How many parts
About 230
Counted from the photo, down to the last screw.
- What it is
- A gas pressure washer
- Made by
- Briggs and Stratton, from the USA
- Runs on
- Gas
- How it works
- A small gas engine drives a water pump.
What is inside
- 1Two machines in one: a small engine and a water pump, bolted together. The engine turns the pump.
- 2The engine: look for the piston, the crankshaft and the flywheel. They are all here.
- 3The frame: the grey tubes on the left are the handle and the frame. Even the wheels came apart: red hubs and black tyres.
Fun fact 1 of 5
Briggs and Stratton once sold a car.
The Flyer of the 1920s cost $125 to $150. Guinness lists it as the cheapest car of all time.
Fun fact 2 of 5
The car’s little engine lived on.
After the Flyer, the same engine went on to drive bicycles, lawn mowers and washing machines.
Fun fact 3 of 5
It started in 1908.
Inventor Stephen Briggs teamed up with investor Harold Stratton to make parts for the new car trade.
Fun fact 4 of 5
It makes a lot of engines.
About 10 million a year, by the company’s 2015 count.
Fun fact 5 of 5
It built a hybrid car in 1979.
It had six wheels and ran on gas and electric power, years before hybrids were common.
Buy one in one piece
Briggs and Stratton gas pressure washer
Ours is in about 230 parts. A new one comes in one.
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