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Here's my snapper RER, love it

Here's my 1984ish model.
25" 6HP (i think) tecumsah.
Got it for $20 with a bad motor. turned out the valve spring retainer was broken. machined a new one, cleaned the carb, and it's running again.

Forgot to add that I was also missing the air-cleaner assembly, so I rigged up a brigs and stratton air filter which you should be able to see in the pic above.

I'll revive this little thread with a few pics of my 33" and new/used little wagon.

Here is mine. It's only a year old, but seems to be in the running for competing with the 1992 model it replaced. We'll see if the Briggs is as reliable as that one with the Kohler was for twenty years!

First is an image of it at work early in the morning before daylight, second is a shot of it pulling my homemade utility wagon I use for things like pinestraw.

One of the first Snapper RER's 1956 Turtle rider

Oooooooooo, Cashman just went super ol skool!

Newly acquired Series 6 28" 8HP... Thinking an '83?
Gonna have fun bringing this one back to glory !!!

Rickstar22 said:

Newly acquired Series 6 28" 8HP... Thinking an '83?
Gonna have fun bringing this one back to glory !!!

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You deffinatly have a 6 series, that was the first series with the foot operated parking brake. I'm pretty sure the 6 series started in 1987. What is your model number? 2808 something?

Also the engine, if the original, i think it has the year in the model number.

Yup, 28086S I know it stands for 28" 8HP Series 6 with electric start. I need to decode the serial # to see if that tells me the year, manufacture plant, etc. Trouble finding a decoder for that...

If the engine is original, look on the spark plug side of the engine. There is model, type, and code numbers stamped into the blower housing. The first two digits of the code number tell what year the engine was manufactured.

Thanks for the tip !!! I'll update as soon as I get a chance to peek tonite.

Rickstar22 said:

Yup, 28086S I know it stands for 28" 8HP Series 6 with electric start. I need to decode the serial # to see if that tells me the year, manufacture plant, etc. Trouble finding a decoder for that...

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What are the numbers on your engine?

Tommyboyxd said:

What are the numbers on your engine?

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Looks like it's an '88

Rickstar22 said:

Looks like it's an '88

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Yep, and your mower looks like it is in pretty good condition. Are you going to restor it to sell it or for yourself?

Definitely a keeper. Never thought I'd feel like doing this with a mower. I have put together many cars, but it just never clicked to try something like this. Guess it's just another thing with an engine and 4 wheels to have fun with... :wink:

And much cheaper than cars!

Just got it today, hoping to get it running. Seems like a carb/fuel issue.

Tommyboyxd said:

You deffinatly have a 6 series, that was the first series with the foot operated parking brake. I'm pretty sure the 6 series started in 1987. What is your model number? 2808 something?

Also the engine, if the original, i think it has the year in the model number.

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2812x6s....if it's a 28 inch cut