Briggs Stratton Runs

rusty6 · Nov 15, 2023

I was pleasantly surprised when the new to me Briggs and Stratton 16 hp engine started and ran when I tried it this morning. Theres a couple of disconnected
wires at the starter that need to be figured out. One comment on the video stated that one wire was for the charging system and the other for a light. Also found
the auger gear box is filled with grease, not 80-90 gear oil as I expected to find. It must work ok. I have a bit of video of it starting and running.

Engine starts

rustred · Nov 15, 2023

I have exactly the same engine on on my brant auger. I would remove that crazy grease out of that gear box and put in the 80-90 gear oil as it should be. Thats fast turning gears in there and that grease is useless. And yes no sediment bowl but u can install one of them small in line lawn mower filters.

rusty6 · Nov 15, 2023

(quoted from post at 19:26:34 11/15/23) I have exactly the same engine on on my brant auger. I would remove that crazy grease out of that gear box and put in the 80-90 gear oil as it should be. Thats fast turning gears in there and that grease is useless. And yes no sediment bowl but u can install one of them small in line lawn mower filters.

The gearbox seems fine with the grease so I'm tempted to just leave it or maybe add some John Deere corn head grease. Some use that in rotary mower gear boxes. I also use it in the steering box of the old IH trucks (and the Merc).

rustred · Nov 15, 2023

Absolutely in steering boxes. There is also grease called
steering box grease in tubes.those gears are very slow
moving. But in a gear box its not the thing to use that
gear box gets warm when loading for an hr. And the
grease is thrown off the gears. Well I guess its better
than no grease. My neighbor bought a new 3 point hitch
mower for his tractor from john Deere. Think he said he
went 4 hrs with it till the gear box seized up. They did not
fill it with gear oil ! Was bone dry.

cjunrau · Nov 16, 2023

I like it full of grease and just ad 80-90
I find grease gets a bit warm and starts to run and have done it for years. All my semi hubs are grease and I just ad a bit of 80-90 every year in the sight glass.
I found I dont have seals leak anymore like with just oil.

rusty6 · Nov 16, 2023

(quoted from post at 06:51:08 11/16/23) I like it full of grease and just ad 80-90
I find grease gets a bit warm and starts to run and have done it for years. All my semi hubs are grease and I just ad a bit of 80-90 every year in the sight glass.
I found I dont have seals leak anymore like with just oil.

I'm leaning towards that method myself. I had a gearbox that leaked a bit of 80-90 gear oil on the rotary mower so I installed a grease fitting in the plug hole and pumped grease into it. No more leaks and it has had some serious hard use since then and no failures yet.

Richard G. · Nov 16, 2023

I am a firm believer in corn head grease.

BarnyardEngineering · Nov 16, 2023

(quoted from post at 20:09:49 11/15/23)

(quoted from post at 19:26:34 11/15/23) I have exactly the same engine on on my brant auger. I would remove that crazy grease out of that gear box and put in the 80-90 gear oil as it should be. Thats fast turning gears in there and that grease is useless. And yes no sediment bowl but u can install one of them small in line lawn mower filters.

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The gearbox seems fine with the grease so I'm tempted to just leave it or maybe add some John Deere corn head grease. Some use that in rotary mower gear boxes. I also use it in the steering box of the old IH trucks (and the Merc).

My money would be on 80-90 running straight out as fast as you can pour it in.

If it's full of cheap grease that stuff melts with very little heat and works like corn head grease.

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