Repowering an Old Garden Tiller

Posted by Lanse on September 08, 2012 at 08:38:26 from (209.251.8.126):

Hey guys!! So, this isnt a welding project, but its what I've been
up to lately here...

My mom is an avid gardener, and has had this BCS tiller for
years, but its had engine problems since it was about a year old.
It had an electric start system that only worked for one season,
and this year it wouldn't start unless it got starting fluid, it would
never run right, it leaked oil, and made this ungodly high pitched
squeal, and it was always hard to pull start (an issue for a woman
with a bad back).

We decided that something had to be done, and our options
were:

1) Buy a new tiller
2) Rebuild Old engine, go through the electrical system,
fix/replace broken controls, etc
3) Buy a new engine, be done with it

So, I sat down with her and explained all these options, and she
decided on a new engine.

About a week later, a brand new Honda GX200 showed up from
Northern Tool, and my sister and I started taking the tiller apart.
We cut off the electrical system entirely (new engine isnt set up
for that), got rid of everything on the handlebars except for the
clutch lever, and cleaned it up some. After we got the engine out,
we found something that looked like part of a missile on the
back of it, which was covered in warnings and looked potentially
deadly. I still to this day don't know or understand what it was,
but the guys here on this forum said I should be able to just
swap it over to the new engine, and I did. So, thanks for the
advice there. Here are a couple videos we shot about the
process, just thought I'd share. Theres more in the videos about
a couple small roadblocks we hit, and a few other things, but
anyway, enjoy them and have a good weekend everyone,
yeehaw!! :)
Audio/Video clip:video1 video2
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Replies:

• Re: Repowering an Old Garden Tiller Fudpucker 08:21:23 09/09/12 (1)
  • Re: Repowering an Old Garden Tiller ChristopherM 12:09:36 09/15/12 (0)
• Re: Repowering an Old Garden Tiller Dean 14:49:18 09/08/12 (0)
• Re: Repowering an Old Garden Tiller Dick2 09:07:46 09/08/12 (0)

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