Vertical Shaft to Horizontal Engine Conversion | 140cc Briggs and Stratton

This is a quick tutorial on how to convert your vertical shaft mower engine into a horizontal shaft engine. This model is a briggs and Stratton 550ex 140cc lawn mower engine.

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[robertbodell]

You remind me of when I was 12. I hit every trash pile in the neighborhood on pickup day before the the trash man got there.
I gave the trash man a list of stufff I was loking for like parts outboard motors, lawn mowers etc. The trash man did deliveries at my house LOL.

[CheeseMan]

I’ve watch 50 seconds of this and i will nominate this for an Oscar and a very based award

[Hayden-]

Just finished making this, I am 14 years old and I have crappy tools and an old shed, took me about a month but still gotta get gas in it and rev it up

[mirsalisawood]

He really knows what he is doing. Great job

[RobertJeffersonBased]

Thanks. I knew this was possible, tried years ago and made a mess of things. I was looking around for a predator 79cc but I think now I'll just use my pressure washer engine, already has a heavy flywheel and a broken governor.... found that out after i spent a TON of time tinkering with it. It floats the valves real nice and doesn't smoke though....

[tylerfrankel]

The engine is probably running rough because these lawn mower engines have lightweight flywheels since the blade acts as part of the weight normally and without the blade they run not as well.

[mrwrightaintwrong]

I’ve never subscribed to another channel that earned it like yours watching this video. Comedy gold along with learning that there’s actually someone in this world that is like myself. You and i would def be friends if we were in the same town. We would be making the neighbors very nervous with all the random strange machines launched from the garage.-DirtyD

[amend]

I welded a 2 lb weight to a blade hub which added the necessary weight to the crank

[ichbineinenassenudel]

Mostly appreciate that the work was done in flipflops! 👍 Thanks for the video.

[rob]

I literally bought two running honda push mowers for this exact reason. Only difference is I haven't dug into anything yet. Figured I'd try to get some insight as to what in the world Im doing.

[dharmakissoon]

so you spin the carb drill new oil galleries or oil journal on the crank and cam shaft relocate the oil fill cap. great vid bro, how bout putting a small car turbo, electronic oil pump, ,oil filter another piston ring and port polish thanks

[CameronHemeon]

You didn't have to attack me like that with the intro. 😂😂

[Demo]

The engine isn't running great because you need to add a flywheel. When it was on the push mower it was using the blade as a sort of flywheel to help keep momentum. If you've ever tried running a regular push mower without the blade you'll notice that either it doesn't run worth beans or it runs way too fast because there's nothing to help give it momentum. The flywheels that you find on the vertical shaft engines are only really there for spark and to have a fan for cooling, that's it.

[danswrkshop]

Isn't the oil porting for crank and camshaft on the flywheel side of the engine any concern?

[jeffyboye]

I’m trying to do this with a gcv 160 pressure washer engine for a go kart

[quarta]

Hi, have you uploaded a video of what you did with this engine?

[JohnnySilverwrench]

I learned tip it sideways like a boxster or old school bristosh single cylinders it gets libe tho slung so a little extra oil and frequent oil changes are recommended

[roycehellion]

At 2:38 he smacks with hammer is high speed. This is bc there is a security bolt (likely break off bolt) I used a diamond cutter on my ang grinder ti nip it off, Watch the sparks. Once the yellow is gone its all aluminum. Wont damage actual gasket area. Shouldnt have skipped that in a vid. he broke the threads it seemed like in slo mo.

[letskillsumtime]

Where does the governor and the welded nut go at 3:36 of your video? What is the Paddle for on the crank shaft to splash oil around?

[liquidlinda]

This was HILARIOUS and very educational. Your content and editing is second to none! Not to mention excellent music choices!!!👍🏼😁🙏💜👵🏻