Dear Oren,
I've worked on a bunch of old Briggs engines -- I'm fairly sure they do
have breaker points. To get at them, you'd have to knock the flywheel off,
and take the little aluminum cover off.

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Christopher A. Young
Do good work.
It's longer in the short run
but shorter in the long run.
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On Sun, 21 Aug 2005 06:22:13 -0700, mingv wrote:

I've got a 1958 Briggs & Stratton 6B-S engine I'm trying to get running.


sheet metal that covers the flywheel. DOES THIS THING HAVE POINTS??? If
so, I can't find them. The spark plug wire comes out of a black thingie
that I can't seem to get into. Is this a magneto? (I don't understand
magnetoes.)

No point's. With sand paper, clean (lightly sand) the magnets of the
side of the flywheel to remove any rust or film build-up. See if this
improves the spark test.

Oren