Snowblower model number 6709

OK, now that I've seen the photos, and to retain my reputation as a smartass, I can tell you that ISN'T a snowblower.

It's a snowthrower, because there's no "blower" part there. The snow just gets moved to the center of the two augers and then gets "flung" up through the chute by the auger's center section.

They don't move snow anywhere near as far as "blower" models.

I owned a similar one sold by Sears back in the early 60s; It looked to be pretty much the same design as yours except the wheels didn't even have rubber tires, they were just heavy gauge sheet steel discs with tabs bent alternately to either side around their circumference.

But, IIRC mine had larger "throwing pieces" between the augers than what appear in your photos. I wunner if yours originally had paddles fastened between the augers which got lost. Maybe another poster can comment on that. Anyway, you'll know pretty fast if you get it running and very little snow gets flung out the chute the first time you need to use it.

I switched over to a 1966 Airens which I bought cheap around 1970 from a guy who'd stripped the spark plug hole and never got around to fixing it. I slapped a new head and gasket on it and it's run fine since then. The only work I've had to do on it was replace the recoil starter handle when it snapped in two last year (I sprang for a new rope too.) and have my son weld some new steel "skids" onto it a few years ago when the original ones got ground away.

I call it "The Widowmaker" cause it's got zero safety features on it. Even the ends of the auger housing are D shaped so nothing guards the forward ends of the augers, which makes it great for "twisting" it into a snowbank.

Good luck with it!

Jeff

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Jeff Wisnia
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Seriously good photos. The engine appears to be Tecumseh. I can't brand the rest of the machine for you.

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Stormin Mormon

It's a four stroke. Look for a square plug, at the base of the engine. I've worked on enough of these kind of thing.

I'm thinking an old Jacobsen, but I'm also probably mistaken.

No doubt in my mind, it's a four stroke.

For the oil fill, look for a plug about two inches up from the base. The plug will be about an inch diameter, made of plastic, and have two rods you can put a screw driver between the two small rods that stick up from the oil cap.

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Stormin Mormon

Looks like about a 7 HP Tecumseh. As i wrote in an earlier post, it's a four stroke.

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Stormin Mormon

Thanks EVERYONE - seriously good advice here. I will hopefully get this running. At least now I know what to look for - a great project for a few rainy weekends before the snow season starts ... :)

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djogon

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