ID this little guy

#1
Hi Guys,
I picked up a NOS Tecumseh power sports 3hp today. It's a lot newer than anything I usually work on. Does anyone know how to decipher these newer motors?
Here's the tag on the blower housing. Looking for manufacture date or year it was built.
Thanks, Jeff motor.jpg
 
#8
Here' e1.jpg e2.jpg e3.jpg here's the engine. Next to it is the gas tank that was attached to it. It also had a large metal cage around the muffler. It has the crappy EPA compliant nonadjustable carb and the crank case breather is piped into the carb opening in front of the choke plate.
 

Triley41395

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#9
Okay so it is a flathead. I'm not sure when they started using that type of housing, my books only go to the early 80's. I'm pretty sure they started using that housing around 1989. So it could be an 88
 
#10
Ok. It was a weird set up. The guy I bought it from said he thought it was for a go cart. The gas tank was mounted sideways, so it was hanging over/above the pull start. The metal cage was mounted opposite to it over on the clutch side. When did they bring out the overhead cam motors?
 

pomfish

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#11
I'm going with 258th day 2004.

Usually those big wire exhaust cages are on the gocart engines but could also be used on other applications as well.
Tank hung on the side for clearance so it can be closer to the seat.
Had to be for a small cart at only 3hp.
Maybe one of those promotion carts. Dr. Pepper etc. ?
 
#12
I'm going with 258th day 2004.

Usually those big wire exhaust cages are on the gocart engines but could also be used on other applications as well.
Tank hung on the side for clearance so it can be closer to the seat.
Had to be for a small cart at only 3hp.
Maybe one of those promotion carts. Dr. Pepper etc. ?
Yep, 3hp is not much but it will be perfect for my grandkids on a minibike. They are young, 5 and 4. Enough for it to be fun but not enough to send them off at freeway speeds. Besides, I have always been a sucker for a Tec flattie no matter what the size. This one was to nice to pass up.
 
#18
You mentioned small Tec engines...I spent most of the mid seventies running all over a county in Ohio with 3,5 HP Tecumseh engines.
Just like the US Mail...through wind hale, snow...they would go!
I have one on the shelf and one on my farm three wheeler.
 
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