[TheForge] Mower vs boot scraper

[Dave Mudge]

Northern Tools.com has a great selection of small engines, Briggs, Honda,
etc.
They are complete engines, not short blocks.
dave m

On Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 1:20 PM, Jay Yeates <jyeates at realtime.net> wrote:

> Easier to get a complete short block ... you spend more for the assembly,
> but spend less labor installing and get a longer repair.  Also a good time
> to add anew carb (cheap).  Check the Briggs site for their engine-exchange
> section, put in your engine number, the part for the sblock for your engine
> should display,  You can get it and the parts you need from a local LG
> engine source if in / near a moderate size or larger city
>
> In my day job I support the Sears LG (Lawn & Garden) field techs doing this
> kinda thing ... the comments about the damaged bearings / seals & flywheel
> key are spot on.  Once a crank is bent from impact, consider it a lost
> cause.
>
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> On 4/7/2012 5:02 PM, Jeff Wilson wrote:
> > Check the fly wheel key.  If the key, which is "soft", let the
> > flywheel rotate on the shaft the timing is off.
>
> Been there, done that.
>
> But if the crankshaft is bent your seals are going to hell in no time flat.
> In extreme instances, the bearings get buggered up pretty good as well.
> Perhaps it is worth messing with if he can find a good crank from a junked
> engine.
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