The assembly of the lawn mower could be done without any problems ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxTPN04aT-Qdjr_KS3ql7ng8wnU3wwsCqk also recommend I just puzzled something about the red strange “key”. However, it quickly turned out that this creates a kind of contact bridge between battery packs and lawn mowers. An additional backup as a father of a 1 year old nephew is great!! :-)
So glad your video is still on UA-cam! You just saved me a bunch of bucks and valuable time fixing this problem myself! Thanks for keeping it simple and short. Followed your instructions, and the mower fired right up and stayed running. Bless you for sharing.
I had the air filter and spark plug already in my car to head to the shop for replacements. But then I watched this video and thought "why not?" Actually, I thought "it can't be that simple." But I was wrong. Very wrong. I emptied the bowl, cleaned out a bit of crud, then put everything back together. Vroom! And it kept vrooming! Many thanks for saving me lots of time!
You may have saved thousands of marriages, hundreds of whiny teens and roughly millions of 911 calls for domestic disputes with sharing this short, helpful video! There's a special place in heaven for heros like you! Lol thank you
You could also try keeping it running on either till water runs through. My bowl was a little harder to remove, and the mower was running fine till cleaned under deck with hose so water in bowl seemed to be the problem. So instead of removing bowl I just kept in running on starter fluid till ran on its own.
I have a very old Craftsman pressure cleaner with a Briggs and Stratton engine. Same symptom, starting for just a second, then cutting off. Like Jon Oppel, I found the center hole of the jet screw with debris in it. Now it starts and runs great. Your video saved me a lot of time and money. Thanks!!
Thanks for this. I have a B&S w/ the primer, and apparently I also had some water in the carb bowl. Removed it, got the water out, hit the jet bolt and bowl interior with some carb cleaner and dried them out, and problem solved. Took less than ten minutes. Super helpful.
Five stars for your great video! Exact same engine and problem with a 9-year-old Troy-Bilt. Followed your instructions and running like a champ now! Found the bowl had some sediment in it. Gas started leaking after reassembly - I found I hadn't tightened the jet bolt enough. Tightened that up, seems fine now. THANKS!!!
thank you! Worked liked a charm. Wasn't sure what i was going to do. Repair shops are mostly closed because of COVID-19 and didn't really want to buy a new mower. Thanks again! (Just wondering who gave it a thumbs down, absolute perfect solution to the problem posed.)
Thanks for the video! Had the same exact issue on our Toro and my husband did exactly what you showed. Started right up like a new motor. Same as the comment below, Saved some $'s on service!
Fantastic that was the exact problem I had. I was done and running in less than 5 minutes. You made me look like a genius in front of my dad. My dad now uses google and you tube on unusual problems thanks again
9 years later and only 1 thousand more likes. News flash: Nobody wants to watch this crap unless they have to. Did you expect it to go viral? You must be over the age of 50 sir and it shows 😂
I was at the end of my patience after replacing the oil, filter and spark plug. I am going to finish mowing my yard...thanx to you. I would have never guessed that I had a dirty carburetor. Thank you so much.
Hello! I'm a senior citizen who doesn't have much money. I just followed your tutorial and fixed my lawnmower which saved me so much trouble and money. I truly can't thank you enough. You taking the time to create this video means more than you probably realized when you were doing it. Thank you again!
Thank you for your concise video. I am not at al mechanically inclined, but you gave me the courage to try this, and it fixed the problem and saved my weekend (and a $75 repair, too!) I can't thank you enough...
Thank you! This helped my engine run better so definitely great thing to do periodically. There was a second problem with mine. I found debris (Grass and dirt) lodged in the spring from the choke. It was restricting gas flow as a result causing the engine to die when under stress in heavier grass. Once I used compressed air to clean that out, my engine is running like new! You may want to add this as something else to check.
I picked up a cheap mower on fb marketplace, seemed to work at pickup. When I got it home, started and stopped. Your fix worked. Hardest part was finding my ratchet haha. Thank you so much!
THANK YOU! was visiting my mom and her backyard looked like a wild meadow, I asked what was up and she said the lawn mower would only start and run a few seconds and die. Found this video and cleaned her bowl (it had quite a bit of debris in it!) and then it ran again :) This was so much simpler than I could have imagined.
Thanks for making this video.I followed the instructions and then mower turned on again. It only lasted for 3 minutes and now it's doing the same thing. what to do next?
So...at the recommendation of other videos, blogs and forum posts I replaced the gas, the spark plug, air filter and was contemplating replacing the carburetor as per the last video I watched (which thankfully led me to this one). I watched twice, then went outside. Literally ten minutes later I was mowing! Sure wish I'd watched this FIRST!. If I may suggest something to those about to try it, on my mower - which appears to be extremely similar to the one the video shows, the bowl is slightly indented on the bottom so a wrench (with a ring end lol) wont work - you'll need a ratchet and 1/2 inch socket... other than that the instruction is flawless. THANK YOU Cap10323
Be sure to put fresh gas. After 1 month of storage, the gas begins to go stale. It happened to me. I cleaned the carburator and all those stuffs but it won't start. Until someone told me to put fresh gas. Voila! It started after a couple of pulls.
Wow. Thought blindly trouble-shooting my mower would have chewed up the better part of a Saturday. This awsome video shortened the project to 10 min. Thank you! UA-cam is the most comprehensive University and Trade school I have ever attended.
Great Video. I got a free roadside John Deere Self propelled yesterday. Same Briggs motor. I drained the gas, put in fresh. Used starting fluid. It would run on the fluid but it was apparently not getting gas. Found your video. Took the float bowl out and found it full of white water slush and sediment. I suspected when I drained the gas tank there was water in there. Cleaned the jet with a bristle on a wire brush, added a quick burst of starting fluid directly into the spark plug hole, it started right up. Died after about 30 seconds. We're making progress here. Went back to the float bowl and the jet, now more water and sediment. So I went through this process of cleaning the bowl and jet then restarting it. After about 5 cleanings it runs like a new one. Never forget guys...free is a very good price.
Thank goodness I found your video. I inherited a lawn mower that was basically new but has the symptoms you described in the video. it actually took me longer to find a 1/2 inch socket then it did to fix the problem. Thanks again!
Fair play man. I've been searching for an easy to understand method for this fix for the last couple of hours. Yours is first class! Off I go now to fix my mower! :D
Some points. Don't over winter a mower with gas in the tank, Run it till the tank is dry , or, drain it. Never empty your gas can into the mower tank. Keep a small amount of gas in the can so that any water in the can dosen't get into your mower. Buy and keep a spare float bowl gasket . Store it where you can find it. It is a $ 2 part that will cost a lot ( gas, time anger ) if you have to drive somewhere when you really need it. Seven years on I am still using a found by the road , won't keep running, mower.
Yesterday my mower stopped working.. this morning I went to buy another, but $195 was too much to pay for a cheaper model. I decided to go on You Tube and clicked on this sight. 20 minutes after watching this video, and doing exactly as instruced, my mower was running great! Thanks for the video!!!
I've watched many lawn mower vids and it wasn't till I came across yours did I find my problem. I did exactly what u did and got your same results. thank you I was about to spend 60-100 bucks to get it serviced
Thanks brother, well done to the point instructional video. It happened to mine when I ran out of fuel and the last dirty remnant of gas probably clogged my jet with dirt.
Hi, was having the same problem with my mowers Briggs and Stratton engine starting and dying. Had put fresh fuel in, replaced the plug, pulled the Carby apart to check the bowl and cleaned the jets after watching some other videos first. Still no luck until I watched your video and realised the bolt holding the bowl on had the jet holes. Put it back together again after that and now runs beautifully. Thanks very much mate for the great video 🤙
I put my new air cleaner and sparky in on my 10 year old Masport with a B&S (ie first full replacements for both outside of the oil which i have done, yep im tight fisted and lazy lol) and still had the same starting problem. "Great! Ignition must be screwed!" i thought. I follow Caps advice and 15mins later not only does it start easy stone cold but it feels like its got about 15 more hp lol. Brilliant video! Many thanks!
I have a much older B&S riding mower that had been sitting for some time. After draining the fuel tank, cleaning out gunk, and replacing the fuel filter, it ran for a short while and then stopped again. Wanting to turn over, but not catching. My carburetor is the same as yours so I thought I'd give it a whirl. Nothing too dirty, but likely some water or dirt that fell out upon loosening/leaking. Did the same as you for cleaning it and replacing. Started right up!!
Excellent Video that clearly identifies the most Common Problem, and clearly explains how to easily fix it. I used a small Sewing Needle to clear the dirt out of my Jet, as I had no compressed Air. Thanks!
I was searching a way to fix my lawn mover that starts but stop after few seconds. I encountered that problem after I user some leftover gasoline on bottom of a canister. Maybe water, .. I shall see tomorrow.
Just picked up a Toro with a 6.75 on it, have rebuilt them for years for personal use & like the motor, but have this one from a pawn show & it won't prime & has no bulb, going to do the 2 gasket two step & see if that works along with your bowl clean method, I hate the 300e they came out with this 12000 series 6.75 has been a work horse thanks for the great tip.
As someone who is not especially handy, I followed your instructions and got my 10yr old mover up and running again. I used a socket wrench instead of a hand tool and my clamp didn't stop some gas from leaking out. All things considered, I still got the desired result.
I bought a new mower,wasn't even looking for this,i've about went to the hospital trying to start that mower, I've literally almost passed out trying to start that mower from exhaustion, heat exhaustion, looks like I just got done with a 25k marathon , pumped weights for 6 hours or just went swimming with all my cloths on.
I have the troy bilt 230 163cc. it is very similar and this is what is happening to mine but I don't see the carburetor bowl. it's a little different set up. any advice?
I had the same apparent problem, start up then died, several times in a row, then when it stayed running it was slow speed and stalled out trying to cut the grass. I followed the video step by step, after proper reassembly, the lawnmower wouldn’t start at all. Don’t know the next step in trouble shooting it. 6.5 bs lawn boy.
I would have loved to try your solution but unfortunately I have one of those Briggs plastic carburetors for which the only way to get the float bowl off is to dismount the complete carb and Ill have to get a torx screwdriver set to get the motor flywheel cover off to get access to the carb to remove it.
Same problem with mine. Same lawn mower from Craftsman. Had it to the repair shop 3 times and it is getting frustrating. Cut the same 28 ft of lawn and then it just quits. I will try this on my own without the shop labour.
shooting it with a reminton 700 .308 will make you feel better after spending an entire day pulling the cord. not sure if it made the next door neighbors feel better but I doubt their gonna complain about it.
The bowl of mine was full of yellowish jello, fuel Line was full of water and the sprayer bolt was full of dirt! Even if i cleaned everything, the engine still didnt start, only starter when i put gasoline directly in the engine via the carburetor
Motor starts and immediately stops this can also be caused by the gasket leaking under the air cleaner cover held on by three bolts I had this problem installed new gasket and this fixed the problem.
Nice video...but did you also check the full tank if didn't have water or how did water get into the bowl of carb? anyway it was nice video. Thanks for sharing.
The assembly of the lawn mower could be done without any problems ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxTPN04aT-Qdjr_KS3ql7ng8wnU3wwsCqk also recommend I just puzzled something about the red strange “key”. However, it quickly turned out that this creates a kind of contact bridge between battery packs and lawn mowers. An additional backup as a father of a 1 year old nephew is great!! :-)
8 years later you helped me out hombre from Phillip island Australia
So glad your video is still on UA-cam! You just saved me a bunch of bucks and valuable time fixing this problem myself! Thanks for keeping it simple and short. Followed your instructions, and the mower fired right up and stayed running. Bless you for sharing.
I had the air filter and spark plug already in my car to head to the shop for replacements. But then I watched this video and thought "why not?" Actually, I thought "it can't be that simple." But I was wrong. Very wrong. I emptied the bowl, cleaned out a bit of crud, then put everything back together. Vroom! And it kept vrooming! Many thanks for saving me lots of time!
You may have saved thousands of marriages, hundreds of whiny teens and roughly millions of 911 calls for domestic disputes with sharing this short, helpful video! There's a special place in heaven for heros like you! Lol thank you
I'm so happy to have helped!
Steve gave the best comment. Divorce lawyers and psychologists must hate Cap.
Lol I hope this works out my wife is on the verge of dog housing me.if I don't figure out my lawnmower situation 😅
You could also try keeping it running on either till water runs through. My bowl was a little harder to remove, and the mower was running fine till cleaned under deck with hose so water in bowl seemed to be the problem. So instead of removing bowl I just kept in running on starter fluid till ran on its own.
I have a very old Craftsman pressure cleaner with a Briggs and Stratton engine. Same symptom, starting for just a second, then cutting off. Like Jon Oppel, I found the center hole of the jet screw with debris in it. Now it starts and runs great. Your video saved me a lot of time and money. Thanks!!
Thank you for posting this, I missed the fact that the screw was the jet. The center hole was plugged.
Excellent guide, this is the first time I fixed a lawn mower and it works great now. Thank you!
Thanks for this. I have a B&S w/ the primer, and apparently I also had some water in the carb bowl. Removed it, got the water out, hit the jet bolt and bowl interior with some carb cleaner and dried them out, and problem solved. Took less than ten minutes. Super helpful.
You saved US! We are in Tampa waiting on hurricane Irene. It worked great. God bless you!
Five stars for your great video! Exact same engine and problem with a 9-year-old Troy-Bilt. Followed your instructions and running like a champ now! Found the bowl had some sediment in it. Gas started leaking after reassembly - I found I hadn't tightened the jet bolt enough. Tightened that up, seems fine now. THANKS!!!
From Canada with Love, Thanks for your help, Lawn Mower working very well again, no water but lots of Sediments.
I did exactly what you said to do and my lawn mower runs like champ. Thanks!
thank you! Worked liked a charm. Wasn't sure what i was going to do. Repair shops are mostly closed because of COVID-19 and didn't really want to buy a new mower. Thanks again! (Just wondering who gave it a thumbs down, absolute perfect solution to the problem posed.)
Problem solved! My mower now runs like a charm! Thank You for posting this informative video...
Tried it with my yard force. Worked the first time! Great video!
Awesome, mine started acting up half way through mowing the lawn. It was water. Thanks, I fixed the problem and now I can finish the mowing. A+++
Thanks for the video! Had the same exact issue on our Toro and my husband did exactly what you showed. Started right up like a new motor. Same as the comment below, Saved some $'s on service!
Fantastic that was the exact problem I had. I was done and running in less than 5 minutes. You made me look like a genius in front of my dad. My dad now uses google and you tube on unusual problems thanks again
Awesome
5 years on youtube and only 1466 likes. I fix my mower today following your Instructions. Thanks for sharing it.
9 years later and only 1 thousand more likes. News flash: Nobody wants to watch this crap unless they have to. Did you expect it to go viral? You must be over the age of 50 sir and it shows 😂
Thank you!! I'm a mechanical dummy and you've saved me another weekend of aggravation.
Had this exact same problem. Thanks for the helpful video. It saved me a repair bill.
This is the same lawm mower that I have with same issue. THANK YOU sir!!
Dude hell yea! Just did this and it fixed my issue, runs like a top now 👍🏻🍻 thanks brotha
Thank you I had a Briggs and Stratton generator and I thought I cleaned the carb good but missed a jet
Also change your fuel. If there's water the carby there's water in the tank 💦
I realize Im quite randomly asking but do anybody know of a good site to stream newly released series online ?
@Brady Kaiser I would suggest Flixzone. Just search on google for it :)
Thank You so much for sharing and especially your time.
I was at the end of my patience after replacing the oil, filter and spark plug. I am going to finish mowing my yard...thanx to you. I would have never guessed that I had a dirty carburetor. Thank you so much.
Thanks for the kind words
Hello! I'm a senior citizen who doesn't have much money. I just followed your tutorial and fixed my lawnmower which saved me so much trouble and money. I truly can't thank you enough. You taking the time to create this video means more than you probably realized when you were doing it. Thank you again!
*YOU ABSOLUTELY ROCK* ... I just *fixed* it with your *Help* (and yep *water* and *Fuel* in *Bowl) time to *Mow* :-D
Thank you for your concise video. I am not at al mechanically inclined, but you gave me the courage to try this, and it fixed the problem and saved my weekend (and a $75 repair, too!) I can't thank you enough...
This really helped a lot it was the perfect fix for my situation. Thanks a lot for posting this easy solution.
Sure. Glad it helped you.
Thank you! This helped my engine run better so definitely great thing to do periodically. There was a second problem with mine. I found debris (Grass and dirt) lodged in the spring from the choke. It was restricting gas flow as a result causing the engine to die when under stress in heavier grass. Once I used compressed air to clean that out, my engine is running like new! You may want to add this as something else to check.
Ring wrench, box wrench, who cares, Dude just saved me $65, and that’s AWESOME!!!!!!!
I'm glad to have helped!
Another win.Now mom can’t accuse me of breaking the lawn mower.
I picked up a cheap mower on fb marketplace, seemed to work at pickup. When I got it home, started and stopped.
Your fix worked. Hardest part was finding my ratchet haha.
Thank you so much!
Glad I could help!
Saved $60, super simple vid. Thanks, God Bless
Great video. Hope you get a million views . Thanks.
Just finished the grass!! You, Sir, are a legend!
THANK YOU! was visiting my mom and her backyard looked like a wild meadow, I asked what was up and she said the lawn mower would only start and run a few seconds and die. Found this video and cleaned her bowl (it had quite a bit of debris in it!) and then it ran again :) This was so much simpler than I could have imagined.
Thanks for the video. I hope this process works for me too.
This was awesome. You saved my butt. Thank you very much
Thanks for making this video.I followed the instructions and then mower turned on again. It only lasted for 3 minutes and now it's doing the same thing. what to do next?
were you able to figure this problem out? I cleaned my carb my mower ran for about 30 min then did it all over again
So...at the recommendation of other videos, blogs and forum posts I replaced the gas, the spark plug, air filter and was contemplating replacing the carburetor as per the last video I watched (which thankfully led me to this one). I watched twice, then went outside. Literally ten minutes later I was mowing! Sure wish I'd watched this FIRST!. If I may suggest something to those about to try it, on my mower - which appears to be extremely similar to the one the video shows, the bowl is slightly indented on the bottom so a wrench (with a ring end lol) wont work - you'll need a ratchet and 1/2 inch socket... other than that the instruction is flawless. THANK YOU Cap10323
Be sure to put fresh gas. After 1 month of storage, the gas begins to go stale. It happened to me. I cleaned the carburator and all those stuffs but it won't start. Until someone told me to put fresh gas. Voila! It started after a couple of pulls.
This actually solved my issue! Thanks
Great video, fixed my ride on. Thank you.
Wow. Thought blindly trouble-shooting my mower would have chewed up the better part of a Saturday. This awsome video shortened the project to 10 min. Thank you! UA-cam is the most comprehensive University and Trade school I have ever attended.
Great Video. I got a free roadside John Deere Self propelled yesterday. Same Briggs motor. I drained the gas, put in fresh. Used starting fluid. It would run on the fluid but it was apparently not getting gas. Found your video. Took the float bowl out and found it full of white water slush and sediment. I suspected when I drained the gas tank there was water in there. Cleaned the jet with a bristle on a wire brush, added a quick burst of starting fluid directly into the spark plug hole, it started right up. Died after about 30 seconds. We're making progress here. Went back to the float bowl and the jet, now more water and sediment. So I went through this process of cleaning the bowl and jet then restarting it. After about 5 cleanings it runs like a new one. Never forget guys...free is a very good price.
A little pin thing dropped out from near the float. Where does that go?
Thank goodness I found your video. I inherited a lawn mower that was basically new but has the symptoms you described in the video. it actually took me longer to find a 1/2 inch socket then it did to fix the problem. Thanks again!
+Rob Sandberg People like you are the reason I keep making videos! Glad I helped you
I had that problem today. I thought it was the spark plug, bad fuel, clogged air filter. Nope! This was a fast, easy repair! Thx.
This worked for me, as well! Thank you for taking the time to make the video!
Fair play man. I've been searching for an easy to understand method for this fix for the last couple of hours. Yours is first class! Off I go now to fix my mower! :D
Some points. Don't over winter a mower with gas in the tank, Run it till the tank is dry , or, drain it. Never empty your gas can into the mower tank. Keep a small amount of gas in the can so that any water in the can dosen't get into your mower. Buy and keep a spare float bowl gasket . Store it where you can find it. It is a $ 2 part that will cost a lot ( gas, time anger ) if you have to drive somewhere when you really need it. Seven years on I am still using a found by the road , won't keep running, mower.
Yesterday my mower stopped working.. this morning I went to buy another, but $195 was too much to pay for a cheaper model. I decided to go on You Tube and clicked on this sight. 20 minutes after watching this video, and doing exactly as instruced, my mower was running great! Thanks for the video!!!
Thanks for making the video
Worked great. Thanks
Anyone that this helps should send you 10 bucks, I spent 250+ on a new mower and a shop would charge you at least 160 bucks.
most common repair i see with these engines. cant tell you how many good engines ive gotten because of this issue
43128lucky4 More than half of the repairs I do are these.
Fantastic video. Within 10 minutes I had the jet cleaned and engine running perfectly. Thank you Cap!
Sorry neighborhood junk collector in the white Ford pickup truck. Rust belt research just spoiled your pick up. This repair tip was spot on perfect.
what a tru life saver ,,,,,, major handshakes
I've watched many lawn mower vids and it wasn't till I came across yours did I find my problem. I did exactly what u did and got your same results. thank you I was about to spend 60-100 bucks to get it serviced
why wouldnt you take off the air cleaner ? 3 bolts and you get the bowl so much easier
You don't need to.
Best video ever!!! Took me 5 minutes to clean out, and it runs like new. Thank you!!!
Worked for me to. Cheers man!
Well done broski
Breaking the seal on the nut.
Thanks brother, well done to the point instructional video. It happened to mine when I ran out of fuel and the last dirty remnant of gas probably clogged my jet with dirt.
Thanks. Saved my butt
Worst ice storm to hit our place in 10 years and you sir just saved my ass!!!
Hi, was having the same problem with my mowers Briggs and Stratton engine starting and dying. Had put fresh fuel in, replaced the plug, pulled the Carby apart to check the bowl and cleaned the jets after watching some other videos first. Still no luck until I watched your video and realised the bolt holding the bowl on had the jet holes. Put it back together again after that and now runs beautifully. Thanks very much mate for the great video 🤙
cheers mate, have a good one.
Brilliant. Slightly different Carb to mine but the same issue and it resolved it. Thanks.
This was as easy to do as described. Very smart idea to clamp the fuel line before getting the float bowl off. Appreciate it.
Hahaha! I love the spider lying in wait for you near the carburetor bolt!
I put my new air cleaner and sparky in on my 10 year old Masport with a B&S (ie first full replacements for both outside of the oil which i have done, yep im tight fisted and lazy lol) and still had the same starting problem. "Great! Ignition must be screwed!" i thought. I follow Caps advice and 15mins later not only does it start easy stone cold but it feels like its got about 15 more hp lol. Brilliant video! Many thanks!
Replaced the carp and it still does the same thing. Help!
I have a much older B&S riding mower that had been sitting for some time. After draining the fuel tank, cleaning out gunk, and replacing the fuel filter, it ran for a short while and then stopped again. Wanting to turn over, but not catching. My carburetor is the same as yours so I thought I'd give it a whirl. Nothing too dirty, but likely some water or dirt that fell out upon loosening/leaking. Did the same as you for cleaning it and replacing. Started right up!!
Excellent Video that clearly identifies the most Common Problem, and clearly explains how to easily fix it. I used a small Sewing Needle to clear the dirt out of my Jet, as I had no compressed Air. Thanks!
I was searching a way to fix my lawn mover that starts but stop after few seconds.
I encountered that problem after I user some leftover gasoline on bottom of a canister. Maybe water, .. I shall see tomorrow.
Just picked up a Toro with a 6.75 on it, have rebuilt them for years for personal use & like the motor, but have this one from a pawn show & it won't prime & has no bulb, going to do the 2 gasket two step & see if that works along with your bowl clean method, I hate the 300e they came out with this 12000 series 6.75 has been a work horse thanks for the great tip.
As someone who is not especially handy, I followed your instructions and got my 10yr old mover up and running again. I used a socket wrench instead of a hand tool and my clamp didn't stop some gas from leaking out. All things considered, I still got the desired result.
I bought a new mower,wasn't even looking for this,i've about went to the hospital trying to start that mower, I've literally almost passed out trying to start that mower from exhaustion, heat exhaustion, looks like I just got done with a 25k marathon , pumped weights for 6 hours or just went swimming with all my cloths on.
IT WORKED!!! THANK YOU SIR!!! YOU ARE THE MAN!!! HAHAHA, I'M MOWING AGAIN, YIPPEEEEEEE
Nice repair! Reminds me, I should drag out the Honda Gennie and have another look at the carby on it,
I have the troy bilt 230 163cc. it is very similar and this is what is happening to mine but I don't see the carburetor bowl. it's a little different set up. any advice?
I had the same apparent problem, start up then died, several times in a row, then when it stayed running it was slow speed and stalled out trying to cut the grass. I followed the video step by step, after proper reassembly, the lawnmower wouldn’t start at all. Don’t know the next step in trouble shooting it. 6.5 bs lawn boy.
Thank you Thank you Thank you!!! Exactly my problem and easy fix. Saved time, money and 2ft high grass!
I would have loved to try your solution but unfortunately I have one of those Briggs plastic carburetors for which the only way to get the float bowl off is to dismount the complete carb and Ill have to get a torx screwdriver set to get the motor flywheel cover off to get access to the carb to remove it.
Same problem with mine. Same lawn mower from Craftsman. Had it to the repair shop 3 times and it is getting frustrating. Cut the same 28 ft of lawn and then it just quits. I will try this on my own without the shop labour.
shooting it with a reminton 700 .308 will make you feel better after spending an entire day pulling the cord. not sure if it made the next door neighbors feel better but I doubt their gonna complain about it.
thanks. just been given a mountfield mower and couldn't start it, thought it was broken
1. pull cord, throw lawnmower out in trash.
The bowl of mine was full of yellowish jello, fuel Line was full of water and the sprayer bolt was full of dirt! Even if i cleaned everything, the engine still didnt start, only starter when i put gasoline directly in the engine via the carburetor
Motor starts and immediately stops this can also be caused by the gasket leaking under the air cleaner cover held on by three bolts I had this problem installed new gasket and this fixed the problem.
Nice video...but did you also check the full tank if didn't have water or how did water get into the bowl of carb? anyway it was nice video. Thanks for sharing.
Thankyou so much I have the same exact one I just did this and it works like new again 💯💯🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
i have identical mower but different carburator,mine is plastic bowl with a hex nut on bottom.so i have o main jet on the nut ,any suggestions please
I think you have the later style Briggs carburetor, go check for tutorials for the 'EX' Series Engine.
"box end wrench" is the right term for that wrench
Who gives a shit? He just helped many people save hundreds of dollars...