Is it possible to convert a lawn mower engine to horizontal?

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Chris

I have 2 lawn mowers on the side of my house. I have one piece of crap 4 hp one and my other good one is 6.5 hp. The 4 hp motor works its just the lawn mower itself that is falling apart (broken cables, wheels falling off, broken linkages). Can I use the broken one to create a small go kart but how would I convert it to a horizontal shaft engine? I have seen people on youtube do it but how complicated is it? The problem is lubrication and the carb direction. How would I do this? I need something to do over the summer and I am great with engines and mechanics.

Answer
The easiest way to convert a vertical shaft engine to horizontal for a gokart, is to just long V-belt with a twist in it. It will last longer than the belt on a Corvair lasted, and that was doable.

How much will it cost to fix my lawn mower?

randomobje

Hi all - I know nothing about lawn mowers or motors in general. Anyways - I just inherited a lawn mower which (I think) was a decent quality mower in its day (early 00's), but has been sitting in a shed with the gas and oil in it for several years. I am guessing that I'm going to have to take it in for repairs to get the motor all cleaned out and de-gunked and working again. Any ideas on how much something like that should cost?

Thanks!

Answer
It's easy enough to drain the gas and oil yourself. Not much to it really. There should be a plug under the deck of the mower for the oil drain. Replace it with fresh. Pull the spark plug out and brush it clean and replace it. May take a few pulls to get the old gas out of the line but if there was nothing wrong with the mower to begin with it should be good to go. Could save you quite a bit of money. If that fails then take it to the shop.

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