OutdoorKing Repair Forum Forums Repairs and Maintenance Questions on Engines Questions On Briggs & Stratton Engines I goofed up again

I had a vertical pull Quantam motor that the pull start was broken so I figured I would just swap it over to a horizontal top pull, can't be that hard. I ended up spending hours messing around, modifying this, then that only to reach the conclusion that the flywheel being thinner on the top pull has the coil sitting a bit higher on the flywheel means the spark is not right. I got it to run a couple of times for a few seconds but that was about it. I will try lowering the coil but if that doesn't work I guess that is the end of it. All part of seeing just what you can achieve and keeps you on your toes and the grey matter turning over

Never a waste of time if you can use the experience down the track. You've at least done it now.

With this I hope nobody will be silly enough to try it again

G'day Norm and Mowerfreak.

Very well said Norm!
A lesson in learn by experience.

I hope this helps others, as it has helped me.

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Jack

Just to update this I got back to it, ground down the coil mounting points by 10mm , got spark and it runs well . Big effort but a good learning experience