Dougfur

I have a briggs 190402 8hp on my Toro snowblower. the engine is a replacement and is a 1972 vintage.

It runs really good but the thing is so loud I have to wear hearing protection when I operate it

If I warm it up on my driveway I can hear it plain as day in the house.

I'm going to replace the mufflerwith another briggs one but I don't want to if it won't make it any quieter

Any suggestions to bring down the noise level?

PS we've had 50 cm of snow this month in Winnipeg( 20 inches for you non-metric types)

thanks

Doug

Thanks Trouts

i didn't know there was a sleeve oever the choke. I may pursue the universal dash control. My engine is 1972 vintage so it has the hole for the governor control(538) in the top

wondering if I could rig something up usinh that control?

I have a toro 524 snowblower (31625) that I repowered with a rebuilt briggs 8hp (190402)

I have the throttle control on the handles which works well.

I'd like to do the same thing with the manual choke and have some type of choke control there as well

Right now the choke is just the linkage on the side of the engine

Any suggestions as to how to hook this up?

Should I use something like a universal throttle control or is there something better

thanks

Doug

It happens after it's run for awhile. The fellow who rebuilt it is a retired machinist who rebuilds rotary engines for a side business.

So,I'd assume the tolerances are good and he knows what he's doing. It's got dino oil in it now, I will try the synthetic-any recommendations?

Thanks for that info. I don't know if it's proper rope or not, I'd have to look at it. it looks like clothesline though. it is also very long, probably 3.5 -4 ft fully extended- maybe tha's causing the binding. The rope retracts back in ok. I'm pretty sure the oil level is good, I'll recheck

I didn't think that something else may be causing binding, I'll follow your advice.

What would cause partial seizing?