Briggs & Stratton Ignition Kit 2-8 HP Engines with Breaker Point Ignition #5012D - Answered Questions & Fixed issues

If selled some capacitor or new ignition parts order it always with statement of the serial motornumber and the year of build , because of modifications on marketing technical dicisions can be made for your engine, that can prevent a next disappointment. may be for the problem a new sparkplug the supression capacitor can also be bad a bad sparkplug connection cable .are some small sugestions.

sparkplug or a defect ignition coil, if the last option happens it is a very important that you should always note the serial number and year of age and the brand of the used engine because of marketing technical modifications can happen over time. it happened in practice too often that some people just give up the model and then come to decide that there is no spark coming from the spark plug.

pull the bulb and retaing ring any way you can. don't try ti save them. you get a new retaing ring with the bulb. put the new bulb in then work the retaing ring in with a screw driver,clean everything behind the bulb before you put the new on in.

Replace ignition switch
Key is sticking on loose or broken parts int

check gap on coil the gap on the points and also make sure the magnets are free of rust, the capacitor could be weak also.

Maybe your converter is stopped up this is just one thing could be a fuel filter

That is never good....

make sure the flywheel key hasnt sheared off .

to much oil or cracked oil ring

Have you cleaned fuel line and tank to make sure no restrictions to carburetor?

if condenser has leaked provided it is not oil or greese i would say that would cause a defective spark.

Spring goes from throttle air valve to plastic lever under flywheel. Cooling fan on flywheel provides pressure to open/close throttle. As engine (fan) speeds up, pressure on lever causes throttle to close. As engine slows, throttle will open. System achieves an equilibrium very quickly.

hope it helps!

You parts manual is in the link below:
http://www4.briggsandstratton.com/ipl/pdfs/100/MS0669.pdf

Item 8 on the die of the engine is porting oil to your carb. Most of the time the reason for this is that someone seriously over-filled the engine with oil so as a crankcase breather it is shoving the excess oil out of the crankcase and into the carb throat. Hence your seeing massive smoke and the engine eventually dies out.

Re-check the engine oil level. There are 2 lines on the dip stick. The oil should NOT be above the upper line.

If the oil level is fine then remove the crancase breather from the side of the engine and submerse it a cleaning solvent. (I can not tell you to use gas but I do) Let it soak for quite a while (8 hours) And then clean it off with carb cleaner and re-install it.

I honestly think you have a simple case of too much oil in the engine. Adjust the oil level to the proper levels and try again. It will smoke for a couple of minutes while the residual oil id expelled but it should snap out of the current symptoms shortly there after.

If none of the above correct the problem just respond here and I will help you.
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you can always find them in a Service and Repair Instructions manual. i have several of them as i have taken a couple different small engine courses. give me a model # and i will get back to you. they use several carburetors on their engines.

Normally the starting point is 1-1/2 turns from bottom.

Hi mcmeyla,

Point gap is 0.020

Handie Andie

You need a flywheel puller tool. You can rent them at most auto parts stores for a few dollars a day. Be advised that flywheels can be very hard to remove, and can come off suddenly and violently when using a puller, keep your face away.

Have a look at this video:

http://www.5min.com/Video/How-to-Fix-the-Points-on-a-Briggs-and-Stratton-76362305

They reckon the points gap should be about 20 thousandts

Check the ignition cutout which should short the coil to ground to stop engine, isn't operating while you are cranking engine.
To check grounding, measure resistance from chassis to non chassis side of points.
This should be very low (= resistance of coil primary) and reduce further when points close.

1 - a bit obvious, but make sure you have the switch turned to on

2- replace the plug

3- If there is still no spark the magento coil may be expended and require replacemt - check to see that the
wire from the plug to the magento coil is not earthed / grounded