a guy i know who built rally engines used an old dishwasher using the cleaning liquid instead water including the heating function and it cleaned the parts spotlessly also another advantage was the the cases were so hot that he was able to insert bearings as soon as it came out of the washer
I have watched so many restoration videos ! I’m a marine engineer specializing in marine locomotive engines. This is something I would love to get into. Something to do in my off time and retirement. I’ve learned a lot about small engines from these types of videos and I’m motivated!
This is awesome, to take a basket of parts, spend a few days cleaning the parts and to assemble everything and cut grass. Truly awesome. I find that most, not all lawn , mowers can be fixed with just a simple carb cleaning and PM service. The concept now is, if it wont run, junk it and buy another one. I love junking round old barns and “FREE” piles on the road, never know what you might find. One mans junk is another man’s treasure. Great job.
Another job well done Can’t say it enough. This is why I enjoy watching your videos so much you do such a good job at fixing up the stuff that you were working on
I couldn't stop watching and was on the edge of my seat when that spark plug got screwed in!!! First rebuild I've seen and it was awesome! Thanks for the video!
You talking about my Cub Cadet 107? If so they are great tractors to get into working on, there's still replacement parts available for them and they are real easy and fun to work on. Just don't ever expect me to sell my 107...
I don't have too much experience with Craftsmans, but I hear the older ones are good tractors. However after using my big Cub Cadets I don't think I could ever downgrade to a craftsman machine.
Dang, man I really wonder how they managed to crack up the oil case that much... I don't think you could cause that much engine damage without like really abusing the machine...
I have a black Briggs & Stratton engine that used to belong to a sprayer but the sprayer probably got taken apart so now me and my dad want to put it on a go-kart he wants to build with me
This is pretty much the dictionary definition of a masochist. Excellent work, even if I had the skill and the tools, I would definitely not have the patience to take on a project like this.
Oh.my.word. Brilliant work. I LOVE the detail, I love the patience, I lover the clear camera angles, I love the descriptions. I learned SO MUCH!!! THANK YOU!!!
Machinery Restorer to the uncut grass: 🎶 The time has come and so have I. I'll laugh last cause you came to die. The damage done,the pain subsides. And I can see the fear clear,when I look into your eye.🎶 😁
I remember my dad doing this back in the middle 70s I was the only kid on our block that didn't have to worry about not being able to cut the grass Thanks Dad years later I was rebuilding Briggs & Stratton three and a half horse and Tecumseh Engines still enjoying it
I sincerely hope that whole mentality is starting to change now, with restoration videos becoming so "trendy." There is definitely a huge feeling of accomplishment you get from restoring something old and neglected and bringing it back to life.
Just used this video to diagnose issues with a victa tiller 100 series 6 i bought yesterday. Pulling apart the carb, the pump spring was on the wrong side of the diaphragm! It still (just) ran. I never would have known without the video! Cheers!
this Gentleman is living proof that they're still people out there that when they set their minds on doing something they still do it right !!! another awesome restore !!! 👍
This has given me alot of helpful tips as me and my dad are restoring a classic volvo 340 and we need all the help we can get get so thanks daggerwin for uploading on this chanell👍🏻
I LOVE these old mowers... just a simple engine with a blade for doing a simple job. Could you do a restore on a modern engine (smog/safety switches/electronic...) just so we can see how much is involved. I took a 2006 mower in to be repaired and was told that it was non repairable?!?!? No reason why... the stuff that is being made these days is just junk... Thank you for all the hard work you do and for showing us that these machines can be repaired.
I know what you mean. The transition from that flat white color at the time of application. To the gloss white color,after the powder coat melts onto the parts from the heat is actually pretty satisfying.
I have a mower with the same engine, and man... this thing is a beast!! This engine worked around 10 years continuously and only requires a little maintenance, never changed piston and nothing. This engines are the best thing i ever had.
Really a very fine and measured step by step restoration. When I was a little kid (about a million years ago) we could pick these up free from the local nursery/landscape/yard maintenance outfit and refurbish them and mount them on our fat tire bicycles for motorization. They were about half the size of this one and easy to fix....hell on wheels! Best wishes and stay healthy.
Great job! I restored a 1974 Murray 22 inch mower with that same engine. I had a blast doing it. It’s not worth anything but seeing the before and after was amazing. Someone was throwing it out and it just so happened to be the same model mower I pushed around the Neighborhood as a kid looking for lawns to mow. Satisfying on a couple different levels.
I love bringing engines and equipment back from the dead. People are so wasteful sometimes and if I can take their "junk" and repair it with a good cleaning and a few bucks in parts its 100's maybe 1000's of dollars it saves me. Nice work I admire your attention to detail.
Thanks for posting this. Beautiful job. I have an old Rover Rapid (Australia) lawn mower that has a very similar Briggs and Stratton engine. We inherited the mower at our new rural property in Tasmania. It has never run right, always surging up and down. I recently pulled the carbi apart and cleaned it all. Found the pump spring on the fuel tank side instead of the carbi side. Also for some reason, my motor has a cylindrical air filter and housing instead of the flat horizontal sponge filter I have seen on them. Seems to run better now, but not 100% yet.
Great job, I've got one here with a thrown rod and cracked housing, I'm debating with myself if it's worth the hassle, lol. Videos like this give me a little push to give it a try at least, thanks. Finding the parts at a reasonable price is another problem.
Just clicked on this video from the main page when it randomly popped up but I took apart a 100% identical engine in high school in a Small Gas Engines class. Literally all the parts and assembly are coming back to me watching this. Well done though!
Great renovation. My father had a mower like this. We used it for years. Great to see one fully restored. Videos are great! Better then watching TV. All the best! Skip
My sons are using a Cub Cadet pusher I bought new when I got married in 1985. Just changed the blade to a mulcher, enclosed the chute, changed oil and air filter and they started using it. The carb's never been apart, etc.
I really like your videos on rebuilding garden machinery. So relaxing to watch after a long day. I prefer the ones when you just put up text and we can here birds singing. Not that you have a great voice for dialogue...i like the no talking just watching concept...like other resto channels. Great work...👍🇬🇧
Excellent video-I have the almost the same motor on an old John Deere push mower from 1973. You've inspired me to do a full rebuild and paint too. Thank you
I enjoy watching these vids. My first restoration was a Briggs 5s, followed by a WM. I mostly play with oilfield engines these days, but the trip down memory lane has been nice!
Briggs and Stratton engines, rebuilt engine comes to life after two pulls. Solid small engines. I would say that B&S small engines are the gold standard of small engines.
My first job was on a maintenance crew that used to mow lawns in a Village that used to maintain power stations. And the lawnmowers we used were 4 hp and 5 hp Bridges & Stratton lawnmowers, very similar to the lawnmowers you are restoring now I have owned many lawnmowers over the years but they were always my favourite
I'd love this guy's skills. People laugh at me for working on my own car and I find things hard as I have sadly have autism. The pride thing is I try I don't need to pretend to be somebody I'm not and have to drive a flash car for an image. This is why i admire skills like this it's keeping something beautiful going
man.....please do not let people with zero ambition influence you. Learn a trade skill, save a ton of money fixing your own car, and laugh in their face the next time they get smacked by a repair shop for a 500 dollar brake job you can do yourself for about 100 bucks.
@@sandydogy yep and if you get comfortable with stuff and get some practical tools and a trailer to tow them in, then you could fire up a mobile mechanic business and make good money. Most mobile mechanic type work is brakes, suspension, oil changes, tune ups, wheels bearings etc. People wont ask you to replace engines as a mobile mechanic. So actually you are not that far off from having a marketable skill, keep after it.
Very nice. I have a 1970's? rototiller with an old 3.5 Briggs on it. I plan on doing similar. The tiller is so old, I am unsure of the brand. Appears to be green in color, maybe an old Wards machine, but, it serves its' purpose well, and is a beast. Starting to smell oil burning as I use it, so it is time to rebuild before things become terminal. Winter 2022 project to refurb the entire tiller. Again, well done!
This brings back good memories when I was a kid. From mowing lawns around the neighbourhood for arcade money to making go carts with some friends. Good to see theres still some mowers around today that got taken care of. p.s- i think your warranty's up! :D
Boy does this bring back some awful memories. My dad had an old Snapper mower back in the 80's and he used to make me mow the grass every Saturday. That mower had the exact same Briggs and Stratton 3.5 horsepower engine. The thing was so old and hard to start that I was drenched in sweat by the time I started mowing. I used that thing from the time I was 9 years old until I went off to college. He finally broke down and hired a lawn service after I left. God forbid he actually had to use that mower himself.
I love watching you master your craft. I just got into this hobby...my girlfriend thinks I'm nuts. You've taught this old boy a few tricks, keep up the great content!!!
I just used engine enamel to paint my 3 horsepower Briggs and Stratton lawnmower engine which I rebuilt,I didn't use primer on the engine because particularly on the cooling fins it will cause the paint to blister up & fall off,I had to repaint the top cover on mine because I primed underneath it. I painted it when it was all bolted together just as they did at the factory,I have also relapped the valves into their seats & adjusted the valve clearance by grinding down the valve stems,the rings have been replaced with Stens steel items,not the chrome faced rings & I did give the cylinder a light hone. The old rings gaps measured at 1.15 millimetres (0.045") whereas the new ones were about 0.22 millimetres (0.00866"),a 0.2mm (0.008") feeler gauge was a slightly loose fit but a 0.25mm feeler gauge wouldn't fit so I estimated about 0.22 millimetres. I'm going to do up a 1985 model 4 horsepower Briggs and Stratton lawnmower engine next !
I enjoy watching restoration videos of small engines. You made this a joy to watch. Very artistic with your form. Very patient and thorough. Thank you for sharing! 😀👍🏼
really enjoyed this video, a couple things I wish you would you would of walked us through. 1 - how you rewind the spring and cord in the pull, that is not easy, tried once with no success 2 - how you attached the main shaft to the blade underneath 3 - you forgot to paint the air cleaner bolt! great job, purred like a kitten, very satisfying and relaxing watching these as I personally love to see old engines restored
Lol. I always tried to fix small motors like this but had no idea what I was doing. Thanks for the video. It helped me to understand what needs to be done. And some common problems. Great work!
Did you ever figure out where the extra bolt went? Just kidding. You are professional in every sense of the word. Your videos are first rate. Very grateful you share them.
Is the second fuel tank mounting bolt and spacer that go into the block missing thats located behind the fuel cap-? Also no oil in the starter clutch between top of crankshaft and inside starter recoil dog, theres a hole in the top to squirt oil into it, eventually they rust and the starter doesnt want to recoil. I spent many years rebuilding these engines both for my lawn mowing business and for others, love these old Briggs engines, I even had one that was so old it had a cast iron block - im 60 now and my current one I bought new 29 years ago and still not using oil. I use a blend of HD-30 weight and 10-30 synthetic oil. Its on its third deck after they rust out but the engine still runs great with just a couple carb kits and regular maintenance.
I found a 1980 Briggs 5hp engine at the dump and am restoring it. It’s almost finished. Wish I had some of the tools you used on yours. I’m uncertain why it was tossed, other than the fact that it’s 40 years old. Only had to order gaskets and a carb rebuild kit so far.
My dear friend, cost is not a matter. What really matters are to restore. Till he finishes the restoration, not only he, anybody as a matter of fact will have the doubt of engine restarting. When the engine restarts, sky is the limit for his joy. Really good, professional restoration work my dear friend. Keep it up.
I would prefer part replacement than just 'clean and polish'. Such kind of heavy friction part like piston better have to be replaced. Great work mate!
When I was a kid, I mowed many a lawn with a 3.5 hp Briggs and Stratton and it did it just as ease as larger more modern lawn mower engines. They took more abuse that any of these newer engines. I have a 5.5 Briggs on a 21 mower and It's 4 years old and half wore out and I haven't even abused it at all.
Thats an great engine, we do have the same engine but its on the third mower, the chassis used to rust through. With seasonal oil/airfilter/sparkplug changes to new ones does the trick. It stays outside all season, temperatures varies from +30c heat to -30c freeze with thick snow. And always starts within three pulls.
On this side of the pond, I began working on those engines when they had the "banger" (aka hot dog) muffler. Still get that great feeling when you've completed the work and it roars back to life. Great job. My mother did not like going to use the "hob" and finding I had baked freshly painted parts in it. Narragansett Bay
I took that engine apart in 1987 before I went to college because it burned too much oil. I always promised myself I'd re-assemble it with new piston rings someday... Thanks for keeping my promise.
That is a perfect restoration of that old school brigg's very nice .... !!!!!!
my wife and I thought the same lol
You try and explain to someone that watching a lad rebuild a lawnmower engine is incredibly relaxing and they'll bloody laugh at you!
Their loss! 😊More for me!
Only understood by men like us. Cheers from Australia
a guy i know who built rally engines used an old dishwasher using the cleaning liquid instead water including the heating function and it cleaned the parts spotlessly also another advantage was the the cases were so hot that he was able to insert bearings as soon as it came out of the washer
When they rebuild automatic transmissions they have what is the equivalent larger dishwasher works great.
@@tetontent I have a temco t10 I bought for $300, works great but I wish it was a little smaller heating 60 gallons kinda sucks
My instructor at UTI told us about the old dishwasher "partswasher" for projects too lol
@@leocorral oh lordy........which one were you at?
@@midship_ncoh lordy, which Trump rally did you attend? Keep trumpeting that Trump stick you love to blow, goofy.
I have watched so many restoration videos ! I’m a marine engineer specializing in marine locomotive engines. This is something I would love to get into. Something to do in my off time and retirement. I’ve learned a lot about small engines from these types of videos and I’m motivated!
This is awesome, to take a basket of parts, spend a few days cleaning the parts and to assemble everything and cut grass. Truly awesome. I find that most, not all lawn , mowers can be fixed with just a simple carb cleaning and PM service. The concept now is, if it wont run, junk it and buy another one. I love junking round old barns and “FREE” piles on the road, never know what you might find. One mans junk is another man’s treasure. Great job.
Another job well done Can’t say it enough. This is why I enjoy watching your videos so much you do such a good job at fixing up the stuff that you were working on
I couldn't stop watching and was on the edge of my seat when that spark plug got screwed in!!! First rebuild I've seen and it was awesome! Thanks for the video!
Knowledge on machinery repair will always have value, those who don't have it end up in the fields harvesting.
White Spirit: *exists*
Machinery Restorer: "We'll take your entire stock"
We'll drink half of that
You talking about my Cub Cadet 107? If so they are great tractors to get into working on, there's still replacement parts available for them and they are real easy and fun to work on. Just don't ever expect me to sell my 107...
I don't have too much experience with Craftsmans, but I hear the older ones are good tractors. However after using my big Cub Cadets I don't think I could ever downgrade to a craftsman machine.
@Michael Fresh yeah probably shoulda kept the wheel horses those are cool machines. I don't own any but I know someone with one.
Dang, man I really wonder how they managed to crack up the oil case that much... I don't think you could cause that much engine damage without like really abusing the machine...
Haven't watched yet, but it's a Briggs & Stratton. Of course it's going to run.
Belongs in the Briggs and Stratton museum
I have a black Briggs & Stratton engine that used to belong to a sprayer but the sprayer probably got taken apart so now me and my dad want to put it on a go-kart he wants to build with me
A wise man once said... "I can do that, I just don't want to".
~Bart Simpson.
brocktemple25 Cowabunga, dude!
I got a 1938 1/2 HP BRIGGS AND STRÀTTION.
This is pretty much the dictionary definition of a masochist. Excellent work, even if I had the skill and the tools, I would definitely not have the patience to take on a project like this.
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5:48 Can you do a restoration of that garden chair? XD
🤣
Can he restore
The original starter rope and restore the original air filter
>:-p
Lol. I wanted to say almost the same thing... 😂😂😂
Why not sand blasting quickly the chair? 🤔
@@nrette I think a quick jetwash should be enough.
Oh.my.word. Brilliant work. I LOVE the detail, I love the patience, I lover the clear camera angles, I love the descriptions. I learned SO MUCH!!! THANK YOU!!!
Machinery Restorer: Exists
Uncut grass: "My time has come"
Machinery Restorer to the uncut grass:
🎶 The time has come and so have I.
I'll laugh last cause you came to die.
The damage done,the pain subsides.
And I can see the fear clear,when I look into your eye.🎶
😁
Makes me want to go find something to rebuild! Nice work!
I remember my dad doing this back in the middle 70s I was the only kid on our block that didn't have to worry about not being able to cut the grass Thanks Dad years later I was rebuilding Briggs & Stratton three and a half horse and Tecumseh Engines still enjoying it
The Briggs of around that age are honestly the best engines to work on in my opinion, fairly simple and reliable
Cast iron bore ones are, alloy bore motors are throwaways.
I get laughed at in my hometown for restoring small motors to many people obsessed with the disposable life
Ikr🙁
A time will come when those that laugh at you will wish they had your skills/knowledge/mindset
I sincerely hope that whole mentality is starting to change now, with restoration videos becoming so "trendy." There is definitely a huge feeling of accomplishment you get from restoring something old and neglected and bringing it back to life.
Thanks I will pray for u and cindy.ku playing at 6 I think love your family very much
same with me. ive got a 75 cc industrial weed eater. its as old as i am and after my rebuild it runs better than i do lol
Just used this video to diagnose issues with a victa tiller 100 series 6 i bought yesterday. Pulling apart the carb, the pump spring was on the wrong side of the diaphragm! It still (just) ran. I never would have known without the video! Cheers!
this Gentleman is living proof that they're still people out there that when they set their minds on doing something they still do it right !!! another awesome restore !!! 👍
This has given me alot of helpful tips as me and my dad are restoring a classic volvo 340 and we need all the help we can get get so thanks daggerwin for uploading on this chanell👍🏻
The German Piggy it’s machinery restorer
@@fordf150xltlariat9 I think this is one of he other accounts
Firenado no shit Sherlock why do you think I corrected him
Dans diecast car Reviews no he has other channel he does farming simulator and his other name is dagger win so either is fine
And don’t no shit me
I used to work in a little engine rebuild shop waaay back....(late 70s)....rebuilt those Brigs n Stratton by the dozens.
Beautiful work sir! I love that powder coat! For me growing up, these engines were the de-facto standard for lawnmowers.
I LOVE these old mowers... just a simple engine with a blade for doing a simple job. Could you do a restore on a modern engine (smog/safety switches/electronic...) just so we can see how much is involved. I took a 2006 mower in to be repaired and was told that it was non repairable?!?!? No reason why... the stuff that is being made these days is just junk... Thank you for all the hard work you do and for showing us that these machines can be repaired.
The transition from when the powder coat goes from looking super dry to loking super wet is always so satisfying to me. So please don't cut that out
I know what you mean. The transition from that flat white color at the time of application. To the gloss white color,after the powder coat melts onto the parts from the heat is actually pretty satisfying.
? It's inside the oven. The transition is the same as baking a cake. Unless he has an ovenproof camera, it's not going to happen.
I have a mower with the same engine, and man... this thing is a beast!! This engine worked around 10 years continuously and only requires a little maintenance, never changed piston and nothing. This engines are the best thing i ever had.
I'm so impressed by your skills. And it brings back my childhood to see that old mower running.
It's so rewarding seeing some one restore something, I just love to watch videos like this. Great video thanks 😊
A old school Briggs & Stratton Flathead is hard to beat 🏁🏁🏁👍
Greetings from Silverstreet South Carolina USA 🇺🇸
Really a very fine and measured step by step restoration. When I was a little kid (about a million years ago) we could pick these up free from the local nursery/landscape/yard maintenance outfit and refurbish them and mount them on our fat tire bicycles for motorization. They were about half the size of this one and easy to fix....hell on wheels! Best wishes and stay healthy.
Great job! I restored a 1974 Murray 22 inch mower with that same engine. I had a blast doing it. It’s not worth anything but seeing the before and after was amazing. Someone was throwing it out and it just so happened to be the same model mower I pushed around the Neighborhood as a kid looking for lawns to mow. Satisfying on a couple different levels.
I love bringing engines and equipment back from the dead. People are so wasteful sometimes and if I can take their "junk" and repair it with a good cleaning and a few bucks in parts its 100's maybe 1000's of dollars it saves me. Nice work I admire your attention to detail.
Thanks for posting this. Beautiful job. I have an old Rover Rapid (Australia) lawn mower that has a very similar Briggs and Stratton engine. We inherited the mower at our new rural property in Tasmania. It has never run right, always surging up and down. I recently pulled the carbi apart and cleaned it all. Found the pump spring on the fuel tank side instead of the carbi side. Also for some reason, my motor has a cylindrical air filter and housing instead of the flat horizontal sponge filter I have seen on them. Seems to run better now, but not 100% yet.
These little engines are the sound of summer. Early evening, one of these humming in the distance and the smell of cut grass.
Great job, I've got one here with a thrown rod and cracked housing, I'm debating with myself if it's worth the hassle, lol. Videos like this give me a little push to give it a try at least, thanks. Finding the parts at a reasonable price is another problem.
Just clicked on this video from the main page when it randomly popped up but I took apart a 100% identical engine in high school in a Small Gas Engines class. Literally all the parts and assembly are coming back to me watching this. Well done though!
That was a great job restoring that old motor. I wish I had his skills. Nice to keep and old dog running.
Great renovation. My father had a mower like this. We used it for years. Great to see one fully restored. Videos are great! Better then watching TV. All the best! Skip
My sons are using a Cub Cadet pusher I bought new when I got married in 1985. Just changed the blade to a mulcher, enclosed the chute, changed oil and air filter and they started using it. The carb's never been apart, etc.
I really like your videos on rebuilding garden machinery. So relaxing to watch after a long day. I prefer the ones when you just put up text and we can here birds singing. Not that you have a great voice for dialogue...i like the no talking just watching concept...like other resto channels. Great work...👍🇬🇧
The way you work eases my OCD on engines. You do things the correct way and aren’t lazy while doing it. Love the videos. Please keep more coming.
Yes i enjoyed watching you rebuild that old 41yr.old engine. I learned a few tricks to do in my lawnmower repair shop. Thanku
Excellent video-I have the almost the same motor on an old John Deere push mower from 1973. You've inspired me to do a full rebuild and paint too. Thank you
I enjoy watching these vids. My first restoration was a Briggs 5s, followed by a WM. I mostly play with oilfield engines these days, but the trip down memory lane has been nice!
Briggs and Stratton engines, rebuilt engine comes to life after two pulls. Solid small engines. I would say that B&S small engines are the gold standard of small engines.
My first job was on a maintenance crew that used to mow lawns in a Village that used to maintain power stations. And the lawnmowers we used were 4 hp and 5 hp Bridges & Stratton lawnmowers, very similar to the lawnmowers you are restoring now I have owned many lawnmowers over the years but they were always my favourite
6:45 - That's quality paint that it self leveled and didn't roll over into a run on those first couple passes across the bottom.
Luckyyyy.
Absolutely excellent video, you clearly know your parts and way around an engine. Thanks for sharing.
I'd love this guy's skills. People laugh at me for working on my own car and I find things hard as I have sadly have autism. The pride thing is I try I don't need to pretend to be somebody I'm not and have to drive a flash car for an image. This is why i admire skills like this it's keeping something beautiful going
man.....please do not let people with zero ambition influence you. Learn a trade skill, save a ton of money fixing your own car, and laugh in their face the next time they get smacked by a repair shop for a 500 dollar brake job you can do yourself for about 100 bucks.
@@midship_nc thanks yes I did my brakes and got squeeks and found the problem to tight in the shims many hours later. Yes was hard but did it
@@sandydogy yep and if you get comfortable with stuff and get some practical tools and a trailer to tow them in, then you could fire up a mobile mechanic business and make good money. Most mobile mechanic type work is brakes, suspension, oil changes, tune ups, wheels bearings etc. People wont ask you to replace engines as a mobile mechanic. So actually you are not that far off from having a marketable skill, keep after it.
There's nothing better than listening to a old engine! How do you do it man? It's incredible.
My guerst is you spend 20 on the old motor a 3000 on labor restoring it.you are truly master mechanic .
Very nice. I have a 1970's? rototiller with an old 3.5 Briggs on it. I plan on doing similar. The tiller is so old, I am unsure of the brand. Appears to be green in color, maybe an old Wards machine, but, it serves its' purpose well, and is a beast. Starting to smell oil burning as I use it, so it is time to rebuild before things become terminal. Winter 2022 project to refurb the entire tiller. Again, well done!
This is gratifying to watch, but it must be 100x more gratifying to actually accomplish. Kudos from the U.S.A!
I love watching craftsmen at work.
Thanks for the video.
This is awesome to watch, ive worked on a few small engines but never restored one. I love watching him work because it all looks so easy.
This brings back good memories when I was a kid. From mowing lawns around the neighbourhood for arcade money to making go carts with some friends. Good to see theres still some mowers around today that got taken care of.
p.s- i think your warranty's up! :D
Just got home, went to RUclips, and this video dropped in my feed, perfect, just enough time for me to chill and and watch this from start to end
Did someone notice that it mows without installing a blade ? fantastic motor !
Right? I guess he left that part out. 😆
Our shop has two of those hot water high pressure parts washers man I love the way they clean. Great job on the motor!
Boy does this bring back some awful memories. My dad had an old Snapper mower back in the 80's and he used to make me mow the grass every Saturday. That mower had the exact same Briggs and Stratton 3.5 horsepower engine. The thing was so old and hard to start that I was drenched in sweat by the time I started mowing. I used that thing from the time I was 9 years old until I went off to college. He finally broke down and hired a lawn service after I left. God forbid he actually had to use that mower himself.
Briggs and Stratton love's this man .... whatever part he needs the company says "make em' whatever part he needs" no questions asked lol
I love watching you master your craft. I just got into this hobby...my girlfriend thinks I'm nuts. You've taught this old boy a few tricks, keep up the great content!!!
Great presentation. Congratulations. Amazing you could get the coil
I just used engine enamel to paint my 3 horsepower Briggs and Stratton lawnmower engine which I rebuilt,I didn't use primer on the engine because particularly on the cooling fins it will cause the paint to blister up & fall off,I had to repaint the top cover on mine because I primed underneath it.
I painted it when it was all bolted together just as they did at the factory,I have also relapped the valves into their seats & adjusted the valve clearance by grinding down the valve stems,the rings have been replaced with Stens steel items,not the chrome faced rings & I did give the cylinder a light hone.
The old rings gaps measured at 1.15 millimetres (0.045") whereas the new ones were about 0.22 millimetres (0.00866"),a 0.2mm (0.008") feeler gauge was a slightly loose fit but a 0.25mm feeler gauge wouldn't fit so I estimated about 0.22 millimetres.
I'm going to do up a 1985 model 4 horsepower Briggs and Stratton lawnmower engine next !
I love the old Briggs and Stratton really good engine when I was a kid I put one on a go kart great memories and you done a great job 👍😃
I have a Briggs & Stratton and I want to use it in a go-kart
I enjoy watching restoration videos of small engines. You made this a joy to watch. Very artistic with your form. Very patient and thorough. Thank you for sharing! 😀👍🏼
A pleasure to watch! The sound of that Briggs & Stratton brings back many childhood memories. Thanks
really enjoyed this video, a couple things I wish you would you would of walked us through.
1 - how you rewind the spring and cord in the pull, that is not easy, tried once with no success
2 - how you attached the main shaft to the blade underneath
3 - you forgot to paint the air cleaner bolt!
great job, purred like a kitten, very satisfying and relaxing watching these as I personally love to see old engines restored
Great work. Nothing more therapeutic than engines..
terrific rebuild super close up camera work a joy to watch with great title inserts
Lol. I always tried to fix small motors like this but had no idea what I was doing. Thanks for the video. It helped me to understand what needs to be done. And some common problems. Great work!
Did you ever figure out where the extra bolt went? Just kidding. You are professional in every sense of the word. Your videos are first rate. Very grateful you share them.
Your videos are absolutely satisfying to watch.
Dang son this guys a perfectionist
Is the second fuel tank mounting bolt and spacer that go into the block missing thats located behind the fuel cap-? Also no oil in the starter clutch between top of crankshaft and inside starter recoil dog, theres a hole in the top to squirt oil into it, eventually they rust and the starter doesnt want to recoil. I spent many years rebuilding these engines both for my lawn mowing business and for others, love these old Briggs engines, I even had one that was so old it had a cast iron block - im 60 now and my current one I bought new 29 years ago and still not using oil. I use a blend of HD-30 weight and 10-30 synthetic oil. Its on its third deck after they rust out but the engine still runs great with just a couple carb kits and regular maintenance.
Great video, thank you! I have a dead Hayterette 3.5hp I've had for 35+ years. It won't start, and a carb clean is next on the list. Then we'll see!
I love love love it when you powder coated the parts and this color is soooo refreshing!!!!
Briggs made good engines back then, Tecumseh did too. My 41 year old mower with 4HP Tecumseh still works fine. Cheers from sunny Australia
I found a 1980 Briggs 5hp engine at the dump and am restoring it. It’s almost finished. Wish I had some of the tools you used on yours. I’m uncertain why it was tossed, other than the fact that it’s 40 years old. Only had to order gaskets and a carb rebuild kit so far.
I've done plenty of the points conversions. Just did one on my push mower from 1965 yesterday and runs pretty good
This man knows what he's doing. Awesome rebuild.
I love those old Briggs engines!! I remember them as a kid!! Still good engines!!
Briggs & Stratton ghost!!!!
Very nice!!! Amazing work!!!!
Like a lot.
Congratulations!!!!💪💪💪👉
Always wear eye protection while working with pull start springs. Nice thorough job. Great results.👍👍👍
Grass knew his fate was sealed once the new decal came out. He knew at that point it was only a matter of time.
That looked like a lot of fun. Good to put something previously junk back to use. Nice work.
What a brilliant makeover. Great explanation of the work carried out.
I love how you have turned your whole shed into a small workshop is there a chance you could do a show on the little building you have?
Would be good at the end to summarize the hours taken for the build, also costs would be really interesting. Great video, keep it up👍
My dear friend, cost is not a matter. What really matters are to restore. Till he finishes the restoration, not only he, anybody as a matter of fact will have the doubt of engine restarting. When the engine restarts, sky is the limit for his joy. Really good, professional restoration work my dear friend. Keep it up.
Awesome job! What’s great about Briggs & Stratton engines is the are so cheap and easy to fix.
And reliable I like
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I would prefer part replacement than just 'clean and polish'. Such kind of heavy friction part like piston better have to be replaced. Great work mate!
When I was a kid, I mowed many a lawn with a 3.5 hp Briggs and Stratton and it did it just as ease as larger more modern lawn mower engines. They took more abuse that any of these newer engines. I have a 5.5 Briggs on a 21 mower and It's 4 years old and half wore out and I haven't even abused it at all.
The old stuff was built to last. All it needs is a little love and care, and it will serve for years and years.
Wow!!! Great job!!! Very thorough.
Thats an great engine, we do have the same engine but its on the third mower, the chassis used to rust through. With seasonal oil/airfilter/sparkplug changes to new ones does the trick. It stays outside all season, temperatures varies from +30c heat to -30c freeze with thick snow. And always starts within three pulls.
Fantastic restoration - a joy to watch. Thanks for sharing
On this side of the pond, I began working on those engines when they had the "banger" (aka hot dog) muffler. Still get that great feeling when you've completed the work and it roars back to life. Great job. My mother did not like going to use the "hob" and finding I had baked freshly painted parts in it. Narragansett Bay
I took that engine apart in 1987 before I went to college because it burned too much oil. I always promised myself I'd re-assemble it with new piston rings someday... Thanks for keeping my promise.
Nice!! Just Baling hay in my T7 watching you :)
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Tyler Crabtree with my uncle with me of course