random wire???

[ridingismyreligion]

So the other week i open a box to see my new 3.5hp Briggs and Stratton engine!

A random wire is to be seen on the side of it (pictures below). Any ideas of what it is for?

My guess is either a kill switch or electric starter.

Also is there any way to connect an electric starter to this motor?

cheers

 

[jr dragster T]

That wire is TEN times too thin to be electric start. Do you know how many amp's electric starters draw? That is your kill switch.

 

[ineed2fly]

I have the same thing on my engine, it goes to nowhere, but the kill switch still works, and is on a red and a white wire, I can't figure out what it does either.

 

[kibble]

How about testing it by starting the engine and shorting it out against the casing? If it turns off the engine then it's safe to assume that it's for an externally mounted kill switch.

 

[Kenny_McCormic]

Thats the kill wire, grounding it shorts the ignition coil out.