RETRO 40 YEAR OLD BRITISH MOWER RESTORATION 

I'm getting old right along with you.

... or when restores a younger mower than me....

Man, I watched it from start to finish. He's the Bob Ross of Lawn Mowers. He should change the name to "The Joy of Small Engines".

@@kvitravn6354 I didn't think about BEFORE,..but I am NOW?!

@@rickrudd Yeah he should. I watch his videos multiple times. Just so I can learn what everything is called.

I would also like to see this!

Turned out very hotrodish for a mower lol, started thinking how cool it would look without the mower deck set up as a racing mower 👍

Thanks!

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Thank you, glad you enjoy them :)

Me too

This is a four stoke engine, the Exhaust valve is clearly open, hence the intake is clearly closed....so why can one not adjust the intake clearance at this point? The intake is never going to be closer to being closed at Top Dead Center.

@@brianferguson6278 It's not about opening or closing, that is the point. When the cam actuates (lifts) the valve, it does so by contacting the stem and lifting the valve up. At TDC, there is no valve contact with the cam and the gap is a known gap for both valves so it can be measured. If it is touching the valve, there is no gap, so how could you measure it? You want to know the clearance between the camshaft lobe and the bottom of the valve when the gap is present. There are multiple points in the 2 rotations where each valve has zero contact but the grind on the cam lobe changes the distance. The distance that is referenced for adjustment is done specifically at TDC. TDC is the top piston movement of the first rotation (The piston goes down for intake, then up for compression). The engine can compress the air because the valves are closed under the pressure of the valve spring, meaning the cam is not touching and lifting up. This is the specific moment the gap needs to be measured.