I am considering purchasing an old 1974 Briggs 5 HP horizontal-shaft that has an extra auxillary drive (reversing?) shaft protruding through the sidecover. I like the engine as it is the era/style I want, however, I do not need or want the reversing shaft feature. I know that I could just cut off the protruding extra shaft, however, I want it to LOOK nice as well. It it just as simple as removing the internal (extra) drive shaft/gears and installing a single shaft sidecover off of a Model 130202 or 130232? Or is this engine not (so easily) convertible?
Thanks for the help,
Michael
Edit: here are the engine numbers: 130292 0141-02 74112107