OutdoorKing Repair Forum Forums Repairs and Maintenance Questions on Engines Questions On Briggs & Stratton Engines Carby gasket 60201

G'day - way back in my memory I seem to remember my father oiling carburetor gaskets before installing them - is this required or simply a figment of my imagination?

Regards

Richard

It used to be usual to wet paper or thin cardboard gaskets with engine oil before installing them. The idea was to make a wet seal on both sides of the gasket, so it would be less prone to leaking and more likely to be dismantled without breaking the gasket. Remember, though, that in those days you expected all submerged gasket joints to leak a bit. The world has changed, more due to the design efforts of Honda's car division than from any other single cause that I know of.

Thanks Grumpy - it's good to knowi that the memory hasn't completely failed.

Is there a diagram of theo governor linkages for a 60201 on the forum - I've gad a quick look but not found one yet.
Thanks agai

Richard, I think you are talking about a 60102 - a 60201 would have a rope starter, and I personally haven't seen one of those on a Briggs since WW2.

Here are two illustrations of the governor of a 60102:



Note both of these engines have Vacujet carburetors - the first one has a manual choke and the second has a coupled choke called Choke-A-Matic by Briggs. The first one has a remote speed control, the second one just has a hooked wire pull-push speed control. If your engine really is a 60201, apart from having a rope-pull starter it would have a Pulsajet carburetor, which can be identified by having the part of the choke pull control that you grip with your fingers, vertical instead of horizontal as on the Vacujet.

Your engine may have a throttle cable return spring, which the one in the illustration does not - that isn't part of the governor, it just helps overcome the friction in the cable running to the remote speed control lever.

Thanks Grumpy - you're right - I had the model wrong it is a 61201 but the carby looks pretty similar to the first illustration above with the manual choke

Thanks for the advice and regards

Richard