Thank you, Minimichael! I was a machinist for 47 years and had porting experience for the first 10 working at an automotive machine shop. Last 37, aerospace and production machining. A really FUN and satisfying career.
I did do a bit more work on the block, unshrouded the valves, milled a bit off the deck and head.
Here are a few more pics from 2011 when I built this engine. It still has never been fired, just sitting around looking pretty. It's a 1969 ball bearing 7HP that has NEVER been run outside the factory. Was a display engine at a Briggs dealer for many years, got sold to an old boy, he stored it for 20 years in an old leaky storage shed. Eventually he put it on Craigslist for $25! I had to drive up to high country Colorado to pick it up. As you can see, it started out as a wrap and pull rope start. The out of focus small pic was saved from his Craigslist ad.
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