Old B&S engine

[robbie]

My brother and I found a concrete mixer at the scrap yard with an old Briggs & Stratton engine on it. It didn't have any spark, so I pulled off the flywheel to see if I could make it work by replacing the condenser.

The flywheel was mounted with no key, on a tapered shaft. The parts under the flywheel don't look like any Briggs engine I've seen before. We wanted to use the mixer immediately, and we didn't know what to do with the weird ignition system, so we put a Harbor Freight Predator engine on it. By the way, the Predator is a great engine, in case anybody is wondering.

Have any of you guys ever seen an ignition system like this?

 

[robbie]

So, nobody's ever seen one of these? I'm thinking of ebaying it to see if an engine collector is interested. It's in really good shape.

 

[anderkart]

Looks like an old 6 or 7hp, Model 14 from the early 1960's, if you post all the numbers on your side cover tag we could probably look it up to be sure.

If it is a model 14, some of the info here might help with your spark problem: http://www.mytractorforum.com/showthread.php?t=80342

 

[jamyers]

Looks adjustable... but no, I've never seen an ignition like that...interesting.

 

[B man]

looks like a very old form of CDI.

 

[jamyers]

Or similar to this 2-Coil Magneto Stator for 70-125cc Kick Start Dirt Bikes...
http://www.motopartsmax.com/index.php/main_page/product_info/products_id/580/tID/1/cPath/117