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the only thing I remember about the handle bars is Early 1990s I think when the SR series Rear engine rider was first introduce

its the same basic machine

For Many Years Prior to moving back home Basically all I had were Memories of working in the old Garage when My Brother and I were Kids well into High School , It was pretty surreal moving back here a decade ago and actually getting to set foot in the very first garage I ever worked in , However over time the nostalgia of the old Garage disappeared and Reality set in and a Couple years ago I finally made up my mind I needed to tear the old Place down and start over , Over the last decade I have Made lots of great memories here and brought quite a few things back to life in the old place , My Nephew Austin had the honor of working on the last project brought back to life in the old Garage

I think as far as I can tell the Shades are probably original to The Union fan as I found another video of one like mine and it also has the exact shades as mine seen in this video ua-cam.com/video/FuIbOlo6glI/v-deo.html I figured out I may have been mistaken about The Dining room Fan being from Wall Mart , its a Hampton Bay "Littleton " with the Black SMC motor It most likely came from Home depot as there is a Home Depot in this area it been so long ago I cant remember exactly where it was purchased sadly enough that fan is now retired the bearings finally gave out in the motor , wall Mart now sells a Mainstays fan that is Basically Identical to this old one

​@@NorthernMaineProductionsThat I will agree with. They seemed like a common pairing with antique brass fans of the time. Also I get the feeling that the other fan looks too new to be a 1993 or so Littleton - the SMC ones of the time had the UB42 styled motor housing (which still had that design as late as 1997), and of course a Hampton Bay logo on the switch housing, unless that was a sticker that fell off. The Wal-Mart versions of this fan were replaced with the old Armitage style around 2009/10.

@@RRegents About the smc fan I know it was up in 1997 and had been for a few years , Back then my parents owned the house and 1997 was the year I moved out and when I was lugging a bed frame out it was running on high and I hit one of the blades with the bed frame iron and broke one completely off , it ran as a 2 paddle fan for years, Mom and Dad sold the house in 2002 and I was really amazed it was still here when I bought the house back into the family in 2014 , sadly I cannot for the life of me remember where mom Got this fan ?

​@@NorthernMaineProductionsSMC's biggest retail customers were Home Depot and Kmart, though there were other retailers that sold their products under house brands as well as the SMC name. I did find a picture of a NIB SMC "42" Decorative" model online that looked like this one. Were the original blade brackets of the traditional SMC styling that you remember? Also kind of a shame that the more generic hugger was painted like that. I'm guessing somebody did not like the brass (judging by the original finish inside of the light fitter).

@@RRegents yes the White smc UB42 had the traditional U shaped white brackets with the bleached cherry blades originally , the more traditional U42 that was in the box was indeed white with brass accents , I believe it dates from about 1988 , the lady I got it from was just sick of the white fan and painted it black with a brush none the less! needless to say it does not look that good at all that one is still an Ok runner and will get installed in My New workshop as soon as I get it built

Yes I really enjoy Working on stuff like this too!

when I originally got my 3081 I was going to just use it as a Back up to the really crappy craftsman I had back then .... Needless to say I no longer Own the Craftsman , it was a learning curve mowing with such a small a very simplistic Mower like the snapper but I soon realized what a tough ol bugger these things are , You Never have to worry about small branches or even small rocks getting wound up in the deck on these and breaking the Mandrels Like that happens with newer machines these old Snappers have a Very Robust Deck, Blade and Mandrel assembly and a very nice belt set up on the deck that renders them almost indestructible 🙂, Just keep the gear cases Lubed , the bushings in the rear axle greased and keep the motor serviced and going and they will give you years of service without much trouble

@@NorthernMaineProductions Another great snapper story. That is some of what I heard about them. I thinkin some put a great deal of time into the design. I still haven't tipped mine straight up yet to go thru the shape of my power train. But at least in my first week I watched a lot of Jim's fix it shop videos and Now I understand the power train design & you just clued me in on the deck design. I hear what your saying about the learning curve when I finally get it shop worthy & start cutting grass.

They are a Great Little Machine , Obviously Both of mine have literally thousands of Hours on them and have substantial wear to almost all moving parts... but that said even worn out they just keep going without much issue , I recently Talked to The original owner of the old 3081 featured here and he told me this machine has outlasted 2 engines the original Tecumseh engine has been gone since the early 1980s and he put an old used 1970s briggs on it and it lasted a long time , the motor on it now has been on there since the 1990s and is just about worn out nowadays It burns a lot of oil but just keeps on running

Mine is not the original engine either mine is a 3081 WS indicating a Tecumseh 8 hp with electric start , the 8 hp briggs on my machine is an early 1980s engine ( there is a patch on the starter cover that covers the model numbers ) , years ago I found some information on the chassis serial number and I believe there is a letter designation for the model year I somehow determined mine was a 1975 model , I will have to see if i can figure out how I dated it again ? your chassis serial number should be on the leading edge of the frame under the seat near the battery box ( gold Colored Decal ) and from everything i was told when i worked at a snapper dealer in the early 1990s the red deck cover was indeed a one year thing 1977 in 1978 they switched to black plastic covers

@@NorthernMaineProductions Thks for the reply back, yes. So I believe I do have 1977 3081 that I dated the original tire #'s, if i did it right 45th week of 76 & the factory red deck cover & the serial number pre-fix 7-11. Been a lot easier with the factory engine, but it would of been a Tecumseh, they mite, "not have", a date on cover like Briggs did. anyway. I 'm lucky to have a 91' B & S, no points!

@@janbill79 yes I am lucky enough that both of my old Briggs engines have Magnetron ignition also , the other old Machine was originally a model 2650, 26 inch deck 5 hp motor , its been pretty heavily modified over the years it now has a 30 inch deck and a 1984 11 hp I/C Briggs , that I took off a badly rusted out Snapper Commercial Mower a couple years ago , there are some Videos of it on here also , at first I had a hard time determining the model and age then one day I discovered the Model/serial Decal was still there just painted over , that old machine will really mow the deep grass with that big old Briggs on it !

@@NorthernMaineProductions That's cool story . Finding the engine year, after thinkin they were gone. So the 2650 is a 1973? If so you got the hoop handle bars and 4 lug wheels. I was just learning from Jims repair videos about the drive train. I couldn't believe it wasn't a belt or driveshaft and gear but a hard rubber tire on a thing called a clutch presses up against the bottom of the engine pulley I couldn't hardly believe it! I still don't understand where the diff. speeds come from just because chain drive moves back and forth on the hex axle @ yoke when shifting.

@@janbill79 I think the old 2650 is 1970-72 as it has the old style Control handles with the white grips and also the deck height adjustment Lever is on the right side instead of the Left Like My 3081 there are no slider hoops on the deck of the older machine , the 3081 has them and they are a great feature as the newer deck of the 3081 is much less prone to plowing into the ground on uneven surfaces otherwise the decks are identical , the old 2650 does indeed have the old 4 lug wheels and very narrow pizza cutter diamond tread tires , it also has the red center caps on the wheels instead of the 1973 and newer black caps , also the handlebars were indeed updated to the 1973 and later bike style handles instead of the hoop style it also had the old flat style seat at one time too

My Pleasure! , I wish you all the best , dont get discouraged with it stick with it, the drive systems can be a Pain in the rear on these machines if the Drive disc / Clutch is not properly set up , if you run into issues with it I strongly recommend watching Jim Jackson from Jims Repair shop He has some Awesome Videos on Old Snapper Rear engine Riders and some Valuable Information on setting up and adjusting and Maintaining the drive systems on these machines , the Mower decks are Practically trouble free and extremely tough on these units

I simply used a Stereo Line Cord with a stereo 1/8 jack on one end and rca composite Plugs on the other end of the cord , I plugged the 1/8 jack into the headphones jack on my Desktop PC and the RCA composite Ends into the Line IN on the back of the Akai Machine to feed the audio output from my desktop directly into the Akai , I bought the audio cord at Wall Mart several years ago

sorry not for sale

I cannot Comment on the tru tone bulbs as I currently have never owned any of them all of my bulbs are vintage incandescent Bulbs , From what I understand the tru tone bulbs are very nice and work well

I used to love Simplicity but they have changed hands a few times now and there aren't many dealers left. Their Signature Series still have the same heavy duty tubular chassis they've been using since the early '80s. Very solidly built but I don't like the electric chute controls they now have, which are prone to failure. The lesser models are old Murray designs that are mediocre at best.

Yea what a disaster , I did eventually make the repairs I talked about here , I just did not have time to film it is all , I believe My relative has finally been made arrangements to get the panel upgraded to 100 amp with breakers

@@NorthernMaineProductionsWhat works well are mini circuit breakers that you screw in. You unscrew the fuses,and screw these in. Busssmann and Minitec make these. They come in 15,20 and 30 amp sizes. Sometimes you can get 10 and 25 amp ones also but this is more difficult.

possibly might get some that is if we ever get any snow this winter 🙂

They also made this as one circle, with Santa and Mrs. Claus in the center. Still 3-way flashing but with 30 or 33 bulbs, grandma had one in her window. It was quite tacky!

I loved those old Santa Spinning Wreathes

No I have indeed seen a few of them but I just never really got interested in them as they sort of fall outside of Traditional Christmas Lighting at least where I am from

That is Awesome! from what I have read the biggest factor with these working together is the amperage of the bulbs the older 12volt and 14volt bulbs were 90Ma the bulbs from the 1990s forward are 60Ma and apparently are the only ones produced nowadays the biggest thing is they all have to be either 12-14v 90Ma or 12v 60 Ma on one string with no mixing them up

I am pretty certain the modern c9 featured here are only 5 or 6 watt they are the same brightness as a modern 5 watt c7 , before 1978 the c9 were always 10 watts and the c7 7watts , starting in 1978 the EnerGE saver bulbs were 7 watt for the c9 and 5 for the c7 as for the Satin Bright C7 its possible they were 7 or 10 watt they are quite bright compared to anything modern and they were gone from production prior to the EnerGEsaver bulbs of 1978, perhaps I should get a wattmeter and see how much the satin brights actually used

the struggle is real , I filmed this with a circa 2015 canon powershot sx400is and even though this camera is light years ahead of the old Fugifilm digital I had back in 2012 it has never liked light bulbs much

@@NorthernMaineProductions At least with a newer phone, you can slide the exposure wayyy down, too far, then tweak it back up afterwards and get the colors right, but only for photos and you still get a lot of glow. Hey, maybe you could insert photos into your movies? 🤔 I really wanted to see the colors of those 1928 bulbs. ☹️ Interesting video regardless. By far the oldest lights I’ve ever seen! 🤩Thanks!

@@ShavinMcCrotch I have been able to capture some decent photos of these bulbs lit up, I think I stated In the Video these are Not the original bulbs these are later 1930s and 40s bulbs in this set , I have an even older and way more interesting set of lights than these I have a Set of Berwick Triangle Detecto-lights from 1924 I did a video demonstrating them on here a couple years ago thanks for watching

Hi , Thanks For watching I am Glad you enjoyed , My Lights are Not For sale , there are Great deals on these types of Lights on ETSY.Com thanks again for your interest

You are Most Welcome!

I am Of Course well aware of the Tru Tone Bulbs , they are Nice I just dont need anymore I have Plenty To last me a lifetime

they are a pretty nice little unit , they must be oiled to keep them running good , and if you buy and plan to use it plan on finding and keeping a couple spare CZX projector bulbs as the bulbs do not last long at all

that sounds like a Good Deal will you be doing any videos on your Machine ?

@@NorthernMaineProductions absolutely!

no idea

You Need an Appliance Cord , I just plugged My Coffee Perculator Cord into my revere and it worked , I would suspect any good hardware could help you take the projector with you and test fit it before you buy good luck or you could buy one off Ebay I found a new replacement seen here www.ebay.com/itm/324411386008?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D1110006%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D253785%26meid%3Dee45947d30284728b1b193bb6e18c92c%26pid%3D101195%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D12%26sd%3D325278094850%26itm%3D324411386008%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D0%26pg%3D4429486%26algv%3DSimplAMLv11WebTrimmedV3MskuWithLambda85KnnRecallV1V4ItemNrtInQueryAndCassiniVisualRankerAndBertRecall&_trksid=p4429486.c101195.m1851&amdata=cksum%3A324411386008ee45947d30284728b1b193bb6e18c92c%7Cenc%3AAQAIAAABQNaJCFP3eaFlNU%252FMPxRY0TCMczVKEUB5MsBytoCwPnd71M08lfrVO4PuTCchnU42KC4W4fZqxBROE%252BM7tSL%252BgZgL1kWiIUBRsEpydVTA61DhOJDUizwNgM7HKYQEqSaBlOsejXdjOxlYrxm9XgnLpSqo5zlPP4Zk9MQuXuK3d90K1D5nby210l31dokc1LK2h5iIKehk0MlLgUtEXKyKaVAZFBxKqXLGiAftxmo58kAqyskM6LjHAfQD13TTXgVODbi%252FfN2ku45Sew4%252BEIjkU38KLUoK8daMQQ6wG2D1Sd1CeFasD%252ForViZM4Zb1HcKHa%252FrpeHVnn%252FT2q0g9hjE3g8geWsSA9VRi2fKWTuVnJHBkP6FNJV4raW89RJqLTJ9kq942hx4%252FcL7oeHQz0RpqR%252B4v4Lua2O%252BF%252B8hv8nSzXkLz%7Campid%3APL_CLK%7Cclp%3A4429486

Thaks so much! I really appreciate the help.@@NorthernMaineProductions

anytime

In 2002 Snapper Mowers was Purchased By Simplicity and in 2004 the Briggs and Stratton Corporation Purchased Simplicity so now they are all under the same roof today. there were a few from the 1980s that were Bad Mowers , Craftsman Mowers made by Roper were exceptionally bad , and also Murray mowers were quite bad too, but like you said most machines made back then were pretty good