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Late model vertical Briggs problem


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I was wondering if you guys could give me some off brand tractor help. I am working on a friends craftsmen tractor with a Briggs 15.5 ohv vertical shaft engine. When I try to start it, It back fires out the carb inlet. I cleaned the carb 3 times, and no difference. It does have a fuel solenoid on the float bowl. It seams to toggle back and fourth with the key no problem. Both valves are set at correct gap. Any ideas.
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It could be that the flywheel key has sheared and the ignition is firing at a time when the valve is open. So check for a sheared flywheel key. I would have suggested valves, if you hadn't already said that they were gapped properly. I fixed one this weekend that had a screw from the carb lodged between the intake valve and seat.
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One thing I forgot to mention, is when I started working on it, it would sputter and spit out the carb, then all of a sudden I tried it and it ran fine for a few minutes. When I went to restart it, same problem. The fact that it ran fine , would rule out a lot of stuff. I think the fuel solenoid is effected when a safety switch is activated. I don't recall a motor flaming out the carb inlet like this. I'm stumped. My Briggs book doesn't cover these new motors.
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I'd check the key first. As it is a late model engine, ther is no need to check anything else on the ignition system. If anything else is wrong with the ignition, it wouldn't even backfire. There would be no spark at all.
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Thanks guys, it was the flywheel key. I kept avoiding it because it would randomly start. Must have been slowly moving around the shaft. Thanks again for the help.
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