I just cannot be certain given what little is really said in the parts list I used. That assembly number would have been fitted for the iron flywheel dust cover. There is reason to believe it may have been ordered as a different assembly than I listed in this article. Since it was drilled and tapped for the dust cover used with a cast iron flywheel, I used that instead.

The engine in this article was wearing a pressed steel governor wheel when parted out. I suspect the blocks were supplied as a replacement part for a rebuild. I suppose everything is open to speculation but I have come to the conclusion that this variation possibly never came from the factory as a complete engine. 67901 cylinder has the old-style breather. There was absolutely nothing to suggest that a no. Reading the manual you would think this was a same ol’ round fin FH without the inclusion of a new- style breather. 68989 cylinder assembly consisting of, among other things, a no. I did quite a bit of digging and found the following in an original FH owners’ manual: This block was sold as a no. Another widely known early Briggs & Stratton collector informed me he could find no reference to this variation in any of his original or reprinted literature. Charley Camara told me he had seen one other like it at a show back east, 25 years ago, and none since. I made a couple phone calls to find out if I was just the last to know about this variation FH. I had never heard of any FH being fitted like that and did not quite believe it was the “real deal.” Using the best parts I had on hand to replace what I didn’t get, I ended up with what you see. When I initially looked at the eBay listing, it did not register with me what I was seeing.

What’s really interesting about this FH is the very seldom seen old-style slant fin crankcase breather on a round fin block. On April 13, 2008, I purchased this Briggs & Stratton FH engine block and a few other assorted parts for sale on eBay. Everett Hayden’s Briggs & Stratton FH engine that he picked up on eBay.

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