New member DanBoy

Hi to you all. I found this forum and thought that I should register and benefit from your accumulated wisdom. I have been interested in mechanics for far too many years than I care to remember but until last year mainly restored cars and the like. With the cost of keeping a project car rising every year I decided to start restoring/collecting stationary engines.
I live in South Staffordshire in Central England. My collection to date consists of
Petter A1 (?1956)
2 x Briggs & Stratton ZZ (1943 & 1949)
2 x Briggs & Stratton 3hp driving Lister DEP6 Domestic pumps
Briggs & Stratton 3hp driving unknown water pump
Briggs & Stratton IL Generator set (1942
JAP Series 2A or 2B
JAP Unknown model
Villiers C28 (?Mk 25)
Suffolk 75G14 Type 24A

I know it's far too many but I just can't resist them. I'm well and truly hooked. I hope to do some of the rallies this year so maybe I'll meet up with some of you. DanBoy

hi Dan..
i have welcomed you in the new member section..
Steve (skankin giant) is a fan of the japs and villeries..
if you contact him he should be able to help you if you need any
regards,mike..help

Welcome to the forum
Jonesey

hi there dan boy
welcome to the forum
and enjoy restoration with us all
nice to have a local is member from my neck of the woods
i also have villiers japs amongst others
and i also know to the were abouts of a B&S ZZ
if of interest as there not many of them around the uk as an american army engine
thanks kev

To be honest, I am quite a fan of the Briggs engines (as my collection will testify). If the ZZ is a reasonable price I might be interested, just don't tell the wife. (LOL)

Hi Dan nice little collection you have there and not to many problems storing them. I myself a few Villiers, Japs, BSA and one the one B & S very handy to strip and not to heavy.

Stu.

hi there ive PM you see top by log out "you have 1 new message"
i have a mate who also collects b&s waterpumps and hatz diesel engines
i have bsa jap villiers jlo petter a1 lister a ect ect
its a dont tell the wife and build more sheds to hide them in hobby lol lol
im lucky my wife helps me and so does my eldist doughter go a good one
she most likes the scrap parts weigh in days and of the shops we go GREAT lol
kev

Thank you all for your warm welcomes. I have always been a bit of a hoarder as my three sheds will verify. I really do need to make a few tip runs I am currently working on the B&S Generator unit and the Jap 2A. I have three trailers as well, one of which I use to hide the small engines from the wife. (She knows really, but doesn't say much as she looks forward to the rallies) The Petter and the ZZ are/were running and ready to show. The other ZZ, on the hand barrow, needs a bit of carb tinkering. The one B&S with Lister pump is now running whilst the other one is languishing waiting for a rebuild. I may even sell that one to make room for something to run off the Petter. I'll post up some pictures of progress as we go along.
Dan

Looking forward to seeing the pics. I've a B & S but I think mines to modern for shows. I don't know which model it is just it came of a hay elevator, it came in a job lot of engines and has sat at the back of the garage since then.

Stu.

My 3hp B&S's are really quite modern, but they do divert the focus on to the pumps. The fuel tank on the IL was full of stale petrol which had turned to varnish and, at the moment, is not useable. I am spraying the tank off the JAP red to match the engine but I might temporarily use it on the IL generator, which is green! That should make for some interesting comments !!!

sod it if it works use it
my villiers has a grey tank and every thing else is green and black
tank is to go to another MK25 when ive finished it

kev

That looks great in them colours keep the good work up
Jonesey

I like the paint job Kev, looks good mate

Stu.

I've decided to paint my tank gold as it will go with both the green and the red. My other JAP is red and gold as well. Apart from which, I just happened to have a couple of cans of gold lying around. That grey definitely works on your engine Kev.
Dan

DanBoy wrote:I've decided to paint my tank gold as it will go with both the green and the red. My other JAP is red and gold as well. Apart from which, I just happened to have a couple of cans of gold lying around. That grey definitely works on your engine Kev.
Dan

hi dan
it does really
so i sprayed the air filter to match lol
what tank do you need as i have some spares and my mate has others
kev