Electric Starter Motor for Tecumseh Snow Blower 33328 33328A-F 120V 16 Tooth CCW Replaces 5899N 32386

Small engines, old snow blowers, one starter that fits about a dozen of them. This is the 33328. If the number on your old unit ends in a letter, 33328A through 33328F, it is the same part.

Specs, plainly. 120 volts AC off a wall outlet. 16 teeth on the pinion, turning counter-clockwise. Gear measures 32.4mm across. Two unthreaded mounting ears at Ø6. Direct drive, permanent magnet, so there is no field coil to burn and nothing to flash. Body length 76mm, weight a touch over three kilos. Draws around 15 amps.

Tecumseh sold this starter under a pile of numbers. 33328, then the letter suffixes, 32386, 32423, 72403500, and Delco built it as RS41346. Aftermarket side you will see 5899, 5899N, STC0020, 410-22031, 214-10703, MS-6016, 435-611. All of those are this part.

Engines it bolts to: TVM125 through TVM140, V70 and VH70, H50, H60, H70, HS40, HS50, HSK50, HSK60, HSK70, HH40, HH50, HH60. Those are the horizontal snow engines on a lot of older two-stage machines. If your engine tag shows one of those codes, this is the starter.

Before you order, one thing. The 33329 family looks almost identical from arm's length, same 16 teeth, same 32.4mm gear, and plenty of sellers mix them up. They are not listed as the same part and we do not sell them as the same part. Read the number stamped on the housing, or on the tag of the engine, and match it here.

Fitting. Unplug the lead, two bolts out, old unit off. Clean the mounting face so the new one sits square, bolt it up, plug it in. No shimming, no adapter, no rewiring. The whole job is under twenty minutes on a bench.

Failures on these are simple. Dirt packs into the gear and it stops throwing the pinion out. Water gets past the seal and the bearing rusts solid over summer. Brushes, on the ones that have them, wear through. None of it is repairable at home, and a new OEM unit costs several times what this does.

Twelve months replacement warranty. Ships one to a carton, mounting hardware not included, reuse your original bolts.