what to do with a briggs engine.........

[Lincolnshirebodger]

Ive got a cobbled together rotavator.......

I took a chance and bought a non worker from abay. When I got it back, and started to play with it, i found it pulled over too easily, no compression, The exhaust valve was stuck open. I began stripping and realised i was not the first to have been here..........screws missing, screws loose, springs hanging off....someone had already had this to bits . The carb clearly is missing vital external parts, and apart from the stuck side valve (now freed up with some WD40) , theres almost no spark to speak of, very weak. There no points, its just a magneto.

So I temporarily replaced the 5.5 HP Briggs and Stratton engine engine with a 2.5 HP Suffolk Colt engine, but its struggles in heavy soils.

IS it worth trying to find a new magneto, a petrol tank, AND a new carb? Or shall i junk it and look for another engine? What would you do ?

 

[ike]

look for another engine. Hopefully you can make a runner out of the two.

 

[Grinding One]

If it was over here you would have picks of dozens,most are pitched in the bin for pick up.A new one is only 150.00 so I`d of course buy a new one because it comes with a 2 year warrenty...now the whole thing new would be 400.00 & up depending on sizes....

 

[Losos]

Have you tried the Briggs & Stratton spares service :?: I used them a few years back and found them very helpful.

 

[Grinding One]

Have you tried the Briggs & Stratton spares service :?: I used them a few years back and found them very helpful.

Your going to need the book of parts (blow up of engine) Briggs makes tons of different kinds....

 

[Travis]

http://www.perr.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=2&sid=3e5ec62b2dfe87ff22d446242dbf7600

You might pose this question to the above link
I have found them very helpful in the past.

Travis