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Originally Posted by ITD
Tecumseh is still in business, they just stopped making small engines. Their main business was always refrigerator compressors. They got their pants sued off by an engineer who figured out that their horsepower ratings were inflated. It was pretty large settlement sounded like the last straw for them. If you notice now many motors don't use hp ratings now, they list gross torque. Part of the issue with HP ratings, (and I'm sure torque ratings too) is that atmospheric pressure can affect output. Atmospheric pressure can be a function of altitude, temperature and weather. There is also a variation in manufacturing that can cause differences. This guy got a lot of money, I think he should have just got a refund for his engine. Part of the problem with the litigious society we live in with most of our legislators coming from the law field.
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Thanks for the correction/clarification. A friend recently asked me to help her purchase a snowblower. I told her thet the only one I know of that used Tecumseh engines is Ariens. The salesperson told us that Tecumseh was out of business, but I must have misunderstood him. All they had left for Ariens was the 32 or 36" wide models, way too much for her to handle. On their recommendation, she ended up with a Simplicity machine that has performed flawlessly so far, and she's had a chance to use it a lot this year!