12-10-2006, 05:55 PM
I have an older strike master auger with an 8" blade and a tecumseh engine on it. The problem is that it doesn't seem to have nearly as much torque as it did last year. It starts and runs great, but as soon as I put and downward pressure on it the blade will stop turning and it has a really hard time breaking through the bottom of the ice. I know the mix might be a little wrong, it calls for 24:1 and I'm running the 32:1 from my weedeater this summer, but I've run the 32:1 in the past. The auger got thoroughly drained and stabilized last spring as always and I always mix a little seafoam in with all of my gas and mixed gas that might not get completely used within 1 month. I've never changed the blades, but they still feel fairly sharp, maybe not razor sharp, but you can feel the burr when you drag your finger across it. I put a new govenor spring on the unit last winter, but ran good after that. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
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