this dude down the street brought me a mower with a tec. engine, he said when he tries to start it it goes BANG!
it went bang, i hurt my wrist when it went bang, i said dude are you sure you want to give this to me, cuz its a 10 cent part
he said i dont want it im getting a honda :freak:
the one he gave me was purchased this spring, hes murder on mowers, i replaced the flywheel key, it tried to run, it went snap BANG
flywheel key again
replaced that, and tried to see why it sheared one in 1 second of trying to run
blade adaptor
replaced it, started it, it went BANG! tick tick tick after a few minutes
looked over to the carb side of the enigne, the valve cover was hanging on by a bolt that was getting ready to fall off
valves were sticking badly, they were dry.
some rtv and another small screw later, its running, then BANG!
i was thinking wtf?, i talked to the guy and he said its got a different brand coil on it

honda coil was causing all the trouble, one tecumseh coil from the parts bin later and another flywheel key,it it runs like new

why did i spend all day figuring this out on a tecumseh?
oh, and i needed an airfilter and a few other peices of plastic, due to the BANG!

and the engine on a nice deck too
and then again, im thinking where the heck this thhing got a honda coil from, it had one bolt holding it down

most likely tried what he called a repair, didn't know what it was and replaced it, you mean to tell me you didn't see that right off the bat? anyway's i'd stick it outside and sell it.

fast like right away

I'd tie a rope to it and use it for a boat anchor.

mmmm, or you could have some fun, drain the oil, remove the governor and fill the crankcase with water......fun fun.