Help with Machine

[Hawk]

that is true. I have seen the oddest things show up on Ebay for sale. Even things like a book cover, used envelops, one page of a newspaper. That is just to name a few.

[JimmieD]

Just for clarity's sake: ephemera, as that which is short lived, implying something whose time has already gone by, i.e things of bygone days or collectibles.

Back to Murray/AMF: that was posted to let you know the history of the company and the relative age of the machines. Unless they are gearbox drive, instead of transaxle or variable speed drive [ala Tucker as mentioned], parts shouldn't be a big problem. That variable drive is currently used by all of the major manufacturers of snow throwers plus it's so simple it should be a snap to adapt a different drive wheel to the disc, as long as it's fairly close in diameter.

Most of the transaxles [if so equipped] are Peerless, made by Tecumseh Group, and there aren't that many models and those have been pretty much unchanged for years. The rest of the machine is usually a series of simple belts and pulleys plus lever engagements which can again be adapted from model to model. There's about 48 kazillion old Murrray snow machines out there with used ones going from a couple of hundred $ to "Get it outta here..."

By the way, the Tecumseh Snow King motor is the absolute best for snow blowers; quick starting and reliable for years and years and years.

JimmieD

[Hawk]

Well I found a break down of parts on one of the links, believes it was sears. But it does not give me the specs that I am looking for. This older unit has a disk off the back of the motor that a clutch wheel rides on. This is how it gets the drive both forward and revers.

I picked up an old craftsman chain drive to get me threw the winter. But I still would like to get my dinosaur running again. They dont have new ones that are this reliable with the old steal parts. Too many ultra lights now that break down if you bump something wrong.

[JimmieD]

Does this machine have a gearbox or a friction drive wheel system? And if a gearbox, is it heavy cast iron or a lightweight aluminum with tapered axle housings with reinforcement ridges on them?

[Hawk]

Its a friction drive. Large heavy flywheel off the out-put shaft with shift rod that places a clutch wheel to it for wheel movement (forward and reverse)

[Hawk]

Here is an image not the best but gives an idea of what its like