Introduction

[3v0]

As a farm boy I learned to turn wrenches at an early age. I do most of my car work but small engines are somewhat new to me.

Lately I got serious about fixing small engines and have collected about 20 of them. The idea was that I would fix the ones I had no use for first and work my way up to the others. Currently I have about 20 engines ranging from 2 to 17HP.

Some of the stuff is interesting like the Cooper Klipper Trim reel mower, a 3 cylinder speedair compressor with a twin cylinder military engine, and an Autoauger Clinton power 2 stroke post hole digger (now working). One small briggs has a bad exhaust valve guide and the military engine clunks when you try to turn it, thinking crank or rod.

I started with the smaller engines first. The Clinton and three of the 8ci 2 or 3 HP briggs are running. These little briggs were all trash pump engines. The 2 or 3 HP engine on the Cooper Klipper and a 10ci Briggs (~4HP) on a WinCo genset are in progress.

I also have an AENLD with clutch and gear reduction that I need points for and modern a 8HP L-head briggs that I have the carb off. The rest have not been started on.

I use an ultra sonic cleaner for carbs and small parts and am playing with reverse plating for derusting parts.

I have been blogging about my adventure but am not sure if it is OK to post a link in a first post. Feels too much like spamming.

3v0

[bgsengine]

As a farm boy I learned to turn wrenches at an early age. I do most of my car work but small engines are somewhat new to me.

Lately I got serious about fixing small engines and have collected about 20 of them. The idea was that I would fix the ones I had no use for first and work my way up to the others. Currently I have about 20 engines ranging from 2 to 17HP.

Some of the stuff is interesting like the Cooper Klipper Trim reel mower, a 3 cylinder speedair compressor with a twin cylinder military engine, and an Autoauger Clinton power 2 stroke post hole digger (now working). One small briggs has a bad exhaust valve guide and the military engine clunks when you try to turn it, thinking crank or rod.

I started with the smaller engines first. The Clinton and three of the 8ci 2 or 3 HP briggs are running. These little briggs were all trash pump engines. The 2 or 3 HP engine on the Cooper Klipper and a 10ci Briggs (~4HP) on a WinCo genset are in progress.

I also have an AENLD with clutch and gear reduction that I need points for and modern a 8HP L-head briggs that I have the carb off. The rest have not been started on.

I use an ultra sonic cleaner for carbs and small parts and am playing with reverse plating for derusting parts.

I have been blogging about my adventure but am not sure if it is OK to post a link in a first post. Feels too much like spamming.

3v0

Good luck, and welcome to the forum.. and technically you won't post a link like that in ANY post (absolutely no advertising)
- Ive been tempted here and there to mod a post due to links, but as the links were directly relevant to the question in most cases, couldn't be justified, but making a thread to specifically post or promote your own blog or website is asking for, at a minimum, moderation, at worst, perma-ban..

you MAY have links to your blog in your signature line (much like my link to my website, below) within certain guidelines - namely, it needs to be industry relevant to small engines or outdoor power equipment. I'd thought about allowing non-industry and non-profit links, but just makes it harder to enforce the rules.. and since the forum covers quite a wide range of stuff, it leaves plenty of room.

[bobodu]

I thought about allowing the blog thingie IF it was made clear that it was for entertainment only and the big ole can of Perma-ban would come out at the first report of any misuse. Brian has the final word on that.

[okie]

Hello 3v0
Welcome to the smartest small engine spot on the web.( I'm sad that does not include me)
Play nice and you can get a lot of good info and maybe a laugh or 2.
I used to work in Woodward and Hooker many years ago. Small world.

Travis

[3v0]

I thought about allowing the blog thingie IF it was made clear that it was for entertainment only and the big ole can of Perma-ban would come out at the first report of any misuse. Brian has the final word on that.

I have two blogs. One is about my work with the small engines and the other is about an early 1970s baby road roller that I am bringing back to life. These blogs are more or less my personal journals and have no following. I tried to add them to my signature but it does not seem to allow the URL tag. Honestly it is not a big deal to me as I am not here to push them.

The road roller is my favorite project which I purchased non running at our city auction. As I said earlier it is powered by a Wiscon 9HP AENLD. Currently it is down with suspension trouble. This is an image of it 'parked' behind the city shop in 2011.