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jrtrebor


Location: Michigan - 3 hours north of Chicago on the lake
Joined: Feb 10, 2010
Points: 539

Got the group together for a family photo today
Original Message   Dec 12, 2011 9:01 pm
Well seeing as how there's no snow to play in.
Thought I would enjoy the sunshine and take a group photo.



borat -  I took your advice / idea and hooked up a control to the governor on the CCR2000.
Had an old bike gear lever and cable.  So I hooked that to the governor spring.  Seems to work okay
raises the RPM just enough.  Can't wait to try it.  I used to just adjust it up and leave it.  Like your idea better.





Also took the shift lever off the JD 1032D that I bought and put it on the Ariens.  I've been wanting to build a clear
wind/snow screen that mount on the front of the dash and curves up over the controls.  But the old shift handle stuck
straight up. So when you had it in the 5th gear position it stuck way out in front of the dash.
  This handle takes care of that problem.  Just not sure whether or not I'm going to need to shorten it.


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aa335


Joined: Nov 29, 2008
Points: 2434

Re: Got the group together for a family photo today
Reply #7   Dec 13, 2011 10:20 am
jrtrebor wrote:





Nice lineup.   The serrated auger on the Ariens looks more aggressive, should work well with the new powerplant.
Steve_Cebu


Joined: Dec 17, 2009
Points: 888

Re: Got the group together for a family photo today
Reply #8   Dec 13, 2011 6:52 pm
Looks like a great setup, you've got all the bases covered! or uncovered.

"If you have more miles on your snow blower than your car, you live in New England."  "If you can drive 75 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard without flinching, you live in New England."
jrtrebor


Location: Michigan - 3 hours north of Chicago on the lake
Joined: Feb 10, 2010
Points: 539

Re: Got the group together for a family photo today
Reply #9   Dec 13, 2011 8:38 pm

borat -  I like the idea of using string trimmer line for the string.
borat


Joined: Nov 10, 2007
Points: 2692

Re: Got the group together for a family photo today
Reply #10   Dec 13, 2011 8:48 pm
Yeah, I had some thin cheap stuff laying around from an electric trimmer my wife bought.  Trimmer died but the line is useful.  Problem is it doesn't tie well.  The best way to make a loop at the end is to put little dab of JB Weld Quick on the end, double it over and use a very thin piece of copper wire to hold it until it bonds then slip over a piece of heat shrink to finish it off.  Be very careful with the flame when warming up the heat shrink.  That trimmer line doesn't like too much heat. 

I'm using thin braided nylon string on the Craftsman machine.  It holds up pretty good too. 
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