Here are some current photos of my daily driver fitted with it's new Briggs XR Professional replacement engine.
There's nothing pretty about this machine, rather it is an original survivor that's in A1 mechanical condition and now has a new power plant fitted in place of the old HK30 Kirby that was leaking oil from the governor shaft seal and blew smoke like there was no tomorrow.
I still have the Kirby sitting on the shelf but honestly can't ever see it being returned into service on this machine. These newer designed Briggs engines are simply far smoother and quieter. Just imagine if the engines of back then were as smooth as these units, then there would never have been the issue of stress fractured rails on the later series II machines that mostly are all buggered nowadays and require major surgery to become reliably serviceable once more.
Cheers, BB.
I live a 24 Hour lifestyle, but every now and again I seem to fall asleep, well at least that's what my wife tells me.
