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Re: How To Get an Old Briggs & Stratton Engine Running

Bruce #13001 11/08/09 06:39 AM

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grumpy

Pushrod Honda preferrer

He says fill the old no-dipstick engines (prior to about 1982 I think) right up to the top of the oil filler hole thread. I've always filled mine to the bottom of the thread, which is about a centimetre below the top. Is he right, or am I?

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How To Get an Old Briggs & Stratton Engine Running	Bruce	09/08/09 07:19 PM
Re: How To Get an Old Briggs & Stratton Engine Running	grumpy	10/08/09 07:39 PM
Re: How To Get an Old Briggs & Stratton Engine Running	Anonymous	10/08/09 09:11 PM
Re: How To Get an Old Briggs & Stratton Engine Running	gmax	10/08/09 11:29 PM
Re: How To Get an Old Briggs & Stratton Engine Running	Bruce	11/08/09 03:18 AM
Re: How To Get an Old Briggs & Stratton Engine Running	mowernut	11/08/09 03:28 AM
Re: How To Get an Old Briggs & Stratton Engine Running	grumpy	11/08/09 06:52 PM

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