I like them Honda engines.

Gun guru · Mar 21, 2010

I have a small 1.5HP water pump, Honda 4 cycle engine. I have not run this engine in 3 years. Well I went out and filled a plastic tub full of water and then put the inlet hose in the tub, filled with fresh new gasoline. Then I primed the pump housing with water and then 3 pulls of the cord and it fired right up..........I let it pump water for 10 minutes or so then shut it down.

This little water pump is a 1" NPT inlet with a garden hose outlet. It pumps about 20gpm at full throttle. I had never owned a Honda motor till I bought this pump. Kicks the snot out of Techumseh and Briggs.

JayinNY · Mar 21, 2010

Yep I had one, wait until the plastic cam eats it. then you'll really love it. Mine was under warrenty, got it fixed, then I had other problems with it later on. So it went in the garbage. I got a new Tanaka 2 cycle one, and it kicks that hondas but. Should last a lot longer.

JayinNY · Mar 21, 2010

I forgot to say,Mine was a honda wx 10, maybe yours is newer and built better.

Anonymous-0 · Mar 21, 2010

What's the info on your pump. Could use something like that myself. In wet conditions, I tear up some ground moving water tanks for the horses, but could leave a tank in place and drive another within 50 ft on a road and transfer the water. Original brainstorm was a sump pump and generator that I already have (just need a bunch of expensive hose), but a little self contained pump could make things real sweet.

Dave

Gun guru · Mar 21, 2010

That is what I have the Wx10 or whatever. I bought mine in 2004, we had lots of heavy rain in Michigan that year.

Gun guru · Mar 21, 2010

Wx10, I bought it from Northern tool. It was $330 or so. I think it is 30gpm at full throttle, I looked it up a few minutes ago on the northern tool website. I should have bought a trash pump for $500, a lot more tolerant of the dirt/wood chips/leaves.

Anonymous-0 · Mar 21, 2010

Thanks... Found this one at HF, think it's any good.... Prolly chinese, but a comparable chinese pump here would run about 300 bucks.

Dave

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=98013

Gun guru · Mar 21, 2010

Dont buy a Chinese anything.........I dont like commies. Get a good one, like, Coleman makes a water pump I think, and so does Briggs, Or get a real Honda engine driven pump.

JayinNY · Mar 21, 2010

Dave this is my small transfer pump, nice and light and it works great. Its made by Tanaka.

kopeck · Mar 21, 2010

Honda makes great stuff.

A friend has one of those little generators in a jug. Every time I see it I can hardly believe it, it's so quiet and starts on the first pull every time.

The Japanese really know how to build stuff.

K

Gun guru · Mar 21, 2010

The Ja9s build good small stuff. But Toyota wishes it could build cars safer huh? The small Ja9 diesels are great, I still dont think Kubota is as great as everybody says, just have one puke on you while your using it and you will see what I mean.

Anonymous-0 · Mar 21, 2010

December 7, 1941....

I continue to get excellent service out of my two Briggs powered lawnmowers I bought new eighteen years ago.

Glenn F.

JayinNY · Mar 21, 2010

Smile and be happy

! You wont get that kind of performance out of a new Briggs& Stratton

JayinNY · Mar 21, 2010

The Ja9s??? Now thats funny! lol ;0

Bob · Mar 21, 2010

Sadly, many (most?) new B/S engines are made in Japan.

JayinNY · Mar 21, 2010

I thought it was Mexico also! Cant keep tract anymore. The 3, 6.5hp Inteks I have say USA on them,,,dunno!

JOB · Mar 21, 2010

I have an old 23 briggs on an old Hale irrigation pump 2and 1/2 inch discharge about 100 gallons per minute at 75 psi. This thing. has sat for 5 years or more, pour a little gas in the tank choke it and one pull and it is running. Can"t complain one bit about this engine or pump. And it wasn"t made by the early morning cowards that paid us a visit early one Sunday morning. Every time you pull that rope or turn your Honda key you are saying THANK YOU.

Crem · Mar 21, 2010

Big deal. I have an old rototiller with a Briggs engine that I bought used in the early sixties. Every year in the spring it starts with one or two pulls and I take no extra precautions for storage.

Anonymous-0 · Mar 22, 2010

The Tanaka is a 2 cycle that needs an oil and gas mixture like a chain saw. Robin/Subaru makes a small 1 inch 4 stroke pump that is every bit as good as a Honda for quite a bit less money. Robin had the mini 4 stroke engine before Honda. Dave

greygoat · Mar 22, 2010

They couldn't afford to make B&S engines in
Japan. Japanese auto and industrial workers are
paid almost as much as here in USA. Japan is
outsourceing manufacturing to china and third
world countries!

RodinNS · Mar 22, 2010

Shoulda cleaned the plug first. Woulda started on the first pull then

Rod

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