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Briggs 422707 1516 01
Finally got all the repairs done on this, none related to this, except for maybe the new aftermarket carb. (4 bolt filt pump)
Ran like a champ. Mowed good. Very little power reduction when I engaged the blades. Was pulling it up on the trailer when it died.
So far I've hollering at it, threatening it and even kicked a tire or two.
When that didn't work, I checked the fly wheel key.... Good.
Replaced the coils with some other used ones. One was working when I took it off another opposed twin. Neither of them fix the problem. (I don't trust my spark tester. Even though it didn't show there was any spark on either of the used coils I tried.
Disconnected the kill wire on the coils (all of them) and that didn't work. Which should eliminate the possibility of it being a safety switch, right?
It's got gas. I can see it down in the carb coming through. Before all this, I drained and flushed the tank. There's also little droplets of fuel coming out the top of the carb when I turn the engine over.
I tried carb cleaner to start it, to now avail.
One thing I suppose I should note, the kill wire was bare and touching where it and the plug wires fit through the metal housing in front of the flywheel. But I pulled it out enough to not touch anything.
I'm down to thinking that all three of the coils were bad.
Briggs 422707 1516 01
Finally got all the repairs done on this, none related to this, except for maybe the new aftermarket carb. (4 bolt filt pump)
Ran like a champ. Mowed good. Very little power reduction when I engaged the blades. Was pulling it up on the trailer when it died.
So far I've hollering at it, threatening it and even kicked a tire or two.
When that didn't work, I checked the fly wheel key.... Good.
Replaced the coils with some other used ones. One was working when I took it off another opposed twin. Neither of them fix the problem. (I don't trust my spark tester. Even though it didn't show there was any spark on either of the used coils I tried.
Disconnected the kill wire on the coils (all of them) and that didn't work. Which should eliminate the possibility of it being a safety switch, right?
It's got gas. I can see it down in the carb coming through. Before all this, I drained and flushed the tank. There's also little droplets of fuel coming out the top of the carb when I turn the engine over.
I tried carb cleaner to start it, to now avail.
One thing I suppose I should note, the kill wire was bare and touching where it and the plug wires fit through the metal housing in front of the flywheel. But I pulled it out enough to not touch anything.
I'm down to thinking that all three of the coils were bad.