Alright, I have some more info for you! ( Brace yourself, this might be long! 🤣) Also, thanks for the shout out! I appreciate it! First off, you are correct, that is the original coil setup for the model 14 you have. They actually fit the 9, 14, 19, and 23. I believe Briggs called it the magnamatic ignition or something stupid like that. Just by seeing it, I can tell that coil is most probably bad and that's probably why it was removed. Good news is that recently cheap chinese knockoffs have been produced and you can get a new coil for like 20 or 30 bucks. Bad news is that they are cheap chinese knockoffs and I have heard mixed reviews. I personally have had good luck with the one in my model 9. Unfortunately OEM ones are scarce and very pricey when you do find one. Next, that aluminum block engine looks like it is maybe a 14xxxx series engine. I believe they were the successor to the model 14, but TBH I don't know all that much about them. It definitely looks like it had a different starter on it, probably a recoil, and that cup is definitely not original lol. You will probably want to find a larger cup to put on it as the small diameter of that cup will probably make it hard to start. Probably a product of the early 60's. I am going to guess that the gas tank to your 14FB isn't original either as I have never seen a round tank on a 14, and it looks like a lot of plumbing was done to make the sediment bowl work lol. You are correct about the holes being the flange mount. On some other briggs they were a lot more pronounced lol. I know I have said this before but I will say it again. Do yourself a favor and resist the temptation to just dump some gas in it and fire it up without doing anything first. You never know what the insides of these things look like, especially after sitting for 30+ years. (For all you know that 14FB could have sludge in the pan, stuck rings, valves that aren't seating, stuck points, ect!)Before I even attempt to start an engine, I tear it completely apart and check everything and it really pays off. There were several times where I figured I would probably be ok to just try and start it once, but after tearing it apart found issues that would have caused serious damage. It's just not worth the risk in my opinion. Plus after you do it a couple times, you realize it's a lot more fun to tear them completely apart and go through them completely rather than just dumping gas in them and trying to start them. You learn a lot that way too. Just go slow, don't rush, ask when you need help, and most importantly have fun and you will have some really nice running engines! As you start to get more into these engines, I would highly recommend you join the SmokStak forums as there are a lot of super nice and knowledgeable people on there and you will get tons of info an help from that site if you need it. (I'm only 17 so while I can help you with these engines, I definitely don't know everything lol.) Good Luck!!!
The engine on the left looks like a 14xxxx series engine. The 143302 was popular on the David Bradley 917.575.135 walk behind tractors. The other model 14(FB) engine is a variation of the 14D which was used on the David Bradley 725 Suburban riding mower tractor which was the 2nd generation Sears riding mower made by David Bradley Co. For Sears. Cool engines. I have a few.
Alright, I have some more info for you! ( Brace yourself, this might be long! 🤣) Also, thanks for the shout out! I appreciate it!
First off, you are correct, that is the original coil setup for the model 14 you have. They actually fit the 9, 14, 19, and 23. I believe Briggs called it the magnamatic ignition or something stupid like that. Just by seeing it, I can tell that coil is most probably bad and that's probably why it was removed. Good news is that recently cheap chinese knockoffs have been produced and you can get a new coil for like 20 or 30 bucks. Bad news is that they are cheap chinese knockoffs and I have heard mixed reviews. I personally have had good luck with the one in my model 9. Unfortunately OEM ones are scarce and very pricey when you do find one.
Next, that aluminum block engine looks like it is maybe a 14xxxx series engine. I believe they were the successor to the model 14, but TBH I don't know all that much about them. It definitely looks like it had a different starter on it, probably a recoil, and that cup is definitely not original lol. You will probably want to find a larger cup to put on it as the small diameter of that cup will probably make it hard to start. Probably a product of the early 60's.
I am going to guess that the gas tank to your 14FB isn't original either as I have never seen a round tank on a 14, and it looks like a lot of plumbing was done to make the sediment bowl work lol. You are correct about the holes being the flange mount. On some other briggs they were a lot more pronounced lol.
I know I have said this before but I will say it again. Do yourself a favor and resist the temptation to just dump some gas in it and fire it up without doing anything first. You never know what the insides of these things look like, especially after sitting for 30+ years. (For all you know that 14FB could have sludge in the pan, stuck rings, valves that aren't seating, stuck points, ect!)Before I even attempt to start an engine, I tear it completely apart and check everything and it really pays off. There were several times where I figured I would probably be ok to just try and start it once, but after tearing it apart found issues that would have caused serious damage. It's just not worth the risk in my opinion. Plus after you do it a couple times, you realize it's a lot more fun to tear them completely apart and go through them completely rather than just dumping gas in them and trying to start them. You learn a lot that way too. Just go slow, don't rush, ask when you need help, and most importantly have fun and you will have some really nice running engines!
As you start to get more into these engines, I would highly recommend you join the SmokStak forums as there are a lot of super nice and knowledgeable people on there and you will get tons of info an help from that site if you need it. (I'm only 17 so while I can help you with these engines, I definitely don't know everything lol.)
Good Luck!!!
The one with no information tag is a model 14 6 HP Briggs I have the same one all original it's a very rare Briggs collectible
The engine on the left looks like a 14xxxx series engine. The 143302 was popular on the David Bradley 917.575.135 walk behind tractors. The other model 14(FB) engine is a variation of the 14D which was used on the David Bradley 725 Suburban riding mower tractor which was the 2nd generation Sears riding mower made by David Bradley Co. For Sears. Cool engines. I have a few.
Thank you for the information!
Oh man those look nice. We have an old Model 23 that looks like a bigger version of those two.