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Offline GrizlyGarou

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Tecumseh engines!
« on: Jan 07, 2014, 08:05 AM »
I've got a snowblower I got off my neighbor that was built in the 70's. Last snow storm, it burned through it's oil and the engine seized up on me. I pulled the head off, whacked the top of the piston with the handle of my wrench and it moved! So, I put it all back together and it fired right up and runs like a dream! Single digits out, and it only took 4 pulls even though I had drained the fuel line when I took the gas tank off. Gotta love the quality on those old engines...


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Offline Lobes

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Re: Tecumseh engines!
« Reply #1 on: Jan 07, 2014, 08:20 AM »
They are very well built machines. I have an old Troy Bilt tiller with a 7 horse that's still running like new. The oil gets dirty fast in Tecumseh's so they need frequent oil changes but they run strong forever!

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Re: Tecumseh engines!
« Reply #2 on: Jan 07, 2014, 08:23 AM »
Yeh they sure were. All my past and present gas augers have the same. Hope they hold up with the ethonal gas I just keep using the additive.
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Offline Beets

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Re: Tecumseh engines!
« Reply #3 on: Jan 07, 2014, 10:33 AM »
Small engines class in high school(84') we would tear those two strokes apart,measure limits/tolerances and put them back together.
Those motors were torn apart and put back together 100's of times by newbs including me and ran. Bullet proof motors.
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Offline Crappielover89

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Re: Tecumseh engines!
« Reply #4 on: Jan 07, 2014, 01:04 PM »
My outboard and strike master are both Tecumseh.... My outboard is a 1974 and runs with no problems same with the strike master but its a 2006
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Offline jeffro9023

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Re: Tecumseh engines!
« Reply #5 on: Jan 07, 2014, 02:28 PM »
Quote from: after-4 on Jan 07, 2014, 08:23 AM
Yeh they sure were. All my past and present gas augers have the same. Hope they hold up with the ethonal gas I just keep using the additive.

There is a website that you can look up places that sells non ethanol gas near you...i happened to find that the delta sonic sells it 3 blocks from my house...you pay a bit more but its good piece of mind for your motor toys :)
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Re: Tecumseh engines!
« Reply #6 on: Jan 07, 2014, 05:37 PM »
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