[AT] test

Richard Fink Sr rfinksr at verizon.net
Mon Apr 29 08:08:41 PDT 2013


Thanks Charlie just ordered one on line. May get to till garden after all 
with out borring one that will break then i need to fix it.
R Fink
PA


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "charlie hill" <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2013 3:41 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] test


> Here's the deal.  Move fast it expires Tuesday.  I can't help with the 25%
> off I got but here is another deal on
> the same engine for $99 bucks.  it's the deal I was going to take until I
> got the 25% coupon in the mail.
> http://www.harborfreight.com/212-cc-OHV-Horizontal-Shaft-Gas-Engine-EPA-69730.html?ccdenc=eyJjb2RlIjoiNTgxMjI3MzciLCJza3UiOiI2OTczMCIsImlzIjoiOTkuOTkiLCJwcm9kdWN0X2lk%0D%0AIjoiODgxMCJ9%0D%0A&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1613b&utm_source=1025
>
> You can order online and they will ship it for $6.90 so you'll end up with
> about $107 in it plus applicable taxes.
>
> Charlie
>
>
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Richard Fink Sr
> Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2013 3:53 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] test
>
> Wish i could find a deal like that and the coupon. My tiller has given me
> trouble last two years this year coil and clutch for pull rope it is a 
> brigs
> 5 hp. Must complain it run good for about 5 years then puff????????
> R Fink
> PA
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "charlie hill" <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2013 9:18 AM
> Subject: Re: [AT] test
>
>
>> Thanks Mike,  Hopefully I'll get good service out of it.
>>
>> They show the list price as $179 but I think you are right, you can
>> buy it fairly often for $119.  I just got lucky and found it on sale for
>> $99
>> and they allowed me to use a 25% discount coupon on top of that.
>>
>> Charlie
>>
>> -----Original Message----- 
>> From: Mike
>> Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2013 9:52 AM
>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>> Subject: Re: [AT] test
>>
>> I belong to the "Troybilt" tiller forum, and many members have been
>> replacing old busted Tecumseh, B&S, and Kohler engines with the HF
>> engines for several years. Not one person has written to complain that
>> the engines crapped out. Of course, tilling a garden doesn't usually put
>> a lot of hours on an engine, so it might take ten yeas of use to kill
>> the engines. Using the engines for 40 hours a week might be a different
>> story.
>>
>> And yes, they are Honda copies, but I understand that Honda outsourced
>> their product to some Chinese companies and permitted the companies to
>> produce the engines afterward, as long as they didn't call them "Honda".
>> So replacement parts for a "Predator" engine might me hard to find, but
>> could get lucky and find a Honda part that is a direct replacement. On
>> the other hand, with a "20% off coupon", you can usually buy a
>> spare/replacement engine for under $100...
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> On 4/28/2013 9:28 AM, charlie hill wrote:
>>> Cecil, according to my friend that used to own a small engine shop,
>>> these HF engines are essentially Honda design, knocked off by the
>>> Chinese.  I don't know. Anyway, for another 12 bucks within the next
>>> 30 days I can buy a replacement guarantee good for 1 year. I think
>>> for a few more bucks I can get one good for 2 years.  It's not a
>>> warranty, it's a direct replacement. I think I'll do it at some point
>>> if I don't forget before the 30 days is out.
>>>
>>> Charlie
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