Great video Frank; nice to see the tear down and rebuild - it looked in pretty good nick for the year.

@fnaguitarplayer9

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! It was in decent shape for how old it is. Thanks for Watching!!!

Pretty nice old engine, I love the old vintage Briggs flathead engines. I have a 1965 Briggs 4HP horizontal model 10 that a buddy of mine gave me that he rescued from the scrapyard. The engine is in decent shape and turns over freely and isn't locked up and it has compression when I pull it over with the rope, it wasn't getting spark but I fixed that by cleaning the points and sanding the rust off the coil so it gets a good ground. Haven't tried starting it yet but I'm going to do a complete rebuild on it, bought a new OEM Briggs standard piston and ring set, a complete engine gasket set that includes new oil seals and I also ordered a new spindle bearing for the crankshaft as I saw on the parts diagram that this engine has a ball bearing on the crank so I figured I should replace that as well.

@fnaguitarplayer9

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, same here! I hear ya! Those are great engines too, one of my favorites is the 5 horse model 13, very similar engine to the 4 hp. some parts are the same too. Thanks for Watching!!!

Good video.

@fnaguitarplayer9

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for Watching!!!

Very nice job on that rebuild. I have a hard time finding parts for my old engines in my shop. Thanks for the video's.

@fnaguitarplayer9

5 жыл бұрын

Appreciate that. Some things are getting harder to find, like I couldn't find brand new rings or valves, but i could find gaskets for it no problem. Your welcome, Thanks for Watching!!!

Great Video, love them old Briggs engines, I found a old Eclipse mower, think it is a 1956, has a Briggs 1 6/10 hp motor on it, it turned over good and compression. Pull and cleaned Carb. started on first pull, I couldn't believe it. Keep up the good work Buddy!👍

@fnaguitarplayer9

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I hear ya! Can't beat that, i love the old engines, they were made to last. Thanks for Watching!!!

I think they should use that type of valve keeper on all of them. Eager to see it run now!

@fnaguitarplayer9

5 жыл бұрын

I agree, I much prefer it! so simple, yet reliable. That will be my next video in the next day or 2. Thanks for Watching!!!

Sneaking those over sized rings in is some "old school chit" I hated lapping valves, last time I did that was about 15 years ago. Looking forward to see how you deal with that spark problem. Great vid.

@fnaguitarplayer9

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah it is! Its a great way to get more life out of it. I hear ya, that is always my favorite part, lapping valves. Appreciate that, Thanks for Watching!!!

That's a neat looking engine. Are you going to use it for something ? Great video.

@fnaguitarplayer9

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah it is, I like that small up draft carb! I'm thinking about putting on a mini bike, don't know yet, i'd like to get some use out of it. Thanks for Watching!!!

Good video. Any problems getting out the broken coil bolt?

@fnaguitarplayer9

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, not really, I just drilled it and re-threaded, there was enough to get a bite on and it was to small to weld a nut to. Thanks for Watching!!!

I’m looking at buying a 1958 “6br6. It looks just like this. Are parts readily available ?

@fnaguitarplayer9

5 жыл бұрын

I hear ya. some are some are not as easy to find. Gaskets are easy to get, but I had to order NOS rings and valves, could not get it to cross to anything else for some reason. The bore appears to be a standard model 9 size (didn't measure to verify) but the piston may be different. And the coil problem in part 2, that took some digging to figure that one out! But short answer, yes, parts are available but it takes a little work to find some of them. Thanks for Watching!!!