Don't forget Sole (Mitsubishi)?
Do not forget Lombardini
But if one has only had a couple of different engines of different manufacturers how does one know which is the most complicated manufacturer. Of the 3 I have had none have been "complicated". The first just did not want to work when I needed it most. But it was not complicated. Starting handle, magneto, carb, centrifugal clutch, no reverse( fun in the Dutch locks). So what would I tick?
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Now if you had a box for "most "F$%^&* useless"- Stuart Turner would win hands down.
Are we sole in a good way or bad way? I'm a fan of the Mitsubishi engines, never owned a sole
Do not forget Lombardini
But if one has only had a couple of different engines of different manufacturers how does one know which is the most complicated manufacturer. Of the 3 I have had none have been "complicated". The first just did not want to work when I needed it most. But it was not complicated. Starting handle, magneto, carb, centrifugal clutch, no reverse( fun in the Dutch locks). So what would I tick?
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Now if you had a box for "most "F$%^&* useless"- Stuart Turner would win hands down.
This begs the question of what we mean by complex. The 2000 series engines have faults, but they are very simple engines; they are simple enough that my late wife and I managed to strip down the cylinder head, and could, no doubt, have gone further. And I am no mechanical genius! Yes, there are some strange design decisions - but complicated they ain't, except for the necessarily complex bits like the injection pumps. And no conventional injection pump is simple or robust enough for DIY work, unless you're an experienced diesel engineer and can work to close tolerances in a clean environment.
