Outdoor Power Equipment (Lawn Mowers, Snow Blowers, Chain Saws and more) Discussions

Remeber me Otis432 from the other forum. Well After my months of work putting a new briggs 7.5 hp engine on my 86 snapper 826 i finally got to use it about a month ago. I just go the pics back and here are a few. Sorry can't get them to work. I will try again later

Great job on the replacement motor.  It looks like a brand new machine.    Check out this link for Briggs & Stratton Numerical Designation System.  My interpretation is that the last 2 in 12B412 indicates rewind starter only without electric start or alternator. With these options it would be a 4.   If you need the headlight you might be able to retrofit an alternator winding or worst case put in a small 12V rechargeable battery - 5 amp hours would run one a couple hours.  Maybe that wire is a deadman control to cut the motor.  

Not sure about most ages here but a few seem MUCH more immature than 22.     -Bob

THANKS BOB. yEAH BUT WHERE THE WIRE WAS CONNECTED IT WOULD HAVE KILLED THE MOTOR. cAUSE I TRIED TO PUT IT BACK THERE AND THE MOTOR INSTANTLY DIED. i DO GET A SPARK EVERYTIME IT TOUCHES METAL. i DON'T KNOW. THANKS ANYWAY YOU ARE PROB RIGHT.

Other option

I use and like the led models. Long battery life. Reasonably bright.

But maybe we all mis-understand. This is a Snapper with original engine and  original headlight?  So the headlight or headlight wire has a short causing the engine to stall when you hook up the headlight wire to the headlight?

not orginal headlight not orginal engine. New briggs 7.5 intek i think bob is right about it. It might not i can't tell.

Great pictures!

Thanks for sharing!

C

Who's using the shovel?

my younger sister

LOL, man after my own heart. 

and y is that?

Nuthin, was chuckling about the man using the "automation" while the woman used manual labor.