Buckshot 1 wrote: 
The kit came in a plain box with Tecumseh label on the top.
Not unusual - they also have parts that come in bare bags with just a single 1/4" wide label and tecumseh logo with part number on it. - anybody cold counterfeit those labels and sell anything as genuine Tecumseh until they figure out a way to put a stop to that.
I am going to call my supplier this AM. I either heard/read that some company in southern Indiana bought the rights and etc to Tecumseh. But I can not remmeber who it was.
Yes - Certified Parts Corp. bought them, and they still "build" .. well Tecumseh now known as Lauson for Snow applications .. reason I put it in quotes - engines are just Honda clones built in China - same as MTD's Powermore, LCT's engines, and even certain Briggs and Kohler models pretty much come off one of those assembly lines somewhere in China. Some of them are actually pretty decent engines - but it seems to rely a lot on the brand owner's quality control processes - the better the QC, the higher the prices.. but that seems reasonable. Otherwise you can just buy a HF $99 engine and get the same thing, but the QC risk would be yours.
I will let you know if I find out anything about the arrow. I am also going to try and get a hold of T-Man and see if maybe he knows. I think that Bob is going thru his 2d childhood.
How poor are they who have not patience. What wound did ever heal, but by degrees? - Iago (Othello Act II, Scene 3)
