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How do I check oil on a 1971 wheel horse 800 special

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Landen Snyder

I am helping a friend repair his wheel horse 800 special (Briggs and Stratton magnetron 190434). He bought it from someone who had no business owning one. Anyways I found 3 plugs, one on the front of the engine, one on the right side of the engine, and one on the rear. The fill cap doesn’t have a dipstick. I believe the engine is dry, but I am confused on how I am supposed to check the oil. I will submit photos.

photo one (front plug/fill stem)image.jpg.ef3a8b23a8eb650c1f3ba276c6b9abf9.jpg

photo two (right side plug)image.jpg.7dea4b7f156cb35e3a33343a233f7d26.jpg

photo three (rear plug)image.jpg.6ce517284aa67841ee9f28a9be0d9ea8.jpg

photo four (fill cap)image.jpg.b0f58c90092aa2a4f11e44a2609ccf65.jpg

Video (inside of the plugs)

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ebinmaine

:text-welcomewave:

 

 

It's likely the plastic fill plug that shows the "Full" level.  

It should be filled to the bottom of that hole. 

 

 

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Landen Snyder

Addition- The previous owner ruined all of the wiring, put the wrong ignition switch in, added a solenoid, replaced the fuel tank with the incorrect one, removed all fuel lines including the fuel shut off, stole the gear shifter, and switched the choke and idle cables for incorrect ones.

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Landen Snyder
6 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

:text-welcomewave:

 

 

It's likely the plastic fill plug that shows the "Full" level.  

It should be filled to the bottom of that hole. 

 

 

Thank you very much

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Landen Snyder
16 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

:text-welcomewave:

 

 

It's likely the plastic fill plug that shows the "Full" level.  

It should be filled to the bottom of that hole. 

 

 

What oil should I use

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ebinmaine
9 hours ago, Landen Snyder said:

What oil should I use

 

One of the manuals above should show it.  

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Moonshine*Connoisseur

Engine oil is Sae 30.     Not 10w30.  Full is when the oil starts to drip over the fill hole. 

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Handy Don

Just to supplement spot on answers above...

Many B&S engines had multiple ports so that at least one each of fill and drain would be accessible when they were mounted for use. The ones with the plastic caps are indeed the “Fill” ports and the ones on the bottom are the drains.

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