As bad as you say they are, I have a snow blower (I think they cornered the
snow blower market with their Snow King engines) with a Tecumseh engine and
a 30+ year old Troy-Bilt tiller with a cast iron Tecumseh engine --- giving
me concern on availability of parts, possibly I should stock up on
carburetor rebuild kits for both as they tend to clog up during idle times,
and points sets for the older engine as it tends to burn them up every few
years after hard work.


"Art" wrote in message
...
FYI -

quote
The investment firm that owns Tecumseh Power has determined that it will
close their small engine business. Tecumseh’s manufacturing facility will
close on December 15, 2008.
snip
Tecumseh will continue to support service parts, technical service and
warranty from their Grafton, Wisconsin facility until the end of the year.
After that time, we anticipate that these services will be provided by a
third party that has not yet been named.
/quote

(Sorry I can't name the source.)

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Art