Recent content by Scottishlad

Another update ... as supected Briggs acknowledged they supplied the wrong block BUT will not provide the required flywheel and fan at anything another other than full cost! They have agreed however agreed to take the shortblock back (a bit mad for them because they probably wont be able to sell...

A good idea - though as you say small engine shops are few and far between ...coming to think of it almost everything around here is few and far between !! I'll ask around though ... do you know if the required flywheel is fitted to other engines or it specific to the 15.5 intek engines...

Star Tech and Hammermechanicman Thanks for your reply Looks like i'm learning this the hard way ... its my own mower and bought as a project so labour cost is not such an issue. From a saving the planet (!) perspective I was trying to do the right thing and minimise throwing stuff away ...

Update As you've suggested Briggs have confirmed that I need a new flywheel AND cooling fan to make this engine work .. some £200 of additional cost and getting very close to the price I could have bought a complete new motor for! They have acknowledged that my short block engine is no longer...

THANK YOU ... with all your help this is beginning to look like I have the start of a solution ....

Hi, and thanks - from other posts it looks like they've actually supplied the wrong block as the one for my engine is no longer available. I'll see how i get on trying to argue this with Briggs and take it from there.....

Many, many thanks for this ! That's an excellent bit of information .... it may be that I can use this to return the incorrectly supplied shortblock or get them to give me a new flywheel compatible with the newer engine keyway ... the risk with that is that i'll then discover that the diameter...

Hi and thanks for your reply … I’ve no new flywheel as the short block is just the crankcase and internal parts. It seems from another reply that the flywheels are indeed different … only wish Briggs had told me before I ordered it!

Also wonder if I could get a machine shop to cut a new jetway in the fy wheel if I knew the position ? Presumably it wouldn’t weaken it any more than the existing one ?

Thanks for that … as Briggs were given the engine code details when I ordered the short block should they not point out the incompatibility between old and new ? By the time I buy another flywheel I’d have been as well to buy a complete motor and save the time rebuilding …. The old crank was...

Calling for help all the way from the Scottish Highlands! I recently bought a "spares of repair" ride on from a friend with a 15.5 HP BS intek engine which had thrown a con rod, through lack of lubrication. After assessment I reckoned that a new short block was the most economic fix. This...