Last winter my neighbor got a new snowblower, and gave me this one. An old Ariens with a Tecumseh HM80 on it. I did a little research when I first got it, apparently they had other attachments available for them. I think I determined it was a 1972. He said it ran good the year before (2020), but when he went to get it ready last year, it would run on starting fluid, but he couldn’t get it to stay running. I didn’t get a chance to work on it last year before the snow melted, so I put it outside under a tarp until last week. I brought it in, cleaned the carburetor and drained the gas tank. Last year it was getting spark, but I don’t think it was very strong, this year it wasn’t getting any. Cleaned the points and now it is getting good spark. I changed the oil since it had water in it, and it runs. At first it would only run at half throttle, I adjusted the carb, and got it running pretty good now. Took it out and blew half of the backyard to test it. Not much snow left, but it seems to throw good, and drives good in all gears. After that, I changed the oil again to make sure all the water was out. It is going to need a new pull start rope since this one looks like it’s about to break, otherwise just clean it up and grease everything. I hope we get more snow this year so I can use it, but it looks like it’s going to stay warm for at least another week. I’ll get it outside over the weekend and get some better pictures.
