Same issue with my Honda HRS216. Cleaned old carb and had some hunting, then learned that a new carb is less than $14.00 shipped to my door, Replaced carb and runs perfect !
ShartingFish go to ereplacement parts. Look up your engine model via the number embossed on the side of the engine. You may have to remove the shroud. Find your part number, then shop online, or at a Honda repair shop near you. Generally, not expensive. The local Honda motorcycle shop can order mine, but it may take a week. Then watch some videos non how it’s done.
I wish I never started watching your videos. Now I'm cruising the city looking for garage sales to buy mowers. I have made some great profit but my wife is mad because her parking space in the garage is now full of mowers and snow blowers.
Our family has a tiller of that era and it leaks all of the gear oil out by the next time you want to use it, but you fill it back up and then do your days work and check it each day you're gonna use it and it's been a champ. Tilled a decent sized garden the last few years and yeah, good stuff. I am the younger generation, but i'm starting to love these small engines more and more lol.
Had this problem first time I ever cleaned a Honda Carb out and I used a micro drill bit and drilled out the main jet which was completely stopped up . It was one of those do or die things and it ran perfect after I micro drilled it out .
This is why I am watching your 'back issues' of Mustie1 Video Magazine. When you do my lawnmower, I have added interest and gain a little more knowledge.
I applaud your channel. I worked for the DOD fo 37 years. If they needed a new jet, did the DOD scrap it? No. They fixed or upgraded it. If they needed a new chopper, did they scrap the old one? No. They fixed it. It’s only the suppliers of parts that make repairing machines beyond economic repair.
I've got a 5.5 Honda mower engine on a craftsman frame , love the Honda engine, simplicity is what Honda was thinking when they made that engine, it has a timing belt which keeps the valve noise to a minimum, worked at a sears mower shop for 5 yrsthat's where I got my Honda/craftsman set-up. keep the video's coming
Hi, love the videos, keep em coming.I didnt think i would be able to teach you anything new but a little tip for you- the little carb idle screw with the anti tamper top you snapped while trying to cut it- just heat the top of it with a soldering iron and they pull straight off.Hope that might help you in the future.Regards matt
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Mustie, you mentioned that someone older might buy the tiller. That will be true because the younger generations are NOT going to have a garden to till in the first place. :)
+jbmbanter Hey! I'd have a garden to till if I could afford to own a place where I could PUT a garden. I'm stuck buying fresh veggies from the farmer's market.
FrankTheCat I guess you are of the younger generation who really enjoys watching something that you planted grow. I'm a little older and also do not have a garden spot so I'm stuck like you with farmers market produce. But, my Dad who is gone now always had a 'tilled' garden and made wonderful vegetables for us. I still long for his garden grown tomatoes. Even those tomatoes you buy at the farmers market are nowhere as close to being as good as his. Since you have the interest I hope that in the future you have a spot to till!!! :)
+jbmbanter Look up "global buckets planter." Two five gallon buckets, some PVC pipe, some drillin' and cuttin' and you've got a nice little planter for a container garden. I've got a yard...but being an ex-cotton field...the soil is wore-out hard clay so I garden in buckets like those... Works great!
I have a similar problem with a lawnmower I recently picked, but it occasionally misses, though it cuts grass fine and runs well and being a self propelled mower, I think I am going to do the same thing and sell it with cautions. Good deal for a Honda and the new owner may be willing to spend the money for a new carburetor. Some great deals, especially with the rototiller.
That was so cool to see the Muntz tape player. I bought that exact model before a got my first car and used it in the house on a power supply. Muntz stereo stores started in CA. as far as I know. I paid like $90 for it in '69 or '70. By the way, it is both a 4 and 8 track player.
AlexMoto I go to the SWAP MEETS all over here in Florida and brother, it's a gold mine of small engine goodies....I score more chainsaws, mowers, edgers from folks begging you to haul it away for $5.00, $10.00
, that's not the case here on central Alabama. People wants a fortune for their non running mowers. Either that or they repair them ,and they want them repaired for nothing
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You're absolutely correct Musto: the idle circuit augments all positions of the carburetor and engine speeds. It is crucial for the entire rpm operation range. Setting the base timing, valve clearance and idle-speed/mixture and a fresh air filter?....everything else follows (two stroke, four stroke, v-8 or moped). Yeah, you can get it close (by ear), but if you want it to be EXACTLY the way that it designed: you gotta have a $15 tachometer. If the engine doesn't want to IDLE (or give snappy throttle response) that indicates that something else is WRONG! ...or yir engine is getting old/worn. At that point , we accept its age and gitter going...EXACTLY THE WAY THAT YOU DELINEATED IN YOUR VIDEOS! I don't have massive yards, or a professional landscaping business: which require cordless, gas powered tools, that can run for hours without stopping. So I'm shifting to all battery powered equipment. Hey, they were punks at first, but they ROCK now.
Some carbs just won't come back, but what I use in my ultrasonic cleaner is a mixture of simple green and white vinegar 50/50 mix, then once it's clean, say 3x480 cycles then I put it in a bath of cold pinesol and water, let it cool down then rinse with hot water, then blow it out with compressor air, works every time.... Great video.
Great buy. The only way the tiller & mower could have been a better deal is if he paid you to take it. I have found a few good buys between 20 to 100. The worst buy was a lawn tractor for 350. It ran ok at this guys house for about 25 minutes. When I got it home it smokes like crazy & had other issues. It became a great source for videos.
If I had to guess, that mower is $300+ new, so $60 is a steal--issues or no. I've got the same mower in the self-propelled version and it refuses to die. Thanks for taking us on the journey, Mustie.
Hey Mustie, Honda looks like a GCV135/165, bullet proof motor, will run forever. Experts. Recon in UK don't leave fuel more than 1 month otherwise the fuel is wasted. Keep wrenching my friend. Kindest regards from Bonnie Scotland . Joe.
Just ran into this oscillation problem on an old 12hp briggs rider. Turned out to be a weak return spring for the governor was causing the butterfly to open and close too easily. . Replaced it with one off a like motor and problem solved !
remove the spark plug from the engine, and plug it back into the wire, and rest it against something metal in the engine, then Get a friend to hold the lever, and pull the pull start like he normally would to start it. The spark should be blue or white, but if it is yellow then the coil could be going bad
@HONESTO UNO Does it have that auto choke controlled by the wax capsule? If so, that could be your problem. They start hard when the engine is warm yet they haven't been run in more than a few minutes. The wax has not hardened back up to close the choke because the exterior of the engine is still warm enough.
I know this is an old video but i wish i had seen it two weeks ago. I have a GCV160 that i cleaned the carb on a dozen times if not more and it would not stop doing that surge. Drove me nuts! $10.00 and two weeks later a new genuine honda carb from ebay solved it. Other people must have this problem, cost effective repair for long time owner but resale prob not. So if your a person out there with a honda and it does this, try cleaning it once and if it still does it. Just get a new carburettor. Save your sanity!
My dad use to have a troy built tiller like that. One day it started running running rough and leaking oil everywhere. Tore it down and the block was cracked. Wasn't run low on oil, maybe overheated as it tilled a large 80X40 garden. I was really impressed it still had enough compression to fire.
I like WD-40 in my carburetor USC, If the carb sits for awhile after cleaning there is no water caused corrosion. Also that limiter on the idle jet is easily removed with a little heat, it's glued on. Thanks for your video and nice yard sale buys!
Nice example of making lemonade out of a lemon. Just because it doesn't run perfectly, this video shows that a mower is still quite usable in an imperfect condition. The new owner would have done well to invest in a new carb and would still have a bargain.
very cool and helpful. i have a pressure washer i bought for free 99. Got the same problem. It vexed the old owner and vexed me for a year now. I have a new place to start. Thanks
Mustie, I envy you. No one here in the south ever leaves free mower finds out here on their yards. They give those to their friends and someone figures out if it’s not the plug or the coil, it’s the carb!
These Honda lawn mowers have a sort of capsule that is filled with wax and controls the choke. It can be finicky at times. If you read the owner's manual it even states that the engine may be hard to start when it is warm, yet has been sitting for awhile. Toro's auto choke system seems funky as well but it relies on both the engine fan and a thermal spring, so they work together regardless of engine temp. I found a Honda in the trash last year, cleaned the carb and everything seemed to be fine. It seemed to have a really heavy crank though, starting was different (IE, heavier) in comparison to other mowers, or so I felt.
I picked up a 4-cycle Ryobi with the weed whacker and shredder/bagger attachment. Replaced the primer bulb and fuel filter/lines..after about a minute, the muffler and engine block start to smoke. Can't tell i it's burning off crap or burning up the piston. Did a valve adjustment, but still having the issue. Don't have much into it but don't want to burn it up either. Hopefully, you'll video your Ryobi run through...great vids.
Troy-Bilt Pony. Little brother to the Horse. Great for smaller gardens. Serial number will tell you the year but that looks like a mid 90's unit. Worth closer to $400.00 (The new version of it sells for over $1,000.00)
Hi Mustie - Just another comment on the Honda lawnmower, heat from a soldering iron applied to the idle mixture screw limiter will melt the glue and allow it to easily lift off.
At 26:42 watch a Spider come out of the mower, run toward the right corner of the lift and web its way to the floor. Funny I'll bet he left tiny little spider turds all the way back to the mower.
Absolutely love your vids. I always watch one when I go to bed. Got to finish my day with a little education from mustie1. Thanks for sharing and please keep em coming. And I will always deliver a bid thumbs up.
My mower has pretty much the same Honda engine on it. (Except auto choke and fixed throttle) I got some crud in the gas the 3rd time I used it and had to tear the carb off and clean it. Seeing you work on this one will definitely help next time I work on it. I guess they're supposed to have valve clearance checked once a year. I haven't gotten to that yet. :)
I had a Honda lawn mower given to me by the neighbor. She said she thought the engine had seized up. It turns out it had 4 inches of grass crusted up under the deck. The grass was jamming up the blade after it dried enough to pull away from the deck. I filled a pail with dried up grass clippings that had plastered into the deck.
I bought a Honda mower a couple of years ago. Firs, it takes a few pulls to start, especially if you stop to empty the bag. Second, I HATE variable speed mowers - I prefer a mower you can just select the speed on like mowers of old. Honda wheels are way too small. So last week I pulled my old Snapper with a Briggs engine out of the shed, put away with an empty tank two years ago. IT STARTED ON THE FIRST PULL. I was blown away and it is much easier to walk behind and doesn't leave a path like a drunk was behind it.
Man I love the videos and you really inspire me to tap even more into my mechanical side, I always loved working on stuff but now I want to even more, tonight I tore an entire stick edger down to the piston because it was old and broken, thank you and keep up the good work
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That is a Troy Built Pony. 5HP. It may have a Tecumseh engine on it. I would like to see you work it! I am sure that OSHA is not going to check your helmets. They are supposed to have manufacture dates stamped inside some where. You got 3 good helmets. Enjoy your videos.
Really enjoy your videos. If the smaller passages in the idle jet get clogged, can you unplug..... as I’m writing this you hauled out a group is small drill bits.....lol. Enough said.
I had a honda mower given to me, all the cables are frozen, my only recourse is to buy some universal type that you cut to length and then make your own retainers. I hit goodwill twice a week and love yard sales. I buy up tons of small engine stuff and to be honest, most people give me stuff all the time. In the middle of the winter, my neighbor gave me another weed eater.
I work at a dental clinic that used to do root canals. The dental clinic no longer does root canals so I have a drawer with a couple hundred new unused root canal files. They would be excellent tools for opening up carb jets.They don't need a pin vise to hold them as they have knobs molded onto them. I would gladly send them to you if you want them.
It amazes me with your constant projects that you can keep your shop so clean and organized, I must try that someday, lol. I clean carbs with PB Blaster, I find harsh cleaners just harden the gunk, PB and Mystery Oil loosen it up, soak them in a yogurt cup or the like.
Check for wear in the carburetor throttle butterfly shaft. I have fixed many small engines that hunted by changing the carburetor throttle butterfly shaft with one that had less wear. I've even made them on my lathe.
wow!! thats a muntz blue light 8 track! top of the line back in day...from southern calif.......i didnt know they were being reproduced.... i still have my original from back around 1969 1970....nice finds.
Yea, Helmets have a 5 to 6 year shelf life, your not supposed to use them after that as the material gets brittle over time. That rear tine till is great good find on that one. I have been on the look out for one of those jacks, hoping to find one at flea market or garage sale the one I have is not all that great so its time for a new one well new to me. :)
i have the same mower, massive issues with this mower on starting.. one of your previous videos you mentioned to pull the main jet from the center of the carb and inspect the small jet holes and they were plugged bad and it just refused to start.. it was a nightmare i actually ended up with 7 of these exact same mowers with the exact same issues and the same repair fixed them all had 7 fixed cleaned the same day =D i now have a 6.5 honda self propelled with a spare 6.5 motor that run flawless that the only way to start was to use ether before the fix.
Not saying you didn't get it later but bending a needle tip right at the end to stick down the jet throat to push through the idle jet hole or ptting a screw in end of the main jet hole and blowing air in the other end to blow out the clog in the idle jet port! Just a thought!
A tip on those Honda's Mustie1, get a tip cleaner set for torches (WYPO makes my favorite sets) and the 2nd finest one on the set fits those idle circuit orifices perfectly, then blow it out and they are returned to like new, they also work on everything else, and there is a size for everything on most carbs-super handy. But also with those Honda carbs I've had good luck with soaking them down with Gunk Heavy Duty Degreaser, and letting them set for a few hrs., then running them for awhile.
I had a Honda walk behind that I bought brand new in year 2000. It ran perfect for 18 years then the deck rusted through. I had patched it a couple times over the years, and I’m pretty careful with my stuff as far a maintenance and cleaning. But I gave it to my sister in law to take to her country summer cottage. Still runs and mows that little patch of grass. I mow about two acres so I need a decent mower.
I like your vw just like it is. Some people would knock off all that great patina and make it look like all the other boring "restored" vdubs. That one is just perfect.
Ive had the surging problem with small engines with the carbs that have no adjustment. When they are new they work fine but once the engine has some wear thats when the problem starts. These engines are set to EPA regs ( In Canada) and the way to fix it ( with the carb cleaned ) is to take a drill bit that fits in the jet holes ( main and the idle) and make it a couple thousands bigger to allow more fuel and that usually works.
Honda carbs are pretty much designed to be throw-aways. I bought a new one for $20 at my local shop, had it installed in five minutes. It didn’t even need to be adjusted. Mower runs good as new now. Thanks to Mustie1 for giving me the courage to work on my own equipment.
I’ve had and sold quite a few of them. They are hard to get rid of that surge. I did read that the thermowax choke actuator might be the cause, or the idle jet like you said.
I had the same problem I mixed fuel cleaner with fuel run it for 10 minutes and the surging was completely gone after that, maybe I got lucky, but when I got it from my grandparents it was only running with full choke on, cleaned it with carb cleaner it fixed the choke problem but had the same surging on idle as in the video, they always left the fuel in it trough the winter.
My dad rebuilt his Troy-Bilt Horse. He gave me numbers and I was trying to find parts and just couldn't. I did a lot of digging around the internet and found out they had names and by the looks of my dad's tiller it was a Horse. It is from the 70's. Bought gears and bearings and seals and tills like new.
That was a fast turn around :-D, i bet the new owner can get a carb for the millions of china made copys of honda mowers, cheap fix :-D I have a frends techumse mower, it has carb problems too, it wont stay running and hard to start, but some of the cleanable bits are behind welch plugs so its repair kit time lol. Motorbike carbs never seemed as hard to clean.
My father-in-law bought a new Honda mower about a year ago. He went with Honda because of the name. But frankly, it's had some problems. A few weeks after getting it, it began to surge some and miss once it was warmed up. The dealer was able to fix the surging, but the missing is still there, though it is better. Then 2 weeks ago the transmission went out after being used maybe 15 times total in the last year. Thank goodness of extended warranties. I'll stick with my Troy-Bilt, Briggs powered mower. No Hondas in my future.
This is an older video, but just what I need. I found a probably stolen mower like this in a rental property. The linkage to the carb makes it pretty tough to mount the carb. . Hopefully I can figure it out from your mower
Hey I know this video was made a long time ago but, if you read this I have some thing for you to try . The product is purplepower. We bought a house that was heavy smoker owned and the porplepower cleaned the deep tar out of the walls. You would not believe how much black tar was running down the wals with little effort. Give it a try and by the way I enjoy your videos' Thanks
I also had that same issue on a Husqvarna with Honda. After kitting the carb twice, I got on eBay and ordered a new aftermarket carb for $16 bucks. It purrs now.
One small suggestion about lawn mower restorations -- I know from my own experience that sometimes lawn diseases (e.g., powdery mildew) live and grow on the underside of lawn mowers' decks. So do the next prospective owner a favor and spray some soap (or Lysol) and water on the underside of the lawn mower's deck to kill any diseases.
I've found that you can rod through the air passage in some carbs using 10 amp fuse wire. Hard to find these days as everyone has circuit breakers instead.
My rider has exactly the same problem. I've torn the carb apart and cleaned it but it still hunts unless I choke it down. Since it's a 20hp Kohler engine a new carb won't be cheap.
I had that idle occilation before.. there is a spring in the throttle linkage that is worn and stretched..I used a cable tie to tighten the spring it WILL idle perfect
I enjoy watching your videos and wanted to thank you because you have helped me fix my lawn mower.
Same issue with my Honda HRS216. Cleaned old carb and had some hunting, then learned that a new carb is less than $14.00 shipped to my door, Replaced carb and runs perfect !
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Farmall_Cub_in_Columbia Honda carbs are cheap to replace, I had the same issue
Any idea where to get a piston ring kit? Mine is burning oil
ShartingFish go to ereplacement parts. Look up your engine model via the number embossed on the side of the engine. You may have to remove the shroud. Find your part number, then shop online, or at a Honda repair shop near you. Generally, not expensive. The local Honda motorcycle shop can order mine, but it may take a week.
Then watch some videos non how it’s done.
jim s awesome thanks for the info
I wish I never started watching your videos. Now I'm cruising the city looking for garage sales to buy mowers. I have made some great profit but my wife is mad because her parking space in the garage is now full of mowers and snow blowers.
And you stink like bad gas all the time too I bet haha XD
Good on you keep the good work up
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Thanks for the videos, been years since I got my hands greasy. I'm re-learning things I've forgotten.
its been years since mine were clean
LOL!
Love these old vids in your garage Mustie
Our family has a tiller of that era and it leaks all of the gear oil out by the next time you want to use it, but you fill it back up and then do your days work and check it each day you're gonna use it and it's been a champ. Tilled a decent sized garden the last few years and yeah, good stuff. I am the younger generation, but i'm starting to love these small engines more and more lol.
pump grease into it
Thank you so much for explaining how and why they hunt like that. I've never understood that I thought it was an idle circuit and totally separate.
Had this problem first time I ever cleaned a Honda Carb out and I used a micro drill bit and drilled out the main jet which was completely stopped up . It was one of those do or die things and it ran perfect after I micro drilled it out .
by the way, love watching your videos mustie, I wish I had your knowledge in anything mechanical. a pleasure to watch.
Appreciate the tip with the micro drills, I can't work out the tricky catch on the lid but thanks for the heads up
This is why I am watching your 'back issues' of Mustie1 Video Magazine. When you do my lawnmower, I have added interest and gain a little more knowledge.
I applaud your channel. I worked for the DOD fo 37 years. If they needed a new jet, did the DOD scrap it? No. They fixed or upgraded it. If they needed a new chopper, did they scrap the old one? No. They fixed it. It’s only the suppliers of parts that make repairing machines beyond economic repair.
Hmmm....I never knew you shouldn’t screw the dip stick back in, when you’re checking the oil on these Honda’s. I just learned something new. Thanks!
Finally someone who could explain the rev/die problem thanks!
I've got a 5.5 Honda mower engine on a craftsman frame , love the Honda engine, simplicity is what Honda was thinking when they made that engine, it has a timing belt which keeps the valve noise to a minimum, worked at a sears mower shop for 5 yrsthat's where I got my Honda/craftsman set-up. keep the video's coming
Hi, love the videos, keep em coming.I didnt think i would be able to teach you anything new but a little tip for you- the little carb idle screw with the anti tamper top you snapped while trying to cut it- just heat the top of it with a soldering iron and they pull straight off.Hope that might help you in the future.Regards matt
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Truth and law are on our side
@@СветланаИстиновская The Federation has not lived up to the Minsk agreement, therefore, all previous agreements about security have been nullified. Law is not on your side. Ukraine should have kept one nuclear weapon. And this would not happen. After all, Kallingrad has nuclear weapons on NATO borders. Not the other way around. Propoganda from Kremlin.
Really enjoyed this video. Even at $60, the new owner can slap a $15 Chinese carb on it and it's still a good deal.
Actually you can get them for like 10 bucks, but who's counting, right.....lol
Mustie, you mentioned that someone older might buy the tiller. That will be true because the younger generations are NOT going to have a garden to till in the first place. :)
+jbmbanter Hey! I'd have a garden to till if I could afford to own a place where I could PUT a garden.
I'm stuck buying fresh veggies from the farmer's market.
FrankTheCat I guess you are of the younger generation who really enjoys watching something that you planted grow. I'm a little older and also do not have a garden spot so I'm stuck like you with farmers market produce. But, my Dad who is gone now always had a 'tilled' garden and made wonderful vegetables for us. I still long for his garden grown tomatoes. Even those tomatoes you buy at the farmers market are nowhere as close to being as good as his. Since you have the interest I hope that in the future you have a spot to till!!! :)
+jbmbanter Look up "global buckets planter." Two five gallon buckets, some PVC pipe, some drillin' and cuttin' and you've got a nice little planter for a container garden. I've got a yard...but being an ex-cotton field...the soil is wore-out hard clay so I garden in buckets like those... Works great!
kd5byb Thanks kd, I will Google it in a few minutes.
jbmbanter I'm 42 and I plant one every year
I have a similar problem with a lawnmower I recently picked, but it occasionally misses, though it cuts grass fine and runs well and being a self propelled mower, I think I am going to do the same thing and sell it with cautions. Good deal for a Honda and the new owner may be willing to spend the money for a new carburetor. Some great deals, especially with the rototiller.
That was so cool to see the Muntz tape player. I bought that exact model before a got my first car and used it in the house on a power supply. Muntz stereo stores started in CA. as far as I know. I paid like $90 for it in '69 or '70. By the way, it is both a 4 and 8 track player.
Wow! This is crazy how you find all this equipment for such a low cost! I wish I could find stuff like this. Great video man, keep up the good work!
AlexMoto I go to the SWAP MEETS all over here in Florida and brother, it's a gold mine of small engine goodies....I score more chainsaws, mowers, edgers from folks begging you to haul it away for $5.00, $10.00
, that's not the case here on central Alabama. People wants a fortune for their non running mowers. Either that or they repair them ,and they want them repaired for nothing
The actions of our Commander-in-Chief Vladimir Putin depend on a written response from the United States. If Russia's demands to strengthen our national security are not met, then the option of launching a preventive missile attack on the US Nevada test site is possible. Действовия нашего Главнокомандующего В.В.Путина, зависят от письменного ответа США. Если не будут выполнены требования России по укреплению нашей национальной безопасности, тогда возможен вариант нанесения привентивного ракетного удара по полигону Невада США.
You're absolutely correct Musto: the idle circuit augments all positions of the carburetor and engine speeds. It is crucial for the entire rpm operation range. Setting the base timing, valve clearance and idle-speed/mixture and a fresh air filter?....everything else follows (two stroke, four stroke, v-8 or moped). Yeah, you can get it close (by ear), but if you want it to be EXACTLY the way that it designed: you gotta have a $15 tachometer. If the engine doesn't want to IDLE (or give snappy throttle response) that indicates that something else is WRONG! ...or yir engine is getting old/worn. At that point , we accept its age and gitter going...EXACTLY THE WAY THAT YOU DELINEATED IN YOUR VIDEOS! I don't have massive yards, or a professional landscaping business: which require cordless, gas powered tools, that can run for hours without stopping. So I'm shifting to all battery powered equipment. Hey, they were punks at first, but they ROCK now.
Some carbs just won't come back, but what I use in my ultrasonic cleaner is a mixture of simple green and white vinegar 50/50 mix, then once it's clean, say 3x480 cycles then I put it in a bath of cold pinesol and water, let it cool down then rinse with hot water, then blow it out with compressor air, works every time.... Great video.
So that's why my snowblower hunt's unless I run partial choke. Love your video's. I learn ton's of good stuff. You explain things very well.
Great buy. The only way the tiller & mower could have been a better deal is if he paid you to take it. I have found a few good buys between 20 to 100. The worst buy was a lawn tractor for 350. It ran ok at this guys house for about 25 minutes. When I got it home it smokes like crazy & had other issues. It became a great source for videos.
If I had to guess, that mower is $300+ new, so $60 is a steal--issues or no. I've got the same mower in the self-propelled version and it refuses to die. Thanks for taking us on the journey, Mustie.
2-stroke mix in the hole - great! People say pour into carb, but if that is blocked it won't get through! So thanks for that!
Wow. No one ever throws out a rototiller. Grab it! Anything marked Honda, grab it!
Hey Mustie, Honda looks like a GCV135/165, bullet proof motor, will run forever. Experts. Recon in UK don't leave fuel more than 1 month otherwise the fuel is wasted. Keep wrenching my friend. Kindest regards from Bonnie Scotland . Joe.
Just ran into this oscillation problem on an old 12hp briggs rider. Turned out to be a weak return spring for the governor was causing the butterfly to open and close too easily. . Replaced it with one off a like motor and problem solved !
HONESTO UNO could I get some more info on what kind of mower it is?
HONESTO UNO have you tried replacing the spark plug, it sounds like when it gets hot you aren’t getting a good burn.
HONESTO UNO did you check the strength of the spark when hot? If the coil is going bad.
remove the spark plug from the engine, and plug it back into the wire, and rest it against something metal in the engine, then Get a friend to hold the lever, and pull the pull start like he normally would to start it. The spark should be blue or white, but if it is yellow then the coil could be going bad
@HONESTO UNO Does it have that auto choke controlled by the wax capsule? If so, that could be your problem. They start hard when the engine is warm yet they haven't been run in more than a few minutes. The wax has not hardened back up to close the choke because the exterior of the engine is still warm enough.
I know this is an old video but i wish i had seen it two weeks ago. I have a GCV160 that i cleaned the carb on a dozen times if not more and it would not stop doing that surge. Drove me nuts! $10.00 and two weeks later a new genuine honda carb from ebay solved it. Other people must have this problem, cost effective repair for long time owner but resale prob not. So if your a person out there with a honda and it does this, try cleaning it once and if it still does it. Just get a new carburettor. Save your sanity!
Best explanation I've ever heard on the function of the fuel jets! Much thanks.
My dad use to have a troy built tiller like that. One day it started running running rough and leaking oil everywhere. Tore it down and the block was cracked. Wasn't run low on oil, maybe overheated as it tilled a large 80X40 garden. I was really impressed it still had enough compression to fire.
I've had a couple of hondas where no matter what happens it just wont run or run right! You do what you can.
You have a great job,and seem to be good at it,I love the deals you seem to find,you should write a book on how you find all these deals
Ive been looking back at your vids I may have missed This is a good one ! That tiller is awesome.
I like WD-40 in my carburetor USC, If the carb sits for awhile after cleaning there is no water caused corrosion. Also that limiter on the idle jet is easily removed with a little heat, it's glued on. Thanks for your video and nice yard sale buys!
Nice example of making lemonade out of a lemon. Just because it doesn't run perfectly, this video shows that a mower is still quite usable in an imperfect condition. The new owner would have done well to invest in a new carb and would still have a bargain.
very cool and helpful. i have a pressure washer i bought for free 99. Got the same problem. It vexed the old owner and vexed me for a year now. I have a new place to start. Thanks
Thanks! I almost bought a pulsing lawn tractor. I knew it had a problem but now I know where it had the problem!
Mustie, I envy you. No one here in the south ever leaves free mower finds out here on their yards. They give those to their friends and someone figures out if it’s not the plug or the coil, it’s the carb!
These Honda lawn mowers have a sort of capsule that is filled with wax and controls the choke. It can be finicky at times. If you read the owner's manual it even states that the engine may be hard to start when it is warm, yet has been sitting for awhile.
Toro's auto choke system seems funky as well but it relies on both the engine fan and a thermal spring, so they work together regardless of engine temp.
I found a Honda in the trash last year, cleaned the carb and everything seemed to be fine. It seemed to have a really heavy crank though, starting was different (IE, heavier) in comparison to other mowers, or so I felt.
I picked up a 4-cycle Ryobi with the weed whacker and shredder/bagger attachment. Replaced the primer bulb and fuel filter/lines..after about a minute, the muffler and engine block start to smoke. Can't tell i it's burning off crap or burning up the piston. Did a valve adjustment, but still having the issue. Don't have much into it but don't want to burn it up either. Hopefully, you'll video your Ryobi run through...great vids.
Troy-Bilt Pony. Little brother to the Horse. Great for smaller gardens. Serial number will tell you the year but that looks like a mid 90's unit.
Worth closer to $400.00 (The new version of it sells for over $1,000.00)
Hi Mustie - Just another comment on the Honda lawnmower, heat from a soldering iron applied to the idle mixture screw limiter will melt the glue and allow it to easily lift off.
At 26:42 watch a Spider come out of the mower, run toward the right corner of the lift and web its way to the floor. Funny I'll bet he left tiny little spider turds all the way back to the mower.
Absolutely love your vids. I always watch one when I go to bed. Got to finish my day with a little education from mustie1. Thanks for sharing and please keep em coming. And I will always deliver a bid thumbs up.
Great job on the yard sale scores and great video tutorial on the Honda carbs.
Good to finally have some T shirt weather in NH for ya !!
My mower has pretty much the same Honda engine on it. (Except auto choke and fixed throttle) I got some crud in the gas the 3rd time I used it and had to tear the carb off and clean it. Seeing you work on this one will definitely help next time I work on it. I guess they're supposed to have valve clearance checked once a year. I haven't gotten to that yet. :)
I had a Honda lawn mower given to me by the neighbor. She said she thought the engine had seized up. It turns out it had 4 inches of grass crusted up under the deck. The grass was jamming up the blade after it dried enough to pull away from the deck. I filled a pail with dried up grass clippings that had plastered into the deck.
I bought a Honda mower a couple of years ago. Firs, it takes a few pulls to start, especially if you stop to empty the bag. Second, I HATE variable speed mowers - I prefer a mower you can just select the speed on like mowers of old. Honda wheels are way too small. So last week I pulled my old Snapper with a Briggs engine out of the shed, put away with an empty tank two years ago. IT STARTED ON THE FIRST PULL. I was blown away and it is much easier to walk behind and doesn't leave a path like a drunk was behind it.
Man I love the videos and you really inspire me to tap even more into my mechanical side, I always loved working on stuff but now I want to even more, tonight I tore an entire stick edger down to the piston because it was old and broken, thank you and keep up the good work
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That is a Troy Built Pony. 5HP. It may have a Tecumseh engine on it. I would like to see you work it! I am sure that OSHA is not going to check your helmets. They are supposed to have manufacture dates stamped inside some where. You got 3 good helmets. Enjoy your videos.
Really enjoy your videos. If the smaller passages in the idle jet get clogged, can you unplug..... as I’m writing this you hauled out a group is small drill bits.....lol. Enough said.
I had a honda mower given to me, all the cables are frozen, my only recourse is to buy some universal type that you cut to length and then make your own retainers. I hit goodwill twice a week and love yard sales. I buy up tons of small engine stuff and to be honest, most people give me stuff all the time. In the middle of the winter, my neighbor gave me another weed eater.
I learn a lot watching your video's , Thanks!
Nice video Darren, can't wait to see tiller repair.
Jim
I work at a dental clinic that used to do root canals. The dental clinic no longer does root canals so I have a drawer with a couple hundred new unused root canal files. They would be excellent tools for opening up carb jets.They don't need a pin vise to hold them as they have knobs molded onto them. I would gladly send them to you if you want them.
It amazes me with your constant projects that you can keep your shop so clean and organized, I must try that someday, lol.
I clean carbs with PB Blaster, I find harsh cleaners just harden the gunk, PB and Mystery Oil loosen it up, soak them in a yogurt cup or the like.
l like to start each morning with picking up a bit, then it wont get out of control
Check for wear in the carburetor throttle butterfly shaft. I have fixed many small engines that hunted by changing the carburetor throttle butterfly shaft with one that had less wear. I've even made them on my lathe.
New cabie $14 from Wuhan China.
Does it come with complimentary bio-warfare? I dont want to order anything from china anymore, mostly bc of import charges though.
wow!! thats a muntz blue light 8 track! top of the line back in day...from southern calif.......i didnt know they were being reproduced.... i still have my original from back around 1969 1970....nice finds.
Yea, Helmets have a 5 to 6 year shelf life, your not supposed to use them after that as the material gets brittle over time. That rear tine till is great good find on that one. I have been on the look out for one of those jacks, hoping to find one at flea market or garage sale the one I have is not all that great so its time for a new one well new to me. :)
i have the same mower, massive issues with this mower on starting.. one of your previous videos you mentioned to pull the main jet from the center of the carb and inspect the small jet holes and they were plugged bad and it just refused to start.. it was a nightmare i actually ended up with 7 of these exact same mowers with the exact same issues and the same repair fixed them all had 7 fixed cleaned the same day =D i now have a 6.5 honda self propelled with a spare 6.5 motor that run flawless that the only way to start was to use ether before the fix.
Not saying you didn't get it later but bending a needle tip right at the end to stick down the jet throat to push through the idle jet hole or ptting a screw in end of the main jet hole and blowing air in the other end to blow out the clog in the idle jet port! Just a thought!
A tip on those Honda's Mustie1, get a tip cleaner set for torches (WYPO makes my favorite sets) and the 2nd finest one on the set fits those idle circuit orifices perfectly, then blow it out and they are returned to like new, they also work on everything else, and there is a size for everything on most carbs-super handy. But also with those Honda carbs I've had good luck with soaking them down with Gunk Heavy Duty Degreaser, and letting them set for a few hrs., then running them for awhile.
Oxy acetylene torch head cleaners he is talking about.
I had a Honda walk behind that I bought brand new in year 2000. It ran perfect for 18 years then the deck rusted through. I had patched it a couple times over the years, and I’m pretty careful with my stuff as far a maintenance and cleaning. But I gave it to my sister in law to take to her country summer cottage. Still runs and mows that little patch of grass. I mow about two acres so I need a decent mower.
I like this guys video. He really seems to know his stuff.
I like your vw just like it is. Some people would knock off all that great patina and make it look like all the other boring "restored" vdubs. That one is just perfect.
Good job , I use to work of them also , New ones anymore are just like Bic lighters disposable !
Ive had the surging problem with small engines with the carbs that have no adjustment. When they are new they work fine but once the engine has some wear thats when the problem starts. These engines are set to EPA regs ( In Canada) and the way to fix it ( with the carb cleaned ) is to take a drill bit that fits in the jet holes ( main and the idle) and make it a couple thousands bigger to allow more fuel and that usually works.
try removing the emultion tube above the main jet and clean it
Uhhhh... He sold it.
Very helpful. Now I know what is wrong when I here the mower no idling correctly
Honda carbs are pretty much designed to be throw-aways. I bought a new one for $20 at my local shop, had it installed in five minutes. It didn’t even need to be adjusted. Mower runs good as new now. Thanks to Mustie1 for giving me the courage to work on my own equipment.
I’ve had and sold quite a few of them. They are hard to get rid of that surge. I did read that the thermowax choke actuator might be the cause, or the idle jet like you said.
Some great buys there. Nice one
I had the same problem I mixed fuel cleaner with fuel run it for 10 minutes and the surging was completely gone after that, maybe I got lucky, but when I got it from my grandparents it was only running with full choke on, cleaned it with carb cleaner it fixed the choke problem but had the same surging on idle as in the video, they always left the fuel in it trough the winter.
My dad rebuilt his Troy-Bilt Horse. He gave me numbers and I was trying to find parts and just couldn't. I did a lot of digging around the internet and found out they had names and by the looks of my dad's tiller it was a Horse. It is from the 70's. Bought gears and bearings and seals and tills like new.
Didn't know why they hunt at idle thanks very much !
That was a fast turn around :-D, i bet the new owner can get a carb for the millions of china made copys of honda mowers, cheap fix :-D
I have a frends techumse mower, it has carb problems too, it wont stay running and hard to start, but some of the cleanable bits are behind welch plugs so its repair kit time lol.
Motorbike carbs never seemed as hard to clean.
That Ryobi is a piece of junk equipment, Honda engines are great. That tiller is a massive beast 💪 love it.
Like your video. I have been using torch files works pretty good on the jets.
My father-in-law bought a new Honda mower about a year ago. He went with Honda because of the name. But frankly, it's had some problems. A few weeks after getting it, it began to surge some and miss once it was warmed up. The dealer was able to fix the surging, but the missing is still there, though it is better. Then 2 weeks ago the transmission went out after being used maybe 15 times total in the last year. Thank goodness of extended warranties. I'll stick with my Troy-Bilt, Briggs powered mower. No Hondas in my future.
+firstmusic00 Where do think Honda get their stuff made? China or Korea.
Yeah baby! You can't beat a Briggs. They just don't die!
Hi this tom I love to watch you I learn so much keep up tom you fan!
You are the garage sale king!
Totally awesome cleaner from the dollar store works great. A friend of mine uses it all the time.
This is an older video, but just what I need. I found a probably stolen mower like this in a rental property. The linkage to the carb makes it pretty tough to mount the carb. . Hopefully I can figure it out from your mower
Picked up this same mower for $20 today. I think the compression is totally shot. Working my way through the issues.
Hey I know this video was made a long time ago but, if you read this I have some thing for you to try . The product is purplepower. We bought a house that was heavy smoker owned and the porplepower cleaned the deep tar out of the walls. You would not believe how much black tar was running down the wals with little effort. Give it a try and by the way I enjoy your videos' Thanks
hi,,looks like my old howard , i,m in uk thjese are like gold dust to a gardener wonderful machines :)
I also had that same issue on a Husqvarna with Honda. After kitting the carb twice, I got on eBay and ordered a new aftermarket carb for $16 bucks. It purrs now.
One small suggestion about lawn mower restorations -- I know from my own experience that sometimes lawn diseases (e.g., powdery mildew) live and grow on the underside of lawn mowers' decks. So do the next prospective owner a favor and spray some soap (or Lysol) and water on the underside of the lawn mower's deck to kill any diseases.
I've found that you can rod through the air passage in some carbs using 10 amp fuse wire. Hard to find these days as everyone has circuit breakers instead.
My rider has exactly the same problem. I've torn the carb apart and cleaned it but it still hunts unless I choke it down. Since it's a 20hp Kohler engine a new carb won't be cheap.
I had that idle occilation before.. there is a spring in the throttle linkage that is worn and stretched..I used a cable tie to tighten the spring it WILL idle perfect
Hey its now a nice project for somebody else.. Saves you for bigger things..
Good video, nice flip for $60.00
Try 0.010 guitar string wire push through jet paths. Works great!
Nice explaination on how idle circuit works
Watch cleaner ,I use for cleaning watch parts i have a smaller scale sonic cleaner but it works.
I bought a Sonic cleaner because of you.😎