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Picked up a well-stored old machine today, the pictures will come tomorrow, I promise. Stored probably 10 years in a shed, guy thought it was a non-runner, but with a little gas and perseverance, it came to life. It's not in terrible shape, but it's a little neglected and has some patina. Wobbly wheels, oily dirty deck, has the hi-vac chute and side eject. It'll go on long term loan to a coworker that needs a mower. Oh, it was a free.99 special, too.

So, as promised, but late, here's the before pictures. I degreased most of it, will be removing blower shroud and cleaning further, oil change/tune up and possibly new blade. Needs wheels, the ones on it are pretty wobbly.
Here ya go!

Some after cleanup pics. Spent most of its life on the Oregon coast, so the rust really didn't clean off. The deck is solid, just surface rust on the bottom and bare metal. Definitely will get a new blade. It came with the chute and bag for bagging, but I'll leave it as is. Can anyone more familiar with old Briggs tell me if the model/type number is correct? I get 93503/0189-01. Correct? (edit) Incorrect, research shows 93508/0189-01 is correct.

Yep that looks correct...I think a newer version on the model 92908 that's on my '74 model. The date code puts it as a 1980 model and yes it cleaned up really well considering its life in the Pacific North West. Heck of a mower for free. Maybe when u get it back from its long-term loan u could get new set of wheels for it.

So it's never simple finding carb kits or parts for these old B&S carbs, I've found. It definitely needs a carb rebuild. There's no real adjustment of the idle(s) anymore, and if I set it up where it idles and runs up smoothly, it won't start. So after a couple hours of research, the rebuild kit part number I think will work is B&S 494622. It at least looks like it's pretty darn close. I have a couple carbs I can mix and match from, if i need to. Oh, and it actually must be an 8 on the end of the model code...just rusty enough to look like a three. Wrong starter for it to be a 3.

So, an update. Got fresh oil in it, got it to run better, but still doing a carb rebuild. But now, after removing the wad of crap wrapped around the crank under the deck.... It leaks oil. Pretty badly. How time consuming a process is it to replace the bottom seal on these engines? It's bad enough that it puddled in the drive overnight.

I'm really not worried about cracking it open to fix it, but how big a pain is it gonna be? Anybody done this? And will I need to remove the oil pan to do it?

Hmm... I think I have the self propelled version of that same mower. Dead engine, but it was a great mower till the motor finally gave out. I remember being able to pick up a replacement wheel locally without any problem; they may be generic. Mine's on the TTD list for sure!

That's funny you have a dead engine. I just got a 92908 series B&S in. Shaft is too long for the deck it's on, blade is below the bottom of deck. I'll measure the shaft length, if you're interested, lemme know. Built in may of 72.

combatcarl said:

That's funny you have a dead engine. I just got a 92908 series B&S in. Shaft is too long for the deck it's on, blade is below the bottom of deck. I'll measure the shaft length, if you're interested, lemme know. Built in may of 72.

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I'll go measure the thing... Love networking!

Well, I'll be hornswoggled.

It's not there.

I went out to the junk pile behind the barn where this mower lives and ... it went AWOL. I think someone swiped it.

I don't know whether to be mad or chuckle. If you could visualize the junk pile behind the garage and then the mountain terrain of our lot, it might occur in short order what an idiotic idea trying to swipe an old lawnmower from this place would be. It would involve a fair amount of work, and then the kid would end up with a dead lawn mower, which is why it was out there in the first place.

I wonder if I gave it away or threw it out five or six years ago and forgot it. But that doesn't make sense because I never throw anything out. I still have scrap pieces of PVC pipe left over from a shower installation 20 years ago.

One less thing to deal with. Guess I'll chuckle. :confused2:

Aw man, that sucks. I always keep any of mine stored outside in non-running condition, I figure at least they'll have to work on it if they want a mower. But maybe that doesn't stop folks anymore?

I shall not worry about it - Just lets me focus on the Bob-Cat.
Which is indoors!