I finally finished it after six years, but I built a Troy Bilt that is identical to the one in your driveway from scratch with parts from my parts bin. I had everything but the belts. It is 100% factory correct, and I just cut with it for the first time this week. I just wanted to challenge myself and see if I could do it. It is even using a 7 year old battery that I had hanging around in my shop. I guess it pays to be a part hoarder sometimes, lol.
You are a true shade tree professional mechanic. If I lived in Atlanta I would definitely bring my equipment to o you. No torque wrench and it's a good perfect repair. I learn a lot from your videos.
Hello Mr. Tom. Just finished the video on the no compression “valve” clean up. Good job mister. I do enjoy a master at work. I do learn lots and experience the Patience that is need to make a good mechanic. Keep up the great work buddy. 😊
Yeah, that was quite a bit of carbon buildup where the valves were on the head. Was really running rich. Hopefully the spark plug isn't fouled too much. Carb issue also. What do you expect? It's an older Toro push mower. It's had a good life for sure.
Are the Personal Pace mower supposed to actually pull you when you engage them? I have a couple of them that I pulled from the trash recently. I have never owned or worked on a Toro before these two. One of them has a Briggs 7.25, and runs absolutely perfect. The self propel works and the wheels turn when they are off the ground, but the mower doesn't actually pull you. Do I need to tighten the belt or something? I just don't know much about these. I am actually about to give it to my brother as a house warming gift since it is the nicest one that I have right now, so I want to make sure that everything is perfect on it.
Once in a great while, I get a brief slight smell of iodine in my shower water. That is a distinctive smell which you can't mistake for anything else. It is deep well water, so I assume there is some iodine containing plant material buried way down there that occasionally gets to the well bore. I read somewhere that you can get iodine from kelp, but don't know how true that is. They use iodine to clean machines that make butter between giant batches of butter. What is the chance that piece of carbon would get caught exactly in the wrong place? Not much.
@@mikehrdlicka8635 They might, but this well is in a subdivision that is 50 years old. And I doubt they would use iodine, since it is poisonous and stinks so much. I sometimes get a whiff of sulfur from my water when first using the sprayer in the kitchen sink. That is normal around the northern Gulf of Mexico, since oil and gas deposits usually contain a lot of sulfur. Before they starting removing sulfur from oil, this area used to be a center of sulfur mining using steam to liquify it and pump it to the surface. Sulfur is very important to the chemical and agricultural industries.Touch pure sulfur, and your hand will stink for days.
Click, lol. You just set off the torque wrench warriors. I don't even know how to use one, and I have yet to have a machine that was affected by it at all.
I finally finished it after six years, but I built a Troy Bilt that is identical to the one in your driveway from scratch with parts from my parts bin. I had everything but the belts. It is 100% factory correct, and I just cut with it for the first time this week. I just wanted to challenge myself and see if I could do it. It is even using a 7 year old battery that I had hanging around in my shop. I guess it pays to be a part hoarder sometimes, lol.
Well tickle my pickle. Good find, great repair.
You are a true shade tree professional mechanic. If I lived in Atlanta I would definitely bring my equipment to o you. No torque wrench and it's a good perfect repair. I learn a lot from your videos.
Hello Mr. Tom. Just finished the video on the no compression “valve” clean up.
Good job mister. I do enjoy a master at work. I do learn lots and experience the
Patience that is need to make a good mechanic. Keep up the great work buddy. 😊
Doing valves makes me wish I had that valves grinder Taryl has.
got rid of my snap-on machine cause i didnt have room for it and didnt use it enough
I have my dads B/D valve machine and it works great for small engines 😊
@@philliphall5198 hang on to it.
Toro, guarantee to start and no oil change required 🤣🤣and in 4 yrs come on back and get another one. Great vid, thx☀️👍
Yeah, that was quite a bit of carbon buildup where the valves were on the head. Was really running rich. Hopefully the spark plug isn't fouled too much. Carb issue also. What do you expect? It's an older Toro push mower. It's had a good life for sure.
Nice job Tom and the Christmas cards are really cool. 👍
Ho Ho Ho way to go! Another great one brother!
congrats on 800 brother!!! funny video hahaha
Nice work detective and thank you for the video sir 👍😎🇺🇸
Nice repair 👍😊.
That corn juice gasoline buildup a ton of carbon in the head and they don’t seat properly, remove head, clean and lap valve work great 👍
Thanks for great video thanks Tom
Are the Personal Pace mower supposed to actually pull you when you engage them? I have a couple of them that I pulled from the trash recently. I have never owned or worked on a Toro before these two. One of them has a Briggs 7.25, and runs absolutely perfect. The self propel works and the wheels turn when they are off the ground, but the mower doesn't actually pull you. Do I need to tighten the belt or something? I just don't know much about these. I am actually about to give it to my brother as a house warming gift since it is the nicest one that I have right now, so I want to make sure that everything is perfect on it.
Once in a great while, I get a brief slight smell of iodine in my shower water. That is a distinctive smell which you can't mistake for anything else. It is deep well water, so I assume there is some iodine containing plant material buried way down there that occasionally gets to the well bore. I read somewhere that you can get iodine from kelp, but don't know how true that is. They use iodine to clean machines that make butter between giant batches of butter.
What is the chance that piece of carbon would get caught exactly in the wrong place? Not much.
It has happened a few times in 60 years
Don't they disinfect new wells with somthing? Guy I know mentioned that about his new well
@@mikehrdlicka8635 They might, but this well is in a subdivision that is 50 years old. And I doubt they would use iodine, since it is poisonous and stinks so much. I sometimes get a whiff of sulfur from my water when first using the sprayer in the kitchen sink. That is normal around the northern Gulf of Mexico, since oil and gas deposits usually contain a lot of sulfur. Before they starting removing sulfur from oil, this area used to be a center of sulfur mining using steam to liquify it and pump it to the surface. Sulfur is very important to the chemical and agricultural industries.Touch pure sulfur, and your hand will stink for days.
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gr8 repair, you have any like this for a Briggs Quantum ?
valve adjustment on a flathead?
How long have you had that can of lapping compound? I have never even seen one like that, lol.
over 30 years!
@@TomDobyMowerRepair I believe it, lol. I thought it looked like it had to be at least that old.
This mower is only a few years old. It has another twenty years left if she took care of it.
Tom can you use a wire wheel on a drill to clean the carbon off the head?
@@graggcain9496 it's what I usually do!
Click, lol. You just set off the torque wrench warriors. I don't even know how to use one, and I have yet to have a machine that was affected by it at all.
That Koehler? Best fix it remove the engine and replace with a Quantum.