My father who was a good welder, had a home made stick welder. He had one of these given to him in 1976, He took the blade off, changed the wheels and used a bed frame rail set to make me a go-cart. A kitchen chair, and a steering wheel from a 60 Chevrolet. after some gear changes, it had the speed of a snail, but it was fun for me to drive. The steering was made from 3/4 gas pipes, and a old swivel socket. I will never forget my first go-cart.
The engine's looking very nice and looking forward to part 2. It's only been recently that I've bothered thinking about engines and watching guys like you bring them back to life. At the same time, I realised that I've bought a lot of mowers over the years. I'm an idiot, lol. I was surrounded by guys that brought their drag cars into the workshop on weekends to work on them and never picked up a thing from them. A big fail there too. Never too old to learn, I'm just a few decades behind, but catching up at last. Carbies are still a bit of a mystery to me, I'd better get on to figuring them out next. Great vid and nice camera work. See you next time. o/
GREAT RESTORATION!! Both internally & externally!!! Fine work indeed!!! I very much look forward to Part 2, and to even more Lawn & Garden Implement & Engine Restorations, if you can get your hands on more old stuff like this, & do them, that is! Best Regards!! Ron Abilene, TX. USA
That was back when the made the engines to actual last. Cast iron flywheel. I have worked on a lot of those type ignition setups where the points were part of the capacitor/condenser as well. You adjust the point gap by moving the actual condenser. Nice rebuild.
The magneto was just adjusted so it would not hit the flywheel. If it spins freely I am happy. I love this points design, its easy to adjust and set. I just gap the points by looking at the gap, and I tend to spin the motor over and feel the strength of the spark by hand. I never failed to get the points set up this way. These little motors are extremely forgiving when it comes by gapping the points and the magneto.
My Eaton's (an extinct Canadian department store) TECOmaster reel mower uses a very similar B&S, a 2hp...that one looks like it might be a little larger?
Excellent restoration! Those old reel type mowers do an excellent job of mowing. Good luck with the blade sharpening and alignment. It is a task requiring patience, but it will pay off with the good cutting.
With those mowers, the support portion for the reel and cutter bar should be stronger components than the rest of the mower, as it's alignment is most critical. My grandfather had a knack for it, he could cut a newspaper to confetti with ones he did. :-)
Haha thank you, to be honest I am not good at removing dents, I am still practicing on stuff I don't care about. Sometimes I prefer to keep certain dents, It's like keeping some history.
I have always been told to tighten screws that is sposed to hold something in or something out.. eg: fluids, air moist or whateva, that if multiple screws on a row and opposite side to always tighten them from middle and outwards in cross-pattern (this allows the material to "even" out on the surfaces and not get "pinched" in the middle with high compression of the material and you also have less risk of leakage with age from spoken areas in the middle)... .. and final tighten with specs to be done in min 2 or rather 3 steps... anyhow.. a beautiful restoration... those kind of movers cut the grass prettiest and most even :)
Yes I did not film the carb clean, the carb is one piece. I basically cleaned it with gasoline, blew it out with compressed air. It was really clean to my surprise.
you never want to hit the end of the crankshaft on that type of engine it can swell the end of the crank and the starter clutch will bind and push the rope out. also with that much cylinder honing you may wind up with a rattling engine due to piston slap from too much piston to bore clearance. where is the intake manifold gasket?
Great restoration. That elderly Briggs and Stratton engine fired right up and runs great. A joy to see. I dont think I have ever seen an engine like this with an oil filler on each side of the housing. The engines I've seen have just one. Did you think about installing a solid state ignition kit? B and S makes conversion kits for their engines. Looking forward to your video on the rest of the restoration.
Thank you! I have never seen a small engine with only one oil filler strange enough! I only install the solid state if the old points are done and busted.
Great result, but I do have a question. When installing the ignition sytemem there is a broken mount on the engine visible. Is this not needed when installing the engine?
I am surprised that you did not check to see if there was a spark before disassembly, in order to determine if the ignition components were useable. I also would suggest using a soft face hammer to avoid possible damage to the end of the crank shaft when loosening the flywheel. Good end results.
I didn't check for spark, when I got the mower I got it running of some fuel I sprayed in to the carb. I didn't run well but atleast I knew there is spark.
You got skills! 👍 I only regret you left the engine block sandblasted and bare... Looks kind of plasticky... Painted (like the original) or polished and clear lacquer coated are the only way!
Baie mooi Andre. Een vraag. Hoekom verf jy nie die hele enjin een kleur nie? Dis eintlik hoe die Briggs and Stratton enjins uit gekom het. Hulle het uit die vabriek uit gekom met drie verskillende kleure soos wat op die Briggs and Stratton wapen is rooi, swart en wit. Ek probeer nie vir jou verkeerd sê nie. Dit gaan maar net oor die oorspronklikheid van die enjin.😂
Ek wou die motor ook rooi maak, maar ek like die sandblasted finish op die motor meer, ook ek persoonlik voel dit hinder nie die cooling nie, since dit 'n air-cooled motor is. Anders as die cooling nie verswak met verf nie, dink ek om dalk die motor ook te powdercoat net om te sien wat dit sal doen, maar ek gan eers 'n scrapyard motor doen en hom stress test.
These are generic engines made for multiple uses and applications. You can fill it up from two sides as the engines are used in multiple applications, so if the next "integrator" mounts it on differently there are potions to access the oil filler cap. . My generator for instance also has two oil filler caps, and two oil drain plugs. I can drain the oil from the "front" and from the back, but more importantly, I can check the oil level form the "front" where I switch it on etc. And then when I need to service I access the spark plug from the rear, where there are also oil filler caps and oil drain plug.
Super cool! I just subbed! You did a nice job with this engine! My only advise is that you ditch that cylinder hone. First off, I don't think you are suposed to hone these Kool Bore Briggs, and 2nd unless you are just deglazing the cylinder and only use it for like 2 sec those spring hones often do more bad then good lol. Looking forward to binge watching a ton of your other vids now lol!
Thanks for the sub, welcome to the family! The cylinder had some rust, pitting and scoring marks on the inside, I had to get 0.024 oversize rings for it. Thank you for the tips! I will keep it in mind for the next engine restoration.
The engine is made of cast aluminum, it does not rust. Infact the paint hinders the engines cooling since the engine is aircooled. Unless the engine is made of cast iron, it should not be painted.
You short out the spark plug with the body. It used to have a killswitch that was a little leaver that is just pushed over to the spark plug if you want to kill the engine. In the video, I just used a screwdriver to short the sparkplug.
@@AJRestoration well by golly your pretty damn good lol I tried eyeballing points before and all I ever managed to do was burn them up lol 😂 but I have never used a torch wrench on a head gasket on any small engine or big engine (4,6,8) same with rod and caps or main caps. Never lost a rod or spun a bearing rod or main never blew a head gasket because of not using a torch wrench.
I am 69 now but at the age of 16 my x boss give me the same kind of mower and as in heaven about it but a man that was watching me brought a brand new 22 inch push mower for trade. how stupid i was to take that trade. talking bout shafted me
