Was a productive weekend for the 22 build!
cambo61 finished burnishing the wheels/sprocket the same day he received them. He has sent me pictures and they turned out amazing. I will take my own pictures when I receive them in the mail and share them while mounting tires. Or he posted them on his classified post :
https://www.oldminibikes.com/forum/...ishing-minibike-pics-7.html?highlight=Burnish
Karen knocked out the seat over the weekend and judging by the pictures she sent, she did an amazing job as always! We both learned that the 2 piece taco 22 bikes have a little different seat bracket spacing then the later 22 bikes.
The tear down of the briggs turned out great besides finding a broken pull start retaining tab which explains why sometimes the easy start would not grab(see attached pics). But this might be a good thing in the end if I can find the right blower housing. The motor I have for the bike is really close to what the bike had originally. The bike when it was made would have had an 80202 3hp Briggs. The motor I have is an 80212 which is in the same family and basically all the parts are interchangeable between the 2 motors. With that being said I am on the hunt for a model 80202 3hp briggs blower housing preferably dated 1965 to 1969 that doesn't have broken tabs.
The rest of the tear down went great. The motor blower housing is dated 1970 but motor shows obvious signs it has been apart before at some point which could be a good thing or a bad thing depending on who was inside. In this case it seems to be a great thing this time around since every bolt came out easily and nothing is stripped. The motor did run prior to tear down and had great compression. I do have a new rod and piston kit on the shelf but after looking inside the rod feels normal on the journal and the cylinder bore looks great. So the plan is to do a valve job while it is apart, get everything sand blasted, get ready for paint and final assembly with new gaskets plus NOS briggs parts.
