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.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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Cheers, Gene Heskett
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 soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
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