terminal, drained the fuel system and disassembled the carb and gave it a thorough cleaning.
Once I got it started, I gave her some new oil, and removed rust with a steel brush, and then a new coat of paint all over. I have dated her back to somewhere between 1983 and 1991. I’ll check the time stamp on the engine next time I‘m around it again.
And I added a LED light battery powered, as we don‘t have that much light here at 69N during winter. I have also scored 3! refurbished Tecumseh-engines, two 8hp and one 10hp. So I am concidering to upgrade to the bigger engine, just because… I can…
A co-worker of mine got this beauty for free, as a previous owner couldn‘t get it to start. But as he did not want it, and did not need it, he gave it away to me, as he knows I love to collect old sh… treasures. So I changed the spark plug, the wire terminal, drained the fuel system and disassembled the carb and gave it a thorough cleaning.
Once I got it started, I gave her some new oil, and removed rust with a steel brush, and then a new coat of paint all over. I have dated her back to somewhere between 1983 and 1991. I’ll check the time stamp on the engine next time I‘m around it again.
And I added a LED light battery powered, as we don‘t have that much light here at 69N during winter. I have also scored 3! refurbished Tecumseh-engines, two 8hp and one 10hp. So I am concidering to upgrade to the bigger engine, just because… I can…