I'm trying to find a replacement engine for my Honda snowblower (don't ask) but I'm having trouble identifying the correct replacement. Its a GX340 (11hp) and on the Honda website it tells me the GC05-38xxxxxx is my engine type but I can't find it anywhere online. The manual tells me its a GX340K1, but there's tons of them in all manner of shaft/recoil ect. I tried asking the local Honda dealer but they want to fix it, not help me figure out how to fix it: "we don't offer advice over the phone".
I'm going to pull the engine today and take some measurements on the type of shaft/bolt patterns/whatever. But while I've got the engine off, and it starts to snow outside........deep....dark...thoughts come to me..........Why not replace it with a bigger engine? It looks like the GX390 has similar bolt patterns, and is about the same price (and more common on craigslist). I've got that engine on my pressure washer right now. Maybe just a simple swap for right now while I rebuild the old one? I know I'm asking for trouble but out here in suburbia we like to live on the edge.
I'm going to pull the engine today and take some measurements on the type of shaft/bolt patterns/whatever. But while I've got the engine off, and it starts to snow outside........deep....dark...thoughts come to me..........Why not replace it with a bigger engine? It looks like the GX390 has similar bolt patterns, and is about the same price (and more common on craigslist). I've got that engine on my pressure washer right now. Maybe just a simple swap for right now while I rebuild the old one? I know I'm asking for trouble but out here in suburbia we like to live on the edge.