Troy Bilt tillers, blown engine and rope starter repair

These are a couple of troy bilt tillers I am working on, one wasn't too much of a job, just had a missing rewind clutch apart and the starter spring and rope messed up, a dirty carburetor and need a fuel line, it was bought at an auction so one can expect to have some problems a lot of the time, this one is probably somewhere in the 1980's. The other one is older by probably 10 years and it has a more serious problem, the rod was thrown and the crankshaft is messed up. it is fixable but might be pretty expensive. Honestly those are good machines but I find them very taxing to use at least for me, I like the one that's on the back of my garden tractor where I can sit down and till my garden.

[@chrischromczak6186]

Watching this video helped me figure out how to recoil my tiller's pull starter after it came apart. Thanks!

[@MissouriOldTimer]

you'er welcome, I'm glad it helped.

[@charlesschott4937]

Thanks - I have a troy bilt with the Kohler engine; my rider mower has the Briggs & Stratton - so now I know how to repair both units - nice job.

[@delldavis6222]

Your voice reminds me of Uncle Joe from Pettiecoat junction. I enjoyed watching. Thank You.

[@MissouriOldTimer]

thank you.

[@AllanDee]

Thanks much for the video. The bit at the end about the mad banshee war whoop is exactly why I came here. Good to know i might be able to just lube that up and carry on. Going to give that a try now. Would be nice if i could get to that lube point without pulling the entire cover.

[@MissouriOldTimer]

that's one unhandy thing about the way B&S has their starter clutch, it works great but does sometimes get rusty or gunked up and it makes a bad scream and can throw the rope out and mess up the spring,, thanks for commenting.

[@TufdogsPlace]

Good fix video, Shame about the broken connecting rod. Take care...

[@jamesrobinson369]

Them Troy bulit that model was good ones not like what you get today back then you had to order from a catalog direct from the factory

[@MissouriOldTimer]

that's like a lot of stuff,, bolens were built strong and to last now they are stamped out of beer cans..

[@jamesrobinson369]

They just don't make stuff like they use too I have a Murray riding mower it's over 30 years old it's not pretty it has a 11 HP Briggs runs better than my john Deere

[@2LV855]

Mmmhmmm alright then did you check them points Carl ?

[@mrgroovestring]

Good video What happened with the broken rod and crank issue? Just curious.

[@MissouriOldTimer]

The guy that owned the tiller elected to repair the original engine, I told him one of those Harbor Freight ones would be fine, but he spent over 300.00 to rebuild the one that was on his tiller. thanks for asking,

[@joemoore6605]

Could you or anyone tell me exactly what year was that 8hp troy bilt tiller was made. I have that same tiller but I can't get parts for it. Because there is no serial number.

[@MissouriOldTimer]

are you needing parts for the engine or the tiller it's self?

[@dchambers986]

Can you tell me what the bolts are for that honda clone (predator 212cc?) - Thanks for the video.

[@MissouriOldTimer]

Honestly I don't know, I would guess they are metric but not sure if made for the US market.

[@dchambers986]

Thanks OT... I found it - for anyone else out there CRANKSHAFT PREDATOR 212CC = 5/16" 24 TPI (NOT metric, made for US market). 5-16/24 thread
That's a fine threading (not the standard coarse, 18 TPI).

[@MissouriOldTimer]

thanks,, I was wrong on that, I' m glad they use SAE since they sell here in the USA..

[@stacykeeny7279]

where did you get the recoil part?

[@MissouriOldTimer]

there's a guy not too far that has lots of old mowers and I got it from him.. they aren't too expensive that way .

[@bertlambert3817]

Good mechanics don't work on grass..without their glasses.

[@MissouriOldTimer]

lol yes I have several bolts and even a few sockets planted around here.