On Tuesday 04 June 2019 08:28:18 pm Stuart Stevenson wrote: > Briggs went to China about 20 years ago. > Briggs came home about 10 years ago. > Briggs warranty service found Briggs branded motors they did not > produce. Guess where they came from. Yours may be one of the false > Briggs motors. > Believe it or not, but this on has imperial sized bolts in it. Blew me away. > On Tue, Jun 4, 2019, 5:56 PM Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tuesday 04 June 2019 06:41:24 pm Ed wrote: > > > On 6/4/19 5:15 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > Greetings all; > > > > > > > > A month ago my old JD rider was running clean and did the front > > > > yard nicely, then I had a water leak and used it to stretch out > > > > a coil of 3 > > > > > > > > Let it idle while I corral tools, come back and going to cut > > > > about 1/4 of the back yard. Wind it up to about 2500 & start to > > > > engage the deck. geiser of oil shoots about 4 feet up in the air > > > > out of the crankcase vent hose. > > > > > > > > Also looks like small leak in head gasket below the exhaust > > > > valve. Par for the course for a Briggs & this one says 11 hp. > > > > > > > > So it looks like I deal for the bigger craftsman, The $16 > > > > question is whats most likely wrong with the engine? This,I'm > > > > guessing is more than a head gasket. But is it worth tearing > > > > down to see? > > > > > > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > > > > > > Most likely a cracked or broken piston, under load it passes a lot > > > of gas and takes the oil along. > > > > > > > > > Thats what you get for buying a Briggs & Scrapiron. > > > > Thats one way to put it, but it came with the mower, which fwiw, has > > a 13 hp decal on the hood, so it is a replacement motor sometime in > > the last 20 years. I only have a couple bills in it, Fred and I both > > knew it was about shot. It ran 3 years so it doesn't owe me much. > > If I was really broke, there's a craftsman with a 12.5 in it that > > ran ok, but the tranny is stuck in 2nd gear. If I had 2 weeks to > > screw with it, I'd put the rear end out of the JD in the craftsman. > > Might yet. > > > > > Ed. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Emc-users mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > > -- > > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
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