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Originally Posted by cmouta
I'd throw a line of of the white stuff, disengage my auger, lift thrower, bring my throttle down a bit, never less than half, reverse, drop thrower, WOT, engage auger, do another line.
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Leave the blower running all the time. When moving the components warm up, melt ice and snow. When it's cold the water will freeze, them make them hard to start up again. Just leave it on. NEVER engage the PTO at WOT. Ever. It's hard on everything. Engage it at the lowest possible throttle setting that doesn't stall the engine.
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Originally Posted by cmouta
After maybe an hour an a half i noticed my auger was not disengaging. Foolishly I kept cleaning snow, and it backfired maybe twice in the next 20 minutes and started bogging. I turned it off and finished with a shovel.
I was able to adjust the pto clutch to get it to disengage but I'm wondering what happened?
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As far as backfiring, I'm with Sam. Possibly water into the intake, water in fuel, or a motor that just needs tuned up. I have never found any attachment that works a motor harder than a snowblower. If the motor needs attention, it will show up when blowing snow.
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Originally Posted by cmouta
It just seems weird I would have to adjust it all of a sudden.
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You probably just wore the clutch a little starting and stopping it so much.
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Would an overly tight belt be overworking the engine?
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Not likely.
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Originally Posted by cmouta
The front end of the 105 was covered in snow and ice and things started working very slowly like when starting the tractor back up, the brake safety switch would take about 5 seconds to realize it was engaged to start. Maybe some vital part was iced up causing overheating or moisture was getting into my engine? Air filter was on pretty tight though. Maybe a frozen throttle cable or something?
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It is possible that things were freezing. Like mentioned, tune up the motor, maybe drain and refill the fuel tank and bowl on the carb. Don't give up!
