It ran ok but sure liked to smoke, and a little down on power. About two, three years ago it swallowed up a carburetor screw. Made it out the muffler but not without a little damage.
Well this NOS 14hp Command came up on CL for a very good price. It was a pull start engine so I needed to change everything over from the 12.5 electric.
First hiccup was that the stator mounting holes were not tapped, and two were missing so I needed to drill two holes and tap four, pretty easy fix.
Needed to take the fuel pump off the 14 because it would interfere with the muffler, that I needed to use from the 12.5 to clear the hood, then make a plate cover for the fuel pump hole. Mount the ring gear flywheel and starter, I also reused the flywheel cover from the 12.5. (sleeper)
It fired right up
haven't had a chance to try it out yet, but soon. I suppose the next thing is the hydro will go out on it
don't say that!