[John147]

So i have been avoiding this Parker lawn vacuum in my lawn since i brought home my 1512 as it didn't run and i was not that concerned about leaves. I've been messing with the newer 5HP briggs and stratton for a day now and who ever worked on this thing last shouldn't ever again. The carb is trashed and has so many stripped threads it's not even worth rebuilding and a new one is 110 from what i found.

So this afternoon i went down to harbor freight for a 212cc predator engine i use these engines in my hopped up mini bikes with great success. I installed the engine and had to use a mini bike exhaust for now till i come up with something permanent. I got the engine installed and filled with break in oil runs nice and quiet and seems to do a decent job and collecting leaves till i can find a smaller tractor mounted trac vac setup.