Will It Run? Abandoned 1966 Rare Mower
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- čas přidán 30. 07. 2024
- Attempting to get a rare and very rusty 1966 brush cutting mower running.
1966 Allen Champion 3 Brushcutter Mower
My goal is to rebuild the engine for one of my upcoming restoration videos
Photos shown in the brochure are copyright to their respective owners. Shown for educational purposes only.
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/ daggerwin
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It's amazing how these old machines just keep on going, even after the hell this one has gone through. Just imagine doing the same to something modern, there'd be nothing left to restore.
Would be great tbh no worries after everything restored
Thank you so much for the love of old forgotten machines. That level of appreciation for old equipment is rare. Utmost respect for you and you could probably sell that mower to a guy named Dagwin over in Greenwich Valley. He LOVES old machinery. I bet you two would hit it off.
Good idea
😂😂 Ha good one
Wow, That Book was like a Time machiene... Its amazing the fact that you have the book
i find those old books came with machine really interesting thanks for showing it us. great video as alwas cheers
Glad you liked them :)
@@MachineryRestorer that's made a long time ago
Enjoy watching older machines brought back to life. Using them again feels great. You make restoring them look easy.
Great video. It’s got a Briggs and Stratton engine, of course it still runs!
They were tanks until recently.
My Grandad used to cut a church grave for years with one. I used to ride on the blue fibre glass bonnet at the age 3-6... Christ
Was talking with my dad about it the other day since I now have a 3 year old, and he sent me your videos. In my teens tried to get it going, I think it had something wrong with it by then. I remember reading most of the manuals you show. What quality!
Thanks for the video
Always a treat. Had to do a double take to make sure it was a new upload and not the previous appearing in my feed lol. Amazing as always.
It never skipped a beat in that heavy brush
Love machinery restoration videos. They are always very very high quality
Nice video daggerwin youve tought me all about engineering and restoring 👍👍👍👍👍👍
34:10 - 34:26 Gonna tell you a story about a foolish young man (me), who was having starter troubles with a 1978 Chevy Blazer, which happened to have one of those fancy aftermarket water pump fans with the flexible chrome blades. I'd decided to hand crank the engine forward a a little to make sure it wasn't frozen & to feel for compression. "Gee," I thought to myself, "Ignition's hot because I never shut the key off. hope the engine doesn't kick back.." About the time my brain got to the word "kick", that's exactly what happened.. I truly enjoyed having those nearly bone-deep lacerations debrided of engine grime with pressurized sanitizing solution at the ER, just prior to suturing. Make DAMN sure you tie the plugwire FAR away from the plug before installing a belt like that, and VISUALLY DEPICT that crucial step in your video and DESCRIBE it thoroughly in the audio, explaining in detail the reason. Hospital bills and healing lacerations SUCK.
Thats gotta hurt lol
Well your first mistake was owning a chevrolet lol.
Great video your lawnmower Restorations have inspired me to save and restore old lawnmowers I now have five , four Briggs and Stratton from the early 1990s and a Tecumseh I have restored two fully and working on the rest at the moment
Lovely video. Great machines. Seeing the pictures in the brochure reminded me of my late Dad, a professional horticulturalist, who dressed in a flat cap, tweed jacket and his trademark pipe working with such cutters. He had some Allen scythes, as a lad I remember them being used on long grass, with their powered scissor like blades and large cast wheels embossed with "Allen Oxford" on the side.
Thank-You for sharing a great piece of history. The manual was icing on the cake.
I love the old books. My grandfather has the original owners manual and parts manual for his 1938 Austin twenty and the entire car is blown up in the same way inside. The simplicity and build quality will allow it to last forever if looked after. Very good video!
Great job getting it running. Looking forward to seeing the full restoration. Off to watch how the 1961 one turned out.
Great video and so well explained. Thank you
I love these videos where you take an unloved piece of hardware and with a little bit of care, get them working again... its not like your restorations, its more like a message to get people to stop throwing out perfectly good machinery.
Amazing how you fix up them old mowers love your videos really enjoyable thanks 😊
When you get an old mower running like you have, it's good. Particularly when it's in it's working clothes.
Cool cabinet color! It's almost like you hadn't completely graduated into full-on blue.
Really cool Dag, keep up the good work!
Larfin over air filter. I have a ride on mower and a generator to do up. I learn a lot about working on machinery from such sites as yours. Cheers from Australia.
Another great video presentation! You are like a surgeon with brilliant skills.. but your patients are not people.. but old machinery, that can be saved and brought back to life again :)
Loved this like a trip down memory lane. When I was a kid my Dad had all sorts of Allen mowers. The one difference being his had Villiers engines. In Oz it is hard to get parts for any old mowers. I love playing with them but don't have your skill, your tools or the parts supply. But then until recently we had no grass either. Hadn't rained in months. Most of what I get out here have Briggs engines. Not the best but mass produced and plentiful.
Amazing work daggerwin ❤️❤️
The books were really the icing on the cake, absolutely brilliant. I hope this mower went to someone and keen and competent as yourself to fully restore it. I can’t imagine anything from B&Q being able to to attack that undergrowth in the same way. Also Lancashire got mentioned, what more could you ask for in a video.
This mower is a year older than me, and some days I feel like that air cleaner.
I was born 1961 the year this went on sale, know exactly what you mean Lol.
Nice mower! Love the survival roleplay keep up the good work!
Old timers around me here in the US would fill engines (cylinders and crankcases) up with old motor oil if they were going to sit for a long time but I don’t ever remember seeing one that the tank and carb were also filled with oil... Usually the tank and carb would be drained and stored dry and empty. Crazy that they filled it up and still stored outside for so many years... Enjoyed watching this one, thank you.
Maybe they forgot that they'd filled it with oil, tried to start it and put it outside in frustration when it didn't start :-D
More likely they stored it away, eventually realised they didn't need it and put it outside to rot though.
great video, thanks for sharing this
Great video she runs good and the booklets are great nice informative video keep up the awesome work
Good work! Thank you a lot! I wish you make it become a “new” one by cleaning and remove all the rust from all parts of the machine. I call it perfect satisfaction.
Anyway, thank a lot for the video and your attempt to make it useful again!
Used a Champion 2 on our old 3 acre plot for years and years - that size would take a long time to mow - the mower just keep on going , it was tough as old boots! - used it and an Allen Scythe (a death trap) - would cut through almost anything.!
Really like watching your videos/projects. So glad you are bringing old machinery back to good health as the new (junk) they are making just does not “cut” it in my book!! Have you ever seen a wind-up recoil starter? We had a mower purchased from WesternAuto... you would wind up the spring in the mechanism and then release the stored energy thus starting the engine! Stay safe and God bless😇
Very nice video.
Thanks 👍
Very nice. Funnily enough, when you took the cover off the points, I remember thinking I was surprised how good they looked, but the condenser looked "shot". ;-)
Thankyou so much for uploading love these vids keep up the good work
Just subscribed Daggerwin, very interesting video and relaxing to watch 👍
G'day a top mower I would love to see completely restore it painted ect. Regards John
Cool old mower!
Nicely done!
Impressive, first pull.
Sounds like a pretty day wherever your st..with the birds chirping
It always is. He lives in the country in the UK. Always sounds like such a nice place
About to watch the restoration, it was a nice surprise to wake up to, gonna occupie me while I wait for Survival Roleplay!
Good to see you are making videos again
Nice to see this machine running after being neglected and ignored for so many years. Your early 1960's to 2020 cost conversion was a pretty clear reminder of inflation!!
Love your videos. Looking forward to some new ones.👍👍😉
Great video and good narration
Would love to see the restoration of this one as I enjoyed the last one 👍🏻😊
its like transforming a once skinny, hopeless and scared dog into a happy girl that's healthy. Really good video btw
Just a thought- You were probably the only person in the whole world on that day you recorded this cutting grass with that particular type mower😎
Don't know what any of this means but I still love it
nice job daggerwin
Yea he’s back thanks dagger win
Now you need to disassembly it and make it look new again.Thumbs Up!
I find the best way to clean plastic tanks is pressure wash it out as best you can and get as much water as you can out, then bring it in the garage and leave the cap off it will eventually evaporate.
With the blue smoke coming out of that thing, it'll be needing new rings. Looking forward to the rebuild!
Happy to see more vids
Of COURSE it'll run! It's an 'L' head Briggs which are just as reliable as Listers!
Many years ago I bought an Allen Cythe with 3ft cutter bar on the front.
Love the vids daggerwin
Great video
Ohhh You are daggerwin i was wonering
its really strong too and doesn’t sound too loud either.
Cracking vid dagger 🤙
Excellent
I LOVE your content keep up the good works!
Had one of these from about mid 60's. It could be difficult to start but was a real workhorse. It was heavy to turn about the trees mowing in an orchard so I drilled a hole in the chasis back plate to see if it would pull an atco roller seat, - it wouldn't!
We used to have an Allan scythe, single cylinder machine. It was a beast
Happy Father's Day my friend. Enjoy.
It's a plumbing tool but a pipe wrench makes removing something like that muffler stub a lot easier since you don't have to force it to grip.
you are very talented love your work like your channel
It's like deja vu all over again
Ok, I have to admit that I loved this video. It was so satisfying to see the rebirth of this lawnmower. I appreciate the craftsmanship and skill that went into this refurbishing. Please keep up the good work. I am amazed at all the tools involved in restoration. Thank you, I look forward to more videos!!!!!!!!
Well done sir
Finally, after very long time waiting for your video sir.
Greetings from Malaysia, sir. 🇲🇾🇲🇾
YEEEEEEEEEEEEES Machinery Restorer!!!!!!!!!! Cant wait to watch it Dagwin!
That's a cool mower. It would be neat to turn it into a maching that runs attachments like a rake or aireator
Just found the channel, usually I watch Midwest truck and tractor repair (heavy machinery) or junkyard diggs (old cars). You find some interesting stuff to restore. Probably some of the stuff looks better than it was brand new 👍. Some of your terms are odd to me being I am an American. I’m not exactly sure where you are but I also watch Dr. K boogie Woogie piano. He plays in the train stations in London.
No outside pressure washer? Clean things up before tearing apart?
The issue with pressure washing this is the amount of oil that would get washed into the ground. I decided to clean it with rags, degreaser and the air line.
Use a petrol station power washer , at least they have the proper drains to catch the oil.
Machinery Restorer yep btw
You dont HAVE to do that
@@MachineryRestorer i cleaned the bottom of my car to underseal like that, took a fair amount of time but i was concerned about trapping moisture aswell as washing away oil
love the vids!!!
Nice vid
Nice old machine. Doesn't sound like it's struggling at all going through the heavy underbrush.
Ive enjoyed both videos cos I had ohe myself........It was brilliant !I also had a two stroke Allen Scythe which was ok for straight work but an animal to manoeure .I ended up with it cutting through wire mesh fences and all sorts......what fun though
To de-glaze the cylinder bore you might try this little trick. With the air filter off and the engine running at least half rpm or higher, take just a fine pinch of a pure pumas cleaning powder like BonAmi and lightly sprinkle it into the air intake of the carburetor. It is abrasive enough to lightly scuff up the cylinder walls and ring faces to allow them to cut the glaze and reseat themselves. A tiny bit goes a long way.
That machine was almost as filthy as some of my exes!
Almost...
That was awesome, what a great machine. I need one of these.
like an idiot i clicked on the video as i was about to get ready to go out.... now i cant stop watching haha
i feel ya :D
I love it good project my Brother I will see you later :)
liked before watching
It's funny; earlier [when it started right up and idled so smoothly], I thought *"why'd they quit making things like this?"*
Then I looked at the diagram/parts list [38.09] that's laid out/printed so clearly and thought *"why'd they quit making these too?"*
Oh I remember; b/c computers make everything better that's why! Try and fix some of the new engines big or small w/o a college
degree and/or permission from NASA and see what happens ;) Great stuff; *well done.*
A few things I would have done differently. I’ve been rebuilding Briggs small engines since I was 13....now 65. However since you were mainly just trying to get it running, good job.
I don't know about the UK, but any machine or appliance you buy here in the US today is accompanied by a "manual" with 24 pages of warnings and maybe three pages devoted to operation and maintenance.
Good video, but wondering why a guy wouldn’t hose all the dirt and leaves off outside before bringing it in the shop? Thanks for the good work.
And this is Why British tools were made to last :-) 20 yrs full of Crud little tinkering and works Great, cant wait till to tidy it up
Great video, love old machinery being restored. Was that unleaded you put in? That era ran on leaded
Mate you need to upload more, I really need that restoration fix itch scratched.
A 50/50 Mixture of Acetone and ATF Oil is a excellent penetrating oil !