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Posted by andy b. on November 07, 2004 at 18:36:33 from (24.229.206.5):
don't know if anyone cares, but i thought i'd give an update on the resolution to my dead splitter engine. the 8HP Briggs quit a week or so ago and i decided to go with a cheap used motor. i found an old New Holland snowthrower with a 1972 vintage Briggs 5HP engine in it that ran and started perfectly. i finally had time today to redo the mounting so i could fit the 5HP engine and now it runs like a champ!!! :-) with the old 8HP i could get it to almost stall with some big knotted logs. i couldn't even get the rpms to drop on the "new" 5HP engine. compared to the half-dead 8HP this seems like about a 16HP. :-) i love it when a plan comes together. andy b.
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