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clintonnut

Well I repaired and straightened the cog this week and painted it. I still have to add a new piece of metal on the snowblower shell. The snowblower shell is sanded and degreased. Once patch is welded I can paint the shell and assemble it again :scratchead:.

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Charlie

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Craig Arndt

I have the same blower, well similar, mine is from 1968. PO put on a different pulley to use on a 300 series, didn't work to well.

Mine suffered the same fate, would only blow 6' or so. Auger is beat up though, hit a rock, or possibly a Buick. Selling it for cheap if anyone is interested.

Your blower is going to look fantastic and it will run great with your hard work. Love the paint and your tractor, very sweet. Can't wait to see pics of them hooked up.

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clintonnut

ALMOST FINISHED.

Winter snow crew 2009-2010 posts coming soon!!!

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I had to use 7/8ID flange bearings and install bushings in it.

Charlie

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Cody

Wow looks great, it really shows you took your time its probably the nicest restored snowblower i have ever seen. look forward to seeing pic's of the snow crew!!

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Buzz

Looks great Charlie, almost too pretty to use. Uh........ are you putting that back together in the kitchen? :thumbs: Where's Mom, out shopping? :notworthy:

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pbradley68

Ummmh! How does a longer chute make it throw further?

I would think the longer chute throws the snow further because the snow has more distance to gain momentum before meeting the resistance of the curved part of the upper chute where as with the older type of snow thrower the snow is being redirected at an angle almost immediately (less momentum). That's my 2 cents for what it's worth :notworthy:

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d180man

Hi very nice job on it ! :thumbs::notworthy: :WRS:

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rickv1957

Charlie,that snowblower turned out very good!,Rick

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clintonnut

Hi,

Thanks for the nice comments.

Buzz, both of my parents are vets. That is my Mom's clinic in the basement. I had to tell her that the snowblower wasn't a biohazard.

Charlie

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HorseFixer

WoW Charlie Great Job! :notworthy: Looks real Nice! :thumbs:

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clintonnut

Only needed parental help on straightening the cog and repairing the cog shell.

I used Valspar IH red and Valspar New Hollland Red. They are no different to the eye.

If you want good silver paint get Valspar Antirust Guard aluminum. Really durable.

Waiting on a couple fasteners and some decals from Vinylguy.

Charlie

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clintonnut

Overall I spent about $110 on the snowblower. $50 of that was in stainless, 40 in bearings and $20 on paint.

I only paid $40 for it at a New Jersey annual sale back in January of 2007. I got the D-250 at the same sale that day and we managed to fit the tractor, snowblower and mower deck into the back of our truck that has an 8ft bed with a 2ft tool box in the front. So we had an area about 6x6 to fit all of it in.

Charlie

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Buzz

Well Charlie I've seen your work in person and it's plain to see you take a lot of pride in what you do. :notworthy: I don't know what brand of hand tools you use, but you are one of the few people I know that have the right to use "Craftsman" tools because that's what you are. Are you planning on following in your parents footsteps?

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clintonnut

No I'm not into the blood and guts. I am going down the path of being a mechanical engineer.

I'm holding a Craftsman wrench right now :notworthy:

Charlie

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stevasaurus

WOW...what a fantastic job!!! :notworthy: Which of the paints did you like better?

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wallfish

I never really considered restoring a blower. If it all turns and nothing is loose then it was good for me. BUT now after seeing yours all done up I have another project for the list. NICE work Charlie!

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dadstractor1

very nice and brings ?what is new one worth am told to make offer on 1 :notworthy:

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clintonnut

Hi Everyone,

Just finished the snowblower. I got crackin' because I heard we could get 6-18" of the white stuff.

I need to get a stiffer lift assist spring from TSC and a belt that is 1" shorter but it will work for tomorrow.

Here it is:

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Charlie

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chamjack

Looks great Charlie. You will have to post some shots of it in action now.

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clintonnut

That's mandatory now!

Charlie

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clintonnut

We have about 3 inches now and I will probably wait until there is about 5-6 inches of the white stuff. They predict 8-15 inches for us.

Charlie

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rickv1957

Charlie,looks like you done a great job,nice setup!!,Rick

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clintonnut

Well took it for a spin!

Works great. Could use a belt that is an inch or two shorter but it works. Throws snow about 30ft. The 7hp Clinton has plenty of power and it works great.

Here are the pics.

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Charlie

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clintonnut

I just remembered that this tractor is equipped with the ST-326 Lawn Ranger snowblower!

I guess it is rare then.

Charlie

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