Replacement engine mantis tiller

[Kidder68]

I have an old 2 stroke mantis tiller with a kioritz engine. I have had no end of issues and bought a replacment " good" engine of Ebay which turned out to have broken rings. I have tried rebuilding one engine from the two with no luck. Can anyone advise if I can replace the engine with any brand of new 2 stroke engine and just swap the linkage from engine to gearbox?

[Mick]

Hi Kidder68, and welcome to TGMF.

As long as the replacement engine has the exact same mount and shaft fitting and can at that angle (it has a diaphragm carb) it should work.

What's wrong with your existing engine?  I know you said you bought another, but are they both so bad they can't be rebuilt.