I don't know if it runs. I don't THINK there's anything wrong with it, just never used after the grounds maintenance was contracted out years ago. There were a couple of Hayter Harriers and IIRC a Ransomes Certes as well that got sold/given away. There's a trailer behind it as well.
I spotted this in this month's 'Street Machine' magazine, I know nothing about it apart from it was photographed at a drag race meeting at Sywell aerodrome, and I'm guessing that's a 4 cylinder bike engine and 'box... (is that a Honda logo?)
Oh well, it has survived about 10 years of me hacking away at it in November, and in my defence it's really the O/H's allotment...
Anyway, back to the important stuff...
I was in 2 minds whether to strip the engine down further, but as I want to give the block a good clean and check the bearing shells I decided to at least take the piston/conrod out. Then I decided to take the crank out so I could change the oil seal, which was when the fun started... the bearing stayed on the crank, so it wouldn't come out the other side without taking the camshaft out... which wouldn't come out without taking the governor out...
Piston rings rings look good, I hope my piston ring compressor goes down small enough.
Had a week off work, so between changing the servo on my van, changing the oil and filters, pruning the plum tree at the allotment and picking up my MK12 engine I did a bit more...
Stripped the paint off the tank and cowling, is the light green an undercoat or the original colour? (cowling is dark green inside)
Tank will need a clean inside, a few nuts, some brake cleaner and a good shake should do it.
Sump cleaned out (oil was clean, but there was a bit of sludge in it)
Can't upload anymore photos in the this post so I will continue tomorrow...
Not to take anything away from the discovery and recovery of course, but I do wish people wouldn't use the term 'restoration' for projects like this. 'Recreation' is more like it.
I picked this ebay purchase up today. I bought it because it was cheap, local and I liked the shape of the fuel tank and the Monro tiller data plate. It was listed as having no compression, if that's the case hopefully it will just be a stuck valve. On the plus side it seems all there.
I will get stuck into it when I have done my MK15.
Engine has obviously had some attention in the past, bore still looks good with no wear ridge.
Someone cared enough to do this brazed repair to the pulley, maybe to to get a bit more life out of it when it was a working engine?
...on the other hand, whoever made the new seals for the fuel cap and air filter only had cork effect vinyl floor covering to hand, and their teeth for tools.
I picked this engine up on ebay back in the summer as a winter project. After cleaning and setting the points and changing the HT lead and plug I got a good spark (much to my surprise, was sure the coil would be dead) so I have started stripping it for restoration. As you can see one thing I need is the air filter oil bath, however all the pictures I've found of other engines show it held on by 2 metal strips, rather than the wire retainer mine has. Does anyone know if they are interchangeable?
I will take some pictures of where I am at now and post them up.
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Posted · Edited by mattblack
The Pathfinder was styled after the works DOHC single seater racing cars.
EDIT: as expeatfarmer has said above. DOH!