Why Is This 1961 David Bradley So Hard To Start?
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- In this video Taryl tackles his first David Bradley tractor when he finds out why this old gal is so hard to start. The customer brought it in complaining that it won't start easy and doesn't want to shut it off when it does finally get going. Why?! Taryl's gonna get to the bottom of it and more in this here video. And as always... There's Your Dinner!!
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Taryl I’m 86 years old and can’t wait for 9 on Sunday just like waiting Saturdays for Roy Rogers’s at movie theater back in 50s great videos
I also look forward to checking out his latest video upload on Sunday!
Congratulations ole timer!
I look forward to Taryl's videos too and have learned stuff and put it to practice on my small engines.
Thanks fer watchin partner. Appreciate the kind words!
same for me every sunday. nice way to get the day going
Question in my mind. If they keep making this stuff who needs Taryl? Ha ha
I had a weird starting problem on my WH c100. Wouldn't start with me sitting on it but when i had it in the garage with the hood up it started and ran fine. Took me a while to realize that when the hood was down it was just barely resting on the coil terminal. 🤦♂️
I love the humor in your videos you have helped me not only with my small engines and having land I have plenty. But with some trying times in life watching your humor and passion is a break from my crazy life thanks
I am a small engine/lawn mower mech. After retiring from the US Air Force in 1990, I worked for 20 years at a lawn mower shop here in northwest Florida very similar to yours. I still have friends and family that bring their broke stuff to me for repair. I still make it a point never to miss your Sunday videos after I get home from church.
Watching your skits that portray dealing with "customers" reminds that I have dealt with most of the same customer issues you deal with in your shop. My favorite one is in the middle of summer a customer would bring a mower in and I would tell the person how many weeks behind we were, and many of them would say "my grass is up to here up to here!" indicating hip level with their hand and "I need my mower right now!" expecting me to put them at the head of the list. I enjoyed my time working there.
I love seeing old equipment come back to life. Love the way you teach to work on the equipment. Thanks for the video love watching
Even a 70 yr old wrench like me gleans a nugget now and then! Also, check out Steve's Small Engine Saloon. He's awesome!
I always pull the mag and clean the laminates and engine posts to clean bare metal. Seems to help get back great spark. Hard to kill those old point mags. Got a '62 23D going not too long ago. Seems like the magnets in the flywheel were getting weak so I brought the air gap down to .018" (book calls for .022-.026). Did the trick.
Nice to see you making decent length videos again! I got into a bit of a debacle with a troll, criticising James Condon for long videos and too much detail, but for me, that's just the way I like 'em, and by most accounts, so do most other technical people. Make 'em long and entertaining, Taryl. If you make 'em, we will come!
Now then, how big is that engine? I was expecting to see external points on that thing, like on my 10HP Briggs of the same period - so evidently not that big? On that rear end, that double seal arrangement is exactly the same as used to be used by David Brown Tractors, and many others too I would not doubt. The trouble with them was that if a seal failed, it let oil onto the brakes, which were inboard on their machines. They also recommended packing a good quality grease into the space between the seals since the outermost one would otherwise never see any lubrication at all.
Interestingly, I've been after building a small garden tractor out of this 10 horse Briggs and a Peerless three speed transmission. Following my retirement in December, I might just pick up the threads of that project once more.
When I was in the army I worked on generators. The go/no go timing gauge for a 50 cal was what I used to set points with. The thin end of it was a perfect feeler gauge.
The choke cable when I got the David Bradley was seized up solid got it loose and i spray it with PB Blaster periodically depending on how much I use the tractor , I've done a lot of mechanical work on the tractor side, rebuilt the carburetor on it two or three years ago, changed the dinosaur syrup in the engine and trans last spring
Great work Taryl as always! Love your channel the best!! Can't wait for Sundays to come around! Always learn a lot and enjoy the humor and triumph throughout the videos with you. I didn't even know this about this brand of tractor/mower. I bought my first zero turn & commercial mower last year. Its a Bradley 48" stand on with 25hp breaks n scrap' em. Thing is a tank, weighs 950 lbs. Cuts great, fun to ride and hauls ass! Only thing is it's heavy. But like u said, they don't make em like they used to. I'm impressed how those vintage tractors are still going 63+ years later! Now, there's your dinner, whooo!!
Taryl, just one of those days. Got to admire your perseverance
Like the video & camera works. Thanks for sharing
My B&S 6S, on a Boelens Handi-Hoe, was a real bitch to start until I replaced the gasget between the carb halves. Now it can sit all winter and start in 3 wraps of the cord.
I love watching your "learning channel".
I have always tinkered on small engines, since I was a young boy till just this past weekend "adjusting valves" on my 25 horse power V twin B&S.
I watch another channel similar to yours "not naming names" but SHE don't really get into a repair & show & explain like you do
Keep up the good work and great videos & can't wait until the next one.
Hello Taryl and team, greetings from Germany („gut und eng“) and thanks for the Sunday evening entertainment. Wish you a wonderful week and as always, there’s your breakfast 🍳, eh dinner 🍲👍🍀🌞
i had a tiller that had one of those pushrods for the points that would hang when engine got hot . had to wait till motor cooled before it would start . worked out well (till it eventually wouldn't even start when cold) cause we both always got hot/needed a break at about the same time .
"That's a Feature, not a Bug."
I got a 1972 Black and Wrecker genny. Got it from a buddy had ran it low on oil and it stuck the engine thanks to yous guys tips and tricks I was able to bring it back to life after it sat stuck for 15 years 😊 so thanks for all the great information yous guys put out!!!! Grass Rats rule!!!
I sure like the old stuff like David Bradley. That engine is such a purty color, looks almost like gold plating. On the old self-contained magnetos on tractors, the magnets used to get weak. I'd see people at the tractor shows with a recharging rig that used a battry and an electromagnet to restore the old magnets. I wonder if the old flywheels could also use a recharge - but if you have to replace the flywheel when you switch coils to go electronic, I guess you'd never know if the problem really was the magnets getting weak. Or maybe the magnets in flywheels were newer technology and didn't lose their magnetism. Anyways it's mighty innerstin', either way!
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I’m sure you won’t believe me Taryl, but you have a job and a mindset that most of us caught in the treadmill of modern life, can only dream of.
your showing what really happen's while fixing old things help's to understand why it cost so much. time time time. $$$.
think that why all my neighbors just gave me things they did not understand. they were throwing it away. they thought. then they would see it for sale. did help i had a corner lot on buzy street.
Awesome video God Bless you and your family
I'll be 70 next year and we used to use a book of matches in a pinch. Use the striker for a file and the fold over portion to set the gap. For the lawyers out there we took the book of matches apart and placed the matches in a fire proof metal box. "not" lol
Nice job Taryl- that’s a cool old track-a-tore!!
My dad had one of these tractors. My cousins and I drove it all over the farm. It was hard to start too. It was replaced with a Sears tractor around 71. Probably because it was so hard to start.
Plowed the garden with my 59 suburban yesterday.
Junior is quite a good cameraman, I am a retired TV camera operator and I appreciate good camera work.
I always thought it was Ronnie filming, guess I was wrong, too quiet of a guy, must be junior or slippers
It's hard to believe that such a quality built machine would ever need any parts, or attention. LOL Great job Taryl
I keep a,couple paint stir sticks around for stuff like spreading out hammer blows, scratch protection, wedges, etc.
I'm 9 minutes in here, that wall fan needs a one way trip to the woods with a 12 ga helper.❤😂
Enjoy your videos, Taryl! Thanks for the entertainment!
In the early 70s my little brother and I were the spark testers every spring when our dad tried to start our 1950s roto tiller.
Its how we first learned the "bad" words.😅
Hated it when ya lost yer dang balls there, good video and great work Taryl!
Great video thumbs up, getting to work on the old stuff is fun
Your a National treasure. Stay safe Taryl. Ill eat that dinner.
Taryl, you know Nothing about Fixing Engines. I, who have Never fixed any can tell you that The Briggs and Stratton Manual is Wrong, and I know best. Ha HA! The commenatators must make you crazy.
I have a old garden tractor in good shape and everything works. I've only seen a few. It's a bush hog d-4-10. 10hp Wisconsin engine. Was my pas. I love it.
I hope he let's you fix all the mechanicals then finish it off with a new paint job and decals. Make her shine like a new penny😎🤠
That Tube Gripper is what Taryl uses to squeeze out his toothpaste. 😂
Thank you for sharing👍
My Question is How does that 318 End-Up in almost every Shop-Video...and usually Torn-Appart...We have a 420&318 in Our Line-Up and about only Time We See Em' is when They are WORKING The GROUND?!!🚜🚜...LOVE the Channel TARYL&Others...Wish We could gett some Response to Our Comments even if You have to Pay SLIPPERS&JUNIOR OverTime for to do so👍
2-316k's and 1-300, 2-345,1-112,245,235..u can't remember the rest...lol
Because it's 30+years old. Those Onan engines crap out and are junk by now
What...You don't have 5-110's like US🤣...ALL 1960's...👍
Because by the time Taryl gets done with it he'll have a whole brand new tractor.
CRAP-OUT...SHIT...Things are HARD-CORE💪🚜
That's a cool looking tractor.
I love the original color which you can see on the motor base that was protected by a layer of grease 👌
Super fun as always and of course very good and informative video. So thank you Teryl and the best camera operator in the hole wide world. 🇸🇪💚🇺🇸👍
in my Ag shop I taught that on horizontal shaft B&S the starter clutch is to be set with the notch in the end or the word top to the top when you replace the shroud. Enjoy all your shows
Excellent video. Love the old tractor work. My favorite. I have an Allis like the one you did, some JD and Cub.
The magnets are still back the same amour no matter what deris there is between it and the coil so long as the debris isn’t magnetic. So I agree with b and s.
I been small engine for 46 years and been that all those years just like you never broke snything! And this how B & S tell how to do it.
Great video as always Taryl! Thats how I always take flywheels off. Ive never wrecked any of my engines either LOL
Happy Birthday Taryl!! (2/17/24) You're going to be older than me pretty soon :-)
Tarly I still garden with a David Bradley two wheel tractor from the 50’s,it has an old iron engine.can you do a show on one of them. These tractors do it all,they cut grass,plow,cultivate,haul,rake,pump fluids and more.I like your programs.thanks..
I knew a guy from Mass. who would convert that Briggs to electronic ignition just to avoid points and condenser. He was a big David Bradley collector mainly the walk behinds.
I remember flywheel pullers that threaded on to the crank shaft. The you adjusted attitudes with a 5# hammer.
Great video. admire your perseverance. Taryl, Life is lawn mowers, the rest is just details.
Wow! Taryl referencing a Kevin Smith movie! (Chasing Amy)
Those un coated business cards really do the trick. Doesn't leave lint and picks up the crud and particles from filing. Been using them since 79'. It helps to cut some 1/4" wide strips and keep 'em in with the ignition system tools.
I'm fairly new to your videos.
I find them so educational and entertaining, wish you were available when my two sons were younger, they used to love grabbing discarded mowers in our neighborhood and do what they could to get them running for people who couldn't afford new ones
That tractor the same age as me. Was it born in May. Lol 😂
Best install magnetron ignition kit then will not have problem with spark in future - wear in crankshaft bushing point gap would be changing as motor is running - push up and down on crankshaft looking at point gap you will see gap changing from the wear in the parts
You got to love that old equipment!! Just a little maintenance and it will run forever!!
I cannot tell you how many times your videos have bailed me out of a situation I couldn't figure out.
Now my granddaughter has seen your video on scamshafts. She runs about saying Woooo Scamshaft!!!
I enjoy the humour, the absolute skills and tutorials.
Thank you for all that.
And I have learned... Its not the space shuttle, it's a lawn mower...
Dares my dinner Taryl, what was a David Bradley used for? It has no deck on it
How to set Harley Davidson points. Match book cover.
Been there done it, out ran the local popo.....
I am glad to see someone else clean a spark plug with a brass brush. I just use a brass brush when an engine runs rough and clogs up the plug. Bad gas will do that, or a gummed up carb. Other people will use other tools, but not me.
- hit with starter fluid
- add high octane real gas
- clean the plug a few times
The new high octane gas will clean up the carb after a while. The other options are expensive or work. The cheap, and lazy just use a brass brush, and starter fluid.
We were taught in tech training school (telecommunications) to never clean contact points with paper or cardboard. We had a special contact cleaner strip called microscrub. A bit like Velcro it had micro fibres which would polish the points. I wish I knew where to get some now.
I commend your "stick to it iveness"
Learned a lot from this one...thanks
I've always used a brass hammer and pry bar, for flywheel removal,, also I put a little GRAPHITE down in the starter cup for the ball lube😮 as you said never use oil or grease. I like your channel, you do things LIKE I WAS TAUGHT TO DO THEM,, THE RIGHT WAY!!!!!!! AND THERE'S YOUR DINNER😂
The city of Bradley Illinois is named for David Bradley.
Good info on fixing the old Briggs - I got a 1966 Tote Gote with a 6hp Briggs I need to bring back to life.
Great content!
I've seen the two that that the killer man showed is this a fuel line tubes all it is
Keep up the great work love you
grouse work Taryl Dactal mate that,s a job well done and yep those original factory points from the engine probably had seen better days for sure and when they were originally new in the 1960s or so from the assembly line but yeah those are good as Briggs and Stratton motors for sure and probably of the easier version of starting mechanisms for sure but yeah those pulleys however from what i have heard from can be a pain if your not use to working on them but once figured out and all well they are not too bad and they last heaps longer for sure than today.s Chinese Garbage but yeah they also can be ideal for fixing as i can also probably do the same basic repairs to them if they are in decent enough shape etc and cheers from Australia 🐨🐑🦘🌴🌏🇦🇺 or the land down under and yep over here even the old Vintage Rover and well Scott Bonnar mower engines are no different either etc.
"Fly mows" are fun!
My optometrist died last week. He fell into his lens grinding machine and made a spectacle of himself 😂
There even smoke coming thru the computer screen.. ..😝🤭
Master mechanic, old moneybags
1st thing I personally would get rid of is that Champion plug.
I will share a story. Had a 74 Vega that burned oil. AC Delco plugs were recommended. The champion plugs would last longer before getting fouled. True story.
What I would like to know is what is that pipe and bracket looking thing on the head for?
You can buy business card stock for printing your own cards. You can cut this stock into strips. Use these strips for cleaning points. You can use these cards dry as you have shown or slightly dampened with carb cleaner, not to damp or it make the card strip to soft. Use a damp one as you showed then a dry one to remove any excess cleaner.
nice to learn about mowers and the old stuff ty.
Looking good bud !!!!!!!!!!!
I believe I would up date that ignition to electronic if I did all this to get into it just as well fix it good when you get into it 😁
when you have no control over any thing. you get it.
I had an old cast iron 3 HP Breaks&Scrap'em on my homemade go kart. After a new set of points, I could rock the flywheel back and forth and get a hot spark. So sometimes you can, sometimes not. Great video Taryl, I enjoyed revisiting an old Briggs tuneup how-to.
Good video. Like the older equipment.
I have a 1959 surburban just like that WO an engine. I have an engine that I plan to put on. But I will be very interested in the next video. My drive system is missing few parts also. I will be watching closely. Thanks Taryl!!
PS. Maybe you could show and explain how that variable trans works. 👍
Suburbans was all my dad ever drove that I can remember, my favorite was the 78 3/4 ton 454ci.✌🏻
Choke was the problem, tho the rest needed help, your the best Taryl
Man that really starts and runs beautifully!
When you have a yeller spark, we calls it a week spark cuz it takes a week to get it started.
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Yellow spark versus blue ,great tip !Another good reason to have a good spark tester.
Thx T
If its a champion plug I've seen them bad right out of the box multiple times over the years. I personally don't like Champion spark plugs. Rather have an NGK or Autolite for that matter.
Thanks, Taryl! 😎
I've learned a lot from you Taryl. Thanks a million.
God bless the kids that are smart enough to watch this channel.
Sure hope we see that 318 in a future video!!
Love these vintage mowers! Thanks for taking us along!
The skits are funny! You guys must have fun doing them? 😂👍🏻
appreciate your sharing , especially when things get complicated, thanks for the all inclusive detail.
Your videos are very helpful when I work on the small equipment thank you for all the great videos
Takes longer to do it right the first time🙂
Keep up the good videos love watching you work on that old stuff I learned all that stuff when I was young too my father taught me a lot of it
i didn't know you could fix big tractors. do you have any 2024 Calendars available?
Would’ve been nice if Briggs, Tecumseh too, had figured out a way to mount the points outside of the flywheel and blower cover like Wisconsin and Kohler had.