The older Vangard engines had a separate fuel tank & a fuel pump. Don't know why they changed it. Lucky that the Predator had the right mounting holes, and a 1" shaft for the centrifugal clutch.
I have the same engine on a tractor I'm building One thing that happened I mounted my fuel tank up high without a shut off valve it seeped fuel into the block mixing w my oil causing a smoke issue and thinning oil I installed a in line shut off and cured issue
i got my norwood lumbermate 2000 in 2001 and the honda 20hp is shot. looking at the predator to replace it. Did you need a shaft bushing for the clutch? Thanks and blessings!
@@2Years2Farm we've been running it commercially at our mill for over a year now with no major issues. The dipstick for the oil seemed to come out easily while it was running. The grommet on the dipstick didn't fit snug in the tube, so I added an O ring to the center groove on the grommet and haven't had an issue since
I have a hard time believing that two weeks of not running a manual hobby mill would cause bankruptcy. You must be living on the edge all the time then
I replaced an existing mill with this mill. The previous mill had been down for 3 weeks. 5 weeks without making any product is serious even for large operations. That 2 weeks that we were supposed to get our engine back from Briggs turned into 2 months. Buying this engine saved me from closing the doors. I would have been down 3 months with no product. You also forget that most orders have deadlines, we would have lost every contract that we had
When it's your first month running it, it can really hurt the wallet. Especially when you're relying on it to make tractor payments, truck payments, insurance, mill payments, etc. It ended up being almost 2 months before we got the Briggs back. Two weeks really would have put a hurting on us, 2 months would have done us in. You may have been born with a silver spoon in your mouth and have a nice nest egg to get you through. I on the other hand have to work every day just to keep what I have and put food on the table.
We just bought this for our Norwood. Thanks for the info. Wasn’t sure it would work
The older Vangard engines had a separate fuel tank & a fuel pump. Don't know why they changed it. Lucky that the Predator had the right mounting holes, and a 1" shaft for the centrifugal clutch.
These are great boat motors for longtail thia boats duck hunters love them
Any updates? Hows it been treating you?
I'd have a backup motor available for situations like this.
I have the same engine on a tractor I'm building
One thing that happened I mounted my fuel tank up high without a shut off valve it seeped fuel into the block mixing w my oil causing a smoke issue and thinning oil I installed a in line shut off and cured issue
The pulse pump is the only issues this motor normally ever has boat guys normally run an low pressure ele fuel pump on the 670
i got my norwood lumbermate 2000 in 2001 and the honda 20hp is shot. looking at the predator to replace it. Did you need a shaft bushing for the clutch? Thanks and blessings!
It was plug and play. Shaft is a 1" same as the 20hp.
any updates? I'm thinking about a new motor for my mill.
Still working excellent
@@fullingtonlumbercompany3656 any newer update?
@@2Years2Farm we've been running it commercially at our mill for over a year now with no major issues. The dipstick for the oil seemed to come out easily while it was running. The grommet on the dipstick didn't fit snug in the tube, so I added an O ring to the center groove on the grommet and haven't had an issue since
It makes 22hp btw
I believe that’s 670cc is 22hp
I have a hard time believing that two weeks of not running a manual hobby mill would cause bankruptcy. You must be living on the edge all the time then
Doesnt everyone? 80% of America is 2 paychecks away from being homeless in most states
I replaced an existing mill with this mill. The previous mill had been down for 3 weeks. 5 weeks without making any product is serious even for large operations. That 2 weeks that we were supposed to get our engine back from Briggs turned into 2 months. Buying this engine saved me from closing the doors. I would have been down 3 months with no product. You also forget that most orders have deadlines, we would have lost every contract that we had
When it's your first month running it, it can really hurt the wallet. Especially when you're relying on it to make tractor payments, truck payments, insurance, mill payments, etc. It ended up being almost 2 months before we got the Briggs back. Two weeks really would have put a hurting on us, 2 months would have done us in. You may have been born with a silver spoon in your mouth and have a nice nest egg to get you through. I on the other hand have to work every day just to keep what I have and put food on the table.
Being down can can cause customers to go elsewhere