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  1. M

    I have a 6.5hp briggs on a poulan pro mower. The coil will spark a few times and quit, spark and quit.

    No, the cover is original. The gentleman that owns it owns seven self-propelled push mowers. He is a little eccentric, I have been servicing and maintaining them for years. I believe the problem is in the flywheel magnet. I have a source for a used flywheel, however the shop that it is at is...
  2. M

    I have a 6.5hp briggs on a poulan pro mower. The coil will spark a few times and quit, spark and quit.

    That sounds interesting, I will try to find my old compass and give it a try. Sounds like a good way to measure comparative magnetic strength.
  3. M

    I have a 6.5hp briggs on a poulan pro mower. The coil will spark a few times and quit, spark and quit.

    Yes, the only visible difference that I can see are the cooling fins. I have a couple of locked up Briggs engines, tomorrow I will check the flywheels and try replacing the one on the problem engine.
  4. M

    I have a 6.5hp briggs on a poulan pro mower. The coil will spark a few times and quit, spark and quit.

    The diameter is the same, but the cooling fins are much taller and pronounce on the Poulan vs the Murray and would not allow for the top cover to be refitted. Besides, the customer is picking up the Murray soon.
  5. M

    I have a 6.5hp briggs on a poulan pro mower. The coil will spark a few times and quit, spark and quit.

    No, however, on visual inspection the flywheel and crank slots are exactly lined up, and the key is in place.
  6. M

    I have a 6.5hp briggs on a poulan pro mower. The coil will spark a few times and quit, spark and quit.

    120k02-0418-e-1 on the Murray 22 in walk behind trimmer I just happened to be rebuilding (and was waiting on parts for) when I started working on 123k-0217-e1 the Poulan Pro lawn mower (problem machine). Both the original coil on the Poulan, and the new coil, are the same. Both failed to...
  7. M

    I have a 6.5hp briggs on a poulan pro mower. The coil will spark a few times and quit, spark and quit.

    No, they share some common parts, but the flywheels are different.
  8. M

    I have a 6.5hp briggs on a poulan pro mower. The coil will spark a few times and quit, spark and quit.

    Yes, I just read up on it. It is located within the coil itself. This could not be my problem due to the fact of the coil not working properly on the problem machine, yet working just fine on another. My guess right now is it has to be the flywheel. Somehow it is capable of sending enough...
  9. M

    I have a 6.5hp briggs on a poulan pro mower. The coil will spark a few times and quit, spark and quit.

    Interesting. Where is the Darlington transistor located? Could this be the cause of intermittent spark?
  10. M

    I have a 6.5hp briggs on a poulan pro mower. The coil will spark a few times and quit, spark and quit.

    No, the machine which worked perfect was working on the parts (coil and plug) which tested bad on the above machine. When tried on this machine, it had no spark and of course would not start. Something is causing the coil to miss-fire. I ran down the ground kill switch, tested the ground wire...
  11. M

    I have a 6.5hp briggs on a poulan pro mower. The coil will spark a few times and quit, spark and quit.

    No, the machine which worked perfect was working on the parts (coil and plug) which tested bad on the above machine. When tried on this machine, it had no spark and of course would not start. Something is causing the coil to miss-fire. I ran down the ground kill switch, tested the ground wire...
  12. M

    I have a 6.5hp briggs on a poulan pro mower. The coil will spark a few times and quit, spark and quit.

    No, the machine which worked perfect was working on the parts (coil and plug) which tested bad on the above machine. When tried on this machine, it had no spark and of course would not start. Something is causing the coil to miss-fire. I ran down the ground kill switch, tested the ground wire...
  13. M

    I have a 6.5hp briggs on a poulan pro mower. The coil will spark a few times and quit, spark and quit.

    I reset the gap to .008 and no change. Put the new coil on the machine I had purchased it for, and it works perfect. Also used the spark plug on the bad machine, and it also works perfectly on this one. And I recheck the pull of the magnets on both machines together, and they appeared to have...
  14. M

    I have a 6.5hp briggs on a poulan pro mower. The coil will spark a few times and quit, spark and quit.

    I checked the spark with an inline spark meter (light). Turned the engine over with spark plug out and connected to the spark indicator. With a separate jumper wire run from the engine to the plug for the ground. The coils were checked with an ohm meter set at 20k. Complaint was the engine...
  15. M

    I have a 6.5hp briggs on a poulan pro mower. The coil will spark a few times and quit, spark and quit.

    I have disconnected the ground wire with no effect. Tried a new coil from another project (same coil type) and got the same results. I cleaned all contact points on both the mower and old coil. Set both coils to .012 inches. Ran ohm test on old coil (4.3) and new coil (6). Checked magnet on...
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