Gotta love those old engines. I started an old Troybuilt rototiller after it had been sitting for 25 years, according to the owner. A little gas, and I did clean the points on it and it fired right up. Couldn't find tires for it, since they don't make 8" tires anymore. Neat rig! Thanks for sharing.

Sure miss the ole garage! It’s was compact and produced great videos there. The new shop is now starting to fill up with much larger projects.For me I’m very comfortable working in small spaces. As it makes me keep my workshop clean and free of stuff. Loving your videos 😀😀😀👍👍👍👍

There's that engine again! First engine I ever owned myself, got it in a deal. Used it with great success on my first go cart. Mated to a 5 speed Riding mower transmission it was literally the perfect power unit for that shit show of a cobbled cart. I think you should do a bike build with it like you were contemplating before in a different video (and maybe you already did, and I haven't come across it yet). Thanks for all you excellent videos Mustie1

This inspires me to try and get the Homelite C5 fired up. Ran when parked probably back in the 70s or so. Apparently Grandpa used it in the day..

Not much smoke for it not having run in so long! Gotta love that exhaust. Did that in my younger days for loud go carts - haha. Very nice find and clean up to start it. You're work on the carb will have it running sweet for one of your bikes!

I used to have a couple of the old REO reel mowers with these engines on them when I was a kid. The unique thing about them is they turn the opposite direction of most small engines.

Nice seeing an old engine like that still running.

Model number MK is the 6.5:1 gear reduction output. The G is the year of manufacture, in this case 1953, the same year I came off the assembly line. The displacement is 5 cubic inches and they were rated at 1 3/4 horsepower. By the late 50s they acquired a "high compression" head and the power rating went up to 2 1/2 horses. I am currently restoring a 1951 with 2:1 reduction to power a drill press....

I love seeing old things get brought back to life!

thats a beautiful cool old engine! Love your channel man.

Sounds like A old go cart engine or mini bike engine to me. Awesome little engine man.

The output is off the camshaft, which accounts for the reduction and opposite rotation of the shaft. Also there is only one cam operating both valves. A very neat arrangement.

Love seeing the antique engines run.

@myavo nice to bring old stuff back,,

That's a very cool engine. I like that.

I guess it is time to make an REO "Speedwagon"!! I had to say it. I am more into Rush, but REO did grow on me. They are older than we are!!

Amazing how that's running so well after nearly 20 years

Hi Mustie 1, Have you ever thought about making up an adjustable mounting stand that you can mount any small motor on for testing also for getting it to start and run, the type of adjustable stand that I am talking about is sort of similar to car hoist lifting arms that swing from side to side, you know where the rubber pads are on those arms, you can either remove the rubber pads from the arms and have have rigid mount, or leave them there and drill a hole through the centre, I will cut a long story short, the mounting stand will have to be so that it slides in and out also back and forth, I just thought of this idea today the 28/6/2017, by using this type of stand, it will save you from clamping it down to your bench or to a block of timber, to design and make the stand will take time, not a 5 minute job, I do hope this idea will help you in the future. Sam Knudsen Australia

It's nice I have one like it I think it might be rare because it took me forever to find something about one

R.E.O. Ransom E. Olds.... Oldsmobile Lansing, Michigan

That's a very nice engine.

Sweet a real cold start!

@7minibike2 yeah right, they will have turned into dust by then,

@mustie1 I ultimately gave it back, after not finding the right kind of wheels to fit. I am guessing it was from the 30-40s. It had wooden handles on it, and the tines were made from steel rod, not sheet metal. I now have the replacement that was made of a motorless chassis, for which I bought a $5 motor at a yard sale. This one is from the 60s, with solid rubber tires.

I had a Reo lawn motor on my motorbike when I was a teenager, I put on my whizzer motor bike after that motor gave up the ghost. after I got it mounted it ran really well and was a lot of fun ride as that motor would idle down to a tick over and yet seemed to be more powerful then the whizzer motor was. the motor came off a Reo lawn mower we had. I wish I could find another motor like that but I think it is not possible. PS I am 70.

@Busia1949 thats a good tiller, you can take rims and tires of a snowblower, I love the old stuff,,

Neat little old engine, would be cool for another bike build. I have a brand new 3.5 horsepower tecumseh lawn mower engine i could use for some kind of project build, maybe a go cart not decided yet.

It's alive! Great litttle engine.

REO stands for Ransom E. Olds (Oldsmobile)

@Busia1949 Are you sure? I buy from many places that deal with garden tractor tires. My gravelys use 8 inch tires and you can still buy them. I am not sure if they are the same width as your troy-builts though...

@queenofyeay they are more of a novalty piece, but should look cool on a bike

@tomswonderfulworld thanks for watchin

that is a cool motor!

Good video!

makes a nice hearty noise. love it!

my great grandparents had an old wash machine that had a motor look exactly like that. it had a kick start on it.

Looks like it would be a good set up for a OHV engine.

now that is a cool little motor killer bicycle motor its got it all

@mitym64 it says its for a mower, the real type

that is so cool!

Its alive! very cool

Slant design as new Honda has.

@jamesfreddys beats cleaning mice nests out a snowblowers,,besides if the gears stop turnin they will start to bind up,,a guy came by today and wanted me to enter the 2 schwinns I made in a bike show,,

@Thomas1233385 make a vid of it if you do

Today while I was going around town I found I sweet vintage bike and motor both older than me.

Very cool... make a nice project engine... so rare but no demand for them... too rare I guess

@64gravely I went to the Troybuilt dealer nearest me and they told me there were not any 8" tires available anymore. I looked on eBay at the time too. That was 5 or 6 years ago now. The place where I bought the newer frame from didn't have anything either and he had all kinds of brands there, of used stuff. It's done now anyway...

They made a small inboard setup using that engine called the "Trollabout"

@jasonmushersee think it was on an old lawn mower, the real type

@Rosskenpo1 I saw them when I googled what I had,,

@Busia1949 that was pretty old I was guessing 70s

@TheWreckingYard started easer then expected

@slowsrt yeah but its no nova,

@redneckbryon that would be a better setup for a bike

very cool! any idea what it came off of?

hey that motor was made here in my home town and I want to say it was made by the reo truck company know now as Oldsmobile

You should have pointed out that the band REO Speedwagon gets their name from that company. The logo on there is more recognizable as the band's logo than it is from the company.

What was it used for? Reminds me of the rotax 1 cylinder engine in my '68 artic cat panther sled.

cool i want to build n small go kart out of it.

The gears are turning now sorry to add another project to your todo list.

I got the same engine, also I think they can be kicked started to.

I had an old reo like this one on a homebuilt mini bike way back in the early 1960s...never any problems with it....back then, these were plentiful and dirt cheap !!

it seems to be a good motor, I am in the process of building a board track racer with it now, I have some vids up showing it,

BELLO MOTORE DELLA VESPA 200

runs good do that with a Chinese motors in 60yrs haha!!!!

Most likely a engine from a royal im gonna say gas reel mower of that era royal mower company used these from the 1920s up to the 50s before goin out of business

They run backwards because they get power off the camshaft.

I think that serial number is not what you said. You said a double 8 whereas I saw 83.

cylinder head looks pure briggs and stratton. prob is just sold under the REO name