OT- Briggs engine repair, or look for another one

Posted by andy b. on November 02, 2004 at 07:57:30 from (192.19.194.27):

here's my problem. i have an old log splitter with an 8HP B&S engine on it. the engine has always had a few problems, but ran good enough to run the splitter. this weekend it ran rough for about five minutes then quit. i pulled the flywheel off and cleaned the points, so it has a good spark now, but it still won't run. i pulled the carb off and cleaned it, but both the main and idle needles could probably be changed, as well as needing a new gasket set. also, the throttle linkages are all missing and my throttle control is a piece of 10 ga. wire that i bend to set the throttle opening. i also noticed the head gasket has a leak just above the intake, and when i took the spark plug out and looked into the head, it looks pretty cruddy in there (probably from running the thing with not much of an air cleaner on it).

so, i use the log splitter pretty often to split firewood to help heat my house every winter, and i'm sick of playing around with this worn engine. should i spend yet more time and money getting gaskets and what-not and rebuilding the thing, or just look for a decent used running engine? heck, i can even get a new 8HP Tecumseh from Northern Tool for $289. i'm leaning towards a different engine (either new or used). what would you folks do taking into account that i want to use this thing ASAP and my time is relatively free, but it does have SOME value to me (i have many other projects i could be doing).

thanks,

andy b.

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