My father-in-law dug this out of his pole barn/garage and brought it to me the other day. Oh she's GOLD alright. LOL! It's at least 20yrs old and he used it 2-3x at best. I could smell rodent on it and didn't even try to start it until I investigated.
Had to remove all engine and belt shrouding to blow nest material out. Nothing chewed thankfully.
The belly pan / frame cover was gross. There had been so many generations of mice living in there that mouse pee rusted the belly pan to the point it's paper thin and will literally crumble if you bend it. In fact, any rust on the machine is from mouse urine. Ugh..
Other than that, she's a gem and fired right up! It even idles down to a nice low thumping idle. As luck would have it, it's yet another unicorn twin shaft tecumseh. I seem to "luck out" with these every time.
Had to remove all engine and belt shrouding to blow nest material out. Nothing chewed thankfully.
The belly pan / frame cover was gross. There had been so many generations of mice living in there that mouse pee rusted the belly pan to the point it's paper thin and will literally crumble if you bend it. In fact, any rust on the machine is from mouse urine. Ugh..
Other than that, she's a gem and fired right up! It even idles down to a nice low thumping idle. As luck would have it, it's yet another unicorn twin shaft tecumseh. I seem to "luck out" with these every time.