Tecumseh Engine Rebuild for Mini Bikes

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...and Conversion from Snow Blower Engine to Mini Bike Engine format.

http://www.pinrepair.com/minibikes/tecumsehmb.htm

An older article but a great read. Also contains some added technical information.

• Say you have a vintage 1970s mini bike and you want a proper flat head motor for it. How would someone go about doing that? First, let's talk a bit about minibike engine history...

• In late 1969, Briggs and Stratton decided they would no longer sell their flat head motors to minibike makers. They just didn't want to be associcated with minibikes (probably more legal reasons than anything.) But regardless, this really opened the door for Tecumseh to supply motors. And just about all the mini bike makers took Tecumseh up on this, and utilized their engines for minibikes during the 1970s.
  But the problem with 1970s motors is time, and kids, and mini bikes. After all, who rode mini bikes during the 1970s... crazy kids! And they probably didn't treat these motors very well. That's why when you see a 1970s vintage minibike for sale today, often it is missing the motor.

Briggs and Stratton. Not (always) a great friend to the hobby.....


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