Rebuilt 10hp Briggs Won’t Start

[Russ2251]

Advance Auto key stock

 

[Tinkerer200]

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I only assumed it used the exhaust, since he said he bought it new in 1993.
I read that the EPA started making them relieve compression through the intake in the early 00's.
If any information I give is wrong, I'm more than happy for it to be corrected

Don't know where you would have read that but not so. IF anything, they would want the compression released into the Intake to lesson pollutants released into the air.

I can send anyone a PDF of the Service Manual IF desired. Address below, put in proper format and remind me engine model number and what you want.

Walt Conner
wconner5 at frontier dot com

 

[Go-Rebels]

Advance Auto key stock

All my local stores (four of 'em) show either "Not Sold at this Location" or "Unavailable at this Time."

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[MowLife]

Do you have a Tractor Supply or Ace Hardware? Both carry them

 

[Tinkerer200]

Do you have a Tractor Supply or Ace Hardware? Both carry them

Yeah, or Rural King sell it in 1 ft. sticks. However, these all will be hard steel keys which B&S has started using on some engines but doubt this one had steel key and I do not like using steel keys.

Walt Conner

 

[Go-Rebels]

Do you have a Tractor Supply or Ace Hardware? Both carry them

Yes, I have a Tractor Supply that I called. They stated they didn't carry them. Anyway, I bought a foot long section of 3/16" square from NAPA. Price was $2.99, cheapest around. Go figure... NAPA the low cost seller!

 

[Go-Rebels]

Yeah, or Rural King sell it in 1 ft. sticks. However, these all will be hard steel keys which B&S has started using on some engines but doubt this one had steel key and I do not like using steel keys.

Walt Conner

My old key was strongly magnetic, so it was steel rather than stainless steel. I don't believe the rod I purchased was hardened as it cut too easily. I suspect it was cold rolled steel, which is slightly harder than hot rolled steel, as the plated finish was too smooth.

Why would B&S ever use a hard steel key?

 

[Tinkerer200]

My old key was strongly magnetic, so it was steel rather than stainless steel. I don't believe the rod I purchased was hardened as it cut too easily. I suspect it was cold rolled steel, which is slightly harder than hot rolled steel, as the plated finish was too smooth.

Why would B&S ever use a hard steel key?

Well I misspoke. I meant hard steel as opposed to the soft metal key traditionally used by B&S for as long as I can remember. I did not mean hardened steel.

Walt Conner

 

[Go-Rebels]

Well I misspoke. I meant hard steel as opposed to the soft metal key traditionally used by B&S for as long as I can remember. I did not mean hardened steel.

Walt Conner

I wonder what changed over time? I doubt that they ever used hot rolled steel, which is a little softer, as it needs to be somewhat dimensionally accurate to fit in the milled slot in the hub/shaft. Hot rolled steel has a wide dimensional tolerance and that might be too wide to guarantee a nice fit.

And if not steel, what other metal might they have used? Maybe stainless?

 

[MowLife]

I’ve never run across a stainless key for the crank to pulley. Hard steel is all I’ve seen and the aluminum key for the flywheel. I believe stainless would be too hard.