Briggs and Stratton advice
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Topic: Briggs and Stratton advice
Posted By: Dave H
Subject: Briggs and Stratton advice
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2018 at 4:27pm
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So I hit the brakes, stop and give this little ole Toro lawn mower sitting along the road a home. By the time I got back with the truck, a guy was at the farmstead that said that the poor thing was run without oil until it quit. it still turned over but when i knocked the head off it today, there was a big ring groove and nasty marks on the cylinder wall. What a waste, it looks like new. Anyhow, is there a recommended place i should shop for like in the old days, a short block. The bottom of the crank seems kinda peculiar since it has the brake and drive pulley on it. It is vertical shaft Briggs but the crank output does not match any of the gems I have in moth balls. |
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Posted By: Dave in PA
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2018 at 4:31pm
| For the cost, I have heard that jb weld will work???? NOT sure, but for the cost and effort, might just try bit???? Just my 2 cents here!!!! What do ya have to lose? |
Posted By: jaybmiller
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2018 at 4:43pm
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Nice thing about B&S is being able to download the 'IPL'..Illustrated Parts List for their engines. grab the 'model-type-code' info and goto their website, get the IPL. A short block will NOT be cheap...but obviously several engine share the same bits and pieces. Maybe you can find another 'donor' rider to swap engine ? I've got a Cub Cadet with ONLY 92 hrs ,has a 20HP Kohler Courage engine that cracked it's block so I'm trying the JBWeld option. I was going to swap in a 17HP B&S but while it'd fit, the muffler's a PITA to bodge. BTW the 1st 6 digits of the 'code' in the B&S number s is the year-month-day info. Jay ------------- 3 D-14s,A-C forklift, B-112 Kubota BX23S lil' TOOT( The Other Orange Tractor) Never burn your bridges, unless you can walk on water |
Posted By: Coke-in-MN
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2018 at 7:27pm
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Just check Harbor Freight for a new engine if the rest of tractor is good . Seem their engines are about the lowest cost repower one can find ------------- Faith isn't a jump in the dark. It is a walk in the light. Faith is not guessing; it is knowing something. "Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful." |
Posted By: Dakota Dave
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2018 at 10:40pm
| You didn't say what size engine it is usually a new short block costs more than the old mower is worth. Last short block I bought was $400 for a 10 hp that threw a rod thru the side of the block. A repower wasn't going to work. I had to have the second shaft for the snowblower drive to work. The local small engine shop got me a short block the next day and I had an operational snow blower. I had just overhauled the transmition the previous winter. And I still should have scrapped it it wasn't really worth what I put into it. You can often pick up a junk mower with a good engine if you look around. Usually the engine outlives the rest. |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2018 at 11:17pm
| my vote is with Coke! |
Posted By: desertjoe
Date Posted: 11 Jun 2018 at 5:04am
Yep,,,thas my store,,,and,,,since the Wife has been in the Rehab hospital in Carlsbad,,,they just got a brand new Harbor Freight down there and I usually go by after visitin the wife and just wander up and down the isles to make sure I don't need something,,,,,,  Only'ist thing is ,,,,they don't have a Ms Big Ones there,,,,yet,,,,  ,,,the real friendly one there could ,,,,could ,,,,use some help,,,gulp,,,,,
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shameless dude wrote:Posted By: Dave H
Date Posted: 11 Jun 2018 at 6:19am
 kind of a dufus post on the type of mower.It is a typical vertical shaft about 5 hp self propelled 22 inch cut. I know what you said about those HF motors. I gave up trying to keep the antique 5 hp Briggs flat head going on the garden tiller. That 6.5 hp HF horizontal shaft was a strap on. One yank and I am off to the races now. My consternation is the crank output on this one. It has engine brake and self prop0elled pulley on it underneath. i am gonna knock the bottom stuff off today and have a gander at the a crank. i swear this baby that looks like almost new is gonna take a trip back to momma. Zero invested/zero lost |
Posted By: klinemar
Date Posted: 11 Jun 2018 at 7:17am
| My vote is with Coke. Harbor Freight gets a lot of my business except for corded power tools. Can't seem to make their grinders last! |
Posted By: CrestonM
Date Posted: 11 Jun 2018 at 9:13am
| Here's the 5th vote for HF! I've had good luck with everything I've got there, including engines. Only thing is my grandpa has bought numerous air impacts there, and they tend to wear out pretty fast it seems, but other than that, they've been good. |
Posted By: Jim Hancock
Date Posted: 11 Jun 2018 at 10:43am
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I've used a 10 hp, (tag said 8-rec't printed 10), HF engine on my garden tiller. No problems at all. ------------- How blessed we are by HIS GRACE! |