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<blockquote data-quote="SkidRoe" data-source="post: 53149" data-attributes="member: 3290"><p>Hi Kendall,</p><p>I bought my engine from Princess Auto here in Canada, basically the Canadian equivalent of Harbor Frieght. It was branded as their own in-house make, Power Fist, but it had a few decals on it that said Launtop. Princess Auto still lists them in their catalog, but I have yet to see another one in the store since Ibought mine (it was the last one they had and was a display model).</p><p>The engine is basically a copy of a Honda GX620. I got the idea from here:</p><p><a href="http://www.smallenginewarehouse.com/RepowerItems.asp?Brand=Bobcat&Model=440B" target="_blank">http://www.smallenginewarehouse.com/RepowerItems.asp?Brand=Bobcat&Model=440B</a></p><p>At the time, they were offering 24 hp GX670's as a repower kit. As you can see, they have now moved on to B&S Vangaurd engines.</p><p>I learned a few things after doing the conversion: </p><p>1. I probably could have left the oil filter on the engine. While I was retrofitting in the aux hydraulics, I removed the lower black firewall plate behind the pump stack and found that I had clear access to the filter in it's stock location. It definitely is easier to get at were I have it mounted, but I don't thing that it is a necessity.</p><p>2. The engine that I have only has a 3 amp charging system, which is fine for charging the battery, but not enough for running lights.</p><p>3. I ended up putting in an electric fuel pump. The siphin system works once the motor is running, but I think that most of the starting issues that the machine was plagued with from new is due to a lack of fuel / loss of siphin.</p><p>Other than that, the conversion has been a great improvement over stock.</p><p>Cheers,</p><p>SR</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SkidRoe, post: 53149, member: 3290"] Hi Kendall, I bought my engine from Princess Auto here in Canada, basically the Canadian equivalent of Harbor Frieght. It was branded as their own in-house make, Power Fist, but it had a few decals on it that said Launtop. Princess Auto still lists them in their catalog, but I have yet to see another one in the store since Ibought mine (it was the last one they had and was a display model). The engine is basically a copy of a Honda GX620. I got the idea from here: [URL]http://www.smallenginewarehouse.com/RepowerItems.asp?Brand=Bobcat&Model=440B[/URL] At the time, they were offering 24 hp GX670's as a repower kit. As you can see, they have now moved on to B&S Vangaurd engines. I learned a few things after doing the conversion: 1. I probably could have left the oil filter on the engine. While I was retrofitting in the aux hydraulics, I removed the lower black firewall plate behind the pump stack and found that I had clear access to the filter in it's stock location. It definitely is easier to get at were I have it mounted, but I don't thing that it is a necessity. 2. The engine that I have only has a 3 amp charging system, which is fine for charging the battery, but not enough for running lights. 3. I ended up putting in an electric fuel pump. The siphin system works once the motor is running, but I think that most of the starting issues that the machine was plagued with from new is due to a lack of fuel / loss of siphin. Other than that, the conversion has been a great improvement over stock. Cheers, SR [/QUOTE]
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