turbofiat124
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This post originally started out as "Briggs and Stratton parts compatibility" thread. The goal was to use the recoil starter mechanism from a 2000 14HP engine that threw a rod (after only 2 or 3 years) and use it on a 15HP engine that came from the factory without a recoil starter.
The 14 hp model number is a 287707
The 15 hp model number is a 276016 which baffles me because I cannot find any reference to this model.
This project turned out to be more than I bargained for. This mower must have sat out in the weather because allot of the fasteners were frozen and required allot of PB Blaster and a propane torch (not together!)
I found out everything will pretty much bolt up between engines (mounting holes in the block are the same) but I had to do some hacking on the metal shield to get the dipstick tube to clear. And some removal of plastic on the side of the dipstick tube. I couldn't use the dipstick from the donor engine because the hole in the block is larger on the 15HP engine.
I pretty much had to remove everything (flywheel, intake, muffler) to get the heat shields off. A guy I work who has been working on small engines for 40 years claims the shield that wraps around the cylinder is to prevent dirt from getting between the fins and without it, cools better. Any thoughts on that one? Looks to me that shield allows grass to get packed between the fins and cannot be blown out with compressed air. I'm going to check this with my infrared heat gun against one of my other mowers to see if this is true.
I was going to wait until my air cleaner arrived before taking photos. Instead of using the 14 HP air cleaner which would require adding a 7/16" port for the crankcase hose I ordered this 1.75" K&N look alike air cleaner.
After I got the recoil housing mounted, I discovered the hood wouldn't close all way! So I had to cut a couple of the louvers off so it would clear it. I also drilled out the pop rivets and rotated the recoil 90 degrees so the pull handle is coming out the side instead of toward the back.
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The 14 hp model number is a 287707
The 15 hp model number is a 276016 which baffles me because I cannot find any reference to this model.
This project turned out to be more than I bargained for. This mower must have sat out in the weather because allot of the fasteners were frozen and required allot of PB Blaster and a propane torch (not together!)
I found out everything will pretty much bolt up between engines (mounting holes in the block are the same) but I had to do some hacking on the metal shield to get the dipstick tube to clear. And some removal of plastic on the side of the dipstick tube. I couldn't use the dipstick from the donor engine because the hole in the block is larger on the 15HP engine.
I pretty much had to remove everything (flywheel, intake, muffler) to get the heat shields off. A guy I work who has been working on small engines for 40 years claims the shield that wraps around the cylinder is to prevent dirt from getting between the fins and without it, cools better. Any thoughts on that one? Looks to me that shield allows grass to get packed between the fins and cannot be blown out with compressed air. I'm going to check this with my infrared heat gun against one of my other mowers to see if this is true.
I was going to wait until my air cleaner arrived before taking photos. Instead of using the 14 HP air cleaner which would require adding a 7/16" port for the crankcase hose I ordered this 1.75" K&N look alike air cleaner.
After I got the recoil housing mounted, I discovered the hood wouldn't close all way! So I had to cut a couple of the louvers off so it would clear it. I also drilled out the pop rivets and rotated the recoil 90 degrees so the pull handle is coming out the side instead of toward the back.
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