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Humor aside, Tayrl Is a skilled knowledgeable mechanic. Can fix anything, even if he gets irritated in the process. Not only did he have to diagnose and get this snowblower running, he had to diagnose and reverse all the DIY "repairs, " Not only did he bring this equipment back alive, he saved something that looks pretty new from going into the dump. Good video and very instructive.
Idk where he's at but 30 an hour is so cheap for this kind of work. I'm 50-75 an hour depending on what it is I'm working on and if it's a mobile or a drop off deal. At 75 an hour, I'm the cheapest small engine guy in my area by far. The shop down the road is 90 an hour and only works on the shit he sells you and the other mobile guy here is 130 an hour.
Taryl, you are definitely a man of much talent and experience. You fix things that most shops won’t touch but probably lost your keester on this one. I’m betting that this was the last one of those that you will ever work on. Hopefully retirement is in the near future since the small engine industry has gone to “throw away” hell.
You have to understand: This is why we love you. You fix "throw away" stuff. Americans buy and charge throw away stuff. You fix what we buy..............
Taryl I feel your pain. In the 45 years in automotive repair, the DYI guys were some of my biggest problems. Even worse were the ones that said the guy down the street that "used to be a mechanic" worked on it!
Taryl, you are one of the few U Tubers to call a bolt by it's actual size and not by the socket size. Try going to your dealer and ask for a 10 mm bolt that holds the carb on. No, it's a 6mm bolt with a 10mm head, not a 10mm bolt.
TARYL,I used to hate when my customers would say,I tried fixing it but I may have made it worse or I couldn't get it back together. Then they would wonder why it cost so much. I would tell them to just bring it in next time,don't try it yourself. Great video Taryl
MTD years ago was great. They are under a lot of pressure to compete with overseas manufactures. It’s a whole new world. My 1974 MTD 524, 5 HP lasted till 2006, with only “wear items” needing replaced.
I have a HUSKEE branded MTD snow thrower brought from Tractor Supply several years ago. It might be a POS to work on but it's heads above the ancient Yard-Man MTD POS I inherited from my Step-father. If I remember correctly it had a 42" auger belt that went from the engine pulley and lever controlled idler/clutch, then around two guide pulleys to turn the corner into the auger housing and finally around the large auger pulley inside the housing. The belt habitually jump the guides and would start burning. I got to the point when I could tell it wasn't working right, I'd loosen the auger and drive units apart enough to slip the belt back into the guides, and start up again. One bad winter I reset the belt several times and had to replaced the broken/worn out belt twice. The winter after my wife let her son-in-law "borrow" it and I never saw it again (He did apologize for "breaking" it, I told him it was broke by the time I got it. I was grateful to not have to try to get it running again.)
Literally have one of these engines in my shop, have to pull everything apart just to work on them! The lawnmower detective part is right on, great idea for a skit there, bring in a "customer" sit him down, then bring out the spot light and interrogate him like the old school detective movies lol who worked on this thing?! Who adjusted the valves??? The more you cooperate, the easier it'll be haha cya next week!
@@R.N.GPerformance thats what happens when your nieghbor uses your machine and he tries to fix it....one $2 screw driver from harbour frieght and everyone's a mechanic.
This was Taryl's best video ever, when that blower started up I actually started cheering like he did. I loved his insight on design flaws and the pitfalls it causes when repairs are needed. The sad part of watching this is that's pretty much the same snowblower I own. Oh, no. I think that snow shovel sales skyrocketed after viewing this video.
I remember a small engine shop where I used to live 20 years ago have a sign that said $60 an hour if you haven't worked on it $100 an hour if you tried to fix it. Or something like that. Man you hit the nail on the head when you said people lie because they do. I often say I don't believe what the people say about the machine because they always hide information
Great show, love watching you fix this stuff, love your comments 😀 love your funny remarks, thanks for all the tips, and great entertainment keep m coming, from one grass rat to another I'm a fan forever 👍😎
They must have looked at those rockers and saw they weren’t making contact with the valves and thought “ no wonder it doesn’t run, better tighten those up”. 😂
There’s a lot to be learned from this video in many regards. I noticed from previous visits that some of the power equipment that Tractor Supply Company now sells has pretty much the same exact engines as what the “Crapsman” snowblower had. When I see the new stuff with those engines, I walk on by unless they have it marked down considerably. The Harbor Freight Predator engines are much better in quality and in price for the dollar. I have known people who would get fighting mad over their Craftsman products when it was mentioned to them that Craftsman was only a rebranding name for products made by some other manufacturer. Craftsman was always very notorious about changing up the specifications of their stuff where you would have to buy parts only from them. The same people who always defended their Craftsman equipment seemed to always really cry the blues when they had to pay the very expensive service charges that Sears charged to service that stuff.
I'm the neighborhood lawn mower small engine guy,, have been for 40 years,, and one of my neighbors brought down a pressure washer with an engine very similar that had bad gas and I took a look at that tightly packed carburetor arrangement all those knobs and that plastic and I said NO SIR... lol
The sound effects make these videos so entertaining, I have no idea why. I’ll never own one of these POS blower’s because it wouldn’t last 1/2 a winter with the amount of snow I have to remove where I live. But now I know how to install a carb on one.
Thoroughly enjoyed the video. You are dead right on - it's Crapsman. MTD makes junk and even using OEM parts doesn't make it any better. Really appreciate the honest, true to life videos you put out.
I understand about customer's lying, giving very little information etc. I work at a new car dealership. I fixed this jerks defroster that required dash removal. He came back a hour after picking it up saying the blower was making noise and it wasn't before. I never touched it, and it was making that noise before. I guess he wanted something for free after paying for 12 hrs of labor he didn't get it.
"The problem was Costner, he can be difficult to work with." Love your channel Taryl. I am a little worried now because I just bought a little MTD LUV Bug riding mower. I didn't realize MTD stood for "Many Troubles Daily." Hoping it will be ok .
Yeah, I got an old, old, MTD with a tecumseh snow king on it. They've gone down hill. Mine has been amazing except for for a non adjustable carb which I swapped for an adjustable one. Starts on the second pull. It's moved decades of MN snow.
Taryl this is your best video yet, and that's saying something! I was laughing and smiling the whole time. This is a fix-it video that I can relate to 100%. This is how things go for me, or maybe it just seems that way. Garbage that is designed to be put together just one time, with practically no thought to the next guy, is the bane of wrenchers everywhere. Turns out you are human Taryl. You get pissed off just like the rest of us!
I’ve never had an issue with these clone engines. They’re very easy to work on. We always referred to MTD as Made To Destruct or Many Technical Difficulties.
Too funny! You guys kill me! I'm with you it is frustrating when you have to try and figure out what the previous guy did to the machine and having to reverse engineer the repair!
Don't forget the engineers other motivation... to make things so hard to repair the owner would rather buy a new one vs pay the labor to fix their engineering disaster. Great video taryl. thank you.
You install the choke knob first, then the throttle knob and gently tap both in all the way in FLUSH. THEN YOU TIGHTEN THE CARB MOUNT. This will help self center the limit tab and choke shaft ferrule on the knob. The knob will bind otherwise. BTW, these engines have real ball bearing supported crankshafts!
When you started to pull out the toys it reminded me when my grandson helped me with my rider. He put pebbles down into the oil. I was fortunate that I saw the oil dip stick loose before I started it. Had him watch as I torn down the engine & rebuild. Then I had to hide my wrenches. LOL Stay safe, Joe Z
Yup, I used to work on aircraft. They put a part in the wing and put the wing skin on when the build it. Then they make a better part and say to change out the old one but now you have to do it through a little access hole. Its like building a ship in a bottle.
I'm a total amateur but worked on a friend's Bolens, with a Powermore engine, from Lowes, that practically took dismantling the entire snowblower, just to access one of the five bolts holding the cover over the carburetor. Took me all weekend. (the belt cover was blocking the bolt and had to remove the blower chute and right wheel to get the belt cover off!) Another friend's 1990s Craftsman, with a Tecumseh engine, and everything in about the same place but only had two screws, right there facing me, and I had it running within a half an hour. Both just need a carb cleaning.
I actually like MTD made products. They’re decent enough for most homeowners and I haven’t had any big issues with them. They’re parts network is huge so that’s a plus in my opinion.
Love this fellow. Tells it like it is. Goofy but knows his stuff and is able to clearly explain how to repair it. great stuff Taryl. What was your fix for the loose gas hose fitting.? Thanks for sharing your extensive knowledge and talent.
I agree. I get rid of the cosmetic stuff. My lawn tractor didn't even have a hood. Made it easier to get the engine on and off the MTD that way. Sears is even worse with their appliances. You have to find out who made it to get parts, and that changes every year.
A MTD tiller was given to me and the owner said it did not run right. A discovery was made the thick air filter gasket was placed under the carbatrator on top of the paper gasket with the small hole; switched the gaskets and it runs decent.. I mean, I checked everything (valve lash, governor linkages, tried a different spark plug), the tiller did not have enough power to pull my pud out of a bucket of lard. Even broke the pull rope trying to get it going after it stalled in my garden.. Have the same snowthrower and have never had any trouble with it in fifteen years, just don't leave gas sitting in the engine. Its a real PITA to work on anything MTD, the new chainsaw I have is another POS, but it cuts wood.
I got a 2 month old Craftsman self-propelled mower with a 150cc OHV briggs motor on it last year, and the guy I got it from threw it out after he couldn't get it running, I tried telling him online that it probably had bad fuel in it, and for some reason he had, changed the spark plug, changed the oil, sprayed a wd-40 like substance in the carb and it got everywhere, I guess he thought that was enough to clean the carb. When I got it oil was leaking from the valve cover, I dumped the fuel out and it was mostly water in the fuel system, then I took the carb apart and blew all the jets out with carb cleaner, but it still wouldn't run. Then I thought to check under the disturbed valve cover and when I was watching the valves trying to find TDC and position them to some point on the power stroke after the compression release to check the valve lash since it was back firing, I noticed that one of the push rods was bent, apparently this guy thought it was a good idea to tighten the rocker down when it wouldn't run and it put so much negative lash on the intake rocker that the push rod had no choice but to bend. So after a new push rod, a new head gasket (I took the head off to inspect to make sure the valves were free and not bent,) and a new blade (they must've mowed gravel with the original) I had a pretty much new mower for about $40 in parts.
can totally relate to that, sometimes it feels like half of my time as a mechanic is fixing other peoples mistakes, had one come in where a timing belt was off by 2 teeth and it was put back together so poorly.. oh.. by the way i fixed the problem with the a/c, they forgot to plug the connector back together lol
I had a mid-90's MTD model 640F snowblower with an 8hp Tecumseh Sno King engine, was not a bad machine, required some maintenance but overall pretty good. Seems like their quality has taken a dive, I heard they eat shear pins as well. Excellent explanation on how these companies build to a price point 👍🏽
SUCCESS! Even though it was a struggle, you were TRIUMPHANT! Dang! I've 🏃♂️ run into the same junk a few times... at first (as with you) I have a positive attitude. But with the combination of multiple problems (the lies, denials, crappy design, junky materials, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE PREVIOUS CLOWNS DID!!!....my head begins to steam!)...I'm amazed that you didn't put it out of its misery. One 12g slug! And told the customer, "Sorry I couldn't fix it. " MTD: Misery-Tribulations-Dysfunction...
I met a guy once that told me he's a designer. I asked him what he designs and he told me "pretty much anything". I asked him if he could design a car. He said "oh yeah, I could do that". He had a program that he uses to design and designs out of his dining room. That's what we're dealing with now. CAD programs and people who've never worked on the stuff they're designing. End results-plastic piles of crap.
Old school draftsman equivalent, but with computer skills, Corporate likes to see how much bang for their buck they can get, but good management takes a back seat to $$$$$$
Not all of them are horrible. Some of those guys used to work out in the shop and then decided to get into design. But yeah, don't trust a guy that says he can design anything. Every machine has their set of special problems to overcome.
@@solidjockey2963 Everyone that designs something should be able to take what he's designed apart and put it back together. Or if it's not designed to be repaired, replaced by the designer. People who came from the repair or assembly side into the design field would know to do that. It's a great subject and something that should be taught in school.
Good to hear the truth about this crap of poorly made stuff. A waste of resources in the long run, there should be a law against making things designed to last short time. I want good quality machinery easy to repair and cheap spare parts easy to get.
i had that same unit for 6 years so far with no issues but i always put it away properly and run seafoam for a tank in the first tank for the winter it really is a decent cheap snowblower on the other hand if you dont put it away correctly you will run into issues when you break it back out for the winter this little unit is a tank for its size and never let me down to bad someone tore into it and made a nightmare for you.
I just got a 1994 MTD/Tecumseh 8/24 for $25. Seemingly also sold as Craftsman and Cub Cadet. Fixed a few things on it and now I'm looking forward to a nice deep snow.
I’ve worked on a bigger newer craftsman/mtd. Just to remove the carburetor was such an annoying task. That thing was designed to be assembled and never taken apart again.
Taryl, I completely feel your pain. I have been an auto mechanic for over 25 years. The new cars are all absolute shit. I swear they are all manufactured by Hasbro or Mattel with all their plastics and computers networked to run windows, raidos, engines, transmissions. One thing is certain...no matter which brand you own..they are all plastic overpriced junk that breaks.
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Humor aside, Tayrl Is a skilled knowledgeable mechanic. Can fix anything, even if he gets irritated in the process. Not only did he have to diagnose and get this snowblower running, he had to diagnose and reverse all the DIY "repairs, " Not only did he bring this equipment back alive, he saved something that looks pretty new from going into the dump. Good video and very instructive.
Slippers is so good at little Timmy voice!!! Makes me laugh..you guys are great!
Tarryl’s labor rate:
$30/hr
$50/hr if you watch
$75/hr if you help
$150/hr if you took it apart first
I used to double my bill for pre-repaired items. then point out the bill would have been half if their brothers kid hadn't started the work?
MTD $500/hr ...that costs more than I paid...take a hint!
Idk where he's at but 30 an hour is so cheap for this kind of work. I'm 50-75 an hour depending on what it is I'm working on and if it's a mobile or a drop off deal. At 75 an hour, I'm the cheapest small engine guy in my area by far. The shop down the road is 90 an hour and only works on the shit he sells you and the other mobile guy here is 130 an hour.
I sent Taryl a box of legos he'll have a lot more fun with them...
@@guyina4x499 The question mark really finishes this comment beautifully.
Taryl, you are definitely a man of much talent and experience. You fix things that most shops won’t touch but probably lost your keester on this one. I’m betting that this was the last one of those that you will ever work on. Hopefully retirement is in the near future since the small engine industry has gone to “throw away” hell.
In 5-10 years their won’t be any gas powered outdoor equipment let alone cars. But, I’ve been saying that about 2 strokes for 25 years now.
You have to understand: This is why we love you. You fix "throw away" stuff. Americans buy and charge throw away stuff. You fix what we buy..............
I think little Johnny helped design that machine.
Taryl I feel your pain. In the 45 years in automotive repair, the DYI guys were some of my biggest problems. Even worse were the ones that said the guy down the street that "used to be a mechanic" worked on it!
Taryl, you are one of the few U Tubers to call a bolt by it's actual size and not by the socket size. Try going to your dealer and ask for a 10 mm bolt that holds the carb on. No, it's a 6mm bolt with a 10mm head, not a 10mm bolt.
TARYL,I used to hate when my customers would say,I tried fixing it but I may have made it worse or I couldn't get it back together. Then they would wonder why it cost so much. I would tell them to just bring it in next time,don't try it yourself. Great video Taryl
I could hear Taryl cussing during the commercials
MTD years ago was great. They are under a lot of pressure to compete with overseas manufactures. It’s a whole new world. My 1974 MTD 524, 5 HP lasted till 2006, with only “wear items” needing replaced.
I am reluctant to work on anything that has been previously "fixed"!
Toby, I learned my lesson last week. Customer brought in a Toro snowblower in pieces. Never again.
A little knowledge is a dan gerus thing.
I have a HUSKEE branded MTD snow thrower brought from Tractor Supply several years ago. It might be a POS to work on but it's heads above the ancient Yard-Man MTD POS I inherited from my Step-father. If I remember correctly it had a 42" auger belt that went from the engine pulley and lever controlled idler/clutch, then around two guide pulleys to turn the corner into the auger housing and finally around the large auger pulley inside the housing. The belt habitually jump the guides and would start burning. I got to the point when I could tell it wasn't working right, I'd loosen the auger and drive units apart enough to slip the belt back into the guides, and start up again. One bad winter I reset the belt several times and had to replaced the broken/worn out belt twice. The winter after my wife let her son-in-law "borrow" it and I never saw it again (He did apologize for "breaking" it, I told him it was broke by the time I got it. I was grateful to not have to try to get it running again.)
Literally have one of these engines in my shop, have to pull everything apart just to work on them! The lawnmower detective part is right on, great idea for a skit there, bring in a "customer" sit him down, then bring out the spot light and interrogate him like the old school detective movies lol who worked on this thing?! Who adjusted the valves??? The more you cooperate, the easier it'll be haha cya next week!
great idea very funny😂🤣😅
I am sorry to hear of the loss of your friend may he rest in peace love the show keep up the good work
The dislike on this video is probably the snow blower owner 😂
Well, and MTD too.....
lol , yep . Looks like whoever worked on that before threw a temper tantrum .
@@pyralux01 lol
@@R.N.GPerformance thats what happens when your nieghbor uses your machine and he tries to fix it....one $2 screw driver from harbour frieght and everyone's a mechanic.
@@jeffwilson1693 thats truth 😂
This was Taryl's best video ever, when that blower started up I actually started cheering like he did. I loved his insight on design flaws and the pitfalls it causes when repairs are needed. The sad part of watching this is that's pretty much the same snowblower I own. Oh, no. I think that snow shovel sales skyrocketed after viewing this video.
I remember a small engine shop where I used to live 20 years ago have a sign that said $60 an hour if you haven't worked on it $100 an hour if you tried to fix it. Or something like that. Man you hit the nail on the head when you said people lie because they do. I often say I don't believe what the people say about the machine because they always hide information
Absolutely brilliant.P.O.S. Classic. I can’t live without you at the moment Taryl
Great show, love watching you fix this stuff, love your comments 😀 love your funny remarks, thanks for all the tips, and great entertainment keep m coming, from one grass rat to another I'm a fan forever 👍😎
Taryl, I don’t think that most cheap equipment is designed to be disassembled for maintenance and repair. You are amazingly patient.
They must have looked at those rockers and saw they weren’t making contact with the valves and thought “ no wonder it doesn’t run, better tighten those up”. 😂
There’s a lot to be learned from this video in many regards. I noticed from previous visits that some of the power equipment that Tractor Supply Company now sells has pretty much the same exact engines as what the “Crapsman” snowblower had.
When I see the new stuff with those engines, I walk on by unless they have it marked down considerably. The Harbor Freight Predator engines are much better in quality and in price for the dollar. I have known people who would get fighting mad over their Craftsman products when it was mentioned to them that Craftsman was only a rebranding name for products made by some other manufacturer. Craftsman was always very notorious about changing up the specifications of their stuff where you would have to buy parts only from them. The same people who always defended their Craftsman equipment seemed to always really cry the blues when they had to pay the very expensive service charges that Sears charged to service that stuff.
I'm the neighborhood lawn mower small engine guy,, have been for 40 years,, and one of my neighbors brought down a pressure washer with an engine very similar that had bad gas and I took a look at that tightly packed carburetor arrangement all those knobs and that plastic and I said NO SIR... lol
Lived in Florida my whole life. Never even seen a snow blower. Thanks to Taryl I can fix one. 😁😁
Thats one of your best videos because thats how it really works.
Speaking the truth about customers and lies. I appreciate you showing this side of the industry.
The sound effects make these videos so entertaining, I have no idea why.
I’ll never own one of these POS blower’s because it wouldn’t last 1/2 a winter with the amount of snow I have to remove where I live.
But now I know how to install a carb on one.
Thoroughly enjoyed the video. You are dead right on - it's Crapsman. MTD makes junk and even using OEM parts doesn't make it any better. Really appreciate the honest, true to life videos you put out.
Out of all your videos, I think this was one of my favorites! As a fellow mechanic, I can relate!
Thanks for the outtakes, I always get a kick out of them. I would imagine you guys have a lot of fun making these videos.
Great job TFA. You are a 1000% right they don't make things like in the 50's 60's 70's. That's long gone
I always thought MTD stood for Made to Die haha.
Mowers That Die
Minutes Till Destruction
Corporate.... Militantly Tyrannical Despots
Mostly time delays
I understand about customer's lying, giving very little information etc. I work at a new car dealership. I fixed this jerks defroster that required dash removal. He came back a hour after picking it up saying the blower was making noise and it wasn't before. I never touched it, and it was making that noise before. I guess he wanted something for free after paying for 12 hrs of labor he didn't get it.
Looks like Johhny was playin with Gwandpas pistol while he was "fixin" that snow thrower.
Looks like grampa was trying to put that fine machine out of its misery but missed and only injured it.
Stickers.
i saw the 'bullet hole" sticker on there. hahaha into the trash it goes!
Always love your content!! Very knowledgeable and informational! Thank you
"The problem was Costner, he can be difficult to work with." Love your channel Taryl. I am a little worried now because I just bought a little MTD LUV Bug riding mower. I didn't realize MTD stood for "Many Troubles Daily." Hoping it will be ok .
MTD to me always stood for “Minutes Till Destruction”
Major Turd Design.....
Many Technical Difficulties, Made To Destruct, etc.
Little Johnny is a spooky little dude
Yeah he bears a resemblance to slippers. Maybe he is a slippers love child.🤔😄
he needs to shave too
@@TuttleScott lmfao
Maybe so but hes got a nice upper plate
Yeah, I got an old, old, MTD with a tecumseh snow king on it. They've gone down hill. Mine has been amazing except for for a non adjustable carb which I swapped for an adjustable one. Starts on the second pull. It's moved decades of MN snow.
They are talented guys, awesome musicians too.
Taryl this is your best video yet, and that's saying something! I was laughing and smiling the whole time. This is a fix-it video that I can relate to 100%. This is how things go for me, or maybe it just seems that way. Garbage that is designed to be put together just one time, with practically no thought to the next guy, is the bane of wrenchers everywhere. Turns out you are human Taryl. You get pissed off just like the rest of us!
I’ve never had an issue with these clone engines. They’re very easy to work on. We always referred to MTD as Made To Destruct or Many Technical Difficulties.
Taryl tells all......mtd, crapsman, scrub cadet, etc.....MTD makes all. GREAT VIDEO.
Too funny! You guys kill me! I'm with you it is frustrating when you have to try and figure out what the previous guy did to the machine and having to reverse engineer the repair!
Nice of those guys to send you that knee pad. I have bad knees and it hurt just watching before. You're a hard working guy and you deserve it.
Never used to use knee pads. Am paying for it now, But I have knee pads now and use them.
Lol I feel you pain Taryl:) Great skit as usual, you guys rock. Best channel on UA-cam as far as I’m concerned.
LOL! Little Johnny bloopers! Hahaha.
Many troubles daily. MTD funny!!!!!!!!!!! Love the channel.
Don't forget the engineers other motivation... to make things so hard to repair the owner would rather buy a new one vs pay the labor to fix their engineering disaster. Great video taryl. thank you.
Engineers WILL design whatever CORPORATE dictates...now I might agree that they're incentivized , as are the designers...JUST PLAIN SCHISTY
M.T.D. =. Mad Taryl Dactyl.... hahaha, great show Taryl, keep up the great content guys!!! :):)
I know how difficult that job was. Never wanna' fix someone's Basket Case. You done good Taryl. Little Johnny is off to the Space Force.
You install the choke knob first, then the throttle knob and gently tap both in all the way in FLUSH. THEN YOU TIGHTEN THE CARB MOUNT. This will help self center the limit tab and choke shaft ferrule on the knob. The knob will bind otherwise. BTW, these engines have real ball bearing supported crankshafts!
When you started to pull out the toys it reminded me when my grandson helped me with my rider. He put pebbles down into the oil. I was fortunate that I saw the oil dip stick loose before I started it. Had him watch as I torn down the engine & rebuild. Then I had to hide my wrenches. LOL
Stay safe, Joe Z
My son put a water hose in honda 350 side exhaust size up the engine
@@bobberger918 They ( our younger ones----sometimes the older ones as well ) definitely keep us on our toes. LOL
Stay well, Joe Z
Yup, I used to work on aircraft. They put a part in the wing and put the wing skin on when the build it. Then they make a better part and say to change out the old one but now you have to do it through a little access hole. Its like building a ship in a bottle.
The Harder you hit that machine the better it runs. I love watching this guy. He Kills
Working behind other technicians is the hardest part of my job, so I know exactly how you feel Taryl.... love your videos
I don’t know why but when the motor starts I laugh every time! I think I feel the same way.
MTD: Mad Taryl Dactal. Great job as usual Taryl, Wooooooooooooooooooo!
Hey taryl good morning your videos keep getting better and better stay safe God bless you and yours
I'm a total amateur but worked on a friend's Bolens, with a Powermore engine, from Lowes, that practically took dismantling the entire snowblower, just to access one of the five bolts holding the cover over the carburetor. Took me all weekend. (the belt cover was blocking the bolt and had to remove the blower chute and right wheel to get the belt cover off!)
Another friend's 1990s Craftsman, with a Tecumseh engine, and everything in about the same place but only had two screws, right there facing me, and I had it running within a half an hour.
Both just need a carb cleaning.
Love the video. Even while mad Taryl is hilarious! Keep up the great work!
I actually like MTD made products. They’re decent enough for most homeowners and I haven’t had any big issues with them. They’re parts network is huge so that’s a plus in my opinion.
Love this fellow. Tells it like it is. Goofy but knows his stuff and is able to clearly explain how to repair it. great stuff Taryl. What was your fix for the loose gas hose fitting.? Thanks for sharing your extensive knowledge and talent.
You guys are the best actors ever! Incredible scripts also. I was riveted!
You guys are the best, always make me laugh and always learn something, my favorite UA-cam channel by far.
Loved the outtakes. Keep up the great videos Taryl.....👍👍👍
I agree. I get rid of the cosmetic stuff. My lawn tractor didn't even have a hood. Made it easier to get the engine on and off the MTD that way. Sears is even worse with their appliances. You have to find out who made it to get parts, and that changes every year.
Little Jonny is the best! By far!
I bet that the customer could have bought a new crappy machine for about $20 more than he paid you. Great video as always!
Customers should never lie. The repairman asks the questions to aid in the repair, not to embarrass you.
It's good to see that you are actually "normal", first time i've seen you frustated working on a piece of equipment. I'm glad i'm not alone.
Bowling Ball and Ewok Village Play Set...split my side laughing on that one.
One of your best Taryl.
Great to see a man speak the truth.
A MTD tiller was given to me and the owner said it did not run right. A discovery was made the thick air filter gasket was placed under the carbatrator on top of the paper gasket with the small hole; switched the gaskets and it runs decent.. I mean, I checked everything (valve lash, governor linkages, tried a different spark plug), the tiller did not have enough power to pull my pud out of a bucket of lard. Even broke the pull rope trying to get it going after it stalled in my garden.. Have the same snowthrower and have never had any trouble with it in fifteen years, just don't leave gas sitting in the engine. Its a real PITA to work on anything MTD, the new chainsaw I have is another POS, but it cuts wood.
I got a 2 month old Craftsman self-propelled mower with a 150cc OHV briggs motor on it last year, and the guy I got it from threw it out after he couldn't get it running, I tried telling him online that it probably had bad fuel in it, and for some reason he had, changed the spark plug, changed the oil, sprayed a wd-40 like substance in the carb and it got everywhere, I guess he thought that was enough to clean the carb. When I got it oil was leaking from the valve cover, I dumped the fuel out and it was mostly water in the fuel system, then I took the carb apart and blew all the jets out with carb cleaner, but it still wouldn't run. Then I thought to check under the disturbed valve cover and when I was watching the valves trying to find TDC and position them to some point on the power stroke after the compression release to check the valve lash since it was back firing, I noticed that one of the push rods was bent, apparently this guy thought it was a good idea to tighten the rocker down when it wouldn't run and it put so much negative lash on the intake rocker that the push rod had no choice but to bend. So after a new push rod, a new head gasket (I took the head off to inspect to make sure the valves were free and not bent,) and a new blade (they must've mowed gravel with the original) I had a pretty much new mower for about $40 in parts.
can totally relate to that, sometimes it feels like half of my time as a mechanic is fixing other peoples mistakes, had one come in where a timing belt was off by 2 teeth and it was put back together so poorly.. oh.. by the way i fixed the problem with the a/c, they forgot to plug the connector back together lol
I had a mid-90's MTD model 640F snowblower with an 8hp Tecumseh Sno King engine, was not a bad machine, required some maintenance but overall pretty good. Seems like their quality has taken a dive, I heard they eat shear pins as well. Excellent explanation on how these companies build to a price point 👍🏽
Little Johnny and grandpa Gary videos are hilarious 😂
SUCCESS! Even though it was a struggle, you were TRIUMPHANT! Dang! I've 🏃♂️ run into the same junk a few times... at first (as with you) I have a positive attitude. But with the combination of multiple problems (the lies, denials, crappy design, junky materials, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE PREVIOUS CLOWNS DID!!!....my head begins to steam!)...I'm amazed that you didn't put it out of its misery. One 12g slug! And told the customer, "Sorry I couldn't fix it. " MTD: Misery-Tribulations-Dysfunction...
I met a guy once that told me he's a designer. I asked him what he designs and he told me "pretty much anything". I asked him if he could design a car. He said "oh yeah, I could do that". He had a program that he uses to design and designs out of his dining room. That's what we're dealing with now. CAD programs and people who've never worked on the stuff they're designing. End results-plastic piles of crap.
Old school draftsman equivalent, but with computer skills, Corporate likes to see how much bang for their buck they can get, but good management takes a back seat to $$$$$$
Not all of them are horrible. Some of those guys used to work out in the shop and then decided to get into design.
But yeah, don't trust a guy that says he can design anything. Every machine has their set of special problems to overcome.
@@solidjockey2963 Everyone that designs something should be able to take what he's designed apart and put it back together. Or if it's not designed to be repaired, replaced by the designer. People who came from the repair or assembly side into the design field would know to do that. It's a great subject and something that should be taught in school.
I wanna more Johnny!!!
Must of had a hammer mechanic working on that thing. He broke it worse than it was to begin with.
I think Taryl has the patience of Jobe
Still laughing !!!!! This is the Best video Taryl has made I thought I was the only one getting pissed at this Junk.
I see you kneeler board hope you like it taryl
People ask me Jamie how did you know it was time to retire? Answer when you go to work and every day is like working on that MTD.
Taryl fixes all but " Taryl ain't fixing this crap anymore" LOL
Good to hear the truth about this crap of poorly made stuff. A waste of resources in the long run, there should be a law against making things designed to last short time.
I want good quality machinery easy to repair and cheap spare parts easy to get.
I really like it when they bring me the machine and all the parts in a bag LOL
Omg! I love the little Johnny skits. Awesome video
“Johnny’s” voice is hilarious, I wonder how many takes this one required.
One of the funnest ones imo. The bowling ball, play set, glasses, and flask
i had that same unit for 6 years so far with no issues but i always put it away properly and run seafoam for a tank in the first tank for the winter it really is a decent cheap snowblower on the other hand if you dont put it away correctly you will run into issues when you break it back out for the winter this little unit is a tank for its size and never let me down to bad someone tore into it and made a nightmare for you.
well explained taryl. all customers will not tell you what they did. most of the time . great video
I just got a 1994 MTD/Tecumseh 8/24 for $25. Seemingly also sold as Craftsman and Cub Cadet. Fixed a few things on it and now I'm looking forward to a nice deep snow.
I’ve worked on a bigger newer craftsman/mtd. Just to remove the carburetor was such an annoying task. That thing was designed to be assembled and never taken apart again.
Taryl, I completely feel your pain. I have been an auto mechanic for over 25 years. The new cars are all absolute shit. I swear they are all manufactured by Hasbro or Mattel with all their plastics and computers networked to run windows, raidos, engines, transmissions. One thing is certain...no matter which brand you own..they are all plastic overpriced junk that breaks.
little johnny the best, him and elk skins need to go on an adventure together lol
I’m so glad the 2021 costume budget got approved! 🥸👨🦳🦸♂️👨🎨🧑✈️👨🔧