Engine troubles briggs 5 hp

[Russ2251]

A major part or DIY stuff is figuring things out.
It's far too easy to buy oneself out of a problem.
Short story:
A friend of mine had a '62 Mercury Meteor which smoked to the tune of a quart every 300 miles with 70,000 miles on the odometer.
I stopped him from junking it and gave him $5 for it.
I rebuilt the fuel pump (source of smoking and oil loss) for $6 and drove it until the crankshaft snapped at 140,000 miles.
It outlasted the new car he bought after selling me his smoker.

I found out a long time ago, that my friends are dumber than I am.

 

[BriggsTwins]

never buy someone eles's hot rod

 

[sideways]

Briggs and Stratton couldn't make a decent carby if their lives depended on it, throw it out and get your self a Mikuni carb and an adapter to fit it, you'l have more power, it will be easier to start and easier to tune when you start modding it.

Apparently.

I'm just the opposite. When I'm stumped I just keep digging until I discover the problem.
Giving up doesn't fix anything nor is anything learned.
Patience and understanding as to why things work the way they do is key....

+1 If I have an engine that doesn't work then it gets fixed! No matter what it's worth or usefulness to me is. To me an engine that doesn't run is much more interesting than one that does. Once an engine is going it just sits there awaiting to be used on something, just being a lump taking up space. Of course, I now have way more engines than I could ever use on anything but there is a certain sense of accomplishment that comes from fixing these engines that are often just discarded. When I come across a little old Villiers or Victa engine sitting abandoned at the tip or in the corner of a shed, I take it home and get it going , I often give engines to other people for projects, there is no point in throwing an engine away just because it doesn't run right(Briggs carbys on the other hand, they can all die, how was Briggs ever allowed to make such appalling pieces of crap?).

Yeah im kinda the same way... everyone tells me i should sell my truck and get a better one but id rather fix it instead of getting a new one...

Same with my Peugeot, my friends all think I'm mad for buying a slightly rundown 1980s car thats done more than 600'000kms (engine's never had the head off and still runs like new), but boy do they get a shock when my car kills their done up Lancers and Holden Commodores in races, especially when there's some corners involved . Again, I love working on it, the engines gona come out soon for a rebuild and some mods. No doubt my friends will sell or scrap their cars in a few years, I don't get why people do it , I'l keep my Peugeot until the day I die...

Hayden

 

[Kaptain Krunch]

Briggs and Stratton couldn't make a decent carby if their lives depended on it,

Your joking right? Stock briggs carbs are great for stock engines, its tecumseh that seems to make bad carb.

 

[Russ2251]

Tecumseh carbs are actually a Walbro design going back at least 40+ (50?) years.
Only time I've had trouble with Tecumseh carbs is when they are not run completely dry of fuel before storage. Sticky floats/needles which are easily fixed through some external persuasion and luck.

 

[sideways]

Your joking right? Stock briggs carbs are great for stock engines, its tecumseh that seems to make bad carb.

IMO Briggs make **** carbys, I have only seen one non running Briggs that didn't have carby issues. I have never had (or seen) a cold Briggs start 1st pull, this is of course, is because of the carb. I wander if the carbs for Australia and the US are different? Don't see why they would be?

Hayden

 

[freakboy]

Lol the reason the only thing that goes wrong on a briggs is they have lasted so long and no other parts wore out then the diaphram which is rubber **** out... theres only one type of brigs carb i hate.. the up draft...

 

[Kaptain Krunch]

Try flooding an updraft.

 

[BriggsTwins]

lol^^^^^^^^

 

[porsche930dude]

once a briggs is made a runner it stays a runner. Letting any engine sit around is what kills it. i have one briggs on a kart that we've had since i was 5 or so. Thats 20 years atleast and the carb has never been apart that i can remember. But its run on a regular basis. tecumseh carbs on the other hand. I have a bucket full of them for parts!

 

[Kenny_McCormic]

Try flooding an updraft.

I dare ya, I double dare you mother****er! Try to flood an updraft!

 

[freakboy]

flip the engine upside down......

 

[BriggsTwins]

nooo... then YOU would die on the kart that flipped, the engine would still run

 

[Kenny_McCormic]

flip the engine upside down......

Wet sump, can't run upside down.

 

[freakboy]

...darn..... well it will run for a little while lol.

 

[BriggsTwins]

thats all we would need

 

[Kenny_McCormic]

No float based carb would work upside down, no fuel would flow into the bowl and the pickups would draw fumes if it had anything in it.

 

[BriggsTwins]

fuel pump!!! lol. it will run off it for a few seconds....while you sit crunched under that kart

 

[s10kid]

Yeah I wired a kill switch to it and made a GOOD ground. I cleaned the carb and rebuilt it. Checked the fuel lines in the tank, and compression is good. I have no idea what it is but Im either buying a clone or trying to find some sort of period correct 2 stroke for it.

 

[BriggsTwins]

spark?