carmstrong
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- christopher armstrong
I bought it 20 years ago for $200 and used it for about 6 years until I moved and did not need it. I stored in my parents barn until they recently asked if I was ever going to need it or use it again. I should probably have said "no" (since I now live on a 1/4 acre city lot). Instead, I said "I can find a front blade for it and plow my driveway in the winter". Seemed sensible at the time.
After a new battery, spark plug, borrowed ignition switch from a 1000, cleaning out the remnants left by Fluffy the mouse and his family that lived between the flywheel and the engine cover, buying a good used front blade, and spending an afternoon with my father taking things apart,....I now had what you see in the photos below.
At that point, I thought it would be foolish to put things back together without at least replacing engine isolation mounts and cleaning things up a bit. After a little online shopping, instead of just isolation mounts, I had also ordered some paint, decals, and misc. parts (small parts that were missing or worn and NEEDED) that added up to about $300.
I ordered the items on Monday and my wife noticed the CC charge today. She has communicated her disapproval and also suggested that maybe a snow blower would have been better, but, her last words were "You can do whatever you think is best".
So, now that I have her permission, I will continue the project and will post some photos along the way.
After a new battery, spark plug, borrowed ignition switch from a 1000, cleaning out the remnants left by Fluffy the mouse and his family that lived between the flywheel and the engine cover, buying a good used front blade, and spending an afternoon with my father taking things apart,....I now had what you see in the photos below.
At that point, I thought it would be foolish to put things back together without at least replacing engine isolation mounts and cleaning things up a bit. After a little online shopping, instead of just isolation mounts, I had also ordered some paint, decals, and misc. parts (small parts that were missing or worn and NEEDED) that added up to about $300.
I ordered the items on Monday and my wife noticed the CC charge today. She has communicated her disapproval and also suggested that maybe a snow blower would have been better, but, her last words were "You can do whatever you think is best".
So, now that I have her permission, I will continue the project and will post some photos along the way.