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Yes, this has been a very controversial topic over the years. There are two aspects to this issue: personal / professional experience and chemistry. Simply put, experience has demonstrated that ethanol gas does damage small engine components. Next, the corrosive capacity of ethanol in the...

I guess we're all wondering where you ended up with this effort. Please advise. Thanks.

Ditto, MUST check this before anything else.

Safety switches are easy to test. You can bench test them for off/on continuity. Also, you can just bypass them and check for spark. You have already replaced them once, so you could bench test the originals. Keep us advised as you test your options.

I had the same "no spark" issue and found that I crushed the black wire behind the starter when I did a starter pinion repair and then reinstalled the starter.

From briggs forum. The plug that runs to the carb bowl is the "Anti After fire valve" to prevent fuel from bring drawn into the cylinder after the key has been shutoff. Most likely you have no spark because voltage got to the ignition coil and fried it, OR insulation was melted off the coil...

Just got my "new" 1992 Troy Pony and it works exactly as you described. Tried it in some soil and it broke it up very well. If you hit a solid rock it may "throw" the unit forward a little, depending, but overall is a great unit.

I just bought a very nice Troy Bilt rototiller with a 5 hp briggs 130200 engine. Starts on the first pull. Probably a 1992 model year. Looks like NEW. little use and kept indoors. My question: When it is running on FAST, there is an occassional "pop" sound from the exhaust. I have tried...

I have an old Bolens Rototiller with a 5 hp Briggs engine. It has been just stopping during use and would restart easily. Yesterday I filled the tank with gas and started it. Gas began spurting out of the gas cap!!!!!!!! So, I took out about 1/2 of the gas and restarted it. Seemed to run ok, so...