PSA - on some Briggs engines the aluminum push rods are for exhaust. At some point they switched - make sure you look up a BOM for your specific engine to make sure you have them correct.

I use your vid as a reference when building a V-Twin.
One thing to your subscribers, once your build is complete, pull you sparkplug wires off and use your starter, turning it over  for 30 secs, to build oil pressure in the engine to make sure everything is lubed before firing. The assembly lube will keep things lubed until the oil takes over. It will still smoke, as said, but the engine will have the lubrication that's needed. I've done 7 of these without any issues. Happy rebuilding!

This is the best rebuilding of BS engine on utube and any one who is a DIY mechanic should follow along

loved the Bob Ross reference around @17:00 mark. it was a happy accident

Your time and effort to make this video is appreciated. Helped me a good deal with rebuilding a 20hp intek vtwin. Thank You

This was covered but i figured it might help for someone.. Great video by the way !!  

Single Cylinder OHV - Model Series 260700, 261700 upper push rod (exhaust) is hollow. Model Series 28N700, 28Q700, 28U700, 28W700, 287707, 310700, 312700, 313700 exhaust push rod has a red band of paint for identification and is steel.

Intek V-Twin OHV - Intake push rods are aluminum.

Vanguard V-Twin - All models (except 540000, 610000) exhaust valve push rods are aluminum. Model Series 540000 and 610000, all push rods aluminum.

Thanks a bunch.  I picked up a riding mower with almost the same engine and figured out I need to replace the piston rings.  I've never worked on an engine and your video helps out so much. Thanks.

I'm only 3 minutes into this and am already so damn grateful.  Thanks mate.  very well done for sure. I'll attempt my first rings replacement soon and this was great.

0:06 Thank you for this video! I know it is an older one but it was so very interesting and helpful. I have just finished rebuilding a 20hp B&S Vanguard. It turned out that it failed due to the cooling fins filling up with dirt, cuttings and detritus, and the exhaust valve seat moved and the valve wouldn’t close, so it was only running on one cylinder. The fix was to put a new seat in, lap all of the valves, replace one exhaust pushrod, and set the valve clearances before reassembling. It fired up first time and runs very smoothly. Thank you again!

Good on the cap catch cause I had someone bring me a 3 cyl diesel once in total bucket of cleaned individual parts. I said ohhhh lord bro lol. You know how long it’s gonna take to figure out what matches? He started to show me yea these go with these etc etc lol. I had to give the ol line bore piston offset orientation etc etc etc lesson lol. These really are so simple and fun though.

Cool video. Never seen the inside of the crankcase on a small engine. Replacing my head gasket this coming week and was surfing for tips when I ran up on your video. Good job explaining the ins and outs

Mate this is an awesome video. Thank you for taking the time to do it.
Cheers

The original owner sounded like a “Hold my Beer I can do that “ kind of guy .  This process is very intricate .  I would educate myself thoroughly before going into this . And having a good clean dry place . Have 4 of these 35 v twins on boats and lawn engines . I know soon or later it will be my time . This is a great video . Thank you

As an inside tip, B&S assembly techs turn the crank to the bottom and push the piston down while turning. This insures that the connecting rod caps are at the bottom and easy to install and torque.

Great Video, your video really helped me out when I replaced the rings and gaskets in my Briggs V-Twin

Thankyou very much for this video has helped me build my 1st motor 😊

Great video. Thanks for passing on the knowledge.

Thanks a bunch for the video.  Yours was by far the best I found.  BTW, as pointed out below, my Vanguard engine uses aluminum rods on the exhaust.   Also, Briggs publishes a service manual (PN 272144  for Vanguard V-twin series) for each engine series that lists torque specs, service procedures, engine tear down & rebuild.  The manual leaves out a lot of details (I guess it assumes the manual will only be used by service techs); but works well in conjunction with this video.  I reached out to Briggs with my engine number and they sent me a full parts list (and the part number for the service manual).  The manual is $23, but it was a good investment for me.  Also, Briggs has changed the way they mark piston rings.  My instruction sheet stated a 'T' would be stamped on the top side of the ring.  The rings actually have an 'R' ('R' is placed to the right of the ring gap).  The top ring is supposed to have one paint dot and middle ring two paint dots (but mine only had one dot on each set).  The shinny ring is top most on my 16HP Vanguard.

10/10  - many thanks for taking the time to share !

Great video!  Suggestion, put thread sealant on the intake and exhaust rocker bolts to prevent oil leaking past the threads.  Yes, they are thru-holes to the outside.