Briggs and Stratton 1981 2HP Engine. Will it run? Turning Shop Trash into TREASURE! Repair/Vlog

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  • Опубликовано: 22 окт 2022
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    Today we tear down a 1981 Briggs and Stratton 2 HP engine on an Edger that has been sitting for YEARS! Will it run?
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  • @Chickanic
    @Chickanic  3 месяца назад +4

    Thanks for Watching! Find a link to all of my "Must Have", Favorite Tools HERE!! www.amazon.com/shop/chickanic?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_aipsfshop_aipsfchickanic_9ERPFPBNGQ924P8NS63B

    • @thomaswarford2920
      @thomaswarford2920 Месяц назад

      We used to decarbon car engines by running the engine a couple thousand rpm and pooring water down the carburetor. You probably don't want to kill the engine, and I'm sure you don't want to hydro lock it, so careful how much water you poor in there. I'm sure it's harder to do with a one cylinder, but I'd bet it's do able.

    • @thomaswarford2920
      @thomaswarford2920 Месяц назад

      While you were obviously right, I can't locate where you figured out it was the coil and not the points or condensor. Thank you.

  • @cotydenise
    @cotydenise Год назад +99

    I'm so glad I found your wonderful channel. As a 62 year old very able woman you make me feel that I can make small and basic repairs myself. Thank You!

    • @79thPenn
      @79thPenn Год назад +16

      And she doesn't need to use her sexuality to make a successful channel either.
      Tis why I often find myself listening to Chickanic's channel.

    • @jamesvuxta8723
      @jamesvuxta8723 Год назад +7

      All it takes is the will.

    • @rickkessie1926
      @rickkessie1926 Год назад

      How do you fix that starter clutch

    • @butch19471
      @butch19471 Год назад +5

      @@rickkessie1926 you can fix some of them if you take it apart and clean all of the grease etc out of it and the squirt some oil into the front of it on the small felt pad. 50 50 chance..

    • @rickkessie1926
      @rickkessie1926 Год назад

      @@butch19471 Back in my day lol there was a composite material washer in the cup at the ball bearings very very few knew about this part five digit number started with 69 something

  • @bradmoyer9737
    @bradmoyer9737 Год назад +61

    53 kazillion repairs, and you haven’t lost the joy 🤩 of breathing life into old engines and hearing them roar back to life - great to watch, thank you!

  • @Gerrit-Max
    @Gerrit-Max Год назад +61

    The reason it runs as sweet as a nut after 41 years is because back then things were build to a standard, not a budget.
    Respect for the work you do and the knowledge you are freely sharing, it helps a lot of people out more than you would think.

    • @haneyoakie14
      @haneyoakie14 Год назад +1

      Amen!

    • @NONAME-kw3pu
      @NONAME-kw3pu Год назад +2

      if ppl just changed oil more than once in its life... at least once a year. drained gas out at end of season. got real gas, not ethanol gas. new air filter every year. things wud last a good long time. now briggs sais "dont need to chance oil, just add oil as needed when it is burned"???? sure why not, planned obsolescence cant sell new motors if they last for a long time with regular oil n air filter changes.

    • @scdevon
      @scdevon Год назад

      I like old flat-head Briggs engines as antiques, but I don't know what's so impressive about aluminum cylinder bores and plain crankshaft main bearings. No wonder Chinese Honda clone engines have taken over at the same price point. They all have iron cylinder liners and ball bearing main bearings. Briggs and Tecumseh should have given customers a LITTLE more over the years for NO extra cost. No winder they both went tits-up bankrupt.

    • @randallcarney1216
      @randallcarney1216 Год назад

      I have an 1983 horizontal 8 hp off of a Troy-Bilt tiller,

    • @clecollins2673
      @clecollins2673 Год назад +3

      It still had aluminum liners. I ran a toro with a briggs for near 30 years until the block was worn. Now if one was a true machinist with all the tools, I would bore it and put in a cast sleeve for another 50+ years.

  • @Muksanim2012
    @Muksanim2012 11 дней назад +1

    It's a good feeling when you conquer an old engine.

  • @robertsmith7580
    @robertsmith7580 Год назад +56

    It was so cool watching you going through your inventory and finding parts and gaskets that probably don't even exist anymore !

    • @NONAME-kw3pu
      @NONAME-kw3pu Год назад +4

      they exist and for the 2 HP are pretty cheap. even new rod is

    • @philliphall5198
      @philliphall5198 Год назад +4

      Coils rust up nearly every time and points need clean, usually cond bad

  • @stevedittrich4411
    @stevedittrich4411 Год назад +9

    People often don't understand the feeling of satisfaction that you get when you take a "dead" or trashed engine and get it running again. Your channel is outstanding!!!

  • @brianking1138
    @brianking1138 Год назад +2

    I just picked up one of these for free 2 days ago. Perfect timing.

  • @flatlandriver2471
    @flatlandriver2471 Год назад +7

    Have a picture from the ‘70s somewhere that shows the mini bike my brother and I built using one of those motors! We weren’t yet teenagers. Welded up a couple of old bicycles and “borrowed” the motor from Dad’s little pencil grain auger. Centrifugal clutch, chain drive. Tiny wheels. We had a blast with it but then our bigger older cousin rode it. Frame broke and nearly neutered him.
    When we came home from school the next day Dad had put the motor back on the auger and all the welding rods were missing🤷🏻

  • @mistersnapon
    @mistersnapon Год назад +5

    Old Briggs engines never die.... I have one from 1948!!!

  • @THEMOWERMEDIC1
    @THEMOWERMEDIC1 Год назад +5

    Busy busy! No rain here has slowed me down quite a bit. Been doing auto repair vids which are doing pretty good!

    • @Chickanic
      @Chickanic  Год назад +2

      We are still getting equipment in, but have gone into cleaning mode. The shop was a disaster from this season.

    • @philliphall5198
      @philliphall5198 Год назад

      We finally got 2 1/2 inches and I’ve been really busy in West Texas
      Mostly chain saws

  • @OcotilloTom
    @OcotilloTom Год назад +2

    I'm a 76 year old guy who's been tinkering with old engines since I was 12. I still have a 1949 Cushman motor scooter I have kept alive since I bought it used when I was 14. Also my old Harley's none newer than 1964.

  • @justinsane7128
    @justinsane7128 Год назад +3

    I'm 65 and I recently ran across a little two and a half horse that was the power for my first homemade mini bike, barn find LOL, from 1969

  • @mdunbar008
    @mdunbar008 Год назад +13

    Person experience with rusty fuel tanks. IF they are still holding fuel, you can drop and hand full of pea gravel in them with a little soapy water and shake the hell out of them to remove almost all of the rust. Rinse well and dry with compressed air. Has worked great for me over the years.

    • @AESOP2U
      @AESOP2U Год назад +1

      After that, 3m makes a coating that will make your fuel tank bulletproof.

    • @dougsimpson64
      @dougsimpson64 21 день назад

      I took a rusty tank one time and filled it about half full of pea gravel and strapped it to one of those small portable cement mixers and turned it on. Let it run several days and that tank was pristine inside! The downside was that there were some spots where the rust was severe which became. . . holes. . .not a good deal. But, I have used that technique to clean serveral.

  • @59Ray
    @59Ray Год назад +37

    It was really cool watching you bring the old Briggs back. Brought back memories of my Granddad showing me how to set the coil gap. His “go to” spacer was a post card someone had sent him years before. I remember us using that same post card for years. Thanks for the memories. Thanks & keep up the good videos.

  • @NSmoosedog
    @NSmoosedog Год назад +2

    Great instructional videos you have. However, ain't nobody got all them parts! What a Wife who can fix everything.

  • @brian_2040
    @brian_2040 Год назад +28

    OMG, this is the best small engine and outdoor equipment channel going. Great advice and knowledge to be got from here, and the instructor is easy on the eyes, with all the respect. Proven mechanic! Also, let's take a minute to appreciate the amount of inventory this lady has! You dang sure don't see that much anywhere anymore.

  • @paulthompson1216
    @paulthompson1216 Год назад +21

    Having access to all of those spare parts is totally awesome! Love your videos!

  • @BobbyS1981
    @BobbyS1981 Год назад +12

    That Briggs and I are the same age! I’ve worked on B&S engines since I was a child. They are so simple and easy to work on. I’m surprised you didn’t have any old Magnetron conversion kits in that old shop inventory. I installed one on my wife’s grandmothers old tiller that was made in ‘74. Made a huge difference in reliability.

    • @robinholland9423
      @robinholland9423 10 месяцев назад +1

      I don't convert them, I always use the points and condenser set up, perfectly fine if you know what you are doing

  • @larryreynolds8580
    @larryreynolds8580 Год назад +13

    So much better than what we have today. Wouldn't mind more of these. Thank you 😊

  • @Jeffrich308
    @Jeffrich308 Год назад +1

    The fact that you did that in white shorts and didn't destroy them is amazing! I walk near mowers and my clothes are dirty.... Thanks for the video, that old motor brings back memories from my youth.

  • @michaelbradford4444
    @michaelbradford4444 Год назад +4

    One word to describe the feeling when you initially hear a small engine run due to the work you've done ( euphoric!

  • @ivycycles
    @ivycycles Год назад +3

    So glad I found your channel. 61 year old lady mechanic here. Into cars too, just like you. Loved watching you fix that old Briggs 🙂

  • @bradleycallahan6169
    @bradleycallahan6169 Год назад +1

    Thanks for the memories. As a teenager during the 1960s I mowed our lawn (almost a acre) with a reel mower powered by a Briggs and Stratton engine. I was always adjusting something and not always well.

  • @collectingonthecheap56353
    @collectingonthecheap56353 Год назад +1

    That old logo brings back memories of when I use to tinker with Briggs and Stratton lawnmowers.

  • @justincase2281
    @justincase2281 Год назад +9

    Now THAT'S a workshop!!
    😄 If anyone ever accuses you of not knowing small engine stuff and outdoor power equipment, just show them a picture of that place. It totally screams experience!!👍
    I love the other small engine guys on RUclips, but I think your channel is the best of them all. 😁

  • @wilkersonsmowershop8379
    @wilkersonsmowershop8379 Год назад +7

    Great save! Love those flat heads. So easy to fix and maintain.

    • @NONAME-kw3pu
      @NONAME-kw3pu Год назад +1

      if ppl CHECK THE OIL BEFORE EACH RUN OF THE DAY... and change oil once a year or so. air filter too. the 2HP is cheapest to rebuild, parts a plenty. new rod $9. seals $6. gas tank $$$$$

  • @pawsnazzy01
    @pawsnazzy01 9 дней назад

    Back in the mid 60's my uncle had an old reel type mower that had been sitting in the weeds for years, he told me it had gotten hard to start then one day it wouldn't start so he left it there. I took it home and torn in to it. Just like you, I pulled the head and removed the carbon, cleaned & lapped the valves, cleaned the carb, cleaned the fuel tank with a piece of chain and shook the hang out of it & rinsed, pulled the flywheel and sanded it clean & put it together Oh and lubed the hang out of the clutch, and for the first start I put 1 shot of Old Spice after shave in the carb. and it roared to life. No new gaskets were used in the repair just stuck the old ones back in and it worked great. My Uncle used it until the rubber tires worn slap out then my cousin took the motor and put it on a mini bike.

  • @philbenton5679
    @philbenton5679 Месяц назад

    I get such a kick out of watching your videos. How much joy it brings you to succeed with small engine repair like that Briggs & Stratton. I just grinned from ear to ear at the end of this watching how much happiness you got from fixing that gadget. I've learned a whole heck of a lot watching your videos. Keep up the great work! People all over the world are watching you.

  • @dennisjoiner3717
    @dennisjoiner3717 Год назад +8

    It's tough to kill those old engines! I did a complete tear down and rebuild on one for my 1976 High School Small Engine Class. I miss the fun I had doing that, and can relate to the excitement you had hearing it come to life!

    • @shannonwhitaker9630
      @shannonwhitaker9630 Год назад +2

      We’d leave the Rod loose on purpose to see how long it would take to blow the engines apart at maximum revs ! Shop class was always fun as we always figured out how to do the opposite of what was intended but we learned stuff none the less.

    • @donmayberryjrsOPE
      @donmayberryjrsOPE Год назад +1

      ​@@shannonwhitaker9630 OMG I thought that was just a Jersey thing!! We did the same in 75 when I had already been working for my Dad for 3 or 4 years repairing mowers so the shop teacher had me "run" the class 🤣🤣🤣

    • @chipcather4042
      @chipcather4042 Год назад

      Great video good craftsmanship do you have a antique engine club in your area.

    • @RobiBrown-eb8lo
      @RobiBrown-eb8lo Год назад

      Used to race go carts in the late eighties to mid nineties. We had a blast. Ran stock class at Rockingham for years and Charlotte a few times. Kick the rod out and Sunday epoxy the hole and new rod and ready to go. Blast!!

  • @jayztools4038
    @jayztools4038 Год назад +4

    Love the paper plate bag funnel thing!!! The easiest mess to clean is the one not made!

  • @NSNorfolk
    @NSNorfolk Год назад +1

    I had EXACTLY that engine on my mini-bike, circa 1963-64. Great job on the valves and seats. BRAVO!

  • @0808dsmith
    @0808dsmith Год назад +1

    Spent a lot of years cutting my parents yard with a 5hp Briggs engine like that one on a Sarlo high wheel mower. Had to tune that thing and change the oil every year come mowing time!

  • @dubbssawshop
    @dubbssawshop Год назад +3

    That’s one of my favorite things to do, dive in the junk pile and find something to make work. 👍👍

    • @NONAME-kw3pu
      @NONAME-kw3pu Год назад

      it wasnt junk, or it wud have had a BIG LIP at the top of cyl, scoring from running it low/out of oil and no air filter. those are... i rebuld them to see if i can get them running, they run with 20-50 oil and lots of STP oil treatment 30%? but vicious piston slap... rod knock if i cheap out and dont spend the little extra $ on new rod as the alum rod wears more than the steel crankshaft . drill out the oil hole on the big end of the rod for MORE OIL to the rod journal so it lasts as long as possible with fresh oil

  • @mickeybailey5147
    @mickeybailey5147 Год назад +3

    Clean the small end of the crankshaft and lightly oil. There is a felt sick in the square part of the clutch to hold and distribute oil. IF the clutch slips, not engaging, remove two screws and pry off the top clutch cover.. clean the ball bearings and track. DO NOT oil or grease them or they will stick to the far ends. This was state of the art when I started teaching in 1982.

  • @old-n-still-runnin1597
    @old-n-still-runnin1597 11 месяцев назад +1

    Wow! Took me back to the old days. We used those little Briggs for go-carts, mini-bikes, and phut-phut mud boats. You can grind the valve stems down a little so the valves close more to top dead center, kick up the compression and the torque up on those little jewels. I am really enjoying your post. Keep 'em going!

  • @michaelmaker8169
    @michaelmaker8169 Год назад +2

    How about an extension tube on oil drain? At least temporary.
    It's alive!!!!
    Probably more apt to get them running than today model. 👍

  • @gcampbell83
    @gcampbell83 Год назад +8

    I am so jealous. I wish I had a parts department like yours at my house. I loved how you saw what part you needed and went and found the forty year old part right there in your inventory. Congrats on getting the old motor purrring again! I enjoyed and liked your success.I knew you could do it. Super good job!

  • @mdunbar008
    @mdunbar008 Год назад +8

    Such a great video, brings back memories of working on those old "L" heads when I was a kid. Just looked at my old Briggs manual that I purchased NEW, it was printed March 1984. Love watching your videos, even though I've been rebuilding small engines for over 40 years, I still learn stuff from you.

  • @ricksrealpitbbq
    @ricksrealpitbbq 10 месяцев назад +1

    This video brought back so many memories for me. As a kid in the 60’s I’d go to the junk yard and get those engines to build homemade mini bikes and go karts. I’ve rebuilt so many of those engines. So much fun to work on them.

  • @gretalaube91
    @gretalaube91 10 месяцев назад

    Dang! I coveted those horizontal shaft engines when I was a kid! Go-cart! That was 50 years ago. I still covet them, and have an old washing machine one downstairs in the garage. My wife's like: get rid of that! No way! None of my daughters or sons had any interest in engines, so you are great!

  • @paulmcreynolds1774
    @paulmcreynolds1774 Год назад +3

    Great video. I really love these trash to treasure videos. You need to do more of them. I love your channel and look forward to new videos. Keep up the great work

  • @garydillon3960
    @garydillon3960 Год назад +3

    You sure brought back some great memories with that 2 H.P. engine repair. Thanks for the memories.

  • @NobodyWhatsoever
    @NobodyWhatsoever Год назад

    1981!! It reminds me of growing up. My dad bought, I believe, two push mowers while I was a kid. At least he shopped for one twice. He really needed a riding mower, if not self-propelled, for the size of the lot my parents' house was on! Anyway, he swore by Briggs, and insisted he'd never get a lawn mower with less than 5HP. The last mower he bought had the large wheels in back, which helped a lot in the soft wet earth where we lived.
    Do you still see such old equipment on occasion?
    And ... am I mistaken in thinking lawn mowers used to commonly be two-cycle, or have they been largely four-cycle engines for that long?
    Wait, wait, wait. We're both 80 babies?! Ha! I learned a coworker and I are just a few days apart in age.

  • @donmayberryjrsOPE
    @donmayberryjrsOPE Год назад +2

    Chickanic the clutch starter removal wrench is Briggs part number 19244 and you should have one, lol. Cool video! But you should have replaced the points and condenser, those engines weren't that simple when you had to do a complete service on 10 or 15 a day in the 70s!

  • @melvinlewallen7796
    @melvinlewallen7796 Год назад +3

    Love your videos please don’t stop , you explain well and makes sense and 99 percent of time can follow your own repairs have fixed 4-5 pieces of eq

  • @edwincolonperez1231
    @edwincolonperez1231 Год назад +3

    I had faith in your ability to get it running GREAT JOB

  • @husqv5147
    @husqv5147 Год назад

    What a little sweetheart that 2 hp is. They sure don't make them like that anymore.

  • @oldredcoonhound2182
    @oldredcoonhound2182 Год назад +1

    Proud of the fact that you worked on a dirty old engine with white shorts on 🤣

  • @mikejerrett7354
    @mikejerrett7354 Год назад +4

    I said it before I love all your videos but these trash to treasure videos are so fun to watch. That thing ran awesome 👌.

  • @tjclarke4604
    @tjclarke4604 Год назад +3

    How were the valve guides on this engine? Back in the early 90's we still used to use a valve guide reamer (or drill) and tap new sintered bronze valve guides in. I haven't done that process in over 20 years, it's just not worth it anymore, but there was a time. Just curious if the valves in your engine were floppy at all of if the guides were still tight. EDIT: Just something cool that you might be interested in, for the mess free oil drain, what I did was drill a hole through an old oil plug and put a piece of clear hose over the square part. Then pop out the real oil plug and install you new tool hose/plug, and let 'er drain. Works like a charm. Also, I knew that starter clutch would wail like a banshee. You can actually service the clutch, not necessary to replace it. Unscrew it and polish the crankshaft end with sandpaper, the clutch comes apart, and you can drop some oil on the ball bearings. OR, if you want to cheat a bit, that little hole at the front the of starter clutch is there to take a squirt of lube. I have been an outdoor power equipment technician for almost 30 years, I love your videos, there aren't many of us OPE techs left out there.

  • @laurencemiltonbell6951
    @laurencemiltonbell6951 Год назад +1

    I restore these old Briggs for therapy reasons because it sure isn't for the money. I currently have a '81 2 hp Briggs on the bench off of a Mclane edger with a '63 Montgomery Ward edger, also a 2 hp Briggs, waiting up next. There's a beauty in the simplicity of these engines and they go forever.

  • @marcheld
    @marcheld Год назад

    I just love how giddy you get when you’re successful. I laugh right along with you.

  • @matttravers5764
    @matttravers5764 Год назад +3

    Love your vids Bree!
    Just have to say, that original starter clutch just needed a squirt of oil on the crank snout.
    Also, makes me feel old that old that a 1981 engine is viewed as an antique these days.
    I graduated from high school that year.
    Was playing with these old Briggs engines back then too as a hobby.
    Would like to see more of you working on the older stuff 👍😎

  • @robertmailhos8159
    @robertmailhos8159 Год назад +3

    Nice looking edger there a 1981 Briggs and Stratton engine just thinking if it has points and condenser ignition system

  • @walterbordett2023
    @walterbordett2023 Год назад +2

    I have a 1978 Sears compact tiller with that same engine on it. It gets used once or twice a year or so. Always starts and runs great. The tiller cost $135.00 in 1978.
    Thanks for the fun video.

  • @TgWags69
    @TgWags69 Год назад +2

    A trick for the throttle cables, find some cheap vinyl tubing that will fit over the end and run it up as far as you can. Use an electric vacuum pump meant for brake bleeding that uses a reservoir (or make one out of a jar with some tubing) and oil the top of the cable. the vacuum pump will pull the oil down trough the cable and oil it all up good. even if you can't get the tubing up very far, you can just oil up the housing pretty heavy and it will pull the oil through the gaps. This works well for modern cables with the plastic housings as well, just tape up the end of the tubing to the vacuum is being pulled through the housing. Hope that helps....pretty easy if you are set up for vacuum bleeding brakes already

  • @rogerwilson500
    @rogerwilson500 Год назад +3

    Great video. My Daddy worked at Jacobsen Manufacturing for 30 years and left several old Briggs horizontal shaft motors in his shop. You’ve inspired me to get em out and see if I can get em going!

    • @donmayberryjrsOPE
      @donmayberryjrsOPE Год назад

      Hey Roger my Dad sold Jacobsen back in the day, mostly tractors. Some are still mowing the lawn! Let me know if you ever want to move those old engines or have someone (like me with almost 50 years experience) get them working again!

    • @markschommer7407
      @markschommer7407 Год назад +1

      @@donmayberryjrsOPE I have one of the old 2-cycle Jacobson lawnmowers from about 1960. Got the 4 blade disk setup. It does still run, but needs a restoration.

    • @donmayberryjrsOPE
      @donmayberryjrsOPE Год назад +1

      @@markschommer7407 I remember working on those units mostly in the 70's, they were pretty popular then. Sharping those 4 blades was at challenge and generally we just replaced them. Where are you located?

    • @markschommer7407
      @markschommer7407 Год назад +1

      @@donmayberryjrsOPE Appleton Wisconsin

    • @rogerwilson500
      @rogerwilson500 Год назад +1

      @@donmayberryjrsOPE I will. I really ain’t got no use for them. I just had another hip replacement last week. When I get better I’ll go over to his old shop (it’s mine now) and see what all is over there. As far as I’m concerned you can have them. I’m way behind now on my sawmilling so I don’t have time to fool with them.

  • @jimbrewer2893
    @jimbrewer2893 Год назад +2

    YEAH!!! Makes one feel real good to bring an old motor back to life.

  • @geraldhix2872
    @geraldhix2872 13 дней назад

    I remember working on those engines many years ago. That's when it had points and condenser under the flywheel. I've had those engine backfire and the flywheel key would shear just enough to keep the engine from running. Thank you for working on this old engine.

  • @raymorrison5006
    @raymorrison5006 9 месяцев назад

    That engine was one of the best that Briggs and Stratton made. I love the old flat heads

  • @rustedjunkgarage3316
    @rustedjunkgarage3316 Год назад +1

    My 2HP B&S on my 1970 California Trimmer Mower still runs like new. My Dad bought the mower new and I still use it.

  • @jcondon1
    @jcondon1 Год назад +2

    Very nice. The $100 5hp tanks also look terrible. Those engines will run forever if you take care of the tank.

    • @garyalensr
      @garyalensr Год назад +1

      Hey James good morning. Love your channel

  • @mike.4277
    @mike.4277 Год назад +2

    I love old Briggs and Stratton engines!!!!!

  • @thecannabiskidfortier6219
    @thecannabiskidfortier6219 Год назад +2

    Had a 2 HP Briggs on my first go cart then 2 years later my stepdad put a 5hp Briggs. The 5 HP block was patched with JB weld cause It had a hole in it. My stepdad was a small engine mechanic for many years but he decided to drive a transport truck as a profession.

  • @mjb12141963
    @mjb12141963 11 месяцев назад

    I love those type of edgers. When I was a teen back in the 70s, I got to use one at my Grandfather's house. I wish I had enough sidewalk and driveway to justify buying one.

  • @Corvette1658
    @Corvette1658 Год назад

    You can never out beat those old vintage Briggs motors.

  • @randyberger4910
    @randyberger4910 Год назад

    This reminds me of working on a Brigbs 5 HP on a garden tractor my dad built in 1964. I cleaned out mouse nest from cowl, took off head saw valves worked, spun the crank shaft with the rope and it was good. Put in some fuel and it started. I needed a gasket for fuel tank. The tractor had a transaxle from a Crosley car, various gears from things and a steering wheel and box off an old C tractor. Attachements were a generator and weed mower from a Bachtold walkink behind mower. The Briggs was the only thing he bought new after the Wisconsin engine never did want to start. Thanks for the memories!

  • @jeffpiatt3879
    @jeffpiatt3879 Год назад

    As a kid, I fixed up a few different old mowers for neighbors and to make money mowing yards. I really like the old white color briggs from the 60's and 70's. They started painting them black in the mid 80's. Also, old mowers from that era used to have the cylinder facing the back of the mower instead of the front. If you pushed down on the mower to let it engine recover in tall grass you would get smoke out of the exhaust from the cylinder getting flooded with oil.

  • @stephenbierlein2517
    @stephenbierlein2517 Год назад +1

    Enjoyable video. Those Briggs were easy and durable. The one's now wouldn't give a dime for . Your very patient and pretty lady. Keep it up. Have a great day 😀.

  • @tnrodgers
    @tnrodgers Год назад

    Love your passion for success on the classic equipment! Thanks for your great instruction.

  • @delseckora5327
    @delseckora5327 Год назад +1

    Great to see ya again

  • @haneyoakie14
    @haneyoakie14 Год назад +1

    The beat of the sound of that engine is sweet. Beautiful work! Thank you for sharing

  • @kubotajordan9502
    @kubotajordan9502 Год назад

    You are so awesome ! I love reserecktilng old engines giving the a new heart beat . You are inspiring me to get my old husky model 77 chainsaw from 1978 going . Back then it was a cutting machine it had a bow on it . Thank you for your great videos they are very inspiring .

  • @kellyhodges6276
    @kellyhodges6276 Год назад

    Bre , thanks for your videos , I have learned a lot from them . Good job .

  • @GraphicDesignerStephen
    @GraphicDesignerStephen Год назад +1

    I think I just learn more about small engine repair in a half hour that I have in my previous 40+ years of being on earth. Thanks for the great content!

  • @K0Kaz
    @K0Kaz 2 месяца назад

    I realize this is an old video, but this brings back memories. We DO have sidewalks out here, and it's been a LONG time since I've heard the telltale sound of edger blades on concrete. And the one of my major shop class projects in high school in the late 80s was rebuilding a B&S, probably a lot like this one so it's nostalgic all the way around.

  • @user-er9wy6fh8p
    @user-er9wy6fh8p Год назад

    I'm a big fan of your channel, you've helped me numerous times. You know your stuff

  • @dsdragoon
    @dsdragoon Год назад

    That was a great project. About 52 years ago I bought a new Edger just to get the Briggs and Stratton engine for my first go-cart and I put an electric motor on the Edger. It was cheaper to buy the new Edger than it was to buy anew Briggs and Stratton engine.

  • @chadcheeseman3871
    @chadcheeseman3871 Год назад

    That old engine will outlast anything built today! It's such a shame small engines aren't built like that anymore. Now its a throw away society. Great job getting it running!

  • @swoopulater
    @swoopulater Год назад +2

    they just don't make em like that anymore do they?
    nice job
    the look of excitement and satisfaction on your face when it started was enough for me 😁
    when i work on something and it works when i'm done, i know the feeling well, it's the best feeling no doubt.
    i believe that briggs engine was the same model we worked on when i took small engines in shop class in school.
    They are fairly easy to do really.
    Great channel 🥰

  • @deanross4090
    @deanross4090 Год назад +1

    Those old Briggs are the best. My grandfather had a rope start Briggs on his elevator that took hay bales to the hay mow. It sat outdoors (covered) but started every time it was needed. I believe that it was a 1 1/2 HP engine.

  • @GoPheonix2
    @GoPheonix2 Год назад +1

    Bravo! Seeing your enthusiasm as you worked on this project brings back so many fond memories from my teens as I learned about the workings of four stroke internal combustion engines by working on small Briggs engines. I really enjoyed this video. Thank you!

  • @StevenEverett7
    @StevenEverett7 Год назад

    I love seeing old equipment cleaned up and running. Great video! I just came over from Mustie1's channel where he just got a 92-year-old Plymouth running. Lots of fun. Thanks for your video!

  • @TheWabbit
    @TheWabbit Год назад +2

    I remember having a few old Briggs & Strattons as a teenager in the 70s, a friend and I were mowing lawns for the summer and found a nice looking mower in the trash, took it home and it didn't look that bad, had to set the points and it purred like a kitten. We made some good money that summer without destroying our familys mower and the local bowling alley had three little 20 x 6 strips of grass that we mowed for 3 games each every week.
    Great video on the rebuild, miss those KISS motors.
    Take care!

  • @scottbohn929
    @scottbohn929 Год назад

    Awesome video! Briggs engines are what I started learning on back when I was a teen👍

  • @daleschuler1720
    @daleschuler1720 Год назад

    Takes me back to my mini bike days in the late 60s. another great episode.

  • @kbjerke
    @kbjerke Год назад +1

    Sweet! I have one of those old Briggs 2HP engines sitting in the garage, on a reel type mower. You have given me inspiration!

  • @robertboyer1221
    @robertboyer1221 Год назад

    You have one of the best channels ever thanks for all the excellent talks describing everything to the very end, I e learned a lot of knowledge from you, keep up the great work!!!

  • @ImaOkie
    @ImaOkie Год назад

    I love your excitement at those repairs of old tools / engines !

  • @jayalbertz9756
    @jayalbertz9756 2 месяца назад

    What a coincidence, just stumbled across this video today and earlier I was working on my dad's old rotor tiller that hadn't ran in years. Fresh gas, new oil and the 5 horse version fired right up!

  • @gergemall
    @gergemall Год назад

    Love the valve job and internal instructions. Great job. Impressive level of skill .

  • @dirtfloormotors
    @dirtfloormotors Год назад

    I miss those old Briggs, fun to watch you get it going!

  • @hafwit4995
    @hafwit4995 Год назад +2

    I use a 3hp one of these on my lawnmower as my weekly mower, had no spark after winter storage but 2 wipes through the points with 1200 grit and was all go. Great to see gaskets are still available

  • @03redrubi
    @03redrubi Год назад

    Great job ma'am. Keep bringing these old war horses back to life. Thanks!

  • @johnlenoir1023
    @johnlenoir1023 Год назад

    That was cool I actually remember operating that style of edger before they came out with a handhelds we had one that was so old you couldn't even read what it was we guessed every time we needed parts that old breeze ran really really good thank you for your videos I love it

  • @chrishelm4682
    @chrishelm4682 Год назад

    I really enjoyed this video. I grew up working on these motors with my dad. He worked on them when he was a kid. It was all part time work but definitely a great learning experience. Not many people know how to work on these now. Thank you again!

  • @offrodnolefmr7445
    @offrodnolefmr7445 Год назад

    That was soooo cool. I am 66 amd seeing the older items like the kill switch, was very cool. Thanks so much for the old engine works. Used to work on my dads old tiller and mower. Wow, great memories.

  • @daveross7
    @daveross7 Год назад

    Great video as usual, your locals are lucky to have you.

  • @matthewwearsch242
    @matthewwearsch242 Год назад

    Love your videos really cool that you have all those old gaskets to work with those old Briggs engines are awesome they don't make em like that anymore 🇺🇸🇺🇸