I acquired a Craftsman 6.5HP 22" model 917.387681 side discharge rotary lawn mower with a B & S engine to attempt to clean up an get running again. Can someone help me figure out the age of the unit? Serial; # 092905M 051967. I'm trying to figure out how much $ money to put into it. Also, it's not a self propelled unit is it? Thank you.
IF the engine is a Briggs and Stratton, the model type code number will contain the engine build date. the numbers posted here are not the model-type-code, which would be 6 digits (or 5 and you need to add a zero at the beginning) then 4 digits, then 2 digits(usually a letter followed by a number), then the code(8 digits) starting with the build date in reverse order (year, month, day, shift) a typical model type code looks like 09j702-0003-f1 050901002. the code in my example (05091002) is a build date of September 01, 2005
you can typically find these numbers on the metal shield over the muffler, on the front of the engine shroud, or on the side of the engine case. in every case they will be stamped in.
Brian, Owner, Modern Mower