ID'ing a Briggs and Stratton 5 HP engine ????

[Crazy Horse]

I have an older B&S horizontal shaft engine here that has a dead ignition coil. It was bronze in colour originally although someone sprayed or transplanted a red-sprayed front pull cord assembly cover onto it. The decals on that say Briggs and Stratton, 5 HP at 3400 RMP and also Made In USA and Easy Spin Starting. I would like to find an ignition coil for it but there are so many online I suspect a guy could easily order the wrong one. The output shaft is 3/4" and the flywheel diameter is appx. 7" The 2 coil mounting holes are about 68mm apart (2 5/16"). It has a protruding stub for helping anchor a tin air deflector panel on the left side of the coil (but the left hand mounting bolt also helps with that). I cannot find any engine ID number anywhere, I think it should be stamped somewhere on the case maybe? Any suggestions as to where to look more closely? Here's a couple of photos, not sure why the one ended up vertical.

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[Jim.ME]

Many have the numbers stamped in the flywheel/recoil housing cover on the flat area at the top near the spark plug. May be filled with paint and require sanding to read them.

 

[Crazy Horse]

Many have the numbers stamped in the flywheel/recoil housing cover on the flat area at the top near the spark plug. May be filled with paint and require sanding to read them.

Hi Jim, I did find it .... actually on the side of that tin cover. Filled and covered with red spray paint. It's model 130202 and my date code later in the number sequence says 1973 date of manufacture. I don't imagine B&S makes small engines in the US any more. Nobody makes anything in North American anymore ..... well, certainly not like in 1973 anyways.