Craftsman 5HP Motor = Tecumseh? PICS INSIDE, please identify!!

[ADRO]

Interested in finding more out about this motor. I need an air filter and eventually a rebuild even though it runs strong right now, smokes a little. It's in my sears roper btw.

The guy at my local lawnmower/scooter repair shop insists(OVER THE PHONE, HAS NOT SEEN MOTOR) that its a Tecumseh engine even though it says craftsman. SO what is it?

[trailbronc]

i could be wrong, (please correct me if i am) but i believe tecumseh made the engines for craftsman to put on there tillers/snow blowers ect...

[trailbronc]

but looking at it now the shrous looks like a briggs, but it has a tecumseh carb???...its got me beat...lol

[Mr.GhettoRig]

Some tec. Intakeaniflds bolt up to the 5hp Briggs block with minor or no modification so that could be it. But it could also be a tec. With a Briggs shroud and recoil. I know a lot of their parts tend to be similar but I'm not so sure about the recoil. Post a picture of more of the block.

Right now my vote is a 5hp Briggs with a tec carb. Not as uncommon as you might think.

[ADRO]

Originally Posted by Mr.GhettoRig

Some tec. Intakeaniflds bolt up to the 5hp Briggs block with minor or no modification so that could be it. But it could also be a tec. With a Briggs shroud and recoil. I know a lot of their parts tend to be similar but I'm not so sure about the recoil. Post a picture of more of the block.

Right now my vote is a 5hp Briggs with a tec carb. Not as uncommon as you might think.

What do I need to take pictures of exactly? Of the other side of the motor? More of the carb?

[jimh]

Looks like a 5hp Briggs with a Tecumseh lawnmower intake and carb to me. A 5hp briggs is nearly the same height as a HM100 Tecumseh. I can't see the shrouds interchanging on any of them. Craftsman is a sales brand name, so they never really manufacture anything.

[jrzmac]

I think Briggs started making engines for Craftsman after Tecumseh started having financial problems! see if you can find a serial number on the shroud some place! gotta be one on there somewhere?

[jeep2003]

yes usually a craftsman engine is a tecumseh. But that one is a briggs. that carb would also normally be found on a tecumseh. but since its got the craftsman air filter i question if it might have been a special order by craftsman to work with a piece of machinery without room for a tank the numbers should be on the shroud nexto the carb

[ADRO]

Originally Posted by jimh

Looks like a 5hp Briggs with a Tecumseh lawnmower intake and carb to me. A 5hp briggs is nearly the same height as a HM100 Tecumseh. I can't see the shrouds interchanging on any of them. Craftsman is a sales brand name, so they never really manufacture anything.

Yes, I think you are right, I found where it says it's a Briggs. The carb feels loose to me...so maybe it's off another motor.

Originally Posted by jrzmac

I think Briggs started making engines for Craftsman after Tecumseh started having financial problems! see if you can find a serial number on the shroud some place! gotta be one on there somewhere?

I had too much trouble trying to read the serial number but I took this pic, right next to serial number:

Originally Posted by jeep2003

yes usually a craftsman engine is a tecumseh. But that one is a briggs. that carb would also normally be found on a tecumseh. but since its got the craftsman air filter i question if it might have been a special order by craftsman to work with a piece of machinery without room for a tank the numbers should be on the shroud nexto the carb

Where is the craftsman air filter?? I thought I needed a cone filter one to put on the black plastic piece off the carb!?

I need to look and find the SN...

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