Thank you! I have NO mechanical ability but am determined to be more self-reliant and after surfing a number of videos yours is THE BEST! You got right to it, closeup images very clear and well-spoken narrative helped me make sense of it all. I'm always mulching leaves and running over rough terrain so the carburetor constantly needs cleaning. Now this old gal (67) can do my own maintenance - you saved me about $200 year :)
Hi there! I wanted to tell you thank you... my new mower was sitting for one year - I followed your steps to clean the carb with a paperclip and carb cleaner and it got it! Thanks a bunch!
So I got a lawn mower for free from a friend. It hadn't been used in a couple years, and it has to be about 7 or 8 years old now. Anyway, this video was the one that helped me diagnose and fix the problem. Thanks for the help!
I've had my Craftsman (model 917.388450 with B&S 126T02-1024-B1) mower since 2009 and it just started having some issues starting. Followed your video and it's running WAY better now. Thanks.
Thanks - very well made video. Came for the cab clean out, stayed for the rest. A word of caution for viewers; disconnect the spark plug before you work on the blade. If you turn the blade through the compression stroke, it can start the motor (very bad for your hand). Yes there is a motor break, but error on the side of caution.Cheers
TheRykerDane Before the tuneup, the motor would run for about two minutes and quit (pump the primer and repeat). I sharpen the blade, change the plug and air filter, cleaned and rebuilt the carburetor (thanks for your help). Now it runs great. Cheers
Thanks for the Great Info RykerDane! I watched your video twice and successfully rebuilt the carburetor on my Craftsman push-mower. I spent a ton more time trying to find the darn Briggs & Stratton re-build kit than actually doing the work. I never would have believed it could be so easy. Thanks again!
Thank you so so much!! My son and I enjoyed your video and cannot wait to watch it again tomorrow and attempt to clean our Troy-Bilt Lawnmower's carburetor on our own!! I have to say we were more than a bit nervous about even taking the cover off until we watched your very well done and informative video!! After trying to start our lawnmower and having it fail to keep running way too many times!! Our simple Sunday lawn mowing job had quickly turned into our giant Sunday nightmare!!! We started with removing the spark plug which was terribly fouled.......... as well as being the wrong size, and headed out to Home Depot to buy a new one, came home installed it.......... crossed our fingers, said a little prayer and tried to start it up again.........to no avail, it started right up and ran for 3 seconds and died!!!!! So.......... my first thought was that the engine was not getting any gas and that the carburetor was probably clogged and/or dirty and OMG now what are we gonna do?!?! Because this is no simple undertaking especially if you're broke and cannot afford to take it to the local Lawnmower repair shop!!!! But before throwing in the towel I figured I should go to my favorite place for solutions and instructions on how-to!! Google/UA-cam and that's how we found your awesome video!!! Thank you once again for helping us realize that we could actually resolve our lawnmower problems so easily and inexpensively!!! My son already got all the necessary tools from the garage and all we have to do now is go buy some cleaner and wait for daylight and bring you outside with us on my laptop!! Thanks to you I have all the confidence in the world we can do this job ;0) I will come back and post our results!!!
You are so very welcome, and I am glad that you found this video useful and hopefully you can get it running, or maybe you already did! Thanks so much for watching, and check out my channel and subscribe because I have lot of other helpful videos. Thank you so much again Lori Lennon!
Great video. I have been Running (yes you read that right) with mine for a year to get it started! It is over 10 years old and all I've ever done was add gas an oil. And we have cold winters and hot summers. When the neighbors ran out of jokes about me running to start it, I decided to try to repair it myself instead of getting a new one. More out of stubbornness than anything. This video inspired me. I was able to follow it step by step and ultimately .. no more running! Fires up first pull now and runs very well. The only additional thing I'd say is that after my first try at cleaning the carb by just spraying it out with the carb cleaner and reassembling, it didn't work. I found on a second try that I had to take a brillo pad to the inside of the bowl to return it to a silver color and clean out each nook and cranny of the carburetor to include the bowl bolt and the black swivel thing at top - there was junk under there I hadn't noticed at first round of cleaning - and only that second more thorough cleaning did the trick.
You know, I dont even need to tune up my mower, but I was strolling through youtube and watched this video and I couldn't help but notice how well put together it was. I appreciate your attention to detail in simple things like lighting, clarity of shot, and cutting out unnecessary video (like screwing and unscrewing). Great Job!
***** Thank you very much for the quality comments, I appreciate it. I try to make it easy for the viewers. Thanks for watching! Check out my channel if you have a minute, thanks!
And make sure the wire is far away from the engine block/electrode--I've had a mower bridge the gap and the spark plug still fired with the cable disconnected
I've got a Craftsman self propelled walk behind mower with a 6.75HP B&S engine very similar to the one shown here. The 'Control-bracket' broke. Just ordered a new replacement bracket along with a new OEM B&S carb from Amazon, should get here tomorrow. The new B&S OEM carb was $16 which to me sounded far more reasonable price-wise rather than using the old carb and purchasing replacement parts or a carb rebuild kit. Hopefully it'll start up and run like it should and not keep flooding out on restarts when the engine gets hot which would make for a whole lot of starter pulls to get it running again. Had been doing that for the last several years... major pain!! I'm guessing the float was sticking? Regardless, thanks for this video, might just come in handy!
Hey RykerDane you da MAN! I have the same model, & it was faltering/ stalling. With the help of your video, I did the plug, blade, & air filter (parts for carb' not available on a Sunday...so that's for another day). Changed the oil, & the BEAST roared to life! THANKS
That carburetor cleaning section really saved me. I thought I was going to have to take my sickle bar mower to the repair shop. Thanks for taking the time to create and post this video. You saved me a lot of money!
Great video! I've used this video every year for reference. Majority of the time it's a dirty carb with old fuel and gunk. I cleaned the carb without taking out the whole thing off. Took out the bowl, float, and needle and sprayed them with carb cleaner. Let it dry. Also, clean the spark plug with carb cleaner and let it dry. Fuel stabilizer or Seafoam wouldn't hurt when cleaning or storing it for winter.
Excellent video. I didn't realize how easy to get to the carburetor. Getting the parts was easy. I went the Briggs and Stratton website and all the parts are there to purchase. For $20 including shipping I fixed my mower. Thanks for the video!
I have an old Mastercraft mower that doesn't want to start anymore it has the exact carburetor system as this. This video is great for seeing what needs doing... now just to get to it. Thanks.
hello. GREAT video. Watched it once went out and tore mine apart!!! WOOHOO. don't know if you are still here and can answer this question for me but I'm gonna leave it here. I have a LT1000 you could get it started and then she would die. Thought carburetor, followed everything you did as to cleaning it. I even blew out the fuel line. I replaced the rubber gasket as it was brittle. Here's my problem, I put it back together. Filled it up full with gas. When I went to prime it gas squirted out the primer just a little and then I tried it after a few times the mower started up. I ran it and even cut a small garden area. Dumped the bag. Brought it back to house and I was pretty low on gas. Don't think it should have been low already. Tried starting it again and it fired up but started to die after a few seconds - that is what was wrong with it to start with. Any ideas on what to do next? I've looked all over to see where the gas is leaking out of but can't see anything... Thank you
Thank you SO much!!! I’m a widow, and have had to do things on my own. I have learned so much from UA-cam with “how to” videos. This is one of the best I’ve watched. Thanks again!
I had an identical engine on mine and thanks to this my non-running mower is running again! I didn't use it at all last year because the city had my parkway torn up for gas and sewer work and they didn't finish until December. The gas turned to sludge in the carb. Pro tip: don't turn your mower upside down to work on it! I found out the hard way. :p
Rebuild carbs every day honda brigs kohler ect, have never had to replace needle or seat.If u have to u need a new carb. If people would read there owners manual about storing there small engines all of this could be avoided. The problem is called ETHENAL
what a great and informative video, very interesting and really nothing to be scared of for most of us that fancy a go at it, well done and well presented, thank you from scotland 👍🏼 this is what the internet was invented for and not for dumb girls dancing in their kitchens 🙄🏴
Possibly check your throttle cable to make sure it is not giving too much gas, or check your primer bulb to make sure it is not cracked. All I can say is clean that carb and you will notice a difference. Let me know if you need anything else.
TheRykerDane did everything, clean everything but my 6.5 lifan engine keeps shutting down if i accelerate to much from complete stop. If i accelerate too hard and leave it the engine stalls but once i stop accelerating or let it idle it stabilizes. It has a high flow intake KN, could it be the jet is not the right one? thank you
***** ah I see. Ok yes, then you probably need to adjust the jet, or you need to just take the carb off and clean it. Small pieces of debris can really make an engine not run well at all.
i have a 9 year old briggs and stratton Murray 4.5hp that is still running good... bought it brand new in 2006 and it still gits r done all we did was never ran the mower out of oil always kept it full of oil, always kept the oil changed, always kept the carb clean and its still running good today!!!! :)
Thanks for the awesome instructions. Camera work is great too. I've replaced the filter and plug before, but after watching this, I'm going to clean the carburetor... Great video.
Thanks for making this video! I've never done any small-engine work before, but after watching this I was able to successfully clean out my lawnmower's carburetor... AND get it started back up again.
Just from working with engines, and mechanical parts since I was younger. But this is simple stuff though. The hard stuff is working on an engine and you can't get to the part you want to fix without having to remove a bunch of other things. Hope this helped you. Thanks for watching!
Thank you so much for this how-to video. I was facing an early spring fast growth of my lawn and the mower would fire up then shut off. I was pretty sure it was the carburetor and your video allowed me to solve the problem on my own.
Thank you so much bud! I have the same exact model mower. Gonna start this process when the rain stops here. I hate Oregon weather sometimes, lol. Mainly came here for the carburetor, but learned much more!
I busted a little bit of the plastic that holds the rod to the spring that sits on the carb. Now the governor is messed up and will not run at a safe speed. The butterfly in the carb has no control without being connected to that rod/spring. Hope that makes sense.
Hi Ryker. Thanks for a GREAT video! Gave me the courage to give it a try. (62 year old woman - 1st time lawn mower repair attempt) Lawn mower wouldn't start at all. I started with the air filter which was COMPLETELY gunked up - yuck - and cleaned it off. Put it back together and it started right up!!! WOW. I'll need to get a new one but it felt really good to give it a try and have success. All you ladies out there... give it a try! Thanks again Ryker!
This video is great! It de-mystified the process for me. You saved me a lot of money and set me up to better maintain the mower in years to come. Thanks so much!
Hey RykerDane. Followed your simple video and got my mower from spluttering, smokey unreliable turkey to a 'starts first time' weapon. Thanks so much. Really like the way you fast forward through cleaning and screwing stuff to make for a compact video. Thanks again mate, you're the king.
Great video!! I was fighting with my lawn mower for a few weeks:). I had changed the oil and filter but nothing. It would start and then die, start and die.... I was already looking into buying a new lawn mower. But thanks to your video and cleaning the carburetor my lawn mower is working again. Thank you!!!
yes, fuel stabilizers are great for even in season mowing. But definitely put it in in the offseason when the mower is sitting. Or just dump out the gas too.
OMG This helped so much. I've been messing with the mower for two days. One of the jets was clogged. Cleaned the carb and jets, put fresh fuel with fuel/carb cleaner in it and it worked the first pull. Thank you so much! Here have a sub!
Great video. You made it very easy to see what needed to be done. My mower was left out in a heavy rain and wouldn't start. I've never taken my mower apart but after watching your video, I went to work and cleaned out the fuel system and carburetor. Had the mower back up and running in about 10-15 minutes. Thanks
hmm, thats really weird. All I can say is make sure its cleaned well, there might be a small debris particle in the carb and the fuel is not coming out correctly. And sometimes the engines are shot, but most of the time they still have life left in them. good luck
I was lazy and cheap (dont want to break the gasket) so I only removed the cup and the needle. Then flushed all the fueld holes with cab cleaner and the mower run fine again.
Compression can be an issue if you have a cracked head. Sometimes on cheaper lawnmowers with the heat of the day and the heat of the engine, this can happen, or how much abuse it goes through. Or just manufacture error. Otherwise, most of the time on a push mower, there shouldn't be any problems with compression. to check just pull off your plug and make sure you are getting compression by pulling the recoil.
If the engine is turning over then there is a spark or combustion problem. Make sure the spark plug is ok, and make sure there is not a ton of oil in the cylinder. if this is the case then the rings on the piston are leaking. But also, check your throttle/safety cable. Is it pulling where it is supposed to be?
Thanks for the video, it helped me take my carb apart and install the carb rebuild kit. Mower wouldn't start, now starts on first pull again. Thank you.
This is a lawnmower, after all. It's not a rocket ship. I think all males should at least be trained at some point, in their primary education on these lawn mowers, which share the technology we've had for over 100 years now. Good video. To the rest of the folks, it's simple, and nothing to it.
There's too many parts and too many bolts how do you ever remember which bolts go where and how do you remember all the steps?!! I just bought my push mower in the fall and used it less that 5 times and it won't start and I have no clue why or how. I have no idea what I'm supposed to do or how to do it where to get new parts and I'm about ready to cry. How is my luck always like this!?? Why does anything with an engine that comes my way dies shortly after I get it?!?! =( Can you please just come to my house and fix it please? I'll make you some brownies! Brownies I understand! Brownies I can make happen! Cooking and baking I get. But motors and engines frustrate the living hell out of me. (cries)
BlinkinFirefly Oh, I am so sorry about your frustrations. I know it can be hard to understand at first, but its really a lot easier than you think. Just start slow and take out the bolts systematically so you can remember where you had it. You could also set up a camera and record, that way you won't forget anything. Keep your head up. The brownies sound great but I bet you are across the country somewhere. I am in SC. Good Luck!
Nah, I'm in North Florida! Like 6 hours away! Come on down! =P But yea you're right, I just want instant gratification. I don't want to take the mower to the shop because I KNOW its probably easy enough to do myself. I would wind up paying half of what I paid for the mower if I took it in. It's just...the work...ugh.
Just one problem I had with carb rebuild you did not say anything about the little o-ring that has to go on pin that float pushes up? If the o-ring is not installed the carb will flood gas. when I installed the o-ring it worked and is working perfect! But I still loved your video. Thanks again Oh by the way I had never seen that pin need the o-ring?
oh ok, well its hard to figure out without looking at it. Make sure everything is greased well. But it seems like the cable to the shaft is not engaging and staying engaged. You might want to replace the cable. Hope you get it working
Great video! To install the needle seat a drill bit of the same diameter works and wont damage the seat, I would not use a screw like in the video, to much chance of damage to it.
Well this could possibly be that the carb is dirty and needs a cleaning. It is not getting the right amount of fuel when there is resistance. If that does not work, It is possible to convert it to a manual throttle
Thank you! I have NO mechanical ability but am determined to be more self-reliant and after surfing a number of videos yours is THE BEST! You got right to it, closeup images very clear and well-spoken narrative helped me make sense of it all. I'm always mulching leaves and running over rough terrain so the carburetor constantly needs cleaning. Now this old gal (67) can do my own maintenance - you saved me about $200 year :)
You can do it! Awesome!
Hi there! I wanted to tell you thank you... my new mower was sitting for one year - I followed your steps to clean the carb with a paperclip and carb cleaner and it got it!
Thanks a bunch!
Thank you for giving me the confidence working on my carb. I watched your video 3,242 times. It wasn't all that hard. just took my time.
So I got a lawn mower for free from a friend. It hadn't been used in a couple years, and it has to be about 7 or 8 years old now. Anyway, this video was the one that helped me diagnose and fix the problem. Thanks for the help!
Excellent tutorial!!! My mower wouldn't start and the carburetor was the reason for it. Thank you for taking the time to make this!! Awesome
+R “RD” Leon you are welcome, I hope you got it fixed
I've had my Craftsman (model 917.388450 with B&S 126T02-1024-B1) mower since 2009 and it just started having some issues starting. Followed your video and it's running WAY better now. Thanks.
Thanks - very well made video. Came for the cab clean out, stayed for the rest. A word of caution for viewers; disconnect the spark plug before you work on the blade. If you turn the blade through the compression stroke, it can start the motor (very bad for your hand). Yes there is a motor break, but error on the side of caution.Cheers
stanfordcoffee Yep definitely a good idea. thanks
TheRykerDane Before the tuneup, the motor would run for about two minutes and quit (pump the primer and repeat). I sharpen the blade, change the plug and air filter, cleaned and rebuilt the carburetor (thanks for your help). Now it runs great. Cheers
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Your waking the hole town up........
This just saved me the trouble of buying a new lawn mower. I cleaned the air filter and mine started running great again. Thanks for the help
Damn dude, this video is 1,000 times better than all the other mower videos i've seen (about 20 so far).
awesome, glad to help!
Cutting edge stuff.
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Thanks for the Great Info RykerDane! I watched your video twice and successfully rebuilt the carburetor on my Craftsman push-mower. I spent a ton more time trying to find the darn Briggs & Stratton re-build kit than actually doing the work. I never would have believed it could be so easy. Thanks again!
Real good camera work! You show clearly what you are doing and for diy'ers such as myself that's important. Thanks for that!
you are very welcome!
Thank you so so much!! My son and I enjoyed your video and cannot wait to watch it again tomorrow and attempt to clean our Troy-Bilt Lawnmower's carburetor on our own!! I have to say we were more than a bit nervous about even taking the cover off until we watched your very well done and informative video!!
After trying to start our lawnmower and having it fail to keep running way too many times!! Our simple Sunday lawn mowing job had quickly turned into our giant Sunday nightmare!!! We started with removing the spark plug which was terribly fouled.......... as well as being the wrong size, and headed out to Home Depot to buy a new one, came home installed it.......... crossed our fingers, said a little prayer and tried to start it up again.........to no avail, it started right up and ran for 3 seconds and died!!!!!
So.......... my first thought was that the engine was not getting any gas and that the carburetor was probably clogged and/or dirty and OMG now what are we gonna do?!?! Because this is no simple undertaking especially if you're broke and cannot afford to take it to the local Lawnmower repair shop!!!!
But before throwing in the towel I figured I should go to my favorite place for solutions and instructions on how-to!! Google/UA-cam and that's how we found your awesome video!!!
Thank you once again for helping us realize that we could actually resolve our lawnmower problems so easily and inexpensively!!! My son already got all the necessary tools from the garage and all we have to do now is go buy some cleaner and wait for daylight and bring you outside with us on my laptop!! Thanks to you I have all the confidence in the world we can do this job ;0) I will come back and post our results!!!
You are so very welcome, and I am glad that you found this video useful and hopefully you can get it running, or maybe you already did! Thanks so much for watching, and check out my channel and subscribe because I have lot of other helpful videos. Thank you so much again Lori Lennon!
Great video. I have been Running (yes you read that right) with mine for a year to get it started! It is over 10 years old and all I've ever done was add gas an oil. And we have cold winters and hot summers. When the neighbors ran out of jokes about me running to start it, I decided to try to repair it myself instead of getting a new one. More out of stubbornness than anything. This video inspired me. I was able to follow it step by step and ultimately .. no more running! Fires up first pull now and runs very well. The only additional thing I'd say is that after my first try at cleaning the carb by just spraying it out with the carb cleaner and reassembling, it didn't work. I found on a second try that I had to take a brillo pad to the inside of the bowl to return it to a silver color and clean out each nook and cranny of the carburetor to include the bowl bolt and the black swivel thing at top - there was junk under there I hadn't noticed at first round of cleaning - and only that second more thorough cleaning did the trick.
Thanks for doing this video! Showing how the needle attaches to the float valve saved my bacon.
You know, I dont even need to tune up my mower, but I was strolling through youtube and watched this video and I couldn't help but notice how well put together it was. I appreciate your attention to detail in simple things like lighting, clarity of shot, and cutting out unnecessary video (like screwing and unscrewing). Great Job!
***** Thank you very much for the quality comments, I appreciate it. I try to make it easy for the viewers. Thanks for watching! Check out my channel if you have a minute, thanks!
Finally someone recommends using an air compressor to blow through passageways of a carb! Thank you! This is missed so many times.
yep its pretty easy to do
never work on a mower with the spark plug connected. disconnect the plug before tinkering with the blade.
VERY IMPORTANT WARNING ADVISE. THANKS FOR POSTING THAT.
You are correct Joe .... that puppy only has to kick once to remove body parts
And make sure the wire is far away from the engine block/electrode--I've had a mower bridge the gap and the spark plug still fired with the cable disconnected
I know right. 1st thing I said too..
It's cheaper and easier to just buy a new carburator.
Best how-to I've found so far. Though it is not my brand/model (Toro), I feel confident enough to start on it.
jenskimble awesome
I've got a Craftsman self propelled walk behind mower with a 6.75HP B&S engine very similar to the one shown here. The 'Control-bracket' broke. Just ordered a new replacement bracket along with a new OEM B&S carb from Amazon, should get here tomorrow. The new B&S OEM carb was $16 which to me sounded far more reasonable price-wise rather than using the old carb and purchasing replacement parts or a carb rebuild kit. Hopefully it'll start up and run like it should and not keep flooding out on restarts when the engine gets hot which would make for a whole lot of starter pulls to get it running again. Had been doing that for the last several years... major pain!! I'm guessing the float was sticking? Regardless, thanks for this video, might just come in handy!
daluke61 you are very welcome, I hope you get it going!
Hey RykerDane you da MAN! I have the same model, & it was faltering/ stalling. With the help of your video, I did the plug, blade, & air filter (parts for carb' not available on a Sunday...so that's for another day). Changed the oil, & the BEAST roared to life! THANKS
You are so welcome! Thats awesome you got it working!
That carburetor cleaning section really saved me. I thought I was going to have to take my sickle bar mower to the repair shop. Thanks for taking the time to create and post this video. You saved me a lot of money!
you are very welcome!
Great video! I've used this video every year for reference.
Majority of the time it's a dirty carb with old fuel and gunk. I cleaned the carb without taking out the whole thing off. Took out the bowl, float, and needle and sprayed them with carb cleaner. Let it dry.
Also, clean the spark plug with carb cleaner and let it dry.
Fuel stabilizer or Seafoam wouldn't hurt when cleaning or storing it for winter.
you got it, good tips!
one of the best instructional videos I've seen on youtube yet. Thanks for sharing your expertise
Excellent video. I didn't realize how easy to get to the carburetor. Getting the parts was easy. I went the Briggs and Stratton website and all the parts are there to purchase. For $20 including shipping I fixed my mower. Thanks for the video!
awesome!
Great video, thanks for spending the time to put this together. It was a huge help!!
+Jason W you are very welcome!
I have an old Mastercraft mower that doesn't want to start anymore it has the exact carburetor system as this. This video is great for seeing what needs doing... now just to get to it. Thanks.
This video basically fixed my mower. Cleaned carb, all good. Thank you, sir!
Mark Z. awesome, you are welcome!
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hello. GREAT video. Watched it once went out and tore mine apart!!! WOOHOO. don't know if you are still here and can answer this question for me but I'm gonna leave it here. I have a LT1000 you could get it started and then she would die. Thought carburetor, followed everything you did as to cleaning it. I even blew out the fuel line. I replaced the rubber gasket as it was brittle. Here's my problem, I put it back together. Filled it up full with gas. When I went to prime it gas squirted out the primer just a little and then I tried it after a few times the mower started up. I ran it and even cut a small garden area. Dumped the bag. Brought it back to house and I was pretty low on gas. Don't think it should have been low already. Tried starting it again and it fired up but started to die after a few seconds - that is what was wrong with it to start with. Any ideas on what to do next? I've looked all over to see where the gas is leaking out of but can't see anything... Thank you
Thank you SO much!!! I’m a widow, and have had to do things on my own. I have learned so much from UA-cam with “how to” videos. This is one of the best I’ve watched. Thanks again!
You are so welcome!
thanks man after doing what you said my mower chranked up with the little bit of gas that was left over from when I drained the tank. Thanks a million
make sure you remove the spark plug cable
I had an identical engine on mine and thanks to this my non-running mower is running again! I didn't use it at all last year because the city had my parkway torn up for gas and sewer work and they didn't finish until December. The gas turned to sludge in the carb.
Pro tip: don't turn your mower upside down to work on it! I found out the hard way. :p
Rebuild carbs every day honda brigs kohler ect, have never had to replace needle or seat.If u have to u need a new carb. If people would read there owners manual about storing there small engines all of this could be avoided. The problem is called ETHENAL
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what a great and informative video, very interesting and really nothing to be scared of for most of us that fancy a go at it, well done and well presented, thank you from scotland 👍🏼 this is what the internet was invented for and not for dumb girls dancing in their kitchens 🙄🏴
Check to make sure the right amount of fuel is coming out. And check your primer bulb to see if it is cracked.
Possibly check your throttle cable to make sure it is not giving too much gas, or check your primer bulb to make sure it is not cracked. All I can say is clean that carb and you will notice a difference. Let me know if you need anything else.
TheRykerDane did everything, clean everything but my 6.5 lifan engine keeps shutting down if i accelerate to much from complete stop. If i accelerate too hard and leave it the engine stalls but once i stop accelerating or let it idle it stabilizes. It has a high flow intake KN, could it be the jet is not the right one? thank you
***** You have a High flow intake on a lawnmower? I have never seen that before.
its not a lawnmower is a go kart with a lifan 6.5 engine
***** ah I see. Ok yes, then you probably need to adjust the jet, or you need to just take the carb off and clean it. Small pieces of debris can really make an engine not run well at all.
Followed your instructions and it started on first pull. Running like new. Great video
An oil change wouldn't hurt...
It wont need it with an oil injection pump, it will burn it off as you run it.
Are you high, drunk, or otherwise mentally altered? Because you've lost your damn mind lol.
No need to change it if he fixed it good
your camera work was AWESOME! thank you!
i have a 9 year old briggs and stratton Murray 4.5hp that is still running good... bought it brand new in 2006 and it still gits r done all we did was never ran the mower out of oil always kept it full of oil, always kept the oil changed, always kept the carb clean and its still running good today!!!! :)
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Thanks for the awesome instructions. Camera work is great too. I've replaced the filter and plug before, but after watching this, I'm going to clean the carburetor... Great video.
Great tutorial video! Exactly what I've been looking for on how to learn to do my own lawnmower tuneup!
Thanks buddy. I was able to get my lawn mover restarted. Just followed up your video. Awesome.
+Aniruddha Parwekar thats great!
Thanks for making this video! I've never done any small-engine work before, but after watching this I was able to successfully clean out my lawnmower's carburetor... AND get it started back up again.
thats awesome! It feels good to do it yourself rather than pay someone else to do it right! thanks for watching!
Great walkthrough! I was able to get my mower up and running again like a champ after watching. :)
Just from working with engines, and mechanical parts since I was younger. But this is simple stuff though. The hard stuff is working on an engine and you can't get to the part you want to fix without having to remove a bunch of other things. Hope this helped you. Thanks for watching!
Thank you so much for this how-to video. I was facing an early spring fast growth of my lawn and the mower would fire up then shut off. I was pretty sure it was the carburetor and your video allowed me to solve the problem on my own.
+Lynn Munro thats great, I hope everything runs good now!
because of this video my mower runs like new again. thank you young man for the vid.
Zach Garn You are welcome, glad to help!
You are very welcome and I am glad I could help you out!
Great video explained everything well thanks for posting and giving some guidance!
you are welcome
Thank you so much bud! I have the same exact model mower. Gonna start this process when the rain stops here. I hate Oregon weather sometimes, lol. Mainly came here for the carburetor, but learned much more!
nice, I hope you get it!
I busted a little bit of the plastic that holds the rod to the spring that sits on the carb. Now the governor is messed up and will not run at a safe speed. The butterfly in the carb has no control without being connected to that rod/spring. Hope that makes sense.
Hi Ryker. Thanks for a GREAT video! Gave me the courage to give it a try. (62 year old woman - 1st time lawn mower repair attempt) Lawn mower wouldn't start at all. I started with the air filter which was COMPLETELY gunked up - yuck - and cleaned it off. Put it back together and it started right up!!! WOW. I'll need to get a new one but it felt really good to give it a try and have success. All you ladies out there... give it a try! Thanks again Ryker!
You are very welcome, glad you got it fixed Kathleen!
This video is great! It de-mystified the process for me. You saved me a lot of money and set me up to better maintain the mower in years to come. Thanks so much!
I am so glad I could help you out and made it easy for you! Thanks for watching!
excellent video.did a great job of jumping through the boring parts
Pam McGee n
Great vid.........intend on fixing neighbours mower thanks to your vid. Rock on.
Thanks for the help. My mower wouldn't start today after sitting all winter. I cleaned the carburetor per instructions and it started right up.
nice job!
Great!!! This is just what I needed to get my mower to run again.
thanks and hope it helped!
Got my non-running mower going after watching the carburetor cleaning section. That did the trick. Thank you!
you are welcome!
Thanks for taking the time to do this tune up!
Hey RykerDane. Followed your simple video and got my mower from spluttering, smokey unreliable turkey to a 'starts first time' weapon. Thanks so much. Really like the way you fast forward through cleaning and screwing stuff to make for a compact video. Thanks again mate, you're the king.
You are very welcome, thanks for the great positive feedback!
Awesome video. Everyone remember to wear safety glasses.
Great video!! I was fighting with my lawn mower for a few weeks:). I had changed the oil and filter but nothing. It would start and then die, start and die.... I was already looking into buying a new lawn mower. But thanks to your video and cleaning the carburetor my lawn mower is working again. Thank you!!!
Avel Awesome! Glad I could save you from buying another, thanks for watching!
yes, fuel stabilizers are great for even in season mowing. But definitely put it in in the offseason when the mower is sitting. Or just dump out the gas too.
OMG This helped so much. I've been messing with the mower for two days. One of the jets was clogged. Cleaned the carb and jets, put fresh fuel with fuel/carb cleaner in it and it worked the first pull. Thank you so much! Here have a sub!
thanks a lot!
So clear and concise thank you!
You're so welcome!
Great video. You made it very easy to see what needed to be done. My mower was left out in a heavy rain and wouldn't start. I've never taken my mower apart but after watching your video, I went to work and cleaned out the fuel system and carburetor. Had the mower back up and running in about 10-15 minutes. Thanks
you can use the smoothe end(drill chuck) side of a drill bit to finish seating the seat in the bore
Thanks so much for the help! I fixed my 8yr old Lowes's mower (w/a B&S engine) this weekened & wouldn't have been able to do it without this how to...
I tried both seafoam and carb and choke cleaner yes I'm getting perfect spark was checked last month a friend had the special tool
hmm, thats really weird. All I can say is make sure its cleaned well, there might be a small debris particle in the carb and the fuel is not coming out correctly. And sometimes the engines are shot, but most of the time they still have life left in them. good luck
Awesome video. Got my mower up and running quickly.
awesome video,, worked like a champ on my mower,, thank you sir ,, keep up the good work..
You are very welcome!
I was lazy and cheap (dont want to break the gasket) so I only removed the cup and the needle. Then flushed all the fueld holes with cab cleaner and the mower run fine again.
cay du Thats awesome, glad you got it running!
Compression can be an issue if you have a cracked head. Sometimes on cheaper lawnmowers with the heat of the day and the heat of the engine, this can happen, or how much abuse it goes through. Or just manufacture error. Otherwise, most of the time on a push mower, there shouldn't be any problems with compression. to check just pull off your plug and make sure you are getting compression by pulling the recoil.
My push mower is 245cc, I would smoke this mower in a race!
Its has total loss oil burn off lubrication?
Incredible demonstration/teaching video!
I love how simple and clear your demonstration is. Thanks for your help!
Thank you, you are welcome!
I picked up a free one here in Connecticut and it wasn't running. I cleaned it up and i fired right up.
Great vid... succinct and to the point... great eyes on each point of interest.
+charles jurgus you are welcome1
If the engine is turning over then there is a spark or combustion problem. Make sure the spark plug is ok, and make sure there is not a ton of oil in the cylinder. if this is the case then the rings on the piston are leaking.
But also, check your throttle/safety cable. Is it pulling where it is supposed to be?
Thanks for the video, it helped me take my carb apart and install the carb rebuild kit. Mower wouldn't start, now starts on first pull again. Thank you.
darink300zx awesome!
You might be able to find them at home depot, lowes or menards. Or Ace Hardware, or a small engine repair shop.
This is a lawnmower, after all. It's not a rocket ship. I think all males should at least be trained at some point, in their primary education on these lawn mowers, which share the technology we've had for over 100 years now.
Good video. To the rest of the folks, it's simple, and nothing to it.
yes you are correct! anyone can do it
Sure Ray Charles, even a blind man can do it.
Excellent video. Thank you.
There's too many parts and too many bolts how do you ever remember which bolts go where and how do you remember all the steps?!! I just bought my push mower in the fall and used it less that 5 times and it won't start and I have no clue why or how. I have no idea what I'm supposed to do or how to do it where to get new parts and I'm about ready to cry. How is my luck always like this!?? Why does anything with an engine that comes my way dies shortly after I get it?!?! =( Can you please just come to my house and fix it please? I'll make you some brownies! Brownies I understand! Brownies I can make happen! Cooking and baking I get. But motors and engines frustrate the living hell out of me. (cries)
BlinkinFirefly Oh, I am so sorry about your frustrations. I know it can be hard to understand at first, but its really a lot easier than you think. Just start slow and take out the bolts systematically so you can remember where you had it. You could also set up a camera and record, that way you won't forget anything. Keep your head up. The brownies sound great but I bet you are across the country somewhere. I am in SC. Good Luck!
Nah, I'm in North Florida! Like 6 hours away! Come on down! =P But yea you're right, I just want instant gratification. I don't want to take the mower to the shop because I KNOW its probably easy enough to do myself. I would wind up paying half of what I paid for the mower if I took it in. It's just...the work...ugh.
BlinkinFirefly I can understand. But I bet you can do it! You have pretty good musical skills, so cleaning a carb should be simple!
BlinkinFirefly Do what I do, set up your phone to video record everything you do. It helps in knowing how to put it back together.
cowabunga good idea, thanks
Thanks for the upload. It helped out immensely.
where did you buy all the parts at?
small engine parts shop
good video I have the same lawn mower but I replaced all three gaskets part # for briggs stratton 625 ser. carb kit was 498260
Awesome tutorial. It helped me immensely. Thank you!
missige you are welcome!
My Briggs won't start ,It's hot as Hell outside (Tucson AZ), but thanks for the vid you give me hope!
Just one problem I had with carb rebuild you did not say anything about the little o-ring that has to go on pin that float pushes up? If the o-ring is not installed the carb will flood gas. when I installed the o-ring it worked and is working perfect! But I still loved your video. Thanks again Oh by the way I had never seen that pin need the o-ring?
oh ok, well its hard to figure out without looking at it. Make sure everything is greased well. But it seems like the cable to the shaft is not engaging and staying engaged. You might want to replace the cable. Hope you get it working
Thats great! Now you are ready to mow! glad I could help!
You can leave the oil in but it is more than 2 seasons then no, or make sure you change it first thing next season.
Excellent video!!!
Thank you. Very useful video and very well explained
you are welcome!
Great video, easy to follow. Thanks !!
Great video! To install the needle seat a drill bit of the same diameter works and wont damage the seat, I would not use a screw like in the video, to much chance of damage to it.
Yes you have to be careful if you don't have the seat remover tool
Thanks a lot. I'll try it tomorrow!
Well this could possibly be that the carb is dirty and needs a cleaning. It is not getting the right amount of fuel when there is resistance. If that does not work, It is possible to convert it to a manual throttle
Super helpful. Will be doing my B&S 6.0 Ninja tomorrow. Showing my son how to do this as well.
Thanks again.
K
Very helpful! Thanks for posting.
BHallBrowser You are welcome!