Finale.

I think that's it - or at least, that is all I did. The oil I used was a standard mineral 20W50 engine oil.

I must say that this engine is quite well designed and built. It may be overdesigned for its intended purpose though and that may contribute to it's reputation. The fuel will have to remain very clean and the timing spot on for it to perform to its maximum.

Over the years I've rebuilt many car engines (mainly Italian ones) and setup many carburettors (mainly multiple Webers) and this little motor is quite impressive. I had a lot of fun stripping, rebuilding and reinstalling it.

Excluding my time, the overall cost was

Gaskets $8.50
Points $4.20
Carby parts $3.60
Rings $17.40
Seals $6.30
Bearing $14.00
Air filter $2.30
Muffler $9.40

About $63 all up. Money well spent, particularly if it goes for another 30 years.

The decals for both the engine and the mower base cost about $12.00.

Here it is mounted on the refurbished base. I've still got to fix the catcher - it is rusty, but reparable.

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At some stage I'd like one of the other forum members to read through this longish thread and check to make sure that I haven't made any obvious errors.

I'll try to upload the manual in the next post, but it is a little over 2.5Mb and I'm not sure of the upload limits on this bulletin board.

Happy mowing to all,
Chris


Last edited by Mr Bonnar; 09/06/12 09:41 PM.
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