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Briggs & Stratton Dating

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Hello All

 

I am sure one of you said that B & S engines can be dated, if so what year would you put on this one

Model    94502

Type     5911 02

Code   85111901

(the 1 before the 9 could vaguely be a 7, but fairly confident it is a 1)

 

Thanks

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Clive1997 Tue, 05/01/2016

Thanks, Interesting, thought it must be a replacement as its on my  Hayter which I have just started cleaning up, its an early one from 1958/59

 

 

wristpin Tue, 05/01/2016

Useful but not totally reliable if someone has, at some time, replaced the engine cowling* complete with numbers from another engine or a major failure has been repaired by fitting a short block. In that case the short block used to come with a metallic sticker to place near the numbers on the original cowling to warn future repairers that all may not be as it seemed. 

* Blower housing in Briggs speak!