Hey guys. I have a problem that I haven't encountered yet. I just replaced the head on a 17.5 Intek due to valve guide intermittently moving in the head. Ordered a new head (OEM from Briggs) and it looks like Briggs made a change to the head and added more cooling fins to the exhaust side of the head. Now, when putting the inner blower housing back on the housing won't line up. It appears that the original blower shroud that wraps around the cooling fins on the cylinder and head needs ro be trimmed so that it wI'll fit. Has an tone ran into this and if so how did you make it fit? If the shroud has to be trimmed, will this cause inadequate airflow and overheating? The new head came with a new half shroud in the box. I rechecked my part numbers and it said that that shroud if for a different code date than mine.
Thanks for the help in advance.
Thanks for the help in advance.