Hi danebb16,
Well that's a bit of a curly one you've got there as it's had some work done on it by a previous tenant.
The number you've quote is a 60202 which would be a 2 Hp motor. The 6902053 correlates it to being built on the 5th of February 1969. Now here's the problem, it is now a Black motor with a much later Briggs sticker on it when the engines of that era in the 2 Hp range came in Silver / Grey finish. Now this could be one of two situations and the first being that the motor was repainted sometime back as it's showing its age and the other is that that the cowling has come from the original motor and been repainted to suit the replacement and an updated sticker was put on it.
Honestly without knowing it's true history it's more of a guessing game.
Just for the record, if the motor is the original unit then it would date the whole 14 inch mower as being built around July~August of 1969
So, what you need to tell us is what you ultimately want as an end result ?
To restore it back to it's original state or just want a working mower to use ? if it's the latter then buying a brand new "Chonda+ (chinese copy Honda) for a cheap price and installing it is probably your easiest and cheapest option in the long run.
If you want to go down the restoring path we can certainly help you with that option too.
Can you supply us with some close up photos of the drive train that's located in behind the chain case. Good close clear shots will help us evaluate what needs to be done there and give you a better financial position that you'll be facing.
Cheers,
BB
