I have an 8hp cast iron Briggs model 200400 at the storage barn on an air compressor. It can be a pain to start, gotta wrap the rope around the pulley each time I pull it over.
When I got it, I cleaned the carb and filed and set the points and got it running.
That worked about a 1/2 a mowing season, and I had to replace the points. Don't remember if I put a condenser on or not. Last time I tried to start it I could get a few pops out of each pull of the rope at best. I cleaned the points again, pulled the plug and set it on top of the engine, I get a pretty good spark, sometimes. It's definitely easier to pull over when it's 80 degrees out than 40 like it was when I last tried to start it.not being able to get much rpms out of it when I wrap the rope each time may be part of being so hard to start.
Is there any tricks for that ignition system to make it easier to start? There really isn't a place to mount a battery for the idea of putting a Kohler style battery ignition coil onto it.
It worked /started pretty good until the last time last season I wanted to use it and it wouldn't go.
I went out and messed with it last weekend a while, I brought 2 tractors home and put tubes in some dry rotted tires so hopefully I won't need that compressor as much.
I would like to take some of my parts that need paint out there to paint being in question middle of nowhere. But it needs to run when I need it to.
When I got it, I cleaned the carb and filed and set the points and got it running.
That worked about a 1/2 a mowing season, and I had to replace the points. Don't remember if I put a condenser on or not. Last time I tried to start it I could get a few pops out of each pull of the rope at best. I cleaned the points again, pulled the plug and set it on top of the engine, I get a pretty good spark, sometimes. It's definitely easier to pull over when it's 80 degrees out than 40 like it was when I last tried to start it.not being able to get much rpms out of it when I wrap the rope each time may be part of being so hard to start.
Is there any tricks for that ignition system to make it easier to start? There really isn't a place to mount a battery for the idea of putting a Kohler style battery ignition coil onto it.
It worked /started pretty good until the last time last season I wanted to use it and it wouldn't go.
I went out and messed with it last weekend a while, I brought 2 tractors home and put tubes in some dry rotted tires so hopefully I won't need that compressor as much.
I would like to take some of my parts that need paint out there to paint being in question middle of nowhere. But it needs to run when I need it to.