sources for B&S V-twins

Saltysteele · 06-25-2009, 07:36 PM

anyone know of a list that shows what riding mowers use horizontal-shaft V-twins?

any other sources for the motors? i've seen riding mowers/garden tractors with 20hp+ engines going for around $500 lately at auction (viewed them online, so couldn't inspect to check out of if was vert or horizont.)

saw a fella here got a vanguard out of a carpet cleaning machine. what other sources are out there, that one might not normally think about?

pizzamaker · 06-25-2009, 08:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Saltysteele

anyone know of a list that shows what riding mowers use horizontal-shaft V-twins?

any other sources for the motors? i've seen riding mowers/garden tractors with 20hp+ engines going for around $500 lately at auction (viewed them online, so couldn't inspect to check out of if was vert or horizont.)

saw a fella here got a vanguard out of a carpet cleaning machine. what other sources are out there, that one might not normally think about?

well if you spend 5 or 6 for a used one! why not go five more and get a new one. jus say'in

Saltysteele · 06-25-2009, 08:25 PM

try sneakin that logic past my wife

i'll probably have an engine sitting in the garage for years, before i get her to let me get the parts needed to install it

Saltysteele · 06-25-2009, 08:26 PM

oh yeah, besides, if i get it in a lawnmower, then i'll at least have a nice yard decoration

MIKEPEER · 06-25-2009, 10:10 PM

that was my thought too but i think i'll just have to break down and buy a new one.....

Saltysteele · 06-25-2009, 11:46 PM

wish i could. i've already gotten, "you are NOT spending 1500 on a motor for that stupid golf cart!"

i've come to realize in the last 8 years of being married, that everything i enjoy is stupid. stupid golf cart, stupid video games, stupid aquarium, and on and on...... lol

(never stops me, though)

richie · 06-27-2009, 06:06 AM

If you enjoyed your wife.......would that make her "stupid wife"? Put it to her that way and maybe she will understand.Then again,probably not.Good luck

COURTESYCART · 06-29-2009, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by richie

If you enjoyed your wife.......would that make her "stupid wife"? Put it to her that way and maybe she will understand.Then again,probably not.Good luck

good one, I will have to say that to my GF next time she calls one of my hobbies stupid

shawn.m · 07-01-2009, 12:12 AM

VERY few lawnmowers came with a horizontal shaft motor. pretty much anything with a stamped steel frame is going to have a vert motor.
older john deere, ariens, bolens will have a horizontal

raywelder · 07-05-2009, 12:09 AM

You might as well get an opposed briggs. You can pick up those for 100-200, everyone wants a ton of money for the v-twins. Some guy on craigslist wanted to sell me a used v-twin for 850. So I said forget it, I will stick with my 50$ opposed motor.

06-25-2009, 07:36 PM	#1
Saltysteele Home of the Teeny Weaney Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: SW Mich. Posts: 994	sources for B&S V-twins anyone know of a list that shows what riding mowers use horizontal-shaft V-twins? any other sources for the motors? i've seen riding mowers/garden tractors with 20hp+ engines going for around $500 lately at auction (viewed them online, so couldn't inspect to check out of if was vert or horizont.) saw a fella here got a vanguard out of a carpet cleaning machine. what other sources are out there, that one might not normally think about?

06-25-2009, 08:25 PM	#3
Saltysteele Home of the Teeny Weaney Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: SW Mich. Posts: 994	Re: sources for B&S V-twins try sneakin that logic past my wife i'll probably have an engine sitting in the garage for years, before i get her to let me get the parts needed to install it

06-25-2009, 08:26 PM	#4
Saltysteele Home of the Teeny Weaney Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: SW Mich. Posts: 994	Re: sources for B&S V-twins oh yeah, besides, if i get it in a lawnmower, then i'll at least have a nice yard decoration

06-25-2009, 10:10 PM	#5
MIKEPEER Gone Wild Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: INDIANA Posts: 460	Re: sources for B&S V-twins that was my thought too but i think i'll just have to break down and buy a new one.....

06-25-2009, 11:46 PM	#6
Saltysteele Home of the Teeny Weaney Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: SW Mich. Posts: 994	Re: sources for B&S V-twins wish i could. i've already gotten, "you are NOT spending 1500 on a motor for that stupid golf cart!" i've come to realize in the last 8 years of being married, that everything i enjoy is stupid. stupid golf cart, stupid video games, stupid aquarium, and on and on...... lol (never stops me, though)

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06-27-2009, 06:06 AM	#7
richie ZZ-GO Join Date: May 2008 Location: central florida Posts: 548	Re: sources for B&S V-twins If you enjoyed your wife.......would that make her "stupid wife"? Put it to her that way and maybe she will understand.Then again,probably not.Good luck

07-01-2009, 12:12 AM	#9
shawn.m Gone Wild Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: near sacramento,ca Posts: 1,725	Re: sources for B&S V-twins VERY few lawnmowers came with a horizontal shaft motor. pretty much anything with a stamped steel frame is going to have a vert motor. older john deere, ariens, bolens will have a horizontal

07-05-2009, 12:09 AM	#10
raywelder Not Yet Wild Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1	Re: sources for B&S V-twins You might as well get an opposed briggs. You can pick up those for 100-200, everyone wants a ton of money for the v-twins. Some guy on craigslist wanted to sell me a used v-twin for 850. So I said forget it, I will stick with my 50$ opposed motor.
raywelder Not Yet Wild Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1

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