pappabear
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I'm weighing the cost/benefit options of repowering my project Snapper RER. It has a standard OEM issue Tecumseh TVXL195-150241 which is 15 years old. I'm still working on getting it repaired. I was amazed to see it burned 6oz of oil mowing a acre of grass.
Can anyone make suggestions on new engine interchanges? I have another Snapper 38083 that was repowered by my father-in-law years ago with a Series 195700 series Briggs and Stratton 8HP. That engine is marvelous and I wish I could find one of the same for this newer Snapper (... but B&S changes engines like diapers thanks to CARB AND EPA).
From the research I've done so far it looks to me that B&S has a cornered market for vertical shaft 8HP engines. I won't go into their EPA forced shape shifting from HP ratings to torque values.
Any road, the 21R series of B&S engines look like the outcome I'll end up with. The Tecumseh literature leads me to believe that most repower options with a 1" shaft, and a 8" or 10" BC will fit. I read here that another member repowered with a 21 HP because he found a good price. I want to say at 8HP but know that many newer snappers come OEM with a 10 or 10.5 Intek. Footnotes tell me that at 85% HP that would be 8.5HP actual (old standards) since engine manufacturers are NOW required to label engines 95% of the stated HP (new standards). Just another level of government confusion added which I really didn't want to learn about in this learning adventure.
What have some of you folks repowered with and why did you go with that option?
Can anyone make suggestions on new engine interchanges? I have another Snapper 38083 that was repowered by my father-in-law years ago with a Series 195700 series Briggs and Stratton 8HP. That engine is marvelous and I wish I could find one of the same for this newer Snapper (... but B&S changes engines like diapers thanks to CARB AND EPA).
From the research I've done so far it looks to me that B&S has a cornered market for vertical shaft 8HP engines. I won't go into their EPA forced shape shifting from HP ratings to torque values.
Any road, the 21R series of B&S engines look like the outcome I'll end up with. The Tecumseh literature leads me to believe that most repower options with a 1" shaft, and a 8" or 10" BC will fit. I read here that another member repowered with a 21 HP because he found a good price. I want to say at 8HP but know that many newer snappers come OEM with a 10 or 10.5 Intek. Footnotes tell me that at 85% HP that would be 8.5HP actual (old standards) since engine manufacturers are NOW required to label engines 95% of the stated HP (new standards). Just another level of government confusion added which I really didn't want to learn about in this learning adventure.
What have some of you folks repowered with and why did you go with that option?