Jiffy Auger Switch Replacement

[iciclebeard68]

My Power Switch broke on my Jiffy Stealth Auger...tried finding part online to no avail....is it just a standard toggle switch or does it require a special part?It is a 3 hp tecumseh

[jaklakmak]

Just go to your local hardware store and get a single pole double throw kill switch. Or just use a screwdriver to ground out your spark plug to somewhere on the metal frame of the motor.

[jrelaxin]

lawn and garden store a chainsaw switch is just the same..............

[xphelanx]

The same thing happened to mine, it looks like it's just a cheap plastic switch. We sell much sturdier metal bat-handle spst switches that I was considering using. Guess I'll give it a whirl...

[mainedukblaster]

mine broke on my Jiffy 30 and I got one for 5 bucks at the lawnmower shop on the corner of Rt 22 and spring street westbrook (Maine-ly small engines) i tried a regular toggle didn't work, guy told me me because it is a 3 way grounding switch..  bust easy to fix

[jacksmelt71]

got one for my mod. 30 at napas for around $5. better quality than what was orig. on there.

[Mainehazmt]

hmmm news flash Jiffy auger switches are bad!!!   wont shut off   hmmmmmmmm.........

[esox slayer]

hmmm news flash Jiffy auger switches are bad!!!   wont shut off   hmmmmmmmm.........

Yeah, thank God for that thing called a "clutch" on those jiffys so they don't keep on spinning and breaking wrists, eh?

[mainedukblaster]

its what the primer is for, once your hole is done, you flood it.... it stops  lol (Maine duck hunter used to do that with his ol' Jiffy 30 witht he busted switch)

[St.Croix]

I have the remedy for that. never break another switch again. pm me for more info

[jrelaxin]

hmmm news flash Jiffy auger switches are bad!!!   wont shut off   hmmmmmmmm.........

smell a gator plug in there somewhere.............

[Mainehazmt]

Tiny must be sleeping   time for this to disappear! to the auger forum!    or is it time to call in himo!!!!

[TinyTim]

Oh, don't you worry, I've had my hand on the big red button for a while....lol

[Flag!!Man]

put this into a search engine you'll find the switch at various sites:

33-207 Toggle Switch      

[jaklakmak]

I have a spare that I have never used for my Jiffy that I'll send you for just postage.

[Downeaster]

I replaced two of them last year.  I bought them at Daves small engine, in Oxford near the speedway.  Same as the
original.  I understand they are on chain saws as well.  Anyway after I broke the second one, I made a longer wire,
and moved it down and out of the way one the side of the auger.

[Nor Easter]

Mine's getting weak too and I don't expect it to last the season. It flips up and down with little resistance. No click just a slight drag in the middle as you flip it. I'm looking to fit something along the lines of a rubber-boot-covered-momentary-contact-push-button-kill-switch. This way it cannot be left in the 'Off' position when you're pulling the cord...

Not sayin' it's ever happened before,, yunno,, gonna do it just in case...  

Similar to the kill switches on '80's outboard motors but smaller. Push the button, when it stops running you can let it go. I may need to get a switch and buy a boot to fit. Even the power switch for a computer would work but I don't think they would be weather resistant enough.

On my old Jiffy one-armed bandit after the switch broke, I'd just take my glove off and bare handed, seal the inlet side of the carb and starve-stall the motor. No air cleaner, just an air diverter made it easy.