old B&S 3 hp engine

[Russ2251]

Define cheap. $100?
Spread the word among friends, co-workers, relatives that you're looking for gasoline powered equipment in any condition.
I posted signs around my work place and got so much stuff I had take down signs. Now my garage is filled with possibilities.
Some of it is junk...some of it can be utilized.
Tillers, weed whackers, cutoff saws, antique 2 cycle reel mowers, generators, pumps, ducted ventilation fans/blowers, snowthrowers, etc.
I'm still looking for running outboards and multi-cylinder RV generators.
Sometimes Ebay has some reasonable stuff.
How much power are you looking for?

 

[porsche930dude]

my 3hp briggs hauls my 150lb butt upto 40mph without too much trouble

 

[oscaryu1]

The metal fan cover on mine doesn't have the same shape as these engines, it's more square at the top near the cylinder and round at the bottom. It's probably a variation of the 6S.

1HP-1.6HP should be enough for slow speeds right? I was figuring, for Zakman's go-kart, or my bike trailer, that 3600RPM at 20 or 25mph should be a proper gearing. Any input on this?

It's not a variation. You have a Briggs 2HP then.

http://briggsandclones.110mb.com/briggs28.jpg

 

[zakman]

my engine is the exact same as the first pic that ZnaneRyder potsed...thanks

 

[zakman]

thanks for all your help guys, im a year older now, and know a lot more about it than last year, its a 60cc B&S, ive added a straight pipe and tuned the carb, ill put up pics and a video tomorrow

 

[zakman]

its a 1/4" shaft, and to add a clutch, i have machined a spacer to accommodate a 3/4" clutch bore

 

[solomon]

wow a 1/4"?! Wouldn't that thing snap with a clutch?

 

[zakman]

i doubt it, it use to run a home made table saw, or at least thats what it looked like

 

[solomon]

are you sure its not 1/2"?

 

[zakman]

come to think of it, yeah, it is, my bad

 

[solomon]

haha okay, i was getting a bit worried when you said 1/4" lol

 

[zakman]

what i plan to do with it is make a motorized bike, im using an old banana seat bike that ive chopped up

 

[zakman]

this is what ive done so far! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWlFJvZzF0c