Just weld 1" flat washers over the holes of the 1 3/4" one and drill out every other hole in the 3/8" one to 3/4". Crude but cheap. Don't know the cost but as GR said a welding shop could probably make them. Mike

Tips for searching any site because Not all site's search work very well --- Here's a tip for searching for any site using Google. WRITE IT DOWN* Searching a site like http://manuals.mtdproducts.com/mtd/Public.do they ask for the product's model. When you don't know the model you're stuck until you search this way: Put this into Google site:http://manuals.mtdproducts.com/ manual Any page related to any manuals will come up. Try it even if you're not interested right now. Any site can be searched this way. Want to search Granger.com for something odd that Granger search doesn't work for? put site:granger.com odd thing you want to find Here's some tips to help you get better results for any search. tip: if it's a super common thing but you know exactly how it shows up on the site use quotes to nail it down. into google put site:http://gardenweb.com "cardboard shredder" Any occurrence of "cardboard shredder" exactly like that will show up. but tip2 .. this site:http://gardenweb.com "cardboard shredder" won't find a page that says .... shreds cardboard because "cardboard shredder" is't the same as "shreds cardboard" in that case change the search to site:http://gardenweb.com cardboard shredder and google should figure out that the page which has .... shreds cardboard is one of the pages you want to see. Use "" to enclose a 'search term' when you know exactly what you're looking for or exactly what you know is on the page you hope to find. The tip for using " " to contain the search term works best when you have way too many hits and you know exactly what you're looking for. Last Tip: put into the search (for any search engine) the words THAT YOU EXPECT TO BE ON THE PAGE that you're hoping to find. Why it works like that. .. imagine what's on the page you hope to find.. A search engine can't read your mind or know what you want just by the words you type.. although they're getting smarter they can't read your mind.. you have to 'read the mind of the page you hope to find" then put that into the search. Search engines where you sign up with an account are watching your search behavior. Google does this. They are learning how you think and they do a better job at this. They will also show you things to buy or results that may not fit what you want to find today.. because it learned what you wanted yesterday. Beware of being manipulated. We're all already slaves to the way of the world. .. be aware that your behavior online is geared since 2010 towards selling you stuff you were looking for yesterday. Good luck. need more help? PM me and I'll help or ask a question in a help forum. Teach yourself how to learn: * I create a simple Wordpad (or Word) or just a document file for hints and tips for any subject of interest. Put them all in the same place. Don't worry how to name them. Pick the first thoughts that come to mind and name it 'all' of those like Google.Tips.Searching.doc and then you can search the folder for any of those words and your document will pop up. Use this tip for garden tips, wood working, ideas, whatever. I have over 300 self made documents. My reserch is about 'the brain' and how we learn. When you write things down (and don't just bookmark) you actually learn something and you remember facts and relate to the information and become an expert and knowledgeable. WRITE DOWN things that are important. If you lose the paper you still learn the information.

Hello - this seems to be the forum with the most recent activity on the Tomahawk on the Internet, so I am resurrecting this thread. I picked up an 8HP Electric Start model in decent shape last year, and I used it for a solid week before putting it away in the spring. Unfortunately when starting it up this fall my carb seemed to be leaking a lot of gas so I decided to change it out. There are tons of cheap ones on amazon but unfortunately and strangely, all have a lower bolt mount about 1/2 inch longer that prevents them from properly mounting on my tomahawk. Compare a very expensive B&S original #390323 to any of the cheap ones to see the difference. I was lucky to find an aftermarket one on ebay this evening that has the proper lower bolt mount height, we'll see how it looks when it arrives.

rustyjl4, The cylinder pin is standard "nomenclature" describing a legitimate part from the original Troy-Bilt parts catalogs (I have copies from several earlier models in my files). I've attached cropped section of an exploded view of the cylinder. I don't know if the pins are still available from the MTD take-over company - but you can try the link below. If all else fails - make your own. Here is a link that might be useful: Troy-Bilt Parts