Which is #1 cylinder on Briggs Vanguard 16 hp v-twin?

[Mikillion]

Have a Vanguard 305447 0079-G1 on my Grasshopper. Exhaust valve seat has moved up in head. Guessing I need a new head. Which cylinder is #1?

 

[Mad Mackie]

On Briggs twins, #1 cylinder is usually on the starter motor side, but always the cylinder closer to the flywheel.

 

[mechanic mark]

Results scroll down half page for your operators manual & illustrated parts list. Just the opposite, looked in my manual. When sitting in seat no. 1 cylinder is on left side & no. 2 cylinder is on right side next to starter.

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[Tinkerer200]

"but always the cylinder closer to the flywheel." (is number 1)

Yes, don't give a hang where the starter is.

Walt Conner

 

[Mad Mackie]

Results scroll down half page for your operators manual & illustrated parts list. Just the opposite, looked in my manual. When sitting in seat no. 1 cylinder is on left side & no. 2 cylinder is on right side next to starter.

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Briggs manual 272144 contradicts itself on the pages that show the cylinder numbering. The engine is turned around in another view, but the cylinder numbers were not corrected to follow. I looked in two other Briggs manuals that I have for twins and # 1 cylinder is marked as the closer one to the flywheel in both manuals. Manual 272144 also comments about #1 and #2 cylinders in one of the carb adjustment sections, but doesn't identify the cylinders.