Irony
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| posted on 19/5/10 at 07:26 AM |
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engine on its side
Will a briggs and stratton lawn mower engine work sitting on its side?
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matt_gsxr
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| posted on 19/5/10 at 07:34 AM |
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mowing a grass wall?
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skinned knuckles
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| posted on 19/5/10 at 07:34 AM |
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doubt it. when my lawnmower goes up or down hill it runs like a bag of poop and starts to burn oil and smoke like a trooper.
A man isn't complete until he's married, then he's finished
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r1_pete
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| posted on 19/5/10 at 07:47 AM |
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4 stroke no, the crancase base is the oil sump.
2 stroke will be ok, providing the carb is set to its original orientation, i.e. float bowl at the bottom.
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hillbillyracer
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| posted on 19/5/10 at 07:55 AM |
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But Briggs do make vertical & horizontal crank engines so if you need to you should be able to pick something up to do what you want.
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Irony
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| posted on 19/5/10 at 08:37 AM |
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I want to make a fan powered small boat for a local make your own power craft competition. I thought a petrol hover type engine mounted above the
mower blade might suffice. But as you guys rightly pointed out the sump should be at the bottom.
To enter the comp I need to build a powered craft. Man power not allowed. Budget of 75 quid max. I thought a fan powered boat might be fun (as I
have a fan and suitable guard) but I need a petrol engine to power it.
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mookaloid
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| posted on 19/5/10 at 08:47 AM |
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how about an engine off a suffolk punch cylinder mower?
or a big V8 ...............
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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Irony
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| posted on 19/5/10 at 09:17 AM |
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I thought about the suffolk engine. As the power comes off the side and its train driven. Could be a simple process to mount a fan on it.
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 19/5/10 at 10:00 AM |
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I think you'd find a Suffolk Punch engine a bit lacking in thrust, they are only about 1.5bhp (downhill with a following wind and the governor
removed!).
[Edited on 19/5/10 by MikeRJ]
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bartonp
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| posted on 19/5/10 at 10:32 AM |
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LEC?
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jimgiblett
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| posted on 19/5/10 at 01:17 PM |
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Why not a Cub motor C50/70 or 90 or any other moped. PTO off the front sprocket.
Twas a few year back but I bought one to go round the fields for £35 and a pack of No6 (okay it was quite a while back).
- Jim
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Canada EH!
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| posted on 19/5/10 at 02:12 PM |
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Honda do a 4 hp one for pressure washers horizontal shaft.
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