perry 1 Posted December 20, 2007 i have never seen this setup before. the engine came off a david bradley walk behind. i am looking for the year?, bore, stroke , & crankpin specs. also with the coil off the engine is there a way to see if its good. i cant seem to get spark. the coil sitting on top is held on by clips. engine model # 500 202087 serial # 288208 [IMG]http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l226/perry71/davidbradley001.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l226/perry71/davidbradley007.jpg[/IMG] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
B.Ikard 2 Posted December 20, 2007 Looks like the old "magna matic" ignition system used on model 9-14-19 and 23 engines. Probably have to neasure bore to identify the engine. Brent Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Karl_Brandt 6 Posted December 20, 2007 The 500 is the sears number for Briggs & Stratton engine. Looking at the second picture of the coil....see the splits in the coil. The coil might be no good. Do you have a picture of the carb and cylinder head? Karl Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
D-17_Dave 12 Posted December 20, 2007 That is an old style "Maga-Matic" ignition system. I had one on a model 23 engine last year. I think I still have the coil and I think it was good. The front bearing went out causing the magnet rotor to be eaten away but I think my coil was OK. I think this was the biggest difference between the 23 and the 23d engines was this type of ignition or the style we are used to on the 243431 series engines. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
perry 1 Posted December 20, 2007 [IMG]http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l226/perry71/april14031.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l226/perry71/april14030.jpg[/IMG] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BLT 715 Posted December 20, 2007 Craftsman numbers 500.202010 thru 299 were all model 14 and I think they were about a 5 - 6 HP engine. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MPH 12 Posted December 20, 2007 Wait a min, that last picture it looks to be sitting on a trailer, did you take that Landlord off the guys hands too?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
perry 1 Posted December 21, 2007 quote:Originally posted by MPH Wait a min, that last picture it looks to be sitting on a trailer, did you take that Landlord off the guys hands too?? oh no no no. thats my'ol trusty dulley that i have had. last year when i did a big freebie tractor cleanup i took the landlord with me to drag tractors out of the woods. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites