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Thanks guys, that engine was in bad shape and even amazed us it was saved, Jan i used a couple different means of freeing the piston.
First it sat a day or so with Kroil oil then tranny fluid then brake fluid with a rag burning in it like a candle then finally a piece of oak on it and a three pound hammer.
The oil pump was unavailable so i left it out the engine has a dip rod on the crankshaft cap so it will be a splash system.
Bought no parts for it just soak, heat, tap and clean until everything freed up.
I`ll make a couple new vids today, i want to try the zipper in some better grass and another run of the reel mower with a new belt and some tinkering on it.

Thanks Swift Fox.

Made three sections from flat steel plate and installed them and now working pretty good, theres a couple off those wear thingies that push down on the sections to keep them tight against the guards i`m going to build up with weld and grind flat.
When i get the belt on so the self drive works it should be complete.
Also a final video of the reel mower working perfect.

Thanks Jan, the project today is removing the reel mower and doing a complete do over on sharpening it. 

Thanks Charlie glad ya enjoyed it, getting these projects pretty wrapped up. 

I`m not the one to give advice on sharpening, i just free handed with a file until all the blades just touched the cutting bar but it still doesn`t cut as good as some of my other reel mowers, i`m in the trying to figure it out stage. 

Sounds very plausible, that more blades will cut easier, given the smaller "bites" taken Lenn.

...but, remembering the manual ones from my own childhood, i seem to recall that well maintained and sharpened mowers, was way more fun to push around for the 50 cent a standard front lawn would pay

Looks like a whole fleet you've got there Lenn.