Small engine with points?

[dfkrug]

That's an old one. I had a Horse with a similar setup, but don't remember much about it. I do recall swapping the engine for a 5HP Tecumseh which my father had lying around.

...and the Tecumseh engines mostly have an oil pump for better lubrication of engine bearings. Just landed a free 5hp mower for my latest project.

I would try to repair the old flathead engine on that tiller if the bore is good. Aftermarket electronic ignition upgrades are cheap.

 

[DJ54]

Pretty sure that reverse pulley is driven off the camshaft, which turns the opposite direction of the crankshaft.

You should be able to find an exploded view of the engine by entering the model number, and type of the engine found on the engine shroud to Google.

 

[dodge man]

My buddy got some gas tank liner from a motorcycle guy. It looked pretty good when he was done. We will put it back together and see.

 

[Williy]

Points way back in the 60's when I purchased a VW bug
the points had a 1/2 inch of metal on both sides for contact
but when I purchased points in the USA very little metal and
both sides had holes in the middle need less to say they didn't
last very long

willy

 

[dodge man]

I’m not sure the hole in the middle of the points wasn’t designed to dissipate heat.

 

[dodge man]

We threw in the towel on this tiller for now. He got the gas tank lined and cleaned out and I think the carb is ok but I’m not 100% sure. The spark plug turned out to be bad. It runs now but very poorly. The mixture screw does nothing, you can remove it from the carb completely and it doesn’t run worse or better. My friend sent a video to someone he knows that used to work at a lawn mower place that closed down recently. He is suppose to get a shop open in the fall, we’ll see. He thinks it’s a problem with the valves.

Looking at the engine number it was made in 2001 so it shouldn’t have points.

Correction, he wrote down 01 for the year, but I bet the 0 is an 8 so it was made in 1981.