My dad had the same thing happen and believe it or not.......went to harbor
freight and bought their 6 hp and it works great. He has been using it over
a year now. It is recoil start only though :-(. He said the shaft was the
same size but he had to get metric bolts to mount it but the orginal holes
were in the right place and size to work. Take good measurements. Your
mileage will/ may vary.
Good Luck Lyndell

"stryped" wrote in message
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I have an older model Troy bilt horse. )I belive 1982. It is 6 horse
electric start. I was tilling yesterday and it made a metallic sound
then died. It has no compression when pulling the recoil starter.

I am debating fixing this or scraping and buying a cheaper one. Can
you tell me how much a replacement is? Do you sell rebuild kits for
my
current engine? Here are the numbers on it:


HH60-105116Hser23230


Also, I have found an engine used online. The model is H60-75505R
with
Serial 0096R. It is a manual start. It is sold as is for 75 plus
shipping. Can you tell me if this can be converted to electric start
using my current blown up engine?


Thanks!