Stepney 2,325 #1 Posted March 2, 2020 Afternoon, all. Saturday morning, a WH with no photo appeared locally on Facebook for sale. After some chatter, I went to look at it Sunday morning.. it wound up being a neglected old 264-H.. which I actually did save for some reason. It was on a 9 acre lot, full of pre-60's trucks of all sorts. Other old various machinery too. They are scrapping a lot out, and I had to ask if any old stationary engines, or other machinery remained.. I was first taken to an 80's TroyBilt rider. About this point, the fellow who was helping the owners with clearing the property, remembered an 'old walk behind mower'. Which he had not seen in years. This turned out, apparently, to be an old 2 wheel tractor. He literally did not know where it was sitting anymore, and claimed the last time it moved was 1975. When the handle broke off and it was simply left in place. After some hours of walking the lot, it finally was found. The builder's badge says South Bend, IN. Is this a Pond?? Looks a lot like my Midland I used to own. I'm not too sure who really made it. It was sunk in the ground a but, missing a handle as claimed. No air cleaner or muffler. Stuck tight. We eventually managed to break it out of the ice with a torch and johnson bars. A deal was made and I dragged the sad wreck home Found the spark plug had literally rusted in half. Pulled the head to find much rust and other trash. The carb is trash. So I filled the bore with atf/acetone mix and left an electric heater on it for some hours. A little persuasion from a pipe wrench, and it spun free.. so I filed the points and managed to get a weak spark. Flywheel magnets are weak and it'll need a recharge. Fitted a later model carb to it for the time being. Later yesterday evening, we tried to fire it up. Got some pops, and then the rusted out plug blew out of the head.. Wound up welding an EZ out to the remains and levering it out. Can not believe the tool did not snap.. With a new plug in, and some more fuel.. broke out another old engine to roll it over. The results speak for themselves The machine actually pulled itself along later in the day. Need to work the sickle bar loose. Both tires eventually split and blew. The engine is a 1949 briggs and Stratton model 8. 3 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZXT 2,401 #3 Posted March 2, 2020 Very cool! I cut my teeth on a model 8. First engine I ever had. My father bought it for me and it came with a "parts" engine that had been full of water forever. I got it freed up and it ran better than the other engine. Briggs used some good metal in their blocks. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stormin 9,981 #4 Posted March 2, 2020 What a good find. Top marks for rescuing it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SylvanLakeWH 25,490 #5 Posted March 2, 2020 Very cool! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bc.gold 3,403 #6 Posted March 2, 2020 Any chance you could have those tires foam filled. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stepney 2,325 #7 Posted March 2, 2020 9 minutes ago, bcgold said: Any chance you could have those tires foam filled. I wish. Its a shame, they are perfect tread wise. But the sidewalls both blew out already. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
