67 GTX

I can not get my MTD slowblower to work. Has anyone had a problem with this snowblower or have any tips to get it working?

mopar nate

yea grab a shovel haha snowblowers suck

johnthegoalie

snowblower...really? doesnt count unless you shovel it by hand, including those ice boulders left by the snow plow

samuelcosmo76

does the snowblower have a slant 6 or a 318?

Furytom

I love my snow blower! Just used it this evening.

scotts74birds

I can rebuild a V8, but 2-strokes and mowers ALWAYS kick my ***! I cant even get my new f$%#&n chain saw started! My neighbor just retired and bought a $23,000 John Deere tractor. It has a plow and I CANT STOP him from plowing my driveway!

Furytom

I can help you out on that since we are basically neighbors.

johnthegoalie

to shovel it old school style right

78D200

67 - Have you changed the plug and cleaned the air filter? How long as it been sitting without running?

67 GTX

it is a four cycle motor

67 GTX

changed the plug
air filter is good
the motor surges, dont know why
re-adjusted the carb
it seems to stall whenever it hits the snow

78D200

How old is it? You may need to pull teh carb, tear it down and clean it. Sometimes the gas jells up and clogs the jets.

I have an MTD that is 15 years old and it runs great.

67 GTX

dont sure on how old, but it must be over 5 years old
so, pulling the carb. is probably the way to go?

John Van

I am pretty sure it's a Briggs&Stratton motor,on the bottom of the fuel bowl is the main adjuster,first turn in all the way counting number of turns then take the adjuster out and spray some carb cleaner in there, sometimes that works. Check the governor linkage also, make sure its free.Check the spark,should be blue,if it's yellow,the flywheel key might be sheared part way through. Hope this helps in time for today's snow!

64polara

do you have spark? if so, start doing little stuff that could kill it. like old gas.

make sure you clean the carb. 2 strokes are very lucky about carbs. a little off and they wont run. depending on what model engine you have. the carb should have 2 screws. an idle adjustment screw and a air fuel mixture screw.

the air fuel mix should be anywhere from 1.5 - 3 turns out. so turn the screw in lightly until it gets a little tough to turn in. then turn the screw 1.5 turns out. and adjust it between 1.5 and 3 until it runs smooth.

the idle screw should be set high enough for it to start. then once running, turn it in until it reaches a nice idle speed.

check compression also.

hope this helps.


DO NOT USE STARTER FLUID!! starter fluid is terrible for 2 strokes. i don't recommend it. it doesn't lubricate at all. what you can do, and i usualy do this for snowmobiles and such, if there a b**** to start is, take a little mixed gas, take the spark plug out and put in in the cylinder. not a lot. just a few drops. then pull it over. if it tries to start. you know you have a fuel/air problem.

johnthegoalie

this winter weather is killing me, got all the way down to 59 today... brrrrr

John Van

Hey 67 GTX, how did you make out with that snow blower?

crwchf16

I hate to tell you this but MTD is generally a low-end brand that was never designed to last for long. My experience with the brand is that it's made just well enough to last 3, maybe 4 years before things start wearing out. Is there a Techumseh engine in it? If so chances are very likely you've hit the end of it's life and it's time for a new one. Sorry dude.

78D200

I've got my parent's MTD snow blower. They had it for 14 years and I used it this year with no problems. I think sometimes it's just how well people take care of them.

67 GTX

havent really tried it
it wasnt working the night before the snow, so I couldnt work on it when the snow was falling (the gtx takes up the whole garage)

the motor sounds strong
it doesnt smoke at all

78D200

MTD does not use 2 stroke motors. You don't have to mix oil in the gas to run them. You do (by do I mean should) change the oil once a year or every 25 hours though. They only take a quart.

John Van

2x that! Used to have a sign up in the shop: Quart oil: $1.50/ New motor: $150.00 your choice!

P.S. watching the Daytona 500, They had the King,Richard Petty in the pace car, a Ford! What's up with that!

67 GTX

well, he originally raced them

also, that was a charity car from barrett-jackson
but, i would like to see him be in a superbird and pace the race with that

John Van

That was back in '69 I think,but all mopar after that. A superbird for the pace car would be a welcome sight.

MReeves

They had the King,Richard Petty in the pace car, a Ford! What's up with that![/quote]


Petty Enterprises has switched to Ford this year.. A partnership between the Petty clan and Robert Yates and they are fielding Fords... Very sad day for Mopar... Penske is the only Dodge team left in the "cup series".

John Van

Yes, so sad. But at least they didn't go toyota!

MReeves

I think a lot of us have a bad case of "cabin fever". Here we are on a Mopar site talking about snow blowers... Been a VERY long winter and its still not over.... Even in Florida!!!!!!

John Van

Yeah, but my snow blower has a HEMI!

67 GTX

lucky you

johnthegoalie

he switched to ford to stick it to chrysler back in the day - the winged daytona came out first - he wanted one, chrysler wouldnt let him switch from plymouth to dodge to get one - he crybabied it and went to a ford until the superbird came out.

that must have been hard to switch to fords this year - switch the engine and peel off and replace a bunch of stickers...