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Ok, I fixed the chain. The chain is not a standard chain, so I had to make the link pins myself. Here are some pics and a vid of the chain running.

I think you are right as far as the engine. I have found no info on the truck. But it is supposed to be a 62. Now whether it was built in the late 50s then mated to the blower in 62???

Thanks for the info. Yes it is a FWD, made out of IH parts. The truck engine is an IH gasser.

Well, DANG .. today I broke the auger chain... It looks like someone tried to fix it by welding it. That just made it brittle so it broke. Does anyone know where to fine industrial chain links? it in about an inch wide and and inch between the bars of the link. There are sheer pins that bent...

yea, but that takes time.

Ok here is another vid. You have to wait for the middle of the vid before I get the thing started.

Found a video of a 40s snogo blowing snow. It is at the end.

Redline is at 1000 - or 1200 - depending on which paper you look at. It idols at 500, about.

Thanks. I am glad I got the original engine running. It is probably less efficient, but it keeps it original. And it is just a cool engine. I am only using it for personal use, so I don't need efficiency. I just need to get through snow drifts to the road.

This is a cool video on large engines of today.

Yea, there is not a lot of snow now, but at least I was able to test it. The thing is such a monster, you don't know you are digging dirt until the snow changes color to brown.. Then I bring the blower up a little. I hit a couple of rocks. the thing just flings them out at 100 miles an our. I...

Ok, it is official, I have the baddest engine in the world...:-D:razz::wink::-P Ok, maybe no the world, but it is cool. It finally popped and banged to life today. It was 35 degrees.) Yes it could use a engine coolant heater, which I will get. I will also get an oil pan heater so I don't have...

Well, tried today. To cold, and even heated the engine and charged the batt. the engine will not turn over very fast. Thinking on hooking one of my 816 batts in parallel. It won't fire if it has no speed.. Even tried started flewit. Thought that might make it pop. Any one ever done a trick on...

Sorry, I work in Denver 3 days a week. So I have not gotten back to this. This weekend. (I hope, as long as no more snow..) I wish I had the parts in the summer so I could have finished when it was warm. It sits now that the wire to the coil seems to be bad. no voltage on the coil end.

I worked on it a little today. Tried to start her up. No fire. I had replaced all the plugs on both sides. The drivers side is the coil distributer side, and the passenger is the magneto side. Well, apparently neither side is firing. Looks like an electrical issue. No voltage at the coil with...

Ok, you know how God has a sense of humor. I had not gotten it running yet. All back to gather yesterday and I was weighting for today when it was warmer to start it... It was not warmer and snowing. I now have 1ft of fresh snow and no machine to move it yet. :evil:

I finally go the thing back together today, but it will not fire. I did not change any timing. It is getting gas, It builds up oil pressure. I turns over smooth. I even tried to use starting fluid. No pop. I have some new plugs. It is like the 2 ignitions aren't getting power. It got to cold...

Ok, the problem with the crank turning in the engine was that the little amounts of water in the oil in the barrings froze and expanded stopping the crank. This was not antifreeze, it was water from the rain. The problem is how do I warm up a 15,000lb 6 foot long engine outside in the 9 degree...

Tried to work on the thing a little yesterday when it was below freezing. I can't seem to turn the crank now. I think that there might be some watter in the barrings from when the oil and watter mixed and it might be froze now.. I was thinking that I might put a tarp over and put a propane...

Ok, I have all pistons in the cylinders now. This next weekend I will hook the connecting rods to the crank and maybe finish this long engine processes.