- 1. [Shop-talk] HF Predator engines (score: 1)
- Author: Dave C <cavanadd@frontier.com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 20:17:32 -0700
- Anyone have any experience with/opinions on/etc the Harbor Freight Predator engines? I believe they are more or less a clone of the Honda GX series of engines, but some looking around the web seems t
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- 2. Re: [Shop-talk] HF Predator engines (score: 1)
- Author: "John Niolon" <jniolon@att.net>
- Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 07:11:08 -0500
- HI Dave I've got a 30 year old 26" Yazoo big wheel mower (bush hog) I've been using as a trim mower.Bought it used in the 80's when it had a BS industrial iron sleeve engine...replaced the engine one
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- 3. Re: [Shop-talk] HF Predator engines (score: 1)
- Author: w <wc5813@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 22:35:06 -0500
- Hey Guys, Month old thread but was wondering about the Harbor freight small engines myself. I have an old (probably late 80's) Sears / MTD chipper-shredder with a Tecumseh 5hp engine that's not wort
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- 4. Re: [Shop-talk] HF Predator engines (score: 1)
- Author: Brian Kemp <bk13@earthlink.net>
- Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 20:13:38 -0800
- Please include the list on any replies. I have a 1994 Sears chipper-shredder with a 5hp B&S industrial plus engine from a yard sale that was left with old gas for a long time. I replaced the fuel lin
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- 5. Re: [Shop-talk] HF Predator engines (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <TR3driver@ca.rr.com>
- Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 20:47:57 -0800
- Did you actually poke something through all the passages, or just soak them in cleaner? Last time I had that problem (a vertical shaft mower that had been left full of fuel), the main jet had some k
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- 6. Re: [Shop-talk] HF Predator engines (score: 1)
- Author: Brian Kemp <bk13@earthlink.net>
- Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 21:29:58 -0800
- Randall, I sprayed carb cleaner on everything, used an acid brush, a pipe cleaner, or the wire from a twist tie for the little passages. I then again sprayed the carb cleaner and it came out the othe
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- 7. Re: [Shop-talk] HF Predator engines (score: 1)
- Author: Mark <mark@nashvilletn.org>
- Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2013 09:59:22 -0600
- Did you replace the rubber vacuum operated "fuel pump", I spent weeks trying to get one to run for lack of a $3 rubber part. Look at a Briggs manual and you will find it as part of the carb. Mark Nas
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- 8. Re: [Shop-talk] HF Predator engines (score: 1)
- Author: old dirtbeard <dirtbeard@pacbell.net>
- Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2013 08:47:40 -0800 (PST)
- Guys, I know that B&S carbs are very simple devices and should be easy to repair, but how much could a replacement carb cost in comparison to replacing the engine? Here is a new one for $25 (probably
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- 9. Re: [Shop-talk] HF Predator engines (score: 1)
- Author: Brian Kemp <bk13@earthlink.net>
- Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2013 10:30:37 -0800
- Doug - Thanks for the reference. Unfortunately my carb, B&S 495652 is discontinued, and the best price so far is $46 plus shipping. There may be a replacement, but http://www.briggsandstratton.com do
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