I'm amazed at your knowledge of small engines. The little tid-bits you provide are only learned from experience. Not knowing your background, I suspect you have been doing this for quite a while. You have a handsome young son. Looks like he'll soon be ready to intern with dad. 😃👍
Thank you, I've been turning wrenches my whole life, hopefully my son will take an interest in the hobby as well (cause he's going to inherit a lot of useless crap if he doesn't) 😂😂😂👍🏻
Sweet! I don't know about you but the ones that I have fixed with this issue seem to be all over the place as far as age and hours, kind of unpredictable as far as longevity (at least in my experience)
The new style compression release tab is supposed to be made stronger so it won't break. And the after market ones are also junk. I guess when/if mine goes out I will replace it with the OEM newer style and hope it lasts.
Regarding the pin that failed, the problem comes down to material selection. Had they come up with a improved and more robust geometry, then the material selection is not so critical. But as you point out the cross-sectional thickness thins out on the PIN creating a stress point. Because the material cannot withstand the high numbers of cycles, it fails. A good quality materials/metallurgical analysis will determine exactly the problem with the material. A metallurgist should be employed to determine the optimal specific metal that the pin should be made of. And there are many grades of both ferrous and non-ferrous metals including stainless steel that this pin could be manufactured from. The bottom line here is that it is a known failure point exists and Briggs & Stratton has strategically (and cheaply) decided that sufficient longevity outside of the original equipment manufacturer warranty time period. And so they continue to sell replacement cam shafts with short life decompression pins, and as Hester correctly notes, also fail over time. While Briggs & Stratton and their financial managers work to make cheaper engines, customers are choosing Kawasaki because the longevity is better. How do you know? Talk to people like Hester and ask them how many Kawasaki engines have their camshafts routinely fail in comparison to Briggs and Stratton. And of course Kawasaki is expanding their production of these small engines right here in the United States because demand for them has increased, while Briggs & Stratton struggles with its corporate finances. Anyone with half a brain would never purchase a Briggs & Stratton engine on their brand new multi thousand-dollar lawn tractor. But rather, spend a few hundred dollars more and get a half decent Kawasaki engine. Thank you Hester for another informative and entertaining repair. You do real nice work!
@@Rein_Ciarfella And it always wasn't this way. For example the briggs and stratton flathead engine is one of the best. I have 2 mowers, One of them is fifteen years old and the other one is twenty years old. Those flat head engines don't burn any oil, Powerful, And need only very simple maintenance. The problem with briggs and stratton was their management, not their engineering. Now they have a problem with both engineering and Management. American engineers are known for being the very best, And the problem seldom comes down to good engineering. But rather, management that over sees the engineering and then makes very poor cost cutting decisions that destroy products. It can only end one way for briggs and stratton; and it won't be long producing junk like this engine. Taryl Dactyl fixes all, still works on Briggs and Stratton lawnmower engines from 40 and 50years ago that still run fine today from Briggs and Stratton. Reminds me of the same Story about Bethlehem Steel, which products help win world war II and built 80 percent of the new york city skyline, including the bay bridge in san francisco. Government Policy was one of the major problems that destroyed this fine company. Same thing is happening with lawn mower engines, Because communist china is dumping them in this country, And they cheat on everything they touch.
Thank you! So I forgot to mention in the video the owner broke off a few fins from the cooling fan and had to replace it, I'm guessing he didn't get out all the broken pieces
"Skookum as frig"......I learn something new, every time I watch your channel !!!!
Then I'm doing my job! 😂👍🏻
Your kid has the right idea - press a button and say, “Go!”. 😂👍
Your kid was ready to mow some grass! Jumped right on it and was reaching for the key, lol. Nice vid.
He's always ready for a tractor ride 😂👍🏻 thank you!
I'm amazed at your knowledge of small engines. The little tid-bits you provide are only learned from experience. Not knowing your background, I suspect you have been doing this for quite a while. You have a handsome young son. Looks like he'll soon be ready to intern with dad. 😃👍
Thank you, I've been turning wrenches my whole life, hopefully my son will take an interest in the hobby as well (cause he's going to inherit a lot of useless crap if he doesn't) 😂😂😂👍🏻
That’s a heaven to kids to play and climbing on every one all day long
He absolutely loves tractors, it's hard to get him off of them sometimes 😂
Your video editing skills are every bit as good as your mechanical skills! Thanks for another enjoyable video! Tap those holes!
Thank you 😂👍🏻
That's been my gripe with the ACR for several years Hester, why manufacture a part to fail, oh yeah.....money.
Good job bud.
can't sell new engines if the old engines don't break lol
Love your videos!!
Thank you! 👍🏻
I just replaced the cam in one of those! Valve adjust didn’t solve it! And the dealer had an OEM cam in stock! It was 7 years old and well abused!
Sweet! I don't know about you but the ones that I have fixed with this issue seem to be all over the place as far as age and hours, kind of unpredictable as far as longevity (at least in my experience)
Happy Thanksgiving to you and family
Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours as well! 👍🏻
The new style compression release tab is supposed to be made stronger so it won't break. And the after market ones are also junk. I guess when/if mine goes out I will replace it with the OEM newer style and hope it lasts.
Yes for sure if you are going to keep it buy the oem one from B/S
I went with OEM for this repair, if what you're saying is true that puts my mind at ease a little bit lol
1:22 nooooo
Great tip using/reusing the ratchet strap hooks
I really like them 👍🏻
Regarding the pin that failed, the problem comes down to material selection. Had they come up with a improved and more robust geometry, then the material selection is not so critical. But as you point out the cross-sectional thickness thins out on the PIN creating a stress point. Because the material cannot withstand the high numbers of cycles, it fails. A good quality materials/metallurgical analysis will determine exactly the problem with the material. A metallurgist should be employed to determine the optimal specific metal that the pin should be made of. And there are many grades of both ferrous and non-ferrous metals including stainless steel that this pin could be manufactured from. The bottom line here is that it is a known failure point exists and Briggs & Stratton has strategically (and cheaply) decided that sufficient longevity outside of the original equipment manufacturer warranty time period. And so they continue to sell replacement cam shafts with short life decompression pins, and as Hester correctly notes, also fail over time. While Briggs & Stratton and their financial managers work to make cheaper engines, customers are choosing Kawasaki because the longevity is better. How do you know? Talk to people like Hester and ask them how many Kawasaki engines have their camshafts routinely fail in comparison to Briggs and Stratton. And of course Kawasaki is expanding their production of these small engines right here in the United States because demand for them has increased, while Briggs & Stratton struggles with its corporate finances. Anyone with half a brain would never purchase a Briggs & Stratton engine on their brand new multi thousand-dollar lawn tractor. But rather, spend a few hundred dollars more and get a half decent Kawasaki engine. Thank you Hester for another informative and entertaining repair. You do real nice work!
Really well written response! Couldn’t agree more. Kawasaki is my first choice if it comes to that. 🔧👍
Very well said, thank you very much! 👍🏻
@@Rein_Ciarfella And it always wasn't this way. For example the briggs and stratton flathead engine is one of the best. I have 2 mowers, One of them is fifteen years old and the other one is twenty years old. Those flat head engines don't burn any oil, Powerful, And need only very simple maintenance. The problem with briggs and stratton was their management, not their engineering. Now they have a problem with both engineering and Management. American engineers are known for being the very best, And the problem seldom comes down to good engineering. But rather, management that over sees the engineering and then makes very poor cost cutting decisions that destroy products. It can only end one way for briggs and stratton; and it won't be long producing junk like this engine. Taryl Dactyl fixes all, still works on Briggs and Stratton lawnmower engines from 40 and 50years ago that still run fine today from Briggs and Stratton. Reminds me of the same
Story about Bethlehem Steel, which products help win world war II and built 80 percent of the new york city skyline, including the bay bridge in san francisco. Government
Policy was one of the major problems that destroyed this fine company. Same thing is happening with lawn mower engines, Because communist china is dumping them in this country, And they cheat on everything they touch.
nice job! did you figure out where those two pieces of plastic came from?
I forgot to mention it in the video, he broke two fins off of the shroud fan and had to replace it
Motor honey! Haven’t heard that in a long time! 😃👍
Same! I looked it up and they still make it! (though it's probably not as good as the old stuff👍🏻)
Should have been a warranty job but they don’t care about customers anymore 😢😢😢
Couldn't agree more
🇦🇺🦘great repair
Where did does two metal pieces come from
Thank you! So I forgot to mention in the video the owner broke off a few fins from the cooling fan and had to replace it, I'm guessing he didn't get out all the broken pieces