If you're questioning the magneto - unscrew the sparkplug and ground it anywhere on the head and look for spark when you pull the starter cord. If you're not getting spark, you might have a bad magneto or youve disrupted the current (gaskets/paint) that will help tell you. If it sparks, well then you likely have a timing/fuel issue Engine need - air, fuel, compression, spark Start with one and check em off as you go. Great video!!! Loved the new equipment you have
Wow, this is an old school "Restore It" style video! Nice to see that engine get returned to its former glory, and nice to see you taking advantage of your new workshop and new tools - that sandblaster is a beast!
The lighting in this video is sooooo much better than your old stuff. It's great to see your hard work paying off with the new workshop -- and how good is that little spray booth! Next to no overspray whatsoever. I'm so excited for you!
Nice one. Good to see you getting back into the smaller projects again. One small tip, lightly rub a smear of grease on paper gaskets, it softens them to fill in any irregularities in castings. Now you need a wet bead blaster .. does wonders on aluminium and carb castings.
At some point in my life I would love to be able to fully disassemble an engine like this, clean it up and put back together. I always lose something as simple as a screw and I would put the wrong sized screw in something. It's a beautiful job that you did. Looks great!
@@RestoreIt you're a real one Steve. For years you've always replied and let us know what's been going on even though you didn't have to. I really appreciate it and sometime this year I wanna reward you.
Wayback in 1970s here in India Enfield company used to manufacture 2 stroke motorcycles known as Enfield Crusader which was powered by villiers engine. Loved its distinctive exhaust sound and after long i seen the villiers here on this stationary engine video.
Oh, here's a "Restore It" style video! Nice to see that engine back. That sandblaster is so good. The lighting in this video is beautiful and that little spray booth is amazing! Also, for your hard work, thank you
Great video the villers engine looks absolutely gorgeous well done can't wait to hear it finally running. I used to have a generator with a Norton villers engine on it made such a amazing sound when you could get it too start ♥️♥️👌👍
Really well done.The on/off switch has a great look.Carburettor is probably difficult to find parts for.The engine would make a great powerplant for a antique mini-bike.
This is fantastic.. another awesome production. May I suggest you buy a 30 litre ultrasonic cleaner from Vevor for a couple hundred quid. Water/Dish soap will do an amazing job cleaning all your parts and save you the hassle. After that, use vinegar to eliminate all the rust and loose paint. Following that you can remove any remaining paint with your blaster. Overall, I would wager it might be a far more time efficient process.
Thank you, Conor! I have 20L of ultrasonic cleaning fluid and at one point in the past had one on the way to me. The order was 'lost' and I ended up with a refund and totally forgot about it. I will get some as soon as I can though, as I think you're right.
@@RestoreIt no worries, interested to see how it works for you. May I also ask. When you use a fast wire brush on metal surfaces, before you prime do you scuff it? I think I made a mistake before and didn't, the epoxy mastic peeled right off the steel. I wonder with etch primer will it etch a bit better to polished steel? Going forward I use maroon pad on everything. Cheers.
Well done. Assurances from the previous owner aside, its always a good idea to test before you invest so much hard work. As an example from Mustie1, he will typically try to test-run an engine before investing too much time - even if its just a few pops on ether. Nonetheless, wonderful work as always.
For troubleshooting, look at some James Condon videos. I will briefly summarize some tips: 1. To check spark, take out spark plug, put in the spark plug boot, ground the metal part of the spark plug on something metal and spin the flywheel. You should see spark. Alternatively you could put a spark plug tester in the line (it's basically a strobe light that connects between the spark plug boot and the plug). This is my first suspicion because I didn't see how you made the connection of the wire inside the boot. Might be a loose contact there. 2. To test compression, you need a compression tester. It's a hose with a gauge that plugs in place of the spark plug. You spin the engine over hard and look for a reading of 40-60psi 3. You need to test the valves. We didn't see you grind the valve seats nor did you show yourself setting the valve clearance. To test them you need a leakdown tester. It involves an air flow-rate gauge and a pressure gauge. You again connect it instead of the spark plug and then pressurise the combustion chamber with air. It will indicate if air is leaking out (the flow rate will be high). Put your hand over the carb intake and the exhaust to see where you feel air and that tells you which valve is leaking (could be both). 4. To confirm fuel issues, use starting fluid. It's a volatile gas that takes the place of fuel. You spray a tiny spurt near the air intake and try starting the engine. The engine will then run briefly from the fumes of the starting fluid (bypassing the whole carb fuelling system) IF the rest of the things (ignition, timing, compression, valves) are all correct. P.S. I wish you had shown the process of inserting the cylinder and connecting the low end, as well as replacing the crankshaft on this video - those are my favourite parts 😅
Incredible work as always!! 👏🏽 Just a tip for your paint booth. At work we have hooks with bearings attached to the roof of the booth (don’t know what they’re called. But when having those you can use solid metal rods as mounting points for your parts so that they doesn’t flex as much 🤠
@@RestoreIt I searched around a bit just now. They’re called swivel hooks (I think) and comes in many varieties ours at work are a little more heavy duty than the ones I found but they’re cheap
Yes you've done a great job. I've done up a few MK15s, and yes as has already been mentioned by others, the starter cord needs to be wound on clockwise., also the petrol pipe goes down and up, to the intake on the carb. also Villiers fitted chunky half round washers on the front of the screws securing the tank. the rear half round washers were threaded with cycle thread and cheese headed screws.They did give a nice finish. Villiers used a lot of cycle threads as they were bicycle manufactures, which for some reason they carried over to their engines and Seagull outboards
In future restoration videos can we just have the tool noises? Maybe do a poll to see whether people want the background music or not 😊 great video as always 👍
nicely done. the the cylinder head looking green is nice . I bet it did not last that long. As a child , when I used to visit my grand pa, I used to walk around his coconut plantation in Rurla Kerala. There were many of these keroseon powered water pumps which I always tried to pull start and failed
It was awesome to end a video that way and a first of any channels I watch. Others simply call the video a 'Part 1' in the title, so there's no surprise at the end of it. You made a cliffhanger and a hook for your second channel. It will keep us coming back for the next! If I ever posted videos, I would end every one of them that same way. @@RestoreIt
The fact that the spark plug had no gap points towards a burnt out magneto? Sorry for the pun! Excellent restoration I have an old sludge pump with one of these engines on it lurking in my dirty workshop. It will one day be restored polished up and turned into a Apple mash pump for cider making. It was been there for 4 years just sourcing the parts very very slowly!
You said the previous owner said it ran and had a good spark, when ? 1971?😂😅 that engine has not been touched in decades by the looks of it. Btw i love villiers engines ive restored a few over the years - i got a mk15 a few weeks back so thats a future project😎. Also when people selling an engine and they say "it has a good spark" completely ignore them as they are mostly lying in my experience - the coils are mostly dead or barely working and will fail soon as they are 50+ years old and their service life was under 10 years btw (a magneto restorer told me that BTH magnetos had a warranty/life of around 4 years).
Not sure how the switch works on this engine, but when it is in "On"-position, the contact seems to be open. That would only make sense, if it shorts the circuit to prevent starting. Maybe try to start the motor in "Off"-position.
Greetings Roman, I am very glad to see your new work, you are great as always! Everything turned out as it should, I was glad to see your video. Thank you so much for the video and for your hard work. keep it up 👍
Great episode to come back with. I know you note you checked the timing, just checking you set the valve clearances? I see somebody else has commented on lapping the valves, I'm sure you are aware it's all importance for compression. Make sure you are getting spark with the new ignition lead. Can't seem to find the restore it 2 channel though?
Todas aquellas personas que vemos un video de restauracion, tenemos derecho ha opinar,el trabajo como restauracion me merece un 10 pero hay algo que me ha dejado un poco fuera de lugar, y es que con tanto tiempo dedicado ha la restauracion de un motor,juntas,lijados,pulidos,eliminacion de pintura etc,no se cambiam los rodamientos,puede que esten bien,pero en un motor tan viejo no lo creo!!!!El trabajo genial!!!
That has to be one of the most earliest over head valve engines, in that size engine, I don't even think Wisconsin engines were of head valve till the late 70s or 80 s at some point
Wow! Nice, long episode! Great restoration project and loved the amount of detail shown. Curious if you checked piston ring gap, and valve seating? Not that those things would prevent a start per se, but maybe good to know if they're in spec.
Glad you enjoyed it Michael! I did have some of that recorded, but I thought as I didnt get it running, I would save it all for the second channel episode. I will have it running, its just a matter of troubleshooting properly, not under time pressure.
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I live less than a mile from the old Villiers factory, nice to see something local getting some high quality attention!
Wow! Very cool. Sad they're no longer going.
If you're questioning the magneto - unscrew the sparkplug and ground it anywhere on the head and look for spark when you pull the starter cord. If you're not getting spark, you might have a bad magneto or youve disrupted the current (gaskets/paint) that will help tell you.
If it sparks, well then you likely have a timing/fuel issue
Engine need - air, fuel, compression, spark
Start with one and check em off as you go.
Great video!!! Loved the new equipment you have
Wow, this is an old school "Restore It" style video! Nice to see that engine get returned to its former glory, and nice to see you taking advantage of your new workshop and new tools - that sandblaster is a beast!
Restore It and his magic hands, great job brother. Love that color.
Good to see you dude! Thank you. And me too!
Dude, that air compressor and sandblaster combo has gotta be a joy. Congrats 👍
It's a dream come true! Thanks, dude!
You saw the torque it put on that finger grinder?!😮😮😮
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I love the fact it's overhead valve being old as it is
The lighting in this video is sooooo much better than your old stuff. It's great to see your hard work paying off with the new workshop -- and how good is that little spray booth! Next to no overspray whatsoever. I'm so excited for you!
Nice one. Good to see you getting back into the smaller projects again.
One small tip, lightly rub a smear of grease on paper gaskets, it softens them to fill in any irregularities in castings.
Now you need a wet bead blaster .. does wonders on aluminium and carb castings.
Thanks for the tip, Steve!
Steve! What a great restoration project! I sent you a photo of my 1939 Briggs and Stratton and 1938 Lauson. Man! It's been a long time!
Hello, Gary! drop me an email!
As im not a car-guy, I love seeing these ''odds and ends'' type restorations make a comeback.
At some point in my life I would love to be able to fully disassemble an engine like this, clean it up and put back together. I always lose something as simple as a screw and I would put the wrong sized screw in something. It's a beautiful job that you did. Looks great!
It's a very therapeutic thing to do! I highly recommend it. Thanks, BLK!
One of the best things you have ever done, fantastic
Thanks, Rich!
i always find cleaning the entire engine beforehand with air then solvents is the way to go for me. Good work man!
You're an artist!!
Thanks, Christopher!
I’ve got about five old engines like this one day I’ll get round to restoring them good job
Compressed air is a gift from God!
My boy came back with a 1hr video.
It's a classic Restore It, this one.
@@RestoreIt you're a real one Steve. For years you've always replied and let us know what's been going on even though you didn't have to. I really appreciate it and sometime this year I wanna reward you.
I appreciate your narration. Nice work on the engine even without the starting.
Mooi enjintjie!!❤ Greetings from South-Africa 😊
Thank you, Willem!
It was a pleasure watching the restoration, excellent finish to a vintage engine sir, thank you.
It must be such a joy to start restorations at new(renovated) workshop. You deserved every bit of that, goof luck!
It's been great, yes. Thank you, Virinom!
Wayback in 1970s here in India Enfield company used to manufacture 2 stroke motorcycles known as Enfield Crusader which was powered by villiers engine. Loved its distinctive exhaust sound and after long i seen the villiers here on this stationary engine video.
Oh, here's a "Restore It" style video! Nice to see that engine back. That sandblaster is so good. The lighting in this video is beautiful and that little spray booth is amazing! Also, for your hard work, thank you
Great video the villers engine looks absolutely gorgeous well done can't wait to hear it finally running. I used to have a generator with a Norton villers engine on it made such a amazing sound when you could get it too start ♥️♥️👌👍
Thanks, Dean! Glad you enjoyed it. Haha I've seen a few running in my time, they do sound lovely. That video will be with you asap! 👍
3:50 😂😂😭 this got me
A 1+hr restoration video is not what I was expecting from you and I’m so happy it’s here. Thanks as always man!
Thanks for the kind comment and I'm happy you're happy!
Hi. I really wanted to see how the engine would work
Subscribe to Restore It 2. I'm going to post it on there.
Me quito el sombrero!!! Enhorabuena
Amazing !
Thanks!
Impressive as always,beautiful restoration of this motor.kudos to you sir.just carry on doing what your doing .👍👍👍😎😎😎
Thank you, Tom!
5:38 Those rocker arms are in surprisingly good condition.
Everything inside was surprisingly well preserved compared to the outside!
Υπέροχος συντηρητής... συγχαρητήρια!!!
Από ΕΛΛΆΔΑ!!!
Da gusto verte trabajar 👏👏👌👌
Thank you!
Really well done.The on/off switch has a great look.Carburettor is probably difficult to find parts for.The engine would make a great powerplant for a antique mini-bike.
Thanks, Boing! It was very difficult to find parts indeed.
This is fantastic.. another awesome production.
May I suggest you buy a 30 litre ultrasonic cleaner from Vevor for a couple hundred quid. Water/Dish soap will do an amazing job cleaning all your parts and save you the hassle. After that, use vinegar to eliminate all the rust and loose paint. Following that you can remove any remaining paint with your blaster. Overall, I would wager it might be a far more time efficient process.
Thank you, Conor!
I have 20L of ultrasonic cleaning fluid and at one point in the past had one on the way to me. The order was 'lost' and I ended up with a refund and totally forgot about it. I will get some as soon as I can though, as I think you're right.
@@RestoreIt no worries, interested to see how it works for you.
May I also ask. When you use a fast wire brush on metal surfaces, before you prime do you scuff it? I think I made a mistake before and didn't, the epoxy mastic peeled right off the steel.
I wonder with etch primer will it etch a bit better to polished steel? Going forward I use maroon pad on everything. Cheers.
Excellent video and no talking makes it even better, great format
Wow the technology was ahead as I see overhead valves very sturdy on construction
Well done. Assurances from the previous owner aside, its always a good idea to test before you invest so much hard work. As an example from Mustie1, he will typically try to test-run an engine before investing too much time - even if its just a few pops on ether. Nonetheless, wonderful work as always.
You're not wrong! I have a few parts on the way to see if they will solve the issue. Thankfully its not too difficult to take apart. Cheers!
Parabéns !!
Ficou uma Obra Prima !!
Great job, great video. No talking and no hand waving 😬. Well done
здорово!) ваши видео вдохновляют..)
Thank you!
You must be soooo pleased with the new blasting set up !😲
For troubleshooting, look at some James Condon videos. I will briefly summarize some tips:
1. To check spark, take out spark plug, put in the spark plug boot, ground the metal part of the spark plug on something metal and spin the flywheel. You should see spark. Alternatively you could put a spark plug tester in the line (it's basically a strobe light that connects between the spark plug boot and the plug). This is my first suspicion because I didn't see how you made the connection of the wire inside the boot. Might be a loose contact there.
2. To test compression, you need a compression tester. It's a hose with a gauge that plugs in place of the spark plug. You spin the engine over hard and look for a reading of 40-60psi
3. You need to test the valves. We didn't see you grind the valve seats nor did you show yourself setting the valve clearance. To test them you need a leakdown tester. It involves an air flow-rate gauge and a pressure gauge. You again connect it instead of the spark plug and then pressurise the combustion chamber with air. It will indicate if air is leaking out (the flow rate will be high). Put your hand over the carb intake and the exhaust to see where you feel air and that tells you which valve is leaking (could be both).
4. To confirm fuel issues, use starting fluid. It's a volatile gas that takes the place of fuel. You spray a tiny spurt near the air intake and try starting the engine. The engine will then run briefly from the fumes of the starting fluid (bypassing the whole carb fuelling system) IF the rest of the things (ignition, timing, compression, valves) are all correct.
P.S. I wish you had shown the process of inserting the cylinder and connecting the low end, as well as replacing the crankshaft on this video - those are my favourite parts 😅
Respect sir 🙏
Mister congrats on a beautiful restoration 🎉🎉🎉
Beautiful restoration ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊
Incredible work as always!! 👏🏽
Just a tip for your paint booth.
At work we have hooks with bearings attached to the roof of the booth (don’t know what they’re called.
But when having those you can use solid metal rods as mounting points for your parts so that they doesn’t flex as much 🤠
Thanks Ben! Thats a really good idea.. I'll look into it and see what I can find, cheers!
@@RestoreIt I searched around a bit just now. They’re called swivel hooks (I think) and comes in many varieties ours at work are a little more heavy duty than the ones I found but they’re cheap
You do good work ! Thanks fer sharing.
Absolutely great effort!
Thanks and greetings from Matamata, New Zealand.
Great work 🎉🎉
Thanks Raja!
Another excellent project completed!
Nice restoral. Wish I could have seen it run..
I cant close my mouth! Amazing! So perfect! Thanks a lot!
Dude, use aquablasting to clean alluminium, it's next level, looks like new.
Did not know that history you told about in the beginning of the video, thanks!
OMG, he’s bbaaaaccckkkkk!!! ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️🔥🔥🔥🔥
Hello there! Good to be back on track, lots more to come!
Yes you've done a great job. I've done up a few MK15s, and yes as has already been mentioned by others, the starter cord needs to be wound on clockwise., also the petrol pipe goes down and up, to the intake on the carb. also Villiers fitted chunky half round washers on the front of the screws securing the tank.
the rear half round washers were threaded with cycle thread and cheese headed screws.They did give a nice finish.
Villiers used a lot of cycle threads as they were bicycle manufactures, which for some reason they carried over to their engines and Seagull outboards
Great job. Restoration is beautiful and professional. Well done old chap.
In future restoration videos can we just have the tool noises? Maybe do a poll to see whether people want the background music or not 😊 great video as always 👍
Great video, keep it up👍
Awesome restoration.
nice work, beautifully executed.
Always a good job 👌👌
Thanks, Jmsperf!
He’s back!!!!!! Keep this coming. When will the new workshop episode come out?
Woo! That's coming up next. One more workshop episode and then its back to the E30, car parts, and antiques for good!
Too bad, i like the workshop episodes the most. ;-)
Great restoration and color 😊
Great job in the restoration.
Good restore
Favourite part of video to me is the switch 😂
nicely done. the the cylinder head looking green is nice . I bet it did not last that long. As a child , when I used to visit my grand pa, I used to walk around his coconut plantation in Rurla Kerala. There were many of these keroseon powered water pumps which I always tried to pull start and failed
Dude! A cliff hanger! Lol!
Sorry dude! I was quite dissapointed as I had a strict deadline
It was awesome to end a video that way and a first of any channels I watch. Others simply call the video a 'Part 1' in the title, so there's no surprise at the end of it. You made a cliffhanger and a hook for your second channel. It will keep us coming back for the next! If I ever posted videos, I would end every one of them that same way. @@RestoreIt
It isn't hard to see you did a lot of work to accomplish this transformation. Excellent results. You knocked it out of the park!!! I subbed you.
Bardzo świetna jest cała maszynka pozdrawiam serdecznie 👏👏👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍👍
The fact that the spark plug had no gap points towards a burnt out magneto? Sorry for the pun! Excellent restoration I have an old sludge pump with one of these engines on it lurking in my dirty workshop. It will one day be restored polished up and turned into a Apple mash pump for cider making. It was been there for 4 years just sourcing the parts very very slowly!
Cool color ✌️
That was awesome
You said the previous owner said it ran and had a good spark, when ? 1971?😂😅 that engine has not been touched in decades by the looks of it. Btw i love villiers engines ive restored a few over the years - i got a mk15 a few weeks back so thats a future project😎.
Also when people selling an engine and they say "it has a good spark" completely ignore them as they are mostly lying in my experience - the coils are mostly dead or barely working and will fail soon as they are 50+ years old and their service life was under 10 years btw (a magneto restorer told me that BTH magnetos had a warranty/life of around 4 years).
Yes, very true in hindsight... Oh wow.. 4 years. I'll have another look for a working one then!
Thanks for the tips and good luck on the engine!
@@RestoreIt thank you☺😎
Awesome job! Really enjoyed watching your work.
Villiers made engines into the 80s, my c12 is from 1973 which is on my channel 😎
Invest on vapor blasting cabinet. You won't regret it. Pretty good investment too
Wow this is an incredible restoration 👏👏
Not sure how the switch works on this engine, but when it is in "On"-position, the contact seems to be open. That would only make sense, if it shorts the circuit to prevent starting. Maybe try to start the motor in "Off"-position.
Greetings Roman, I am very glad to see your new work, you are great as always! Everything turned out as it should, I was glad to see your video. Thank you so much for the video and for your hard work. keep it up 👍
beautifu restoration
Love your work 👍
You should use solid core spark plug wire with magneto ignition ,other than that a very solid restoration
Beautiful!!!
I think about some guy/gal putting this together as bombs explode over England and realize how brave those men and women were. Well done.
I agree, however, I believe this engine was first produced in 1953.
Great episode to come back with.
I know you note you checked the timing, just checking you set the valve clearances? I see somebody else has commented on lapping the valves, I'm sure you are aware it's all importance for compression.
Make sure you are getting spark with the new ignition lead.
Can't seem to find the restore it 2 channel though?
Thanks, Bobby! - www.youtube.com/@RestoreIt2
@@RestoreItnice one, I've edited my original comment with some suggestions 👍
Thanks, Bobby! I'm going to put all of that into the start up episode :)
Oh, and here you go - www.youtube.com/@RestoreIt2
Make all videos 1 hour long really enjoyed it prefer them rather then short 15min ones
Glad to hear it, Ozzy!
You might already do this, but getting the gallon jug of WD-40 with a squeeze bottle is vastly cheaper than the spray cans.
رائع جدا 👏👏👏
Thank you, Sadem
Don't listen to all the haters! Awsome video!
great vid!
Awesome videos. I believe you would benefit from having an ultrasound cleaner if you don't already have one.
It looks as though my favourite channel is back! Great job mate!
Amazing ! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Thanks!
Todas aquellas personas que vemos un video de restauracion, tenemos derecho ha opinar,el trabajo como restauracion me merece un 10 pero hay algo que me ha dejado un poco fuera de lugar, y es que con tanto tiempo dedicado ha la restauracion de un motor,juntas,lijados,pulidos,eliminacion de pintura etc,no se cambiam los rodamientos,puede que esten bien,pero en un motor tan viejo no lo creo!!!!El trabajo genial!!!
Very nice
That has to be one of the most earliest over head valve engines, in that size engine, I don't even think Wisconsin engines were of head valve till the late 70s or 80 s at some point
Wow! Nice, long episode! Great restoration project and loved the amount of detail shown. Curious if you checked piston ring gap, and valve seating? Not that those things would prevent a start per se, but maybe good to know if they're in spec.
Glad you enjoyed it Michael! I did have some of that recorded, but I thought as I didnt get it running, I would save it all for the second channel episode. I will have it running, its just a matter of troubleshooting properly, not under time pressure.
Brilliant. Looking forward to it.@@RestoreIt
You are awesome