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WI | I asked over on stock talk about a small bale chopper with a Tecumseh engine. I figured I'd ask here. It's an 8hp horizontal shaft, I'm not sure what vintage.
To my understanding Tecumseh went out of business.
Around here Briggs and Stratton were popular.
So pardon my ignorance.
Thanks for your help. |
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SE Manitoba | cih1660 - 11/4/2015 06:35
I asked over on stock talk about a small bale chopper with a Tecumseh engine. I figured I'd ask here. It's an 8hp horizontal shaft, I'm not sure what vintage.
To my understanding Tecumseh went out of business.
Around here Briggs and Stratton were popular.
So pardon my ignorance.
Thanks for your help.
Honda is the game!! Just make sure you get a genuine one there are lots of knock offs around! |
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Faunsdale, AL | They're ok. Same as most other small engines.....if there is much wrong with it, just replace it. |
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NE Mo | Tecumseh and many others were Power Products made engines. We have had some good and some disappointing. Had one that was better than the Briggs it was replaced with |
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just a tish NE of central ND | I seemed to think they were popular at putting a connecting rod hole through the block. We had a vertical shaft back in the days of old, in a lawn mower that just disconnected the one end of the rod from the next and didn't hurt anything else. Engine full of oil and it didn't even mar the crank although the rod bearing journal hole was a little loose and wallowed out for some reason. |
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SW Ohio | the ones I have been around were good at shearing flywheel keys, the knock off Hondas are almost as good as the real ones. |
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West Union, Illinois | I personally like Tecumseh better than Briggs or Kohler. But when I replace an engine I intend to keep and use I get a Honda.
Oh, and like someone else said, small engines are usually simple to fix when they start messing up. Remove 4 bolts and replace with a new one. Life is way to short to spend it arguing with a small engine |
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WI | I agree Honda is the best IMO. My power washer and air compressor both have Honda engines, and my ATV is a Honda. |
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Gettysburg, PA | I have an old snow blower with a Tecumseh engine and that bugger starts up on the first or second pull every time I use it! Of course, now that I say that the SOB won't start this winter!! :) |
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Elizabethtown,KY | I'm showing my age here, but does anyone remember the old Clinton small engines, my Pappaw had one on a tiller and lawn mower, and I think my dad had one mower with one. They were tough old engines and had excellent power from what I remember. |
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| Don, we had am opd power reel mower when I was a kid that had a 5hp Clinton IIRCA. First time I tried using it I was about 8 Thing drug me around the yard so my uncle went out & nought a regular mower
Edited by boog 11/4/2015 09:06
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| RUN AWAY FAST AND FAR! |
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west-byGod-Pa. | Personally, no....never had good long-term success with them. bores are soft |
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Eastern North Carolina | cih1660 - 11/4/2015 06:35
I asked over on stock talk about a small bale chopper with a Tecumseh engine. I figured I'd ask here. It's an 8hp horizontal shaft, I'm not sure what vintage.
To my understanding Tecumseh went out of business.
Around here Briggs and Stratton were popular.
So pardon my ignorance.
Thanks for your help.
are Tecumseh engines any good?
NO!
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Germany | Because there is absolutely no parts supply. At least for the italian made Tecumsehs we got here. Otherwise, they are not worse than other cheap small engines. |
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| The Tecumseh engines I've been around have gone to the scrap pile from broken connecting rods. Perhaps they needed new bolts every 2 years or better locks, but the rod caps eventually broke and if they didn't poke a hole in the block, at least they bent the crankshaft. A new Briggs from the engine warehouse was cheaper than parts from Deere on my last one in a 1967 JD 112 garden tractor. It doesn't have electric start and the hood and grill don't fit but it runs.
Gerald J. |
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| get a subaru, they are just as reliable as a honda with a little bit better price per horsepower. we sell more Subarus at the JD dealer i work at than honda and we fix less subarus than hondas as well. we have a subaru on our wood splitter than has 1500 hours and only had oil change air filter ect. and it is a tad undersized for the pump its turning so it lives a hard life |
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North Central Texas | Carbs were junk. Cpc ended up with what was left of the company and they now produce LCT engines. |
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| Ive got a old 1.5 hp clinton that was my great grandfathers, they didnt have electricity yet and had it on a generator to charge batteries for the house, it was also used to power the garden tiller. My grandpa took a old bicycle and made it into a motor bike when he was in high school so i know it got run pretty hard but it will start on the first or second pull and runs great. |
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| We've got a 8HP Tecumseh snow king engine on a JD 832 snowblower.
This has been a very good engine, original, 30 years old or so.
All carbs. need some work at some point. |
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Southern Nevada desert | cih1660 - 11/3/2015 16:35
Are Tecumseh engines any good?
Thanks for your help.
No. |
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| Depends on the size of your boat... |
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| It is funny to read some of these, Tecumseh was the standard for the majority of the walk behind snow blower manufacturers for years. Now most have went with their own engines after Tecumseh went belly up, with that said you walk into any dealer and talk to the guys in the shop, the vast majority rate the old Tecumseh snow king engines as tops in the field STILL. They were simple, rugged and just worked. I also find it interesting alot of rod failures are mentioned on here, after working in a dealer parts department, those are not a common failure when upkeep is done. I wonder if those mentioned here were doing proper oil changes and running the right weight oil. Major issue now is the parts supply, most of the internals on the HH, H and HM series engines are NLA. And that is because the issues of Tecumseh itself, not because of a engineering flaw. Shame really, I rate those engines quite high on my list. |
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Hagen Brothers farms,Goodrich ND | TP from Central PA - 11/5/2015 14:50
It is funny to read some of these, Tecumseh was the standard for the majority of the walk behind snow blower manufacturers for years. Now most have went with their own engines after Tecumseh went belly up, with that said you walk into any dealer and talk to the guys in the shop, the vast majority rate the old Tecumseh snow king engines as tops in the field STILL. They were simple, rugged and just worked. I also find it interesting alot of rod failures are mentioned on here, after working in a dealer parts department, those are not a common failure when upkeep is done. I wonder if those mentioned here were doing proper oil changes and running the right weight oil. Major issue now is the parts supply, most of the internals on the HH, H and HM series engines are NLA. And that is because the issues of Tecumseh itself, not because of a engineering flaw. Shame really, I rate those engines quite high on my list.
+1, I bought a new push mower powered by one in 1968. I still use it every year for clean up work. That little engine has rolled up a pile of hours in the last 40 + years with never a problem. Was always an easy starter. It hs run aprox 50 hours between changes with mobil 1 synthetic since it was available. Been a good engine for me. |
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| Jon Hagen - 11/4/2015 17:33
TP from Central PA - 11/5/2015 14:50
It is funny to read some of these, Tecumseh was the standard for the majority of the walk behind snow blower manufacturers for years. Now most have went with their own engines after Tecumseh went belly up, with that said you walk into any dealer and talk to the guys in the shop, the vast majority rate the old Tecumseh snow king engines as tops in the field STILL. They were simple, rugged and just worked. I also find it interesting alot of rod failures are mentioned on here, after working in a dealer parts department, those are not a common failure when upkeep is done. I wonder if those mentioned here were doing proper oil changes and running the right weight oil. Major issue now is the parts supply, most of the internals on the HH, H and HM series engines are NLA. And that is because the issues of Tecumseh itself, not because of a engineering flaw. Shame really, I rate those engines quite high on my list.
+1, I bought a new push mower powered by one in 1968. I still use it every year for clean up work. That little engine has rolled up a pile of hours in the last 40 + years with never a problem. Was always an easy starter. It hs run aprox 50 hours between changes with mobil 1 synthetic since it was available. Been a good engine for me.
The older Tecumseh engines had cast iron sleeves, and were built for the long haul, not for short term use.
So do study the engines and their construction. Most companies build a range of quality, including Honda. |
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Texas/New Mexico Stateline | Grandpa has a Murry mower about 2000 year vintage with Tecumseh engine and it has probably hundreds of hours on it. Only problem he has had is the mounting bolt holes got worn, and now the engine won't stay tight to the frame. Have tried lock-tite and even welding the bolt heads. They still come loose and let the engine jiggle around.
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Moreauville LA | Honda would be perfect if they'd put a poly gas tank instead of the steel.
We have a habit of flushing the tank bottoms with the fill nozzle every filling. Plenty gunk comes out. |
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Pennyrile, West Ky. | Gotta boat that needs an anchor? |
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ND | JD seemed to have good luck with these engines on their snowblowers--maybe they had the better stuff in their engines. If people would use their fuel shutoff valve the carbs wouldn't have to get cleaned out as often. |
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WI | Thanks again for the help. |
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are Tecumseh engines any good?
