Jiffy's

[machohorn]

Ok so I am stuck with my Jiffy, but the power head is giving me problems, It does not seem to run fast enough when drilling, It has to work it's way through the ice and then every single time it bust's my knuckle when it bust through the bottom of the hole. Does anyone know how to fix this problem? If not seeing as I live only 4 miles away from Strikemaster do you think they would work on this "relic"? P.S is is only a bit over 1 Y.O. and has cut like this since day 1, my old jiffy would tear through the ice.

[dudewheresmyboat]

Get rid of it and buy a nils.

Seems to me it needs carb adjustment....... Good Luck!

[blackdog1101]

3 things to check: Is the carb clean and adjusted, is the blade sharp, and is the blade squarely perpendicular to the axis of the auger? On my Jiffy 30, a weld broke on the "plate" that holds the blade in place, and it was not square, but ran at a bit of an angle. It cut poorly. If you have a buddy who welds, or a local machine shop, they can fix it.

[thedanimalkmk]

Check the high idele adjustment screw. While drilling a hole have someone adjust it until it cuts like it should. Pretty common problem with Jiffy's.

Dan

[LindellProStaf]

When I bought my Jiffy 15 or 20 years ago I was kind of dissapointed. Took forever to warm up and didn't have much rev or power. I had a friend drill and I adjusted the carb like Dan said above. Seemed like we added a supercharger just by adjusting the carb. I also read on here a while back to spray some lube on the linkage below the fuel tank - power head area so it will idle down better. That works great too.

[GatorBait]

I had the same issue with mine. Had every inch of the motor looked at, the blade/auger inspected. No matter what it would always act like it didn't want to cut with or w/o any pressure on it, hated finishing the hole. This thing was brand new....So I sold it and bought a strikemaster. No more headaches.

[hydro]

Let's see, I bet you have a 10" drill on that rascal too, eh? I just did a carb rebuild and tune on a buddy's Jiffy model 30/10" yesterday. When we started it was hard to start, died when idling, and chugged drilling the hole. The carb on these engines is pretty simple and if the internal passages are clean it is easy to tune.

After cleaning out the carb, we started it up and let it warm up a bit. I set the low speed screw in to it slowed down, then backed off until it regained rpm. Set the idle speed screw just a bit higher but still short of the clutch grabbing. Set the high speed jet with the same procedure as the low speed jet, but at WOT for a starting point. We took it down to the lake and drilled a few holes to fine tune. I richened it up just a bit after each hole until it ran strong. Even with that giant drill it cut nice a smooth, barely grabbing at the bottom of the hole.

If you cannot find someone to fix that thing for you, post a reply and maybe I can help you out since you are nearby.

[bigwalleyeguy]

Hydro-- Do you know of any place that would fix that, besides yourself?? I have a Jiffy 10" that does the same thing. Starts just fine, runs great but just dont seem to have any power at all! I have replaced the blades didnt help much at all. Do you think any small engine shop would know what to fix?

[hydro]

You can try A-1 Power Equipment in Hamel, near the intersection of Co. 50 and 116. They are a distributor for Jiffy engine parts and will have a carb kit and a service dept that can do a tune up.