1969 MTD 7-Hundred with Snow Blower - Will it Blow??

[@g3garage]

You're out moving snow and I'm out mowing grass lol. But I do somewhat appreciate what you go through each winter as I've spent a couple of seasons up in Wisconsin. Brings back memories!

[@jreed2447]

I have bunch old tractors but I like my cub cadet 122 with Dozier blade but the snow blower i spray silicone before the storm it seems to help

[@ontariotube]

I like blades best because you don't end up with a facefull of snow! The next vid will be the Yellow tractor again but with a vastly improved blade. Can't wait to show it off ;)

[@chrisdaniel1339]

It looks like an open flighting auger may be more efficient at loading the impeller. That closed auger on the MDT spits lots of snow out in front. Cool old machine though.

[@ontariotube]

I think the blower will work well in colder weather. I will be spraying it with a better lubricant.

[@chrisdaniel1339]

@@ontariotube You may want to try to line the drum where the auger and impeller are with 1/16" - 1/8" thick slippery UHMW Polyethylene sheet held in place with 1/4" or 5/16" elevator bolts(the ones with 1-3/16" diameter heads). The ultra wide but also thin head of the elevator bolt will hole the UHMW in place perfectly even better if you do a 1/16" deep counter bore with a Forstner bit so the head of the bolt and surface of the plastic are flush. UHMW-PE is ultra slippery(self lubricating, it is used as plain bearing material in some applications), ultra tough, highly abrasion resistant(TIVAR is used as cutting edges for snow plow blades so it will not scrape driveways, and is the same material snow sleds are made from, snow will not stick to it. The impeller drum could be lined to but I would use the smaller head 5/8" diameter elevator bolts as the radius in the impeller drum is much smaller so the elevator bolt with the larger head would bridge too much. You could also try silicone sprays or even rubbing on ski wax and heating to a liquid state with a heat gun or hair dryer and then rubbed all over the auger, impeller, and both drums.

[@ontariotube]

@@chrisdaniel1339 Awesome advice! I'm sure other viewers will benefit from it too. I'm going to try an automotive wax on everything first just as an experiment. Cheers!

[@EddieBeddingfield]

I guess in Canada MTD's are thought to be a well made tractor,in the states MTD is a bottom of the line brand.

[@ontariotube]

Early MTD's are typically recognized as a well-built machine. Lots of 990's/960's from the 70's still working hard.

[@greasywrenchgarage3152]

In the states, the old MTD's are considered to be decent machines. in reality, these old machines shared a lot of the same components from brand to brand such as engines and transmissions/hydros. so it all came down to frame and attachments that really differed from brand to brand. And back then they all used heavy steel to produce equipment intended to last a lifetime. Now days you gotta spend big bucks or buy old stuff to have something worthy.

[@armenjeknavorian6870]

He removes the air cleaner, gets it statrted and immediately closes the hood with putting the air cleaner on. Talk about a planned video. Such a fake.