Snowblower wire replacement, how?

[balooba]

Hello Everybody!

I have this snowblower HST 8613, seller Biltema, see here (link) working just great for several years but now I have to replace one wire.
The wire that controls the other track, clutch? I do not know where the wire goes or how to open the bottom of the snowblower.

BEFORE I start to do some stupid things I asked the seller, searched the internet (and asked AI) but I have not got any solutions.
Any ideas how I should replace the wire? I already have the new wire.



Above, the wire is that one I draw red dashed line. The red arrow show where the wire goes but how do I get there? Any ideas how to open that black box? Can I get the access without remowing the blue parts?

All ideas and advice welcome!
Thank you in advance!

 

[StarTech]

Kinda looks like you access thru the belly pan. But this is just a guess as I can't find an IPL for this blower.

 

[Auto Doc's]

StarTech gave you a good example of the way many are equipped. You will have to raise to rear of it to gain access to the full belly pan.

An overhead winch or a come along would be handy. You should not have t stand it all the way up on the nose like the picture indicates.

 

[balooba]

Kinda looks like you access thru the belly pan. But this is just a guess as I can't find an IPL for this blower.
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Thanks, I will try that.
However, that pic (Figure 19) is from another snowblower with wheels, no hydrotransmission etc - different model. I haven’t yet find any instructions is it the same in the track model.
I’ll check that asap but the snowblower is now in the snow + weight a lot. Big project for me!
When I get this solved I’ll put some findings here...

 

[balooba]

StarTech gave you a good example of the way many are equipped. You will have to raise to rear of it to gain access to the full belly pan.

An overhead winch or a come along would be handy. You should not have t stand it all the way up on the nose like the picture indicates.

Good idea. This snowblower is pretty heavy. Let’s see how I manage to lift it, or tilt it. Is it ok for the engine that it’s tiled?

 

[Auto Doc's]

Good idea. This snowblower is pretty heavy. Let’s see how I manage to lift it, or tilt it. Is it ok for the engine that it’s tiled?

Before repair, I recommend you drain the oil and gas out of the unit to avoid any problems with spills or fluid migration, then pull the spark plug and crank it a few times before you attempt to service it and test start.

 

[balooba]

Before repair, I recommend you drain the oil and gas out of the unit to avoid any problems with spills or fluid migration, then pull the spark plug and crank it a few times before you attempt to service it and test start.

Yeah, I’ll do that. Let’s see how I succeed. This snowblower weight 150 kg (300 lbs), and surprise, it’s out in the snow and -15°C ( 5°C)... I should have done this 6 months ago.

 

[StarTech]

The old saying is "Don't put off what needs to done today" comes to mind. But you know that now that you need it working...Procrastination is what gets a lot of us in trouble.

Now I sorted did something like that as I knew I had to upgrade the computer system but I wait until the old system crashed. Now I paying the price of trying to get everything back working.

 

[Auto Doc's]

What happened to the wire? It broke or got yanked out?

 

[balooba]

What happened to the wire? It broke or got yanked out?

I don’t know yet, I haven’t take the old (not working one) out yet. The left, port side, clutch does not work, the trigger is loose. I guess it’s only the wire broken hopefully and nothing more complicated.
As soon as I get this repaired I’ll write a report here – just for my future myself