Well after tinkering and finally able to order the clutch the lil 424 has moved today under it's own power in 30+ years (according to the original owner I got it from). Still working out the bugs. The rear chain is a goner, broke on me 3 times today and I'm out of master links. Carb needs work but it's running and I'm cleaning (soaking) a spare I have. Points all of sudden decided to act up after I've had it cranking for weeks but thats fixed. I pulled out my 80's model hs40 with solid state. I'm debating cleaning it up and putting it on. Tried to weld on the cracked rear fender again and thats a nightmare. This has to be the most impure steel I've ever had the displeasure to weld on. Ended up tacking it like you do when welding thin sheet metal. Even then sometimes after you pull back the an impure spot would start popping and sparking, then a hole would appear. I prolly have 4 hours in it now trying to weld up what started as a 2 inch crack. I bet there is a 3 inch circle of nothing but weld to grind down.
Dad and I was talking and said he had a 5hp. Turns out he has a Montgomery wards branded briggs. He got it for my grandpa way back when for a tiller and long story short it hasn't even had a full tank of gas ran through it but has been sitting in a shed since the early 80s. Not big on the idea of fabbing up a linkage for the kazoo carb on it but I thought it was kinda cool its branded the same as my bike. We also found some shocks off an old moped I'm gonna try to put on the 424. They look to be the right length but are not coil overs so I don't know if they will be stout enough. They are only temp till I do get the correct shocks a 525 should have. After the short ride I was able to do I have to have something back there, I've broke horses that rode smoother.
I know everybody loves pictures but I overdone it today and will take pictures tomorrow.
Dad and I was talking and said he had a 5hp. Turns out he has a Montgomery wards branded briggs. He got it for my grandpa way back when for a tiller and long story short it hasn't even had a full tank of gas ran through it but has been sitting in a shed since the early 80s. Not big on the idea of fabbing up a linkage for the kazoo carb on it but I thought it was kinda cool its branded the same as my bike. We also found some shocks off an old moped I'm gonna try to put on the 424. They look to be the right length but are not coil overs so I don't know if they will be stout enough. They are only temp till I do get the correct shocks a 525 should have. After the short ride I was able to do I have to have something back there, I've broke horses that rode smoother.
I know everybody loves pictures but I overdone it today and will take pictures tomorrow.