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A generous fellow citizen in my area has given me a free ice auger so I can try ice fishing. I haven't done anything with it besides verify that the motor turns over (feels like compression is good). Have not cleaned it up or fueled it. Want to find out what I have here, and steps to get it running. I know NOTHING about ice augers, but I've fixed small engines before.Previous owner was gifted it as well, so provenance is cloudy and if all I have is scrap metal, at least it was free!Magnum III Plus ice auger8" Mora auger. Some rust on the blade. Should I just touch up the blade with some silicon carbide sandpaper to get the rust off?Tecumseh TC300-3026C-02426 engineThe label calls for 5 oz of 2-cycle oil per gallon of gas, which makes it 24:1 mix, but some manuals I have downloaded indicate this engine takes 50:1. Go by the tag, right?The gas tank has fallen off and I can't immediately see how to fasten it back to the motor body. Fuel lines look OK; I'll probably spray some Seafoam to get it running the first timeI assume there should be some sort of air filter before the carb body?Basically anything you can tell me about this thing would be helpful. I plan to attack it this Saturday to see if I can get it running.(Image removed from quote.)(Image removed from quote.)(Image removed from quote.)(Image removed from quote.)
Call Strikemaster on the fuel ratio. I recall their was a service bulletin changing from 24:1 to 40:1 which made for a lot less mess and not as much smoke plus better running. I run 80:1 Amsoil Sabre in my auger, weed wacker, chainsaw and everything. Nice just using 1 gas can.
I'm searching for a contact phone # for Strikemaster and I keep getting re-directed to a Rapala website - did they get bought out? Does anyone have a valid # for me to call?
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it is a strike master. they were made from like 1990 to early 2000's then strikemaster made the switch to the solo engines. my first gas auger was a 1991 MagnumIII. Most parts can still be found for them especially if you search online. send me a PM with a email address for you and I can send you a PDF copy of the service and repair manual for this auger. also as for oil mixture the old mixture was 24 to 1 but when I had mine I ran it 80 to 1 using the amsoil full synthetic 2 cycle oil and had no issues.