A Day In Our Life #25 Demon Lawnmower Drives Us Mad Vlog
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- A Day In Our Life #25 Demon Lawnmower Drives Us Mad Vlog
In this video we come up against a challenging problem with a lawnmower pull cord that gives us all sorts of problems.
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Without a doubt it was trying your patience Martin. Great video mate
What a mare - Garry - pick the mowers up for your old man ! Nice work gents
I've repaired two mowers with the same problem. Once you have the coil back in place, mark an area on the string wheel as well as on the housing, this will help you turn the to the proper tension. Turn the coil 6 full turn (each turn should match the marked area) then insert a small screwdrive to the tension while you insert the pull-cord. Great video as always. Thank you
Great video, I've fixed many recoils like that, it's not tricky once you get the hang of it. Keep up the good work!
The pull cord on the Power Devil was a right saga but you got there in the end and you've gained valuable experience. Your persistence paid off in the end.
Hi Martin, pull start springs can be a right pain to get right. The way I do it (if i can explain without a diagram!) is to fit the spring and rope pulley to the cowling and attach the cord and handle without any pre-winding. I then put a half turn of clockwise load on the pulley and hold it in place with my thumb. Then I pull the cord through the back of the cowling so that the starter handle is up against its stop - this leaves me with a load of loose cord, of course. The process then is to thread the cord around the pulley clockwise - feeding it into the gap between the cowl and the pulley. Once all the cord is feed onto the pulley the mechanism has effectively got a half turn of tension at the starting position so as you pull the handle you know you're not going to over load the spring. If the resistance is still a bit weak just pull the handle out about 8 inches and then hook a bit of cord from the pulley and loop it around the pulley clockwise and tuck back in to add more tension. Sorry if this sounds really hard to follow but much easier in practice.
Yes it sounds fine John I don't have a problem with them normally but these ones were something I don't normally mess with. Got it sussed now though.
You just haven't lived until you've had to fix an "unsprung" rewind spring. I guess I should be happy to say I've lived (but I'm not)! This video is a perfect illustration of the patience needed to fix small engine equipment. In my younger days the neighborhood kids would have learned a lot of new (bad) words and dodged a few missiles! Now it is just par for the course!
Yes Jack, I normally use a clamp but don't normally mess with these types.
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Lol I had to laugh pretty hard at the recoil spring bit. I don't know how many times I screwed this up, second guessed myself. I appreciate you sharing the goof up so others can learn from it as well
Cheers bud
@@retrorestore cheers, mate. I really mean it. Most uploaders will edit that bit out and make it look flawless.
Thanks for the reply!
I actually saw him step back. His mama didn't raise a fool. He shows some smarts.
Another informative and very useful vid Martin. Your determination paid off yet again. Cheers Malcolm
Thanks Malc, I learnt something as well lol
good video, a little trick from when I repaired mowers/power equipment regarding the recoil starter assembly installation is when fitting put the unit on the engine with all the fixing bolts in place "finger tight" then pull the engine over a couple of times (don't start the engine) to "centre" the recoil assembly relative to the flywheel then without disturbing it's position tighten the recoil assemblies fixings, this also ensures the starter "tang" presents to the flywheel in the best position.
That's me, hate doing springs no matter how many times this always happens. 😂
I've just had to do this exact thing on my paramotor pull chord. It is a total pain in the arse lol. Good videos. Well worth the watch.
Tricky buggers as you know Oliver, hope you sorted yours.
retrorestore I did. I went through the exact same thing as you did in this video haha. Lots of swearing but works lovely now 😁
I think the old rope cups worked just fine ,,lol
Great Video, Martin....Good that you let us see the 'foibles' that you have to put up with. Everything that is new requires a certain amount of learning and that's the beauty of UA-cam that we can learn from other peoples struggles. I have watched your videos and it surprises me how much I have learnt. Way better than Strictly Come Dancing and Bake Off rubbish....Have you sold your Reliant van yet??
Its on Ebay at the moment Malc has some bids on it as well.
Satisfying watching you sort that,as good as new again! 👍🏻👌🏼
That looked painful Mart, Your face at certain stages said it all!/
Baz.
It is now day three and the spring has popped out again. The sweat trickles down my temple and into the stubble of my beard. I stare at the spring. It mocks me. I look over to the sledgehammer just inside the shop door. I now know what I must do...
Haha, it sounds better written down than the video lol
Croitons that was painful. BUT, Been there myself a few times.
You have to make sure the little springs on the lugs that fly out are holding them in.
In capsulated, means it is enclosed . Incarcerated means he is in the slammer.
It is actually spelled encapsulated
I have had experience in the same spring before ( nightmare ) , well done to you both mate serious commitment 👌
Great vid mart as usual filled with humour.not telling you how too suck eggs .but little tip for ya "why not video it next time" then you can look back how it come appart 🤣
During the workspace cleanup the music was reminiscent of "Kim and Aggie", how apropos.
Martin, I see you throw your arm and shoulder around quite a bit starting mowers that you're working on. Have you a socket adapter for your drill?
I keep meaning to sort one out. Maybe one day lol
My thinking is, you should have greased the spring, also
Atleast a spray lubricant
O sweet jesus what a huge headache 👍😆
I'm always looking for little bits like lawn mowers to fix up while I'm not at collage but this area I very rarely find something cheap or with potential for profit. Yet I'm only about 30/45 minutes up the road from where you live, like you say though I'm always looking fairly hard though! Good videos though, think I'll stick to tinkering with race cars and tractors.
Tension was killing me lol
Haha and me lol
Hi mate like your videos keep them coming from alan .
Thanks Alan
Them springs are a utter bitch. Fair play Martin hope your hands are not shredded .
A lot easier to wind one in to a case housing .As for Gary kept out of the way lol.
Well why not good to see him back home .
Haha, yes Pete, he was like a coiled spring lol
Remember back in the day at tech a job for a couple of blokes change the front strut on a mark 2 Escort
oh lord let it off with no spring compressor , bloody hell did it go off. But good wishes to Gary and the
family .
What a saga Martin ! How do you do these jobs and not swear I'd be turning the sky blue and was whilst watching ! lol do you get stressed at all cheers 👍
Not really Pauly but I did have a few choice words lol
The kids are great!
Nice job guys
Good video. All the best calvin
Thats one hell of a broom used in the video!
Haha, I know what you mean lol
Martin there’s this thing called UA-cam and there might be a video that could have helped here. 😀 Great perseverance. I’d have launched it on attempt three.
Do you still have the lawnmowers that you found in your bush?
Yes I do bud.
Great video
Cheers bud.
The starts on my nitro car kept getting jammed and recoiling was a pain the ass so converted it to drill start.
Spring is in the air,😀
I see what you did there John lol
Top marks for perseverance.....even more top marks for the laugh Mate. Now you know why I biinned the one on mine. Anyway computer packed up today, so back on old faithful. Slow but works, however can't render vids. Also my computer man has shut up shop.....hey ho we'll get around it somehow.
That's a pain for you Malc. Hope you get it sorted soon bud.
Cheers
Martin
To add insult to injury, spent all afternoon clearing my old laptop, only used for storage. Got it working so I could watch this etc only to do something wrong so now it's slower than wood......I'll get sorted somehow.
Hope Olivia is still hanging on in there.
Thanks Michael, she's home at the moment.
She's a fighter for sure
We don't need any more Demons Martin....Wot's it all about?
Watch the vid and find out lol
El cheapo. Lawnmower
😂
Faust!
you can wind that cord an extra turn with out undoing the knot. You drill a little groove on the inner spool and loop the cord around one turn. Very hard to explain here. I need to make a video of this for you.
Hi guys, Steve's small engine saloon channel has a vid about this. You can actually spot a factory notch on top of the spool that you're working on Martin. Save you having to pull out the cord every time. ua-cam.com/video/vCHId_yCQTw/v-deo.html (btw I subscribe to you too doublewide6 ;) )
Nice one Bob, I'll look forward to that.
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Just put the cord in the groove and add turns.
Hello Martin and sharon and family I watch your videos on UA-cam there are brilliant and keep up the good work thanks allan Knox
Thanks Allan, glad you like the vids.
Nice job working on a tedious mower. I now know why it is called a power "Devil" haha. I do the same thing you guys do with mowers. Only here in the states, people just put them on the curb for garbage. I just subscribed. Looking forward to seeing more! -Nick.
Sounds like the governer is set way too high on full throttle and that isn't good for the engine. You should take a look at it.
Make sure them little white lugs stick out on them as well when you pulled the cord. I bought a broken honda one once and it felt like it had no compression as the white plastic lug things didn't catch properly
Yes, they are metal on this mower Paul and working fine. I know what you mean though.
Starters can be a big pain - yes I've been down that road before - a little spray lube my be a little help on this too . I've found that after I put the new rope in I give it a few drops on the spring and it really helps the function a lot . Good video .....
regardign to the pull cord i had the same issue with my mower, i put some washers underneth where the bolts hold it on and it hasnt happened yet
I’ll be honest I’ve binned a mower cos the pull start wouldn’t recoil and it was a pig to fix 😆
Great video Martin. I think you was winding us up with that mower lol.Look forward to more great vids.
Cheers, Jeff.
The whole job was a wind up Jeff lol
Give it a wack. Brilliant. Thought you were gonna put a Briggs engine on it. Glad it’s all sorted.
I nearly launched it into space Greg off camera lol
Those spring coils of metal are horrible things to work with! 🤬lol
I really enjoy these mower videos. Keep up the good work.
Nice to see the dogs in the videos again.
You need to put tension on the spring before putting in the cord.
i liked the way you gave it a kick unbelieveable
Brilliant video Martin, frustrating isn’t the word. I watch you because 99% of other people would have stopped filming and then shown the finished film all looking 100% perfect you are real and in real time, Love Rob and Baby xx
That's right Rob, this is a reality channel lol
Love it, great work. :]
Utter gold.
Hey those kids actually help out where did you find them?
They gotta earn their meals Bob lol
nice one martin . you must have more patience than a saint lol what a carry on if that was me that would have been up for sale spares or repairs lol yours for 10 quid lol
Haha, exactly Dave, that's how we got it lol
I can't believe people throw mowers away or sell them dead cheap when they have an issue that can be fixed for free.
I had the same trouble, 3 hours later I gave up with the entire device and used a length of lamp wick wrapped around the top and a good pull
Haha, sounds like you've been there lol
Been there done that on a old Briggs. We scraped her Early last year and then October I lost dad he would luv watching this
Sometimes the little plastic pegs a worn
Also I put the end of the spring in a drill it’s easy to wind up
You have more patience than me ..... Devil definitely belongs in it's name
great vid Martin you have lots of patience lol ,glad you sorted it.. cheers Steve
Eventually Steve lol
Just watched the full vid it’s the lugs some are plastic I think you said yours are metal
I have genuinely learned a lot from this lads... well done and thanks (Phil - Standish)
Now that you've figured that out, you'll be able to take on the repair of Flexi Retractable leashes. Same clock spring mechanism inside.
Next time you take on one of these, place your spring, then wind your cord. Next, put a bit of preload on the spring by wrapping your cord one more time. Finally, feed the cord through the cover and install the handle.
If you learn by your mistakes these guys must be the experts hilarious. Have fitted the main spring in a few small motors when they are good there good and when they are bad immense frustration. Good vid thanks for posting made me chuckle.
Haha, You just gotta carry on lol
retrorestore After that "real life" video experience have subscribed
"One more turn del"....I start working on my collection this week 😨I'm expecting the same sort of problems you've encountered 🤤 got a couple of cheaper mowers in the collection, great vid Martin looking forward to the next 👋
Martin, What a pain in the neather region, But MM strikes again Mower Man! It amazes me people almost give them away!
I know what a new mower cost but i guess if you have to have them repaired by a professional it‘s top dollar! Cheers Dave.
Yes dave, dealers charge a small fortune to repair them so people just go out and buy a cheap DIY superstore Chinese copy one that are terrible but that's our buying opportunity.
Cheers
Martin
Boing went Zebedee the mower spring!. How many swear words did you have to edit out Martin ?, loved the video keep them coming.
Hello Martin great video's. I reckon you have 28 complete lawn mowers in your Polly Tunnel
Jack
Some times it just goes that way. Howabout doing it when it is zero out, snowing and at a customers house doing a "favor"? On a snowblower of course...
No thank you George, I'm way past that these days, 20 years ago maybe lol
I’m so glad that I’m not the only one to have struggled with one of them springs, cheap Chinese design.
Great video you got some patience lol
Haha, you should have heard me off camera lol
Another great video. Informative and funny all at once. What more can you ask for
Great vlog thanks guys
Thanks Shane.
Haha, i was feeling your pain !
So was I lol
Sorry, but it made laugh.
It nearly made me cry lol
Here comes Zebedee lol. All this talk about springs and I automatically think magic roundabout lol. Brilliant.
Haha, I never give it a thought lol
i usually dont bother if the spring is screwed up,the last clone engine i had that needed one replaced i found brand new complete on ebay for 12 bucks. glad to see it worked in the end !!!
All a learning curve Roger. Sussed it in the end though lol.
Cheers
Martin
Good video Mart
Cheers Phil
I never thought I would find this so entertaining
i do have a deep dislike for recoil starter springs
The 'Power Devil' mower has a CE sticker on it and the way it looks is, to me, exactly like a 'Tecumseh' engined mower. 'Tecumseh' went insolvent five or six years ago and the assets were bought by a Chinese corporation. Those engines will last an extremely long time and I've worked on hundreds of them as well as 'Briggs and Stratton' ones. 'Tecumseh' always had the better carburetors as compared to 'Briggs and Stratton'. The recoil is definitely finicky. The older ones weren't so bad and were serviceable. The newer ones have too much plastic and are almost unserviceable. My experience is quite similar to yours and I've had to put a new end on the clockwork spring and rewind the blasted things many times. Another thing that I've learned is that the cord needs to be a slightly smaller diameter than on a 'Briggs and Stratton'. After about the third one you too will become expert at it. When dealing with the 'Tecumseh' powered ones I attempt to obtain the mower for zero dollars because of their unserviceability. You licked it and that's all that matters in the end. Cheers, Martin, and family. Thank you.
Not exactly. Tecumseh folded in 2007, and was basically broken up into pieces. Peerless, and the compressor division were sold off. Certified Parts Corporation (CPC) bought the remainder of the engine parts, and the rights to reproduce Tecumseh replacement parts, and Comet clutches. They are a U.S. based company. The Chinese angle is LCT (Liquid Combustion Technology) engines, which CPC assocates with. They are basically another chinese Honda clone.
Great instructional video. How to persevere through difficult recoil repair. Keep going till you get the result you need. The spring could have been flipped by the previous owner trying to fix it. You need the right 'pre-load' tension. Do you think the cord was a little too long? Good running mower and plastic deck, no rust. Selling feature.
I think the cord is now fine Bri once we sussed out what was wrong. It's a good little mower now and worth 5 times what he paid for it now with a little common sense.
Cheers
Martin
Great vid Martin 👍Its always the simple jobs that cause us the most problems
Sussed it in the end though Jamie.
Hi Martin, noticed the decking is looking a bit springy/bouncy. Love the videos :-).
Yes it is Scott, It needs re doing. That's why we moved the table lol
You got there in the end good video Martin keep them coming 😊
Cheers Col
Those rewind springs can be a pain. So are the Chineseum Briggs. Good job.
Fro s Fla where it’s 84f and a big storm coming.
Had a little rain after filming this one Jim I know what you mean about the Copy Briggs though.
jim s you’re not wrong lol