Thanks! Need to get some traction back on this channel. I have so much to post but youtube really screwed smaller creators a few years back!

@@MO3MINI I remember lol

Still got it 😅 i’d say 95% of what’s on this channel is still currently here

Definitely some hack work. But none of that engine was worth putting money into… and it’s still running like this 🤣

They are nice little engines. Definitely worth restoring. Might be interesting to try and keep the pump as well.

The other thing I have read is that I may be my piston rings need changing but again I am not clear which ones I need as someone has painted the whole mower in it’s past so can’t tell which engine size I have . Oh it’s very challenging and I don’t want to have to give up on it

If its burning oil the plug will be black and wet. If its running rich it will be black and dry. Is it one of these Suffolk engines you have?

Wasn’t original paint. Had a cracked block… plus I already have an all original one anyway 😏

You’d have to be apply a lot more force to damage that flywheel!

@@MO3MINI Well if you say so:-))

Its a 2 stroke. Really doesn’t matter

Nice! Your tractor hasn’t been registered on the road for over 4 decades! So it’s no longer on the dvla database. So can’t tell the year. You should try applying for a log book

I have taken the power from the positive and negative terminals on the top of the generator. They run down into the case and through a voltage regulator before running off to the lights and coil pack.

Can not beat an old briggs and stratton. I still use one every season from 1972. Lord know its owners. Its very tired but still has more power than any new push mower you can buy today

@@MO3MINI I agree with you 100%, I collect the old briggs cast iron engines that date back to the first mod. P engines that were built in 1919.

Thanks. You know your stuff about Briggs and Strattons 👍

@@MO3MINI I started working on small engines in 1971, and went to work in a small engine repair shop in 1973. back then , these engines were a" dime a dozen." thanks for the kind gesture!!!! I now restore these engines back to their former glory.

The rod knock sounds cool on this old beast. You can file the rod caps using common sense and "feel" and tighten the clearance back up no problem as long as it's just normal wear and the rod and crank pin aren't smoked. A set of rings, a new rod and a quick valve touch-up would really bring the one in this video back to life. These 1960s "Kool Bore" engines were MUCH better made than the later flatheads were.

@@scdevon ``when I do an engine rebuild, everything is checked and brought back to factory specs. I have all of the special tools to install valve guides/ valve seats/ main bushings,. I also have the tools to re bore cylinders, and reface valves. when an engine is torn down for inspection of piston, cylinder, valves( burned/ stem wear), connecting rod crankshaft/ camshaft, all parts are restored and reused. anything that can not be saved are replaced. I never cut rod caps, however I will take a new .020 undersized rod and machine the rod/ crank to .005, .010, .015 undersize, and maintain a .002 oil clearance. if I have to go to.020 on the crank to get it to clean up, then the crank only needs to be under cut. you also need to check the piston for scoring/ galling, due to the fact that the chrome plating does wear off, and expose the aluminum piston. all of this is topped off with a fresh coat of factory paint, and decals to finish the job( carburation/ ignition systems get the same treatment.) lastly, the engine is started and run and adjust the rebuilt carb ."BRIGGS" really pissed me off when they stopped installing cast iron sleeves in their aluminum engines in 1964( brought back in 1979 as the "I.C. series engine".

@@gregoryclemen1870 I appreciate your abilities. I was just pointing out how forgiving these engines are in everyday life with backyard repairs like filing rod caps and fitting stuff by "feel" the way people would have fixed stuff during the Great Depression. Eyeballing ring gaps...feeling bores with fingers...giving a plain main bearing bushing a whack to compress it and close it up a little and ream / hone it back to size, etc...

You’ll have to trawl facebook market place and ebay to get one of these babies. There are 60 years old so hard to find. And most got scrapped as the engines became notoriously harder to start with the wind up starter as the engine got older and more worn out

Very week made. And i love the styling as well!

Not yet. She is undercover now awaiting her turn

Never been excited before? Lol

Sure is!

Funky little thing isn’t it. Horrible to use with dreadful weight distribution. Can see why it didn’t can on!

Hey Mick sorry for late reply! Are you still on the same number? I’ll message you. We didn’t get one in the end. All the ones we saw had horrendous corrosion. We are going to see a caravan today 👍

Haha spotted the answer yourself. I really should spend a bit more time on this one to get it running a bit better.

that was the idea behind the wind up starter, so less able people who lacked the strength to use a pull rope starter. the wind up starter went into production in 1960, but was killed by the U.S. federal government in 1968.

It was a good idea. But i have heard that as the engines got older and a bit more troublesome to start the wind up starter basically had little hope of ever starting the engine. So most got scrapped

@@MO3MINI most engines( BRIGGS) that became "hard to start" was due to no valve stem clearance, and as the valve face would "dish into the valve seat", you would loose valve stem clearance, causing a loss of compression.as you stated, ( 100% correct) engines that were being used on "discount house mowers" did get scraped. on high end mowers like TORO,, those engines would get tune ups valve jobs and rebuilds.

Thankfully someone did tell me about the cold start button. So on day two i found it and got her running. I lost contact with this one. I suspect sadly it’s just rotting away again. I tried to buy it. But owner could not see past the sentimental attachment he had to his grandfather. I hope he has kept it dry and in this condition. Had it of been mine I would never restore it

Its always been the petrol line running though the grass box right next to the glowing hot exhaust thats worried me with this one 🤣