My Briggs score

[txluke]

I got 3 Briggs engines today. This is the first one. It is a 1988 off a tiller. My friend heard that I was looking for a Briggs to build so he gave me this one. It had been sitting in an old field for years. It would turn over but when I started tearing it down It was bad. Looks like a parts donor.

 

[txluke]

2nd briggs

This is the second one. My wife's uncle mentioned a while back that he had some old engines sitting in his shed. I gave him a call and got 2 Briggs from him this afternoon. I got home and tossed the first nasty engine in a box and put it up for now. This one is a 1980 craftsman made by Briggs. It looks good but wouldn't turn over. I didn't bother to decode the numbers to figure out what it was off of or try to figure out why it wouldn't turn over. I spent the next 3 hours researching the 3rd Briggs I got.

 

[itsid]

cool!

That first one is surely recoverable and the second will be as well.
Sure they both call for love and care
and if you're willing to listen, you will have two very nice engines to play with.
(kart and minibike make a nice set of toys )

give everything a good clean first and then you'll see what needs to be replaced;
I bet it's not much more than gaskets and piston rings (use new bolts for the head!)
maybe a lifter, maybe a valve seat some tiny bits and pieces here and there maybe.
it'll be worth it.

'sid

 

[txluke]

Here is the third one. It is a 1955 model 6. It is a Briggs an Stratton with a Sears and Roebuck id plate, with a David Bradley sticker on it. Sears bought David Bradley (makers of farm equipment) in the early 1900's. This came off a walk behind garden tractor. It is rated for 1 3/4 hp. It turns over so smooth. I havent decided if I am going to get it running and keep it in its original condition or restore it. It is a common engine so it isn't extremely valuable and parts are fairly easy to find. I love working on small engines so the first two will be put next to the ever growing pile of small engines in my shop while I play with this.

 

[txluke]

David Bradley also made Go Karts.

 

[65ShelbyClone]

The Model 6 is the best of the lot. I have a Model 14 from the same era that I thought about putting in a mini board tracker. The intake port is probably the best I've ever seen in a Briggs engine since the block is iron and they actually cast the port with a sand core.

 

[JTSpeedDemon]

I like my alumininuminum block Briggs, 'cause it's already heavy, so I can't imagine how much it'd weigh if it was CAST IRON!

 

[65ShelbyClone]

Do you carry it around? Take it on dates or something?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAe2Q_LhY8g

 

[JTSpeedDemon]

BWAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!
Uhmm, no, I am not carrying it to the grocery store.
But either way, less heavy engine= better power/weight ratio!
I like to compare it to a Chevy ZL1 given that it's aluminuminuminum...

 

[itsid]

kids these days...

by now JT is afraid of TCs, height and now weight..
next will be clowns and darkness I guess

'sid

 

[JTSpeedDemon]

*cough*
Uhmmm, I'm not afraid of TCs, it's just I don't have the money.
If I HAD the money, I'd be building some crazy stuff.
And I wouldn't really mind if mine was cast iron either.
It's just, ya know, bragging rights(sorta,kinda, not really).

 

[itsid]

*cough*
Uhmmm, I'm not afraid of TCs, it's just I don't have the money.
If I HAD the money, I'd be building some crazy stuff.
And I wouldn't really mind if mine was cast iron either.
It's just, ya know, bragging rights(sorta,kinda, not really).

Ehem..

No offense, but this is why I'm not too keen on sticking a torque converter on my kart. So much more complicated. True I would probably utilize my torque and horsepower better, but to me, having to manage the belts and pulleys and whatnot just seems like it outweighs the benefits. ...

Happy Birthday JT!
Mean uncle sid does not forget funny comments that easily

'sid

 

[JTSpeedDemon]

UGh, you had to bring up that sore spot AGAIN.