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Looking good Jon! I like to see these kind of threads going and it looks like your doing a great job with lots of details. Not much going on in the forums lately cause I think it's too cold everywhere. Not many if any snowblowers down here so all I can do is.
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Glad I sold that thing. Looks like way more work than I'd want to do.
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Thanks Todd!

Tim, it's not bad. That Crown Vic you did a while back was far worse. Only "bad" thing on this was the cutting edge and the area it bolts to. All the rest is just weld repair, paint and pretty. Well..... I haven't gotten to the engine yet I guess. One thing at a time.
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Tim, it's not bad. That Crown Vic you did a while back was far worse. Only "bad" thing on this was the cutting edge and the area it bolts to. All the rest is just weld repair, paint and pretty. Well..... I haven't gotten to the engine yet I guess. One thing at a time.
I think the engine will be fine. It seems to have plenty of compression so once you get the spark figured out I'm sure it will fire right up.
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I think the engine will be fine. It seems to have plenty of compression so once you get the spark figured out I'm sure it will fire right up.
I agree. That's why I hadn't worried about it at all. Motor feels nice and tight, good compression. I think it will be an easy fix. Gotta find a fuel tank, or clean that old one though..... nasty!
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Here's some pics, just so you guys know I can weld. Not my best work, but I'm not using the ESAB. Just the Lincoln.
Yes, in the first pic there is weld over weld. That was an area where it had cracked. I doubled it up to help give it some strength, and make sure the crack got welded good.

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Looks good to me, pretty sure something more important will fail before those welds.
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Looks good to me, pretty sure something more important will fail before those welds.
That's what I'm hoping!
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So.... I remember why I don't do these threads very often..... It takes a lot of time to document the work, upload pics, and write the articles. WHEW! I'm tired today.


Well, after I ran some errands in town, looked at a guys car while I was in there, went back to the shop, took off an alternator on a Jeep, and pulled the transmission out of a 1 ton Dodge dually, I got a few minutes to work on the blower before it was time for supper. (That's not all I did today, that's just the highlights, lol.)

First things first. Here are the pics of the new repair edge for the lower housing and the new wear edge.

Wear edge has square holes, the weld on repair piece has the slotted holes. I had them made just longer than I needed, so I can cut them to length. Look how good that water jet cuts the square and slotted holes!! I was impressed!!

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I took the auger drive gearbox apart. Still up in the air on whether I'm going to replace the shafts with stainless, or have new ones made that are steel. Waiting on some info from Jeff to see if it will lose too much strength going to stainless or not. Good thing I took the gearbox apart. Needs new seals, and it was dry! Not bone dry.... the parts still had some oil on them. Gears look fantastic, and so do the bearings. It will just get cleaned up, new seals and gaskets installed (shafts) and go back together. Likely will get my "special mix" of grease/gear oil, but may just buy some JD corn head grease and put in it. To be decided.

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I then moved on to fixing the impeller. Loaded up the anvil I have at home and took it to the shop. Damn that thing is HEAVY! It was given to me by my granddad, and I think he got it from his dad, who didn't buy in new. I don't know how old it is, but it's O-L-D. Likely well over 100 years, but I could be wrong. It's about wore out. I've never seen an anvil as wore out as this one. BUT.... it still works! At least for what I use it for. It didn't take too long to have the impeller all ironed out. It now lays flat on the floor on both the back side, and sits on all 4 impeller blades when you flip it over. I have to do some welding to it, but at least it's straight now. Not sure if I will add anymore gussets or not. Probably should, as since they got bent once, they will bend easy again. No heat applied when straightening them. Just anvil and 3lb sledge. Took maybe 15 minutes to straighten them out.

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All in all I didn't work on it but maybe an hour today total. That's enough for one day. Almost at a stand still now. Need to get my pics rounded up of the decals and get an email sent to Maple Hunter to see if they can make them for me. Can't sandblast the housing until I have a replacement decal. Don't want to screw it up until I have a new matching one in hand. Also have to get more Argon gas for the welder. Bills come first.... oh, and that other thing I'm picking up Monday... pics to follow then.

See ya guys. Thanks for the compliments and interest!
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Our "metal engineer" wasn't in on his usual day so I have no info on whether stainless would be acceptable for the shafts.

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No problem Jeff. Waiting patiently. I have to get with Maple Hunter on some decals before I can sandblast the housing anyway. Plus, still haven't gotten any gas for the MIG.
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