Snapper 3081 Died!!! Lets fix it (Reupload)
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- Опубліковано 14 жов 2024
- Last Saturday July 1 2023 I was mowing with my old SNAPPER 3018ws and it died suddenly and would not restart , the other day I uploaded a couple clips of me fixing it but I dislike the brokenness of multiple part videos so I took them down and put them all together into one and reuploaded it
I Just brought home & ( after I got it unloaded) I found out the model.) It's a 3081W that someone got rid of the W= Tecumseh
Now it's a 1991 Briggs & Stratton 191,002 8 hp instead of the Tecumseh 8hp . If it would of had a Briggs, from factory, I think it would of been called 190.002 8 hp. the tractor Data says the 3081 is maybe spans 1974 thru 1978 . I noticed, on my (1977) 3081. I have a metal
"red", spindle pulley cover on top of the deck instead of white.
I'm going to to see if I can see signs of a repaint job & that is what might be , where it was sprayed same red as rest of riding mower. But I read a comment you told someone, ( at least I think you mentioned)
In 1977 (3081 snapper comets), might of painted some of them from the factory with red pulley guards, for some reason. Then I looked at yours . Yours is white. Not that it matters The only reason I think it's a July, 1977 build, is because the serial number prefix starts
with 7-11 like the convince store.
Thats cool that you have the original engine. Then you can confirm the year from that . I can't. Can you look on yours and see if the pr-fix tells the year? on the S/N.
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