Whats Wrong with Tecumseh Engines?
Lately, I’ve been reading a lot of complaints about Tecumseh engines. But lets be clear on which Tecumseh engines. I’m talking about the VH60 & the VH70 which were used to power up Deere’s first true lawn tractors, the model 60 & the model 70 respectively. For the benefit of those who are not familiar with those engines, they were vertical shaft cast iron L head engines. The 60 was a six horsepower & later came the 70, which was a 7 horse. I don’t know if either of these engines were in use on any other equipment besides the Deere 60 & 70 tractor. I do know however that Tecumseh also manufactured an aluminum block horizontal shaft 7 horse engine. This engine could be found in Massey Ferguson’s MF7 lawn tractor from the early 1970’s. It’s possible that there also was a cast iron horizontal shaft as well, but I have never seen one or read anything about one ever being made. In the late 60’s & early 70’s Deere could no longer ignore the pressure being brought on by other manufacturers off
