Was it full of oil?
How many hours if there's an hour meter?
Don't know much about that series mower/engine...maybe siezed rod with low oil or broken cam valve train issue...
Pto clutch?
Let someone else chime in....

 

Was it full of oil?
How many hours if there's an hour meter?
Don't know much about that series mower/engine...maybe siezed rod with low oil or broken cam valve train issue...
Pto clutch?
Let someone else chime in....

I was keeping oil topped off, since I knew it was burning a little, some came out when I took the head off, but there’s definitely metal of some kind right at the piston (see picture) but it was like dried up oil almost too, oh and only like 230 hours, and head gasket was replaced once already

 

I’m not sure how many hours on it but it may have reached end of life. Nothing wrong with Briggs engines but I think of them as throw away engine if they have major problems. I’d repower it with a predator from Harbor Freight assuming it’s in otherwise good shape.

 

About 230 hours on it. Would predetor from harbor freight bolt in? Sad thing was, this thing ran great up until it just quit.

 

I would just repower it with a new engine.

You might even find a new briggs & Stratton if you look hard enough.

 

Do they mostly all line up the same? Bolt patterns? Any ideas where to look?

 

If it’s a Rod, are they hard to get too? Should I just pull the motor off of it?

 

Take the belt off of the engine pulleys, then see if you can turn the engine over. If it will not turn over, then start removing engine.

Make sure before before removing the engine, that the starter gear is not bound up in the flywheel gear.

As for that black stuff, that feel like metal is coke/carbon build up from burning oil.

My guess is the balance shaft broke inside the engine. In turn, locking the engine up.

 

I just watched this dude tear into one and rebuild the whole thing:

I don’t think I want to put this much time and money into it, and probably end up putting it back together wrong lol…

Is there any specific bolt pattern I’d need to look for? Or do most vertical drive motors line up?
on my old mower, I did pull the whole motor and took it up to repair shop for them to fix it, and brought it back and reinstalled it…. That’s wha I was going to do here. But if I can get a new one for a few hundred bucks, it may make more sense to do that..

 

I just watched this dude tear into one and rebuild the whole thing:

I don’t think I want to put this much time and money into it, and probably end up putting it back together wrong lol…

Is there any specific bolt pattern I’d need to look for? Or do most vertical drive motors line up?
on my old motor, I did pull the whole motor and took it up to repair shop for them to fix it, and brought it back and reinstalled it…. That’s wha I was going to do here. But if I can get a new one for a few hundred bucks, it may make more sense to do that..

Well for a few hundred bucks, you won't come close to buying a new briggs & Stratton.

You need to at least measure the engine mounting bolt spacing.

Do you got a Pic of the complete engine in the tractor. Or a pic of the engine?

Predator type repower is probably gonna cost $400-$600 dollars.

 

Today's Briggs engines are nothing compared to the 80's and older ones.

 

I cant seem to even find a comparable predator on HF website. Whe I look at vertical shaft motors, the only one if seen is 4 or 13 hp ones.

 

→ EngineForLess.com ←

 

I am glad that my engine is a Kawasaki. I think John Deere made a mistake when they started using Briggs engines.

 

New engine from Deere ~ $770. all plug and play. Just have to install the oil drain tube from old engine