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I parked my small mid-1970’s 3hp International Cub Cadet tiller two years ago running fine. Yesterday I started it up to till a small area and found the chain drive transmission locked. I disassembled the transmissions and found the input pulley shaft seized within its bearing. I’ve applied...

Is there a technique to measure engine speed (RPM) on single cylinder engines in general? I don’t want anything permanent; I only want to know if I’m reaching maximum spec’d speed.

So I replaced a bad Con Rod and installed new rings and am having problems getting the motor to start. This engine has been sitting for five years and I’ve finally got around to completing the rebuild. This is a 200000 seres OHV model that I bought new in 1993 in a Troybilt Chipper-Shredder...

My twenty year old 10 HP Briggs (205412-0120-E1) threw a rod and I’m in the process of rebuilding the motor with a new rod (694691) and rings. Problem is that the rod tightens onto the crank journal when the con rod bolts are tightened to 50% of spec (spec = 100 in*lb). Below are pics of the...