[SEL] Briggs eng dating needed

[Alan Bowen]

Hey back atcha, Curt,

Look at what I wrote,,,
Yes, I was using the serial number.
Then hit the link that Ron posted.m There is the dating list.
Scroll down to the section on the 5S and for each month they show the serial number of the last engine made that month.

IHTH
Alan Bowen

cgandree at mchsi.com wrote: Hey Alan how does one determine the date?  Is off the serial number its self 
or what.
Thanks alot and Ron too.
Curt


----------------------  Original Message:  ---------------------
From:    Alan Bowen 
To:      The SEL email discussion list 
Subject: Re: [SEL] Briggs eng dating needed
Date:    Thu, 19 Jul 2007 20:44:31 +0000

> Sorry, Ron, but make that March of 1953.
> 
> >From that site,  8>))
> 
>         1127641              is the last 5S built in February.
> 1138387 is the last 5S built in March.
> His 1135296 would have been built in March.
> 
> rdhaskell at juno.com wrote: It looks like Feb of 1953 to me.
>  http://www.asecc.com/data/briggs/data4.html#5S
> Ron Haskell
> rdhaskell at juno.com
> Riverside, California
> USA
> http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/AlbumList?u=3009370&f=0
> 
> On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 19:05:27 +0000 cgandree at mchsi.com writes:
> > Today I judged our local 4H fair kids with their small engine 
> > projects and had 
> > a 10yr old youngster bring a nicely restored briggs engine to 
> > display.  
> > Needless to say he received a blue ribbon and I recommended he take 
> > his engine 
> > to our Illinois state fair.  He was asking me for help in dating the 
> > engine so 
> > really could use your help.
> > 
> > Briggs Eng:  Model: 5s   Type:  700302 Ser: 1135296
> > 
> > thank you in advance.
> > Curt Andree

       
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