Abandoned antique Snowblower, Can It Be Saved?
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- Опубликовано: 8 янв 2022
- While on a pick for an old tractor this was near it and was going to be scrapped, so l loaded up this 1962 oddball snow blower and brought it to the shop, lets see how it works and if it can be saved,
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I don't know which sound I like better... the sound of a small engine roaring to life, or the "Mustie-Chuckle" when it does! I think you know by now that all of us Mustie1 fans consider a 38 minute video to be "just a snippet" when it comes to your highly entertaining and informative productions! I've said it before: your videos set the standard for 'bring'em back to life', and should be required course study for anyone else who does this sort of YouTubing... Thanks for posting!
Got to be the mustie chuckle it’s the sound of his inner child escaping lol
OK let’s face it when the motor starts now there’s 1 million of us who make the same chuckle noise at the same time that musty makes it all individuals all over the country maybe all over the world chuckling at the same time it Hass to be some kind of record got to be 1 million of us right!!!!!
It's up there with the joerg sprav chuckle from the slingshot channel
@@theusconstitution1776 Oooh yes ! My late wife used to say, hearing me laugh : "Ah, you're watching that lawn mower guy again !" 🤣
@@marcryvon 😢😢 sorry for your loss💔
❤️BUT SHE KNEW YOU❤️
Will it run? Of course You can get it to run. The question is how fast and what will you find in the process. That's why i never miss an episode. Thank you for the entertainment!
The mustie giggle when an engine gets resurrected never gets old,,,your videos are wonderful,,short or long,,long may you continue
It's the giggles that gets me every time when an engine gives a few puffs.
A real machine made and used long before OSHA got involved!!! Love it!!!
Thanks for sharing 🇨🇦
Those were made here in Des Moines Iowa in 1963 where I live my neighbor used to build those they are all over here that's cool it made it over by you!!! They are beast!!
I’m only a few hours from desmoines and just seen one forsale in iowa city for a 100$
"That thing is a beast" kept running through my head from about 30 secs in :)
Anybody else collect Moz-All mowers? Mfg. In Merrill, IA. Im in Sioux City and i know they made some power tools and whatnot here. IA mustve been full of crazy hillbilly engineers i guess lol
It's a very well engineered little machine! It looks like something farmers/working engineers would build and probably worked well for Mom n Pop at the time. Driveways were smaller back then! Thanks for your info.
Your sense of humour cracks me up.
As Usual Darren Gets the thing to fire and try to run, this is 99.9% of the videos. Just love it. learned so much from this man.
Fifty years, left for junk, she gets a drink of go juice and roars to life! This never gets old to watch-thanks Darrin!
When you hear the words:"hey guys, how is it going" you know that something's great is coming your way.
there's no such thing as a video that's "too long" - ask Andrew Camarata... but we love anything you give us! Keep it rockin'!
Nothing like coffee, mustie, and McDonald’s breakfast!!!!
Revolving wheel of death, circa 1960s. When people didnt eat tide pods. Lol
Very cool machine. My son got a non running snowblower in RI and told him to watch a few of your vids to get ready to work on his and what shows up but a new one By the way we visited Crusty at Thanksgiving and he’s doing well
Hey I’m in mass. I have 2 for sale.
I think I learn a new technical trick in every one of your videos. You’re the man.
That paint manufacturer and the folks that prepped and applied it should take some credit, how that has stood up. I love it when Mustie goes shopping ...
Nothing like a Homko! I've had the opportunity to see one of these in action up here and canuckistan and as cool as it is, we've come a long way but this old pioneer snowblower technology deserves its props!
That’s a pretty cool rig so I hope we see a follow up. Thanks for the way you tell the story as well. You talk to us as if we’re there with you. I guess we are if we’re watching.
l feel that you are with me, just seperated by the internet
This right here is why I keep coming back to your channel. The welcoming vibe. Thanks as always for great edu-tainment.
@@mustie1 well keep up the good work! I really enjoy watching you work with all the stuff I used to. I love small engine stuff.
@@mustie1 You bring us along on your repair adventures like we were standing next to you. Sorry I had garlic last night !!
@@joegilly1523 🤣🤣🤣
I've gotten spoiled watching james Condon. Find myself yelling at the TV. It's really nice to be able to say so many times" Let me check my stash" :)
Best part of Sunday morning! Coffee and a Mustie video! Cheers, y'all!
My father had the dealership for Homeowners in the early sixties thru the late sixties. He had a snow blower like this in the early sixties. It didn't look like. Much, but it beat shoveling. Homeowners was bought out by AMF in the mid sixties. They made a very good snow blower but poor lawn mowers. In the mid sixties they changed the design to a modern two stage and sold them thru numerous outlets, including Sears. I still have a later model that I bought in 1973. Runs like a champ, has cleared a lot of snow with minor repairs. Thanks for the video, brought up a lot of memories!
Mustie, this brings back such good memories. I was given one of these by a colleague to restore / get running back in the late 1980's. He told me that he saw one of these in former Presidential candidate Michael Dukakis' garage when he was being interviewed! I was living in Connecticut at the time so there was plenty of opportunity to try it out once I got it running. While a small machine those steel wheels would drive it into and through anything; it would bury itself. The chute is a bit of a joke. It would throw ok in one direction and half as much the other way. Regardless this thing is AWESOME. I gave it away (running of course as a 2nd back-up machine to 2 other restorations) when I moved to NC. Thanks for all you do on this channel ... love every video.
Another great video I haven’t watched it in a while
Thanks for a trip down memory lane. Grandpa had one of these. Hated it, but lived him.
"Guess what... you've met your match." Another great video coming from Mustie.
I've worked on this style of B&S engine a lot, the 3 (and give or take .5 hp) has the back air "tin" cast as part of the block, while the 5 (and give or take .5 hp) tin was held to the drive side of the block with a 1/4" bolt like what holds the points cover under the flywheel, and the screen onto the starter clutch. You're right about how we've changed, they didn't have to give many instructions about safety because back in that day people had common sense and knew not to put their body parts in danger by getting too close to rapidly moving sharp objects.
Well Dave, it appears that a lot pf people 'back in that day' didn't have common sense and hurt and killed themselves on the machinery. That's what forced the government to step in and force them to include safety features. It's sad in my opinion because I really love seeing the old iron.
I operated this model of snow blower when I was ten years old and managed to not hurt myself.
@@flick22601 You are wrong. All the safety rules are because of just a small number of stupid people and the fact you are allowed to sue anyone you want. I disconnect ALL safety switches, air bags, ABS etc and still have all my fingers and toes after 60 years.
@@flick22601 I really don't think people now nor in the past would take time to read the warning stickers but we sure have fat lawyers profiting on stupid people, and safety stickers sales. LOL
stuck my hand in the cake mixer at 3, put my hand in hot gas stove at 4 , smashed my hand in 1957 chevy car door at 5, got thrown out the same car at age 6, going around a corner, door flew open and no seat belts in 1957 cars, used a metal pole with plug to get fish worms, I got shocked with 120 volts ,at age 8, told to take torch and burn down Hornets nest at age 10, got stung 40 times!!;!!
Nice! Thanks for the tip with the sandpaper and the valves! Stay warm up there!
Thank you this makes my Sunday morning with a coffee
Always a good day when you have a Taryl reference. I have learned so much from both of your channels. Thank you.
The maul on the front end of it reminds me of what locomotives used to use to clear snow off the tracks during blizzards
Keep you`r videos long. I love to see long videos of you repairing things. :)
I love the heartbeat monitor running in all his videos 🤣
Sunday morning coffee, Mustie, and old junk. My favorite! Thanks Mustie!
30+ years ago I inherited a single stage snow thrower from my brother in law. He had bought it around 1962 when he and my oldest sister got married. The leading edge was worn down so I welded in a new one along with new bearings for the auger shaft and replaced the drive chain. It had a simple chute that just flipped side to side. It would really beat you up with the vibration and no power drive and made out of 16 gage metal it was heavy too.
You and Terryl Dactyl are my heros! I've learned so much good logic and common sense approaches from y'all. My problem is mostly trying to find info. on the old stuff. Computers aren't my strong suit either. Haha Your open dialog about what is going through your mind at the time is priceless. Keep up the good work, it's much needed.
Mustie's chuckle made my day ! , this was a very kool machine
It’s always nice to go shopping for parts at your house.
That is the oldest snowblower i have ever seen wow they have come so far now and he got it running amazing i would like to see it in action that would be cool im in my late 50s and never seen a snow blower like it 👍
I had one of these in my possession when I was 16 years old and my parents wouldn't let me keep it after I got it running because they said it was too dangerous this was about 1996 I really should have just held on to it but they made me get rid of it amazingly let me keep all of my other old mowers and stuff. I've been a vintage power equipment collector my whole life.
Wow. That's so Cool ! I have an early 70s Sears that was rarely used. I move snow for a living. History Rocks !
Boy did they know how to manufacture them back in the day. Could you see one of today’s models lasting for so long without rusting away. I can’t wait for the follow up video.
I'd love to see that thing torn down and get a restoration. It looks like a cool machine and seems very solid still. It's amazing how long metal can survive when stuff isn't made with the lowest bidder Chinese steel.
Yeah, everything cleaned and repainting everything ...... and then trot that baby out at the first sign of snow and go to town grinning over the "new" toy.
Nice! I look forward to seeing this one chew through some snow. You have to love those old B&S engines, where things like flywheel keys and points/condenser and starter assemblies fit so many different model years that a large stash like you have is very likely to have those parts on hand.
That is a 1950's Sears Craftsman machine, back when they had quality in their products. Love watching your videos.
your my fav u tube channel . make them as long as u want the longer the better ive watched every video you have made keep up the good work . jay from newcastle australia
We had that very model of snow blower when I was a kid in Iowa! That thing was a beast when it was running
I am of similar vintage to you and living on the south cost in the UK, have never worked on a snow blower. Infact the last time we had any decent quantity of snow was around 1979.... brilliant to be able to work through such great machines with you. Keep up the good work 👍😀
2010-11 was pretty grim for snowfall and super cold! I remember one year in the early 80s we had lots of snow that was very deep and was to the top of our 6ft fence cos me and my brother were jumping off the shed roof into it..
@@stu-j Meanwhile us veterans of the 1963...(it started snowing in January and in our street at least there was still snow on the ground at Easter!)...even the sea froze in places!
The best part of "Will it run" is when Dr. Frankenmustie says "Its alive"...!
Cool old blower, nice piece of garage art. 🇦🇺🇦🇺👍👍
Mustie, have you ever thought about doing a video about "the hoard"? In the last several videos we've seen the depth of what you have on hand. It would be cool to see the full extent of the hoard. I really enjoy your stuff thanks for sharing with us.
This thing looks like a Freddy Kruger winter special nightmare!
60 years old and still runs...can you imagine someone trying to start one built today in sixty years?
Awesome classic old snowblower, thanks for sharing.
I have one of these old beasts, and it works. My Grandfather was an older version of you.
There wasn’t anything he couldn’t fix..
Your lucky to find old gear that’s in such great condition. Up here in Eastern Canada something that old that’s been out doors would have Morphed back into a solid block of rusted steel. Love the videos please keep them come as you have always done, as they say if it’s not broke don’t mess with it.
Even in Quebec it would have been returned to the Earth decades ago 😂🇨🇦
@@MichaelandCathy1999 The climate in NH is similar to Quebec,
Southern Ontario here. Still the same!
In Nj it would of been in a recycling facility decades ago.
Exact same climate!
Price payed?
Old guy "Take it, its yours"
His Son "Well that's an Antique, gimme $100"
This will go down as a classic “will it run” Mustie video! That thing is weird and therefore perfect for this channel.
I for one really enjoy your 1 hour vids!
Its always a good day when we have a new Mustie vid! Happy new year, sir, keep em coming!!
And, at least for stuff with B&S engines, it's not so much "will it run?" or "can it be saved?", but rather "how much spare parts will Mustie have to grab from his infinite pile of B&S engines?" 🙂
My grandfather had one of these machines, he called it the hand chopper, couldn't figure it out until I met one of my uncles who was missing his right hand
You're right -it looks wicked. "Tell us everything or we'll make you use the Homko!"
Great video Mustie1, This is the only video I look forwarded to every Sunday. Coffee and a little Mustie1. Thx Darrin.!!
Any Sunday morning you wake up and there's anew Mustie1 vid posted it's gonna be an awesome day.
Wait for it, wait, wait and hopefully Darren will be tearing the carb apart.
His talents getting old soon to be scrapped engines running has already become legendary.
I am kinda shocked you didn't recognize the standard 6 to 1 gearbox that B&S sold on motors to emulate the old hit-miss engine rpm which was right around 600 rpm. There was a lot of good old gear that was re-powered with these. And some new of course. I have seen them on mortar and cement mixers. I bet the wheels have a ratchet posi drive...I am guessing before you get to that. Some early rider mowers had those.
What do you mean; Don't want to make the video too long? ;) The one hour videos are the best.
That's cool 😎!!!! That would be something Taryl would get a hold of and do a full restoration on . Can't wait for the next video 👍
I inherited one of these from my father-in-law. It was Crasftman. Very simple design but worked great for many years.
As always great stuff Mustie. It makes me smile when one of my fave RUclipsrs makes reference to another one (torque 'Click'), but also makes me wonder how you lot have time to create your own, run a business and watch others, I could spend all my days just watching RUclips, as proven in the last few years or lockdowns lol
I knew something changed in the universe when I started getting comments on my Homko snow blower video from almost 12 years ago. Very nice find and looks like it will be quite the runner. Will be neat to see this one in service again, they seem pretty cutting edge for their time.
I KNEW there had to be an old video on one of these that was going to be resurrected by the algorithm as soon as this one went online!
Cutting edge, that's an understatement and punny.
BRILLIANT FORM OF HAND -LAPPING-----KUDOS LOVE THE SHOW
We're movin!! Enjoyed watching. Thanks.
well thats the coolest snow blower i ever saw and it might double as a wood chipper lol .cant wait to see it throw some snow . happy new year brother . see ya in the next one .
I was thinking that's no show thrower that's a yard mulcher.
@@giggiddy it's a multi-tool. Can even get rid of your neighbor's annoying pets.
No, it’s a stump grinder.
lol you all have great ideas lol
Looking it up on the internet I found that Sears actually sold these in the early 60's. They rebranded it under their Craftsman label. I would guess that this machine is from the late 50's to early 60's. It would probably be good for clearing sidewalks.
My dad had one, silver with white wheels. Early 70's. It was branded a Craftsman.
I had one just like it when I was a teen ager (around 1960) but it was a Sears Craftsman. I made great money doing neighbor's driveways! ALWAYS started right up in winter.
I had one exactly like the one in the video way back in the 80's. Also had one that was similar to this one except it was originally black (I think - lots of "patina"), had a more conventionally rotating chute and was marketed by Sears. It had a broken main drive shaft and I had to get the local tech school to machine me a new one. Dug them both out of the back of an old farmers work shop. Kinda wish now I'd kept them. They were hard working little machines.
Justice will get it working! Great work!
very enjoyable watching,good mechanic.i was born in 62 funny how that blower seems so old fasioned
Funny how things have changed over time for the safety aspects of machinery over time.
As usual Mustie1 has given us a Sunday morning revival video ( at least for now for the motor). I will be waiting as usual for the next video in the saga of Mustie1 and his workshop from the great north all the way down here in central Florida where it hasn't snowed since 1977.
Hey Mustie1 how bout a tour of the shop showing updates of the projects you have worked on in the past. The old Ford, Vw's, kit car, kubota, etc.
I been waiting for the BMW powered kit car video and haven't heard him mention it since its' video.
What a brilliant machine mustie 1 keep up the great work
That is a strange one. I am happy you got her to fire up. Can't wait for the next one.👍
"Mister Trouble never comes around, When he hears this mighty sound! "Here I come to save the day!" That means that Mustie1 is on the way! "...Borrowed from the Mighty Mouse cartoon :[>) Thank you sir for another Sunday Morning of entertainment. John here, from the back-roads of Northeastern Tennessee.
Wow! This should be interesting, lol 👍🏼
We moved down to South Carolina in Summer of 2019 and haven’t had to use ours yet since leaving Ohio.
Intriguing to see older models!
Same boat with seeing the older ones work is very entertaining
Mustie, I came across your channel just before the holidays and then got Covid. You have saved me from going crazy during isolation. Love the motor rebuilds and especially your custom bike builds. Keep building them!!!
What a kickass old snowblower! I hope we get to see her in action soon!
I can smell the barn over my coffee!
Ours was a gray Chraftsman. It had about 3hp Briggs. Direct drive from the engine to the prop. The lever only gave you drive and neutral. It was a bear to start cold. Put a 1/2 inch hole on the rear of the drum or the water will freeze. The drive chain I think was metric as it was not common. It was a great novelty.
Oh my goodness, I had one of those as a kid. My neighbor gave it to me; I remember the cover. Spent a week getting it running, and used it for many years till I could afford a new one. Still have the engine sitting in my garage. It could throw snow along ways, as long as you wanted sideways.
Like a walk back in time. When your done Mustie1, it'll probably be able to hold its own with all the modern "new and improved" models!!!
Almost as old as I am, lol amazing to see it run and work after sixty years , you are amazing mustie , keep up the good work always interesting to see what's cooking on your channel.
Thats one wicked looking snow blower. I had one that had a narrow scoop type auger that would throw the snow pretty far. It was a 1960's or early 70's and HEAVY as all get out. It had a Briggs with the older type carburetor that I learned to hate as the top of the carburetor bowl would warp and leak. I learned using two gaskets fixed the issue. I have never come across that style blower and honestly do not hope to ever deal with one. The older snow blowers were beasts and wore you out just wrestling them around.
This style of snowblower is used on trains when they have to go through the snow. There is video on youtube of trains with one of these snowblowers attached to the locomotive in the 50s. I don't know if they still use this type, but they did. I almost never see trains and what trains I do see are commuter trains.
Wicked, means evil or morally wrong. You must be from New England, I lived at Hanscom AFB from 1991 to 2002 , Everywhere I went, it was wicked this or wicked that!!!!!!
@@grantkoeller8911 Wicked, like many English words have more than one meaning. My favorite is the word "Sport" it has like 11 definition, one of which is ENTIRELY different than any other definition of the word, meaning mutation. "A biological sport"
I lost my mom a little over a month ago and just recently a friend of over 25 years that I talked to daily needless to say I don’t look forward to much in life anymore but I do look forward to your video every Sunday 🙏 thanks
I lost my mother last year- keep your head up, time will heal the wounds.
@@i_grok_u2902 thank you I’m trying
This ones a gem. A true thing of beauty. LOL
Nice to see a shiny new Christmas present being put to good use.
1962. Looks like a very old design. My Dad had a snow bird with a 2 1/2 engine and it was much newer than this. Those wheels are a dealbreaker on asphalt! Problem with my Dads snowblower was the float would always get stuck. It would stop running halfway through the job. He would clean it and adjust it and it would be ok for awhile then die. Mom and I got Dad a John Deere in 85. I still have it and my Ariens. Love to see if that Homko can actually move snow.
My parents bought a 8 HP two stage Snow Bird in the 60’s. That thing was a tank! Weighed a ton. Took a very hefty pull to start that thing, and often flooded when starting, but when it was running you could chew through any snowbank.
@@HuskyGamersUNITE I guess there's a lot of pretty stupid people around including Musti according to your standards
While Mustie1 videos are the best, I really enjoy reading the comments from viewers that have knowledge of the equipment revived. It's almost like - "But wait, there's more" at the end of the video. This one was no exception. Thanks to all.
This was one of those, "I'll stick it behind the shed and fix it later." .... (50 years later along comes Mustie .... Can It Be Saved?)
Mustie regenerating an OAP blower it never stood a chance once the master got hold of it lol thanks Mustie for my Sunday morning session of perfect viewing Tom Uk 🇬🇧
awesome! I'm 55 yrs old and ran one of these when I was 12! was an awesome machine to a kid who had only previously known a shovel! Fix this thing all the way! you will love it!
Thanks Mustie I find Snow Blowers amazing as we Don't have snow where we are here in Victoria Australia. Still any machinery that has sat for a period of time brings a smile when we hear those first splutters of life it drives the incentive to move on. I was so invested in watching the video it felt like 10 mins Max and even with your cuts it was 38 mins. Now I'm waiting just to see if it all functions and another old Tractor so cool.
Happy New Year, Mustie! And we got snow, here in southern Norway. I love your vids, no sunday without them. Keep up the good work!
I love your hour long videos none of this 30min stuff lol grate video as always
I mustie say this is a awesome piece of history. But nothing is as good as one more time guys. Great video. Thanks for all you do for us!!
When I work for Sears many years ago we sold a similar model under the Craftsman. The catalog number was 8217 that was back in the sixties. We did sell a lot of them and the were self propelled You are right it was eighteen cut. The steel wheel did not cause any problems to the driveway He sure was a very rugged machine
Sears at that time put a Briggs engine I think it was 3 HP
The addition of a torque converter seems really interesting, but even more interesting that you recognized it as a B & S (RIP) at first glance
Wow, you had almost 5000 views in 30 minutes, that’s more than CNN and MSNBC combined😂
And helluva lot more informative, and entertaining, too.
I personally have learned a few tricks from watching your videos,
great job if you ask me.
More. More. More! Keep it coming