re: #839 BlueCanuck

Actually I would bet on a Briggs and Stratton. Only engine and lawnmower I despise with a passion is Lawnboy. Those mowers are a real pain in the neck to service and parts are more expensive than a Techumseh or B&S. I didn’t do much work with a Honda since they weren’t that common in the small engine field at the time I was learning.

At the power equipment place I buy parts from, they refer to Briggs & Stratton as either “Break & Shake” or “Briggs & Scrapiron”. I used to use a couple of Tecumseh-engined mowers, and I liked them better than B&S. However, we’re talking about 1970s era Tecumsehs.