its defiantly a B&S L series Single piston engine, as to which one, hard to say the previous owner replaced the recoil housing and it has no engine tag anymore. but i have a similar engine without a starter setup, and besides the starter the engine pretty identical. slightly different carb...
I have just bought this series 8 model 28108e second hand. can get it start and run, but i put my volt meter on the battery and there is no charge at all. 12.8 volts, no change no matter where the throttle is. after looking at the parts page i do not see anything as far as diodes anywhere. how...