A Typical Day At My Small Engine Repair Shop! Diagnosing, Fixing and Fails Episode!
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- Опубліковано 2 тра 2024
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My name is Bre. I took two years of small engine repair at the local college. When I left school, I fell into a wonderful job at a local small engine shop where I worked the counter for a couple years. In 2010 my husband and I opened up our own small engine shop in central Arkansas where I am able to work alongside my family and best friends. We saw over 2,000 pieces of small engine equipment every year, and answer 1,000's of small engine questions. We specialize in brands such as Briggs and Stratton, Kohler, Echo and Shindaiwa, but work everyday on MANY other brands like Stihl, Husqvarna, Honda, Craftsman, Remington, Red Max, Troy Bilt, Scag, Bad Boy, Hustler, World Lawn, Poulan, Mantis, Etc.. Hopefully, my experience I share, will save you Time, Money and Frustration in the future!
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2% mix with JASO FD oil and you won't have clogging problem..
It would be funny if you used that cricket for awkward moments when yu had to wait because of noise...
MS311 and MS391 are exactly the same except the piston and cylinder. The box it comes in is MS311/391...
I LOVE my MS311...
What are your experiences with MS311??
I don't know if it will help in your situation but you can run water in your ultrasonic and cleaner in a ziplock bag with cleaner and parts. Saves on cleaner and you keep all the small parts together. OBTW tell your husband that you Rock!
I am a 62 year old widow and have learned so much from watching your videos. Thanks, Chickanic! Tami
62 rocks, I'll be there in two months :)
I am 72 and use her the information all the time. No more half step just fix it correctly and not mess with it again in my lifetime.
62 years young don’t look at the latter but the sky is better
I'm 62 and will be 63 late this year. I enjoy learning about doing these things and these videos have inspired my 68-year-young wife to come out and help me when I am repairing our stuff. I am proud of her and you for learning and doing! Bravo (young lady).
You go, Girl!
You're filming in an active shop - noise is inevitable. Makes things real. Keep making great videos. Stay safe.
We understand.
A chicanic video, early Friday morning?! The cornerstone of EVERY nutritious breakfast!!!
Aw! Thanks Steve!
The background noise smile was priceless!!!
It's wonderful that you save your customers money most places won't even think about using old parts
I use old engines scavenged from junk mowers I find at thrift stores and Habitat.
If I get a newer Briggs with a plastic carburetor, the entire engine goes in the scrap pile and an older one (with serviceable or replaceable) metal carburetor is installed.
Unlike vehicles, an engine swap on most mowers takes less than 1/2 hour.
Or, they use a scrapped part and charge for a new one....
One has to psychoanalyze the customer, and also have a good repour with a customer. In the case of using used parts if you have a longstanding customer and they know you they will trust your judgement and also understand that used parts are just that, they are used and carry no warranty as far as defects in materials and workmanship. Many shops will not use used parts because if there is a problem with a used part they scream "warranty, warranty" and the shop just avoids that problem by only offering new parts. But any real repair shop will also have a good following of customers who have trust in them to get the machines repaired. Especially commercial customers. And as the Chickanic lady shows, you don't throw away items that can yield useful parts when you get into a bind of not having every part on every machine that has ever been made on your parts shelves.
@@billywird Wow, that's complicated. Good dealers know their customers. If a new customer comes in, they get to know them. Brie is upfront and clear about what she can do, doesn't blow sunshine and rainbows up their backside, nor does she act like Eeyore and say how terrible something is. She shoots straight with her customers, and that's why they keep coming back to her.
Surprised the Stihl ran right with water in the fuel filter/carburetor. I guess there's a chance it will clear out with fresh fuel.
Whenever I came up against stripped or loose threads like that I take some copper wire strands and shove it in the hole then put the screws back in and tighten. works like a charm.
As soon as I heard the "Make sure you cup your hand over the E Clip, or it'll go flying across the room...."
I could hear the "Ask me how I know!"
Anyone who has ever stripped a carb apart and forgot about the circlip and have heard tte spring shoot off and dusappear into the crap pile at the back of the garage knows the pain,, 3rd time is the charm.. that’s when it sinks in..
@@zhardoum I was worried that our cat would start playing with the parts that I took my eyes off the clip to look at him and he had that "you're an a-hole" look on his face when the parts flew away and I had to crawl around the shop on my knees with the brush and dust pan. I got them all back, even a few extras!
thats why we call them jesus clips !!!lol they fly you ask jesus to help you find them!!!
I’ve put helicoils in two stroke jugs. Never had a failure after doing it. Back in the 70s I modified Honda 250 engines to run reed valves which involved building up the intake side with an epoxy and using a helicoil in each screw hole. Yes I used Loctite to keep the screws from loosening and a thin layer of copper RTV the gaskets.
Good. Being able to re-engineer anything is a rare ability. Doing that myself on occasion, I respect that.
I was wondering about helicoils on that myself. I know they are often used in aluminum parts when threads get damaged. You can use JB weld for a lot of stuff, just coat the screw with anti-seize before screwing it in and it should keep the JB Weld from bonding to it. If you need to make threads where they basically aren’t there, there are two part epoxy metals that are extremely tough. The brands are Devcon and Belzona. You will probably have to get them from an industrial supply or from online like at Grainger.
@@williambrown3388 You can't beat metal inserts. They have them in thin-wall too, in case you don't have much meat to drill out. Helicoils work until you use them a lot and gall the threads. Time-sert are the best, but crazy expensive.....I like E-Z Lok.
Love watching a day in the shop video! I’m learning so much from ya!
With all of the exercise your arm gets from starting equipment, you must have a heck of a right cross.
G’day greetings from Tassie I think your Chanel is great you have a very good personality and you explain repairs ect, very well. I couldn’t believe how many junk machines you have outside one thing is it shows how many people that bring their machines to you to fix. One thing though stop using your palm of your hand to undo the spark plug. Your setting yourself up to get carpel tunnel, I have had bilateral Capel tunnel myself and it is extremely painful and debilitating. Kind regards John from a concerned old bloke
I didn’t see ONE fail. I DID however see a lot of fixing. This is a GREAT channel, and it’s wonderful to see a talented conscientious and well spoken mechanic who can De justify this process. Thanks.
I have saved so much money watching your videos. Thank you for what you do.
That was a very entertaining video. I am amazed at how easy you make fixing these machines look.
I have never seen anything like it !! You can almost work on this equipment blindfolded !
All I can say , " You Are Amazing !!! " Also you are funny !!
I want to thank you for making your knowledge so understandable and interesting at the same time. That is a rare quality and explains the explosion of your subscriber base. I learned enough from you to fix my own chainsaw that was not doing well at all. It now runs perfectly and as you say, "Cuts like buttttttterrrrrr....!" Saved me money and also gave me pride in myself for fixing my own equipment.
You have taught me lots about repairing small engines and I really appreciate your channel! I would like to see you do a video on how to level decks on riding mowers and diagnosing problems with the grass not getting cut in a small area when you make a turn. Thanks for all you do!
I really enjoy your content and the way that you detailed the way that you work and then you cut out some of the repetitive things
The more I watch your videos, the more I want to start my own repair shop, up here in north eastern VT. One small engine I don't see any of, are snow blowers. We get a decent amount of it up here when it does snow, lol. Keep them vids coming, I'm learning SOOO much!!! 💯%
Like you win win methods. Very good.
Can you do a segment on mixing your own fuel. And your best practices.
Hey Ms chickanic I am Handy Anthony Lee . I do have some 2 cycles engines stuff myself the brand is weed eater. I learned a lot from watching your videos on UA-cam it's inspiring to me an very helpful.
Thanks for the great vid. One thing , with it being summer please be watchful of snakes especially under your tarps. You wearing flip flops while uncovering and stepping in there made me yell NO!.
I commented similarly. I’m from Oklahoma originally and digging through stuff like that under a tarp or piece of barn tin its almost guaranteed to flip it up and see a snake. I hate snakes!
I am surprised how bad your commercial customers take care of their equipment! Working equipment is what make their living.
And thank you from me and mother earth that you reuse old parts instead of throwing them away and just buying new ones.
Jan Höglund
What a life.
Watched this entire video knowing Chickanic would win in the end
I love the highly organized parts organization system you have 😂. Reminds me of my office 🤣😂🤣
"runs just fine" is the equivalent of " I didn't work on it" and it's torn apart with parts missing lol
You are the best, it's always pleasant and informative to watch your videos.
Thank you so much.
I also have the organized chaos system, works like a charm and I know where everything is until someone wants to be helpful and tidy up 😅
JB Weld has it's uses. Holding screws in is not one of them. Not in my book anyway. Looks like an almost never ending stock of used parts. Nice video Bre. Even with the interruptions.
You can use pure wintergreen oil to soften those diaphragms same with rejuvenating hard rubber just apply wintergreen oil and wrap them up tight in a plastic bag you can even rejuvenate vinyl seats spray it down with Wintergreen and lay a sheet of plastic over it
Nah, they still won't last long at all.
So easy to rebuild oem saws I don't know why any of them would be junk unless they get smashed.. You can buy a quality piston and rings and cylinder for 140 bucks from wolf creek saws and others or you can go real cheap and get a china copy rebuild top end kit for like 40-50 bucks with new cylinder. If you're good you can put new cylinder and piston in 30 minutes! Them oem saws are worth a chunk of money now days.
I started using your method of starting my one chainsaw that does not have a purge bulb... 3 slow pulls to suck gas into the carburetor then the fast start pull -- dayum !!! that works like a champ !!!
The commercial guy using those non-pro saws really needs to learn how to do some basic checks and repair, especially using those non-pro saws to save alot of money.
I've never been a commercial customer, but I bought pro saws years ago when I needed saws after researching the benifits. I hope he can make enough to afford a couple pro saws soon. 😎👍
Just an FYI, if the muffler threads were too buggered up, you can use a Heli Coil kit to drill, tap, and install new threads to match the original.
I agree! 👍 Heli Coil makes it better than the original aluminum threads!
*Chickanic* Bravo well done, thank-you for taking the time to bring us along. GOD Bless.
I built a closet outside for my compressor. Makes it a lot more peaceful in the shop.
One of your tips helped me get my rotary mower started the other day. Yup, water in the fuel.
I have 2 ms310 and found out the hard way about the oiler slot in the clutch drum. I had to replace both oilers after I changed both clutches.. I shoulda you tubed it before I replaced the clutches due to sprocket tooth groves.
“You put your hand over the sprocket so when you pry c clip It won’t fly across the room, and you may not ever find it.” Correction, the c clip will fly across the room into another dimension, and you will not ever find it.
😂 So true!
A good clean out of my exhaust certainly makes my head spin.
Mine too! 🤣😂
Good Morning Chickanic!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good Morning!
Love how you put such an effort into saving your customer's money.
I have done so many repairs on small equipment and the strangest repair ever was a fuel line on an older piece of equipment that was like a rubber tube in a rubber tube. I had went through the carb multiple times, check for compression, checked for ignition. The motor would crank but always stopped when engine was put in load. After hours of aggravation I just changed out the fuel line, ran perfect. I did noticed the old fuel line outside dimensions were much greater than the required size (inner diameter) for tank and carb application. Curiously I cut the line open and discovered that it was in fact a tube in a tube (i believe it was for heat protection), What was happening the fuel line had started separating inside causing the inner tube to collapse when drawing fuel rapidly. Like sucking a drink through a weak straw. One other short story worked on a Honda Motor log splitter great machine. Anyway it would only run for about fifteen minutes, thought it was the low oil cutoff, nope. After cleaning the tank, carb cleaning a couple times I discovered it was the Fuel cap. The cap was thick because it contained charcoal so when venting it would be eco friendly I guess. Well anyway because of use and vibration the charcoal pieces broke down like dust and blocked the vent in the cap. Just thought you might enjoy.
When you replace the muffler and repairing the thread's Indian head shall
ack work better for thread locker on the bolt's. I am a semi retired small engine tech. I learned this another small engine guy with around 25 year's more experience than myself. Happy repair's.
Great video! I learn something from each one. I have a couple of older Homelite trimmers (one I found on the side of the road!), both of which won't start. Now I know to look for water, check for dry membranes, etc., etc.! Thanks for the down-to-earth manner in which you present your videos.
Hello Chickanick,
From central Pennsylvania farming area. Yes, I'm actually writing a fan letter. If I knew 5 years ago what I now know about carburetors I probably would have a lot more of my small engine devices. One of the tools I saw on your show was a mower lift. You sort of demonstrated it. I got one for my shop. It was invaluable when I had to replace rider mower's transaxle and belt. Keep posting
Tony
This was an excellent video Bre! Thank you for the time that you dedicate to helping all of us out in the field.
I learn so much from your videos, especially technical terms like "gookie"!
It's just natural shop sounds it shows that you are working I love hearing it
You give me so much pleasure - you make UA-cam so worthwhile. Absolutely no BS here. Thank you so much from Sydney, Aus.
Excellent episode Bre! I really enjoy it when you go after several projects in one installment. Like a five course meal! Keep up the great work!
Thank you for the great education you are providing! Your videos have already saved me hundreds and will undoubtedly save thousands. My daughters love your videos too. Cheers 🍻
WOW...I happen to own a Stihl Chainsaw...same as the one you just worked on and a Stihl brush trimmer with similar power issues. Thank you for the tutorial!
A amazing channel! I have learned so much about my mysterious small engines and how to fix them. Thank you so much! Have a gorgeous day!!
I found your video's while looking for other video's for my John Deere. I kept seeing a female mechanic video. To be honest, it was a while before I actually watched one. Your content is very interesting and after watching some, I love them. They address mechanical issues on equipment that I have a lot of. My small engines are mostly Stihl but i like seeing other brands as well. I am male, 65 and mechanically inclined. It is nice to see shortcuts and secrets that help me understand small engine issues before I actually have them. I am in central VA. I work on most of my equipment and really appreciate you friendly advice. I have bought a number of your tools that you use as well. Thank you
my dad had and 031 for ever. when he moved to the city he gave it to me. my brother rebuilt for me. when i move in closer to work. and my brother had it till he pass. now young has it.i think he keeps it around because it was dads. probably still runs. his kid has always been anul about tools. he taught him well.
How sad is this...
Unwinding on Friday night with a drink.
See you have a new video and Get excited.....
Thanks
Thanks Bre. I’ve learned a lot from you. Today I repaired an old Echo trimmer that hadn’t been run in over 10 years. Things I learned here gave me the knowledge and guts to try to fix it!
Alright, you used the ultrasonic cleaner. Sweet!!!
I’m telling you that you have thee best you-tube channel. I love the fact that you kept the old machines for parts to save your customers money. Also you are the real deal I like when you was filming work goes on in y’all’s shop. I have learnt so many things from watching you and I’m looking to kept watching and learning from you. You get two 👍👍on how you operate.
Thank you so much for your video’s they help me so much and I pass on the knowledge to others that don’t have the knowledge, God Bless
Jack
Love your persistence.
Thanks for another great video!
As always, a great informative video, I get so much out of each one of them.
Nicely done young lady! Congrats.
I learn sooo much of you!! ❤
It's amazing how you keep your hands so clean.
I have cut a lot of trees as a voulenteer @ a southern Michigan historic railroad, but since its been a bunch of years Im gratefull for your videos
I just love watching yr UA-cam shows. I learn new little tricks with just about every show. Ty for your channel!!!😊
Love your channel, thanks for sharing your expertise, 👍👍
My dad is long retired and used to be a master mechanic always used to keep a trove of broken down machinery, vehicles and parts to fall back to for those much needed parts. Many a time he saved customers by this. 🐞
Enjoyed the video as usual. You are the best dressed small engine mechanic I have ever seen. Flip flops and not even an apron. Regards.
Love all the small engine fixes, I recently got given a 30cc Ryobi electric start, but no battery or charger, the pull cord would not return and the fuel pipes were perished, it turned out the clutch had got rusty, so a clean up and new fuel lines and good to go, this one came with long reach extension, small chain saw attachment, line cutter end and hedge trimmer. Unfortunately the hedge trimmer has melted the plastic bushes in the shaft but this will be gifted to a self employed gardener I know if he wants it.
Omg I learn so much from you I could watch you 24 /7
Thanks Bre, great show Excellent 👏
In watching you videos there are few times that I don't pick up something useful. I've been repairing DIY style since my teens on mowers and small (big too) engines. Now 52 I still maintain vintage Wheel Horse and JD tractors from the 80s. I have one beast 044 Stihl and an 029 plus a Husqvarna.
The last two don't run. The 029 oil pump was taken out when the clutch disintegrated. It sheared the screws right from the block. The pull again, pull harder Husqvarna I've been unable to get running longer than a few seconds. Looks like a carb issue there.
My former fire department replaced all Stihl with Husqvarna and regretted it. The Husqvarna equipment was very troublesome and nothing was wrong with our Stihl. The Stihl equipment started every time, the Husqvarna were hard to start.
I've had 3 MS311/391s (same family saw) in my shop with muffler problems just this month. One thing I'd recommend is to take a file and smooth the exhaust port flat because they get beat up if a customer runs it with a loose muffler. If you don't, it usually leaks exhaust between the cooling plate and can sometimes vibrate loose more easily and possibly melt the crankcase wall.
New to your channel. I have learned from you already. I worked in a small engine shop for a few years. The old timer mechanic taught me that when drive sprockets wear that deep the saw will shake itself apart. By the looks of that muffler i think he is right.
I had an air compresser inside my shop once. It would start randomly scaring the absolute crap out of me every time. I built a small out building to get it out by itself.
I’m glad to hear you use the phrase “boogered up”. We had an engineer on a job where i worked in steel mill maintenance, one of my coworkers was having to deal with damaged threads on a bolt. The engineer asked him what the trouble was, he told him the threads were “boogered up”. The engineer asked his partner “what is this boogered up? The guy replied “the threads are all f*cked up!” He understood what the problem was and learned some steel mill terminology. We had to educate every new engineer.
Love how easy you make it look Bre
Thanks again for all the tips
Loved this video!! Always very informative and presented in a way that we can all understand!! Thank you!!
That was a really fun video! It’s funny to see a days work. 🙂
Great video! Lots of really good information. I used to hate 2 strokes. Now, after watching a bunch of your videos, I only dislike them a lot! LOL!! Seriously, I have learned a bunch from you... THANK YOU!!!
I pulled out all my equipment for the first cut of the season. Everything started after a couple of pulls. Zero drama just a regular old mow other than the extra time for the first edge of the season. I was a little disappointed there was nothing to fix but I guess that's what I get for watching your videos - lawn equipment that is properly maintained and just works.
I really do enjoy watching you do repairs thanks for sharing 😊😊
Excellent video. You go girl!
Thank you for the tip about running the string trimmer full throttle. I frequently run on half throttle for the reasons stated. I’ll make sure to run at full throttle too.
Another great video. Thanks!
You had a lot of fixes on this one, great video!👍🏻
You are so cool , you are Great. I love watching how you fix things. I learn so much from you……
Great video, thanks!
Thank you for another great video
My ears perked up when you started singing praises to the Mantis. You see 15 yrs ago I bought one and it was ALWAYS A PIA! Always took an act of Congress to get it started and I have no patience. If it did start I had to run it full throttle, because it wouldnt idle. I finally quit messing with it, my Christianity couldnt take it. I hired someone to till my garden until I retired then I ordered the kit with the new lines etc, put that altogether after buying a carb off Ebay. 15 yrs of frustration, alot of cussing etc, etc, and it starts and runs like it should have to begin with. I wish I had this video back then but we barely had internet. 😂 Thank you for all you do, you've saved me more than once! Ps I'm a woman 71 and do everything on my own on large acreage in OK.
Wonder Chickanic ❤💪lovely greetings from northern Italy🇮🇹😜👍
Great video. Your videos help tremendously. Being a non business, I see only a handful of machines a year, family, freinds & word of mouth, parts that look ok are not. Watching your videos help me determine if the part need replacing or still ok. Thanks a bunch.
You are truly AMAZING!Well done.