will it run? free seized 1949 reo small engine. 

udizzy1969 channel here, ru-vid.com my bike build with reo engine here, ru-vid.com/group/PLZJS6Md1UOg0ZmmMCMgFiIIlhpKh74Nb1

In operating rooms, when you see a great clinician working, you say, “He’s got a good set of hands.” You sir, have a great set of hands. And a thousand thank you’s for not having your videos over-run with asinine music. It’s nice to hear commentary and tool noise.

Love that low idle.

I can't fathom the amount of real hours, plus editing time this took! Your an amazing narrator, as well as a wealth of knowledge. Thank you sir.

I began my career in auto tech in the 5th grade. Got a 4 stroke motor that had been tossed away. Had a goal to make a GoKart out of it. Never did; but I made it run. It blew up not too long afterwards. Learned a lot by starting at the bottom. Went on to become an automatic trans builder and had my own shop years later. Thanks for the viddy; brought back a lot of memories.

That little engine has a great sound. It's going to make a bike sound like a miniature Harley.

Who in the world takes the time to dislike these videos? My my, in this day and age, this stuff is the best you can find on RU-vid. Sorry, no drama here on Mustie’s channel.

I'm addicted to this channel, gotta love a guy that can fix anything. God bless you sir!

That little engine sounds so much better than modern small engines. I have no idea why, but the difference is amazing.

about 33 mins in when Mustie's tapping a new gasket from a sheet of material.. first time i saw that i was a 16year old apprentice & it was the coolest thing i'd seen in a shop.. 30 years later it's still a cool trick

Nothing like the sound of an old engine coming back to life.

A high school friend and I did this with "Floyd" a 51 Chevy 5 window truck irc. Floyd was seized up tight. It took a weekend of soaking and rocking and soaking.We finally got it to move by dragging it. Floyd eventually started and ran all senior year. It was a major win for us.

35:37 love how lilly just yawns you getting a 70 year old engine going, that dog has seen some stuff

My grandpa had an old REO self propelled reel lawnmower. This video brings back a lot of good memories. That was the first piece of power equipment I was allowed to run when I was about seven years old. Highlight of my life at that time!

I really liked this one... much as I do all the "will it run" videos, but the level of success and improvisation here was especially nice. Thanks for posting it.

My favorite teacher. His explaining and patience. Has me binge watching him fix the simplest things. So relaxing. I Lol myself

Your method for making gaskets is much better than mine. I remember I was tracing part of an engine that acted as a spacer between the block and exhaust, and I traced it for the gasket over and over, but it never fit. Turns out the spacer was the wrong size.

Mustie1, I don’t think I’m alone when I say I do enjoy listening to a small engine run and especially just pitter patter at an idle. Even with that rat muffler, it sounds good to me! Thanks for sharing! Udizzy does look good with that helmet!

Small engine repair is good for Soul....Im presently cutting my lawn with a Briggs and Stratton 3.5hp motor...that sat out in the elements for 35 years...it amazes me how easy it starts...great job with this one...👍

That’s good ole fashioned American engineering! 1949 and with a little TLC she runs. Well done!

I had this same Reo on a 24" bike with a wheelbarrow rear tire and a direct drive belt when I was about 11 or 12 years old. I took that carb apart so many times I could do it in my sleep. Incidently used a short length of string wrapped around the greased up handlebar grip for a throttle. No brakes, just feet. My first motor vehicle. Engine was indestructable.

I love your “will it run” vids 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

When you see a basic engine that hasn't run in decades come to life, it makes you wonder why we have all the electronic computer controlled engines in today's cars. Back to basic is the way to go I think.

I love these old Reo engines. They were one of the first kind I worked on as a kid.

I grew up about 8 blocks from the REO plant, that is no longer there. We had a rotary REO lawn mower that was the toughest mower I think I ever owned. Thank you for video.

I have a snowblower to do this summer as it runs really badly but the funny thing is everything I need to do this I learned here, thank you.

How cool was that, that she'd fire up right away, once Mustie had worked his magic. Shows how well-built things really were so many years ago. Not like a lot of the crap coming down the pipe today....

the old engines sound so much better than the new ones. love it .

I had a Reo a long time ago. It was on the weak side. I had a friend with a gocart but with no engine so we put it on. It didn't go very fast, which was probably a blessing. That engine has a weird camshaft. It had a single lob that operated both valves, intake, and exhaust. The valves sat on rockers that started to open the exhaust valve long enough to complete the exhaust cycle, then opened the intake for the intake cycle. The rockers acted like lifters. BTW - It was pull-start too and painted red.

Love ya work Mustie 1, nothing better than listening to a engine from years forgotten just sit and tick over like the little Reo you have there mate. Really great job. Saved another piece of history from landfill. That's a win any day. Take care Mustie 1.

Classic Mustie vid. I don't know about you guys but I never tire of these!!

That moment when you crank it for the first time in years and it lets out a couple of puffs 9:50 , can't beat it !!!

Great lil show you have. My wife asks why I enjoy watching and listening to motors running.... they just don't understand☺

I love your videos, you're the wizard for old mechanical stuff!

Only Mustie and a 70 year old engine starts and runs on the first pull. How cool is that. Beat that Preditor!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My grandpa had a Reo self propelled Reel lawn mower that had a similar engine on it. Never missed a beat.

These are my favorite videos! Love bringing the old back to life

What a beautiful looking motor, when they truly cared about styling. Such art

That engine is the same age as my Missus, looks in better condition too.......I can say that without fear because I know she wont read this lol.

Keep it up Mustie! I watch these videos at night while I go to sleep or when I am stressed out. Please keep bringing engines back to life. You are meant for this!

Can't believe that the points didn't need attention. Sounds like a great little engine....they built them good in the old days.

I love it when that lil' engine is just put, puttin away - magical thing the internal combustion engine! I'd never feel like that about an electric motor.

If they could bring the Titanic up out of the ocean this guy could probably get the motors running again :)

I am grateful for your channel and people like you. I have learned alot just from observing all your repairs. Thank you

I l often find myself looking at my clock in order to choose one of your vids to watch before is time to go to work or to run errands, today I have 45 mins. lol.

I love how Lily looks at you when you are starting this engine, It's old hat to her !

Reel type mower is usual for the Reo's Mine had a metal on metal seat for the float. The float bolt had a groove cut in the side with holes and hollow center. Dont forget to check the seperate gear box for the output shaft.

That’s amazing that you can remember where everything goes when you put it back together again. God bless

This is the video that hooked me on your channel. An old Reo engine almost like that was what my father helped be turn into my first minibike back when I was a kid. (A looooong time ago!) And it was on that project he taught me how to tap out some new gaskets just like you did. A bunch of great memories flooded back, thanks! I remember it being a tough little engine that ran well. That output camshaft meant that a centrifugal clutch wouldn't spin fast enough, so he helped me to rig a manual clutch setup. I've always been grateful he showed me how to build that bike instead of just buying me the one that I was drooling over in the Montgomery Wards catalog!

Great shop dog! It made my day to see you get the old gal up and running, it sounded sweet! Don’t make them like that any more!

Nice you really have a knack for trouble engines. Congrats on this one

Years ago we had a reo reel mower. The thing was just perfect. We used this mower for twenty years before we moved to another house that was totally equipped with all maintenance equipment. So we left the mower to the new owner. That was the last time we seen the machine. Found out later the lady just pushed the reo out for trash night. Would I have know that I would still have the REO. The reel mower was just superb on fuel. Something the new mower are just not even though they say they are fuel efficient. Thank you so much for bringing back memories Mustie1.

you are the bob Ross of small engines videos man.

Outstanding! one of the most interesting engine rebuilds I've seen in a long time...notching the float bowel bolt was a stroke of genius!

Well done Mate!! I keep a 2" adjustable on my key ring!! It's crazy how much I use it!!☺

I just bought a running Reo yesterday. It runs well but boy it seems to walk faster than I remembered when I was a kid.

I recently re built a 15.5 Briggs and Stratton that dropped an Exhaust Valve and a rod, had a ball getting it all together and running, Not bad for a Therapist,but I spent most of my Teenage years tinkering around engine,and gear boxes. Great Video,

Mustie the best part of the whole video is at the end the helmet fitting Definitely a riding one it's a looker!!!

Great Vid mate.... I used to work on victa 2 stroke lawn mowers in my day... thanx for your video, i enjoyed it very much. greetz from Victoria, Australia. Mick

I sure enjoys your mechanical exploits. I'm a long-time retiree, so I have plenty of time to watch your videos. You do all of the things I wish I would have have the knowledge to do a long time ago. I see so many things you do that I would/could have done if I had just known how. Thanks for what you do and sharing it with us!

Love the sound of those antique motors running.i don't get to many to work on here but a few now and again.

...absitively, posilutely, terrific! A real treasure.

Wow, that is wicked how little it took to start it.

Great to watch, love seeing old engineering brought back in to service - without this modern day plug it in to a computer to see whats wrong. Great video, thanks for posting Mustie1

Mustie. Thanks for all the effort you put in making filming your work!!!!!!!!!!!

Dude with the tiny helmet made me LOL. Very funny!

There is something satisfying about getting old crap to run again.

It's experience, basic knowledge and good old common sense...great job...

That engine actually brought back memories of my childhood! A good friend's dad built a go kart of sorts, with three wheels, the back being driven by a Reo engine, which I remember to look exactly like the one you rescued. I believe it was a 1- 3/4 HP. Engine drove a belt pulley bolted to the single rear wheel, and the clutch was a spring loaded idler. Don't know how fast it actually went, but to he and myself...who would have been 10 ish around 1952 or so, it was a rocket! Great nostalgic video! I think the green is pretty close to Detroit diesel green engine paint, which you can find in rattle cans. I think it is called "Sea foam green".

lilly is a superstar

First the seal was afraid. Then it was petrified....

This little engine reminds me of when I was a little boy, and the neighbor bought himself a REO reel lawn mower with probably this same engine on it. It was just about the first power mower any of us had seen. This was around 1950. The sound of that engine at a pretty low put-put-put-put speed recalls him mowing his good-sized property. He would stuff the starting rope in his rear pocket while walking around. Once he pulled the rope out and unbeknownst to him, pulled out a five-dollar bill, also. This fell on the grass and the mower ended up slicing it in pieces. Five bucks would get you several bags of groceries in those days. His wife and all the neighbors found out and were concerned. He took it to the bank, and since the serial number was still visible, they traded the pieces in for a new bill.

Watching your videos is like reading a good book. Once you start you can't stop! Always so interesting!!

Excellent video bro and turned out to be a sweet running engine after a bit of wrench'n. love a story with a happy ending.

I wanted to sleep. But i saw you uploaded...

I had a REO reel mower back about 1964 when I was a kid in 4th grade. I tire it down to peraid rest. And reconditioned it. Ran like a top it was a great motor.

From a door stop to a great running little engine. Nicely done. Sorry I missed this one when you first put it out.

I have either a 1948 or 1949 REO that is GREEN that came off of a REO REEL-MOWER.

All gummed up, but a good little engine, and those old ones were made like tanks. Nice finding that added float bowl bolt blocking the fuel flow like that. Got to get a nice soft carpet for when Lilly visits the garage though, cement floors aren't comfortable after a few minutes ;) Could hang it on the wall till she comes in.

Cool video. Takes me back. A buddy of mine put one of those on a cobbled together, go kart, back in the 70's. The engine was old, even then. His dad ran micro midgets so, he modified the carb to run it on alcohol like dad's midget. If you go to google books and look at Popular Mechanics from the era that this engine was from, you can see ads for REO that show their trucks and a happy homeowner with a REO reel-type mower, cutting his grass.

I love these small engine projects you get into . I love working on them.

awesome video

cool engine! And you know it IS going to run :)

Small engines, like this one, were built with pride to last. It’s interesting to note how much thought went into the design and durability of each part. In today’s production and design, planned obsolescence is part of the product. It’s all disposable. The pride is nonexistent! Thanks for the great stuff you do!

I like the way you went thru that REO. I have one of those same motors I have put off messing with. Thank You sir.

awesome job mustie 1 :)

Love ur vids man

I was sitting there watching, and had already thought out how I would do the bolt on the bowl. When I saw you notch it without indexing it, I was like, aw man now he’s gonna have trouble indexing it!! You lucked out on that. Enjoyed this. I love taking a stuck motor and getting them freed up. I have one tucked away that I need to work on.

Love REO engines. Had a REO snowblower back in the early 90's when I was in New Jersey. Worked great!

Real cool engine

I love you Brother darren, Hope You Like It. Cheers The Dizz.

I live just a few blocks away from the old REO Motor factory complex in Lansing, MI. Very cool!

When I was a young kid there were a few older guys who had power reel mowers and they were red. That was the sound they had! Thanks for that memory.

27:57 this is how mustie cleans his ears

This sounds like it’s gonna be a good vid

Wish I lived near you. Would really enjoy to hang out fixing things with you. Very smart and funny.

Great little engine fix Mustie 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Dizzy in the helmet , that was funny as hell.... And he gives the thumbs up I lost it.... LMAO.

2:40 I hate it when I have to go that route and the vice grip be like "meh, don't wanna grip today"

That is a beautiful running engine! Thanks for sharing the joy. If only they were all that easy.