Can It Be Saved? Free Snow Blower,
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 4 дек 2021
- While out garage sale picking, i found this newer small snow blower. well its winter now so lets bring it up on the shop operating table and see what it failed for and if we can fix it?
Развлечения
![Gucci Mane - TakeDat (No Diddy) [Official Music Video]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/2pHZddAJWxs/mqdefault.jpg)
Your roadside treasure finds never cease to amaze me.
That loose handle knob was driving me crazy for the first 40 min. 😁
Me to I wanted to reach over and tighten it all the way from New york
Same!
OMG! I felt the same from over the pond hahaha
me four !!!
It was me too.
And why didnt the craftsman make the handle bend out further so the carb could slide out. Not my job right.
The great thing about this channel is that, at least for me, when I started watching about 18 months ago this would have all been like magic to me but now I’m thinking “maybe check this next, then this, etc.” It’s great to be learning something.
But as my father (handier than me) used to say to me, it’s amazing how much “fixing” is actually “cleaning”.
i agree, these videos give me the confidence that i can repair things myself without having to "call a guy" and pay mad money to have them repair something or just go out and buy a new one.
"...it’s amazing how much “fixing” is actually “cleaning.”
So true.
Hi Harvey, I was taught a little mantra back in 1972 by the owner of the first auto parts store that I went to, that has always stuck with me (after several teachable moments early on!):
"Why is there never enough time to do the job right the first time, but ALWAYS enough time to do it over again?"
That is a fundamental truth of the Universe!
@@drteknical6571 I agree 100%!
@@garymallard4699q
He is really coming out ahead. No purchase costs, no parts cost, and revenue from its sale and video views. Shows the value of knowledge.
I can’t be the only one who was so relieved when he tightened that wing nut? 🤣
When I grow up I want to be just like Mustie. (I’m 62 ). I have a Cub Cadet blower that looks very similar to this one. It only ran with near full choke. I tore into it to clean the carb but the culprit turned out to be a vacuum leak from the crankcase vent hose. Once fixed she ran like a champ. Thanks for giving me the small engine know how you’ve taught me with your vids.
Those are a very common blower, been making them for about 2 decades under various names... They just change the color and motor.
Fyi, the auger gearbox is greased, squirt some grease in there...
mine ran dry and wore out after about 10y... If I had known I would have greased it, but I never checked till it died. Either way, a 20 dollar gear fixed it.
"the culprit turned out to be a vacuum leak from the crankcase vent hose". What???
@@bushmaster2936 Me too what is he speaking of.
When I grow up, I wan't to live in his neighborhood..."Pack your bags, MA; They throw out brand new snow blowers up there...!"
Mustie knows his audience, putting that clear out tool on at the end proves it.
Yep, I was yelling Darren you forgot about the clear out tool! But nope, he remembered.
Lol it was driving me crazy! Then he put it back and I yelled Thank you !!!
45 years as a diesel mechanic. Retired now. I just watched this man fix a small engine. Back when I was a teenager if someone opened their car hood the gear heads would instinctively gather around. Older yes, but I haven’t changed. Fun interesting video thanks.
She's purring like a kitten. Great job Mustie...
Your videos are not only educational and entertaining , but I love how you keep the viewer engaged during the entire time. Thanks.
When you tested the auger at around 19:25, it looks bent on the left side.
So...I am going to posit that a tarp, welcome mat, or a passed out brother-in-law was sucked up and jammed the machine. The unit was taken apart and tilted six ways from Sunday to remove the debris or stray arm from the snow path. At this time the engine was disabled with oil in the wrong places and the owner assumed engine damage from the incident. Shop quoted them $200 just to look at it and they chucked it to the curb. Maybe the insurance claim on the brother-in-law was enough to buy them a nicer one or a winter home in Florida. >:)
I was wondering if it might be a brother-in-law in the auger problem.
@@julzmgrforll7278 LOL
This could have been on Mr. Bean's Christmas
Mustie, "I got a screwdriver with the side ground down"
Me to brother👊...I really felt that.
You show that almost any engine can be restored to working order, you are a great inspiration
Thanks for the great video Mustie. What never ceases to amaze me is the whole concept of a 'FREE' pile. Here in Northern Ireland this just does not exist. There are no Yard Sales either. The closest we have would be a Car Boot(Trunk) sale and even at one of these you're going to find ridiculous prices for absolute junk. I may have to head West to seek my fortune lying free at the kerbside!😂
He's full of shit. He buys them broken and lies that it was free. He's basically calling all his neighbors idiots.
Yeah it's not as common as it seems. Either he lives in a very affluent and wasteful area or it's too good to be true
@@1985cjjeeper would be interesting to look at the handwriting on all of the free signs in his videos and see if they're the same
@@1985cjjeeper I disagree. I'm in New England too. I've aquired many machines over the years. Most recently someone had placed a 2000 watt generator at the end of their driveway with a FREE sign. A good carb clean and she runs excellent! Generally people don't know basic mechanics.
He lives in New Hampshire, plenty of rich boomers around who wouldn't think twice about throwing out a snow blower and just getting a new one.
You need to know what places to look... the main reason why it's more and more difficult to see such things are most younger people list up stuff on craigslist etc and you have many people who sit at the computer all day hitting refresh and claiming any free / cheap stuff they think they can make profit on.
A lot of these older folks still put stuff by the side of the road, but even then there are many more besides mustie who will be trawling the streets in the middle of the night taking away anything with profit in it long before most people get to even see it.
Wow picked one of these off the curb brandy new looking with a plug for electric starter and pull cord dangling it,
Didn't start, had spark, fuel and compression just been sitting out too long no cover water in oil and fuel Cleaned it up an she started right up!
Thanks to guys like you I have the guidance and encouragement to salvage stuff and this entertainment for me...
Were would we all be without these how to videos
I love these wins, I just bought a $1300 air compressor at auction for $30 they said the local parks and garden dept sent it because it wouldn’t run right, I plugged it in and it kept cycling non stop, RUclips told me to check the check valve and sure enough there was a tiny bit of rust holding it open, cleaned it out and now it runs like new, now I feel like I’m a little bit Mustie 1 👍
Thanks for tightening that t-bolt on the handle. Was driving me nuts
Hey commenters easy on the put downs lol! I've owned my "physically challenged" 22" Craftsman snow blower for about 10 years and it works well. Surprisingly, the carburetor did the exact same thing which Mustie1 experienced, and the snow blower was only used for one season and then stored. Not being familiar with carb rebuilding, I added a small amount of sea foam to the fuel and it fixed the issue of extreme hunting. You know, the more I think about it, I am 10 years older from the day I bought the snow blower, so my "physically challenging" days are creeping closer day by day. Great video Mustie!
I totally agree. These are actually really good little snowblowers - right on the cusp from a single-stage where you need a little more oomph. If all you have to clear is a smaller driveway and maybe a walkway or 2 - these are actually perfect for that low to mid use when you have slop that chokes your single-stage. It used to be the smallest 2-stage was a monster and way overkill. This size of machine fits the bill just fine for many folks. I used one of these fighting Chicago winters for 20 years.
Great video! I like the way Mustie does his videos. Makes the viewer feel like he’s just hanging out with him while he works. I like the way he verbalizes what he is thinking as he diagnoses problems and then fixes them. Easily the best content on RUclips. Please keep up the good work.
I've noticed more and more Mustie1 references in the comment sections on other channels. 99% positive too.
Even "boring" videos are not boring! You're still being informative on what you are doing and is nice to listen to
Your process of working through a machine you know little about is always informative so don’t worry about being boring. Keep bringing the great content.
@Mustie1 Keep this trick I devised years ago for the future when you do carburetor cleaning.. Try this... Heat the plastic tube from the carb cleaner spray with a lighter (about 1/4-1/2 inch from the end. Then pull on each end of the tube to stretch it. This makes the outer/inner tube diameter smaller and more of a pin point. When the melted plastic solidifies, use small wire nippers or nail clippers to snip the tube at the smallest diameter that still provides flow when spraying. The cleaner comes out like a pin point pressure washer and the shrunken plastic tube end fits snugly inside whatever port your spaying thru. You can also do the same to create 90 degree angles in the plastic tube to spray sideways inside long venturi tubes. (Like idle circuits) I used to make/keep custom tubes around for these situations. Hope this makes sense. Love your content!
Fantastic idea! I will be trying this out, thanks for sharing! 😁
Second that. Nice idea!
Love this idea, thank you for sharing it!
Great tip, thanx.
What a great idea, thx for the info. Never thought of that
I'll bet a number of people would like to buy that machine, especially if you tell them they can bring it back to you for service. Thanks for another very instructive video.
As usual, the carburetor is the culprit! I picked up an abandoned pressure washer that had been in a flood - it was in a pile of flood debris about to be picked up. Grabbed it, and on teardown, the carb was full of muck, but water hadn't gotten into the crankcase because of all the crankcase ventilation smog tubes and valves! That was a win. The combustion chamber and cylinder was also clean, and I realized that most healthy single cylinder engines come to rest on the compression stroke, with both valves closed. After a Mustie job on the carb and a washout of trash in the fins and under the flywheel, a bit of fresh gas and an oil change, that 6hp Honda lit up and purred like a million. I'm giving it, along with some parts engines, to a kid in the neighborhood who loves engines. His dad is all thumbs, but he loves the idea of his boy learning from the neighborhood tinkerer. Got to keep the skills alive in the next generation!
Interesting and informative, as always, plus the first time in history that a 67 is better than a 69. There's a joke in there somewhere..
It's been a long time since I've seen anyone use a 'speed handle' (as we call them here in Australia) to remove bolts- its all cordless impacters usually. Neve seen a
snow blower in real life either!
Thanks for the great videos. I look forward to them. Cheers!
We call 'em speed handles here in the American South as well - and by sheer coincidence I was using mine yesterday to work on a tiller. I reached into my tool box for something, saw the speed handle, and got it out for old time's sake. Purchased in 1971 when I was working in a VW shop.
As an aircraft mechanic, I wore out my speed handle, removing the leading edges on the C-141. They had a screw about every 3/4th of an inch.
Everyone should have the pleasure of seeing a snowblower. Come on over to Michigan, and I'll even let you use my snowblower in my driveway, all winter if you like. Cheers back at you.
@@dwallich56 especially snow men! they LOVE snow "blowers" lol
Yep I keep one hanging on the wall on my work bench Ken the first air tool the speed wrench cause you twirl it round an hit your knuckle an you get slam out of breath cussing air go air wrench lol
That snowblower has to be the newest thing I've seen Mustie1 work on in 5 years of watching!
Like brand new
So glad you put that little clearing spade thingy back on the front at the end of the video…. I was stressing about that not being put back……. Hahaha 😱🤯
Looks new, it's tiny but beats shoveling. Amazing how many people toss their machines because of a carb issue. How do you come across so many barely used goldmines? They seem to find you.👍
I think people leave stuff out in their driveway because they know mustie will come grat it! Reverse santa type stuff.
They wanna see how he fixed the issues with their equipment!
I'd do it, hoping he could fix it.
Classic tractor fever
Another quick $200.00
He lives on the edge of a quite wealthy community in New Hampshire. Ya know how rich people are, “screw it I’ll just buy a new one”.
I'm thoroughly convinced you drive around with FREE signs in your truck!!! These people in Alabama would charge $400 for that with 2 flat tires, missing parts, painted 3 extra colors, and held together with duct tape.
thats been the gas powered tiller market in alabama for years now.....i had to freaking save up for a new one. old ones were selling for like new prices.
Finally! That damned loose handle wing nut was driving me crazy. Thanks, Mustie.
Great fix! A mechanical mind makes all this look so easy. I salute your knowledge and know how Sir.
As I always say to anyone. If it's out front of my place for hard rubbish collection you can bet every ounce of useable life has been sucked out of it. That's why I enjoy your channel so much. I hate seeing items going to land fill when with a little effort and fault finding they can live on for many years. You are a shinning example of this.
Another good one Mustie. I was born in the mid 40's when if you couldn't fix something yourself you were pretty much screwed. Most folks then didn't have the money to have it repaired professionally. When I was 14 in 1960 I bought an 11 year old Cushman motor scooter that had been parked for 9 years. I got it running and it was my transportation all thru high school. I still have that scooter and I'm 75 now and I still ride it. It's now on it's 3rd. engine but still trucking. Many of the young folks I meet today have no concept of how machinery works and could care less about learning if it would interfere with staring at their cell phones. I'm glad there are still people like you and your viewers and subscribers to keep old iron working and out of the scrap piles.
We had a snowfall this week in Dallas, someone sat out to the curb a 2 cycle Murray snow blower, all it needed was a primer bulb. Thank you for these diy's it's like a new found hobby
Satisfaction when you snapped the clean out tool back into the holder at the end. Haha
I was a service tech in the natural gas industry for 30 years. That orifice drill set is the same one we used the resize or clean pilot light or main burner brass orifices. The numbers stamped on the side of the thumb drill corresponds to the orifice size and how many BTU's it was good for. There should be a chart with the thumb drills indicating BTU input at the operating pressure of the appliance like your furnace or gas grills or water heater etc etc.
You are correct sir. I just retired after being in the natural gas industry for 35 years, also as a service tech. I had a similar kit on my truck in the day. Used it to clean up pilot orifices ( spiders on pool heaters... lol...) . I wish I was able to work on NG equipment in a well lit shop and not having to. kneel on a concrete floor. How are you knees brother?
@@daveoswald5375 Hello, my knees ? Ha ! I started using knee pads under my trousers back in the 90's due to cement floors not yielding ! Today, I use a rubber pad over any surface I need to kneel on whether it's a brake job on the car or cleaning a grill. I made it to retirement so, I'm not complaining (too much) !
I sent him that kit, HVAC tech here. I got them at an auction never had use for them, glad to see he is using them.
@@brianmcilvaine7965 I used them a lot to bump up BBQ's for more heat to seer meat faster ! 🤠😎
@@brianmcilvaine7965 that kit is insanely expensive 299.00 on Amazon
I have an older clone of this machine. It came with a weak 5HP Tecumseh. With a Predator swapped in and scrapers added to the impeller it's actually a super little blower. Although not really made to tackle the heavy, icy stuff the plow leaves at the bottom of the driveway, it handles everything else just fine. For a house with a two-car driveway, a boulevard and 50ft of frontage it's perfect and its diminutive size means it takes up about the same room in the 2-car garage as a lawnmower. The way people in your area spend money and then just throw stuff a way ... insane.
I had the Tecumseh one, just gave it away when I moved further north last year after 13 years or so. Added scrapers to mine also, really woke it up.
It gets the job done, but you had to help it at times because it's just so light.
Too bad that the government forces us to use gasoline with alcohol in it….
Trying to fix one problem they’ve created another problem….
@@jimalcott760 Congess passed the law to aid farm corn prices!
@@jimalcott760 At least help is available in the marketplace (i.e. ethanol-neutralizing fuel stabilizers.) I feel like a lot of perfectly serviceable machines end up at the curb through owner ignorance and/or neglect.
@@mikep.5517 Where i live in california stuff tends to rot fast because of the fact we dont have non-Ethanol fuel pretty much anywhere, theres a few places that sell 100+ octane race fuels for insane prices, and theres one place about 100 miles from me that sells 91octane non ethanol... but no one uses it and these small engine end up everywhere, thing is i will give these owners one crumb these machines arent expensive and they arent made very nice, plastic gears, non adjustable carbs, junk like that, and if you were to take one of these units to a repair man theyd quote you 100-200 and when the machine was 300 new, it just seems like meh just buy a new one, or find a used one from someone... since ive been watching musties videos ive been buying or finding small equipment crap like this and bringing them back to running shape... most of the time its slightly newer stuff like this that either has a run issue or the owners abandoned it for the electric crap, which i love because they will toss out a 3 year old mower with paint still on the blades and maybe a small carb issue to go buy an Ego machine that will need batteries or become outdated in 5 years.
Honestly my lets call it fantasy is to find a free mower someone abandoned to buy an electric, then when their electric fails and they need something i can sell them back their old machine still running... odd i know but i hate this electric crap since its no better than the gas units its supposedly replacing when you calculate the environmental damage that getting the lithium did and that it gets it charge from a grid that still runs a large amount of coal or nat gas power plants.
my dad passed away when I was 18, and though he taught me many things, I. have forgotten so many things like how to fix certain things and I don't have people to go to help me. thanks so much for your video. I love hearing your voice you make great videos. Thanks for explaining things and making it fun.
Love watching your videos, I always learn something. It's also great to see someone else's trash your treasure, nice job!!
I thought for sure you would be fabricating a bottom plate that was missing...Great vid as always.. Thanks Mustie !
Good call. I hadn't thought about that, but would keep those gears and the gear box underneath from seeing too much snow and debris. Sounded like he was disappointed it didn't have more wrong with it and then lost time on tweaking the carb jetting. Had carb been perfect he just might had made a belly pan for it.
I had one of these... They're so cheaply made there is no cover, just exposed parts. I'd flip mine over and lube it. They've made this basic design but swapped out motors and colors for over 15 years. Used mine for 13 years before upgrading to a real one .
I have a Briggs snow blower that does the same thing. I drilled the jet and it worked somewhat. But it still requires 1/8 to 1/4 choke to run right. I cannot locate an idle circuit to clean. 100% agree the non adjustable carbs are the main problem with all of the newer equipment.
Government at its finest, really. Creating a problem where there wasn’t one.
Idle circuit jet for Mustie's machine is at the 26:14 mark of the video. They hide under the plastic idle adjustment screw on a lot of these motors. An easy fix to making sure the jet isn't clogged is to take a wire from a wire brush ( pulled out of the brush, of course) and chase the passageway through the jet. Sometimes the jet can be removed fairly easy without having to unbolt the carb. from the motor.
Most of the time, on that style of carburetor, the bowl mounting bolt is a main jet meter. Since it sits at the bottom of the bowl they clog easily. The holes are extremely small. Just remove the mounting bolt. If there are holes, run a wire through them and spray with carburetor cleaner. It will cure the hunting problem. Five minute job.
@@jeffh4505 Farm state congess people got that into the law, makes corn prices higher!
Barely to mention; "Leak proof" gas cans...Got to buy an after market (original) spout, to not spill gas everywhere...
The best part? When Mustie FINALLY fixed the handle wingnut.
Glad I am not the only one that was being bothered by such a non important thing! LOL!
None of your videos "boring" .. always a pleasure to see the master working .. not to mention your great voice ..the Bob Ross of engineering
Driving me nuts watching that handle nut spin around
I knew someone else would feel the same.... LOL
When you tipped it up to look at the gearbox, you could see oil dripping out of the muffler. The original owner may have done the same thing and thought that the engine was blown. The chute was probably off because it was like you said stood on end but up against a wall and the chute was in the way so it was removed.
The sticker on your cabinet got you a subscription 👍👍
That was a nice find and easy repair Mr. Mustie. Thanks to watching your videos, I was able to fix my Stihl chain saw. Just had to clean out the carb. She ran like she was new. Also found a Craftsman generator on the side of the road. The previous owner came out and told me it had a gas leak at the bottom of the tank, come to realize it needed a new hose clamp and she started right up. I went back to his house and told him what it was and he couldn't believe it. I told him he can have it back. He refused and proceeded to tell me one man's garbage is another man's treasure . I said help me unload it and it's yours. I told him I was a handyman and come across a lot of mowers, power washers, generators etc. And I don't need it. He proceeded to tell me he's on a fix income so I said it's yours please take it and he did. Today he still is my client for home renovation of course at reasonable price . Thanks Mr. Mustie you made it happen. Keep the vids coming n God Bless You
Dad had a 24" Snapper with the 8HP Tecumseh, after about 5 years the carb started failing halfway through winter. I bought a second carb, and when the one on the snowblower would crap out in mid-February or so, I'd just swap on the other one and rebuild the failed one in the spring. Lather, rinse, repeat. Lasted almost 20 years, replaced with a tracked Honda.
These modern engines are jetted with the intention of having the intake installed when running. It changes the air flow and causes restriction, making the stock jetting make more sense. I always test an engine with the intake and shrouds installed, it makes a world of difference and helps you avoid any unnecessary carb work or modification. I work on hundreds of machines like this a year at my job, and I promise this is no BS. :)
True, even my late model carbed motorcycle will run stupid, like its lean right off idle, but idle fine, with the air box off. It will make you think that you screwed up something when you went through the carbs and are giving it a test before you put everything back.
I have a coleman generator that hunted terrible, worked up to 3 sizes bigger on the jet it was the ticket.
Made for optimal performance under load vs not too so now under load it will run too much fuel.
Also jetted for cold air - my old Ariens snowblower would never run right above 30F - but it ran AMAZINGLY at -10F
Lots of chain saws have to have the air filter on for final carb adjustment.
Glad you tightened up that butterfly on the handle..........it was beginning to bug me!!.............LOL
Can't believe it, you finally put a clean towel down for a carb rebuild! Awesome!
Just want to say massive thankyou for all videos and hard work u put in to get these videos out Mustie1 your awesome dude
You should drop it back with a sign that says “fixed” and knock on the door tha show them it
My daughter said the same thing during the pickup scene. It would be a Craftsman Christmas miracle!
Except that people would expect him to fix their broke stuff and return it for free on perfect working order. But honestly that would be so cool.
Better yet, if he doesn't want it for himself, have a 1 item yard sale for the blower, price it at 20 bucks, attach a list of what he did to repair it to get it running AND have another list of ALL the things to NOT do if the buyer wants to KEEP it running.
Ha. I started watching this video and looked to my left directly at the same unit that I also got for free. Thanks for the video, I'm halfway through fixing mine while watching yours.
That loose thumb screw was really annoying me, I'm glad you tightened it.
That was very interesting.
Nice score on that one, Mustie1 ... definitely in all shiny and hardly-if-ever-used condition.
Thanks for sharing. : - )
Growing up in Utah, we had a somewhat larger one than that. It had one of those metal disk friction drives and it would sheer the sheer pin after like every other use. There was nothing wrong other than the size sheer pin it took wasn't nearly enough to handle the torque of the engine. Eventually my dad got tired of replacing it and tack welded a hardened allen key in instead. Never had an issue after that. The first time I used it when he figured I was tall enough to manage it safely, I figured out it had an electric starter (He'd always struggled starting it with the pull start). When I told him, he just looked at me, then turned and walked away (I assume to go do some cussing).
I think they took the chute off when it was hung up on a wall so they could walk by it and not catch anything on it.
Great find ! I feel sad for people that just don't know how to trouble shoot this type of equipment, almost guilty....almost ... To take these small engine machines to a repair shop is almost like buying a new piece of equipment ... so I see their dilemma. I guess that's where we come in. Happy hunting !! You have a new subscriber !!
Always enjoy your videos, feels like I'm sitting on a stool in your shop while you explain what your thoughts are.
I think the previous owner wanted an excuse to buy a “real” snowblower, so he took this one apart to justify to his very Yankee wife the need for the replacement. “Look Honey, the snow blower is broken, we need a better one” and he comes home with a 12 HP 2 stage Troybilt, power steering, electric start, headlight, heated grip model. ( like I did😏)
Shh...
I am thinking mabe that was yours then,lol.
My upgrade Troybuilt with a briggs with track drive does the same thing on idle . Gives me some ideas.
"...like I did..."🤣🤣
Yes…, with tracks…😃
I have a bigger MTD that almost made it to the curb. I could keep it going, but it meant messing around in the cold and snow. Nothing better than having to disassemble a carb before you can clear snow and find a new plastic emulsion tube/main jet before it will run. I finally tossed the " no adjust " carb and installed a $15 compatible replacement for an older model with main and idle adjustment screws. Started it up, tweaked the mixtures and it's been trouble free for 3 winters. You describe my thinking on the EPA carbs exactly. That and the landfills fill with discarded machines due to these crappy carbs.
If you're not spending then the government isn't earning either. Every time money changes hands they're in on it somehow.
Awesome video. I enjoyed it very much. Please keep uploading!
40:55 Thank you for tightening that handle knob. It has been tearing my OCD up the whole video.
Got a lawn mower that had the carburetor full of oil. It turned out that the previous owner mixed his own two-stroke oil for it and then the petrol had evaporated so only the oil remained.🙄
Great wrenching Mustie. Small engine work always intrigues me mate. Season's greetings from Australia dude.🇦🇺
I love working on small engines! I can’t wait to teach my kids the inner workings of them.
Hopefully, their school teachers haven't brainwashed them to hate anything that runs on gasoline. Don't laugh - I've seen this stuff quite a few times over the past several years. If you do get to work with them, that would be great. Most kids their age don't have the slightest clue on how to fix anything.
@@eskieman3948 my oldest is really excited to fix her own snow thrower. Which, as a dad who likes bringing things back from the dead is a really good feeling.
Hey Mustie. Free is always good. Well, I watched to the end and I guess the moral of the story is, If you have more money than brains Don't fit it, through it away and buy a new one. Thanks for sharing.🍁👍👍
OMG ! My neighbor KAREN threw this out. Her bf JOE tried to get it running to no avail. He managed to remove a bunch of parts though; He said " There- See that- I did that " 🤣
Haha, he couldn't put it back together?
Karen needs to get a new Boyfriend, One who knows what he's doing :)
Well show him that video so next time he can give it a try. No one can know everything
Mustie1 - your story at about 48:00 about storage of the snowblower sounds OK, but is even better if you include this: the new owner, having bought his Craftsman snowblower at the local Sears store, needs to get it home. He collapses the handle and removes the chute to get it into the car's trunk or the back of his SUV, but still needs more clearance. He then tips it over on its side, fitting it nicely, then, into the car/SUV, and leaves it there for a few days before he remembers to unload it at home. It never ran right after that. Maybe ...
Detective Dave, that does sound pretty plausible.
I knew someone who did that in a brand new station wagon. Gas and oil leaked out and stank up the car forever.
I think he bought it, used it one season then realized he didn't have storage space. Tried to turn it on it's side to fit under a bench, but after a minute or so realized that was dumb so he puled it out and folded the handle over the top, only to realize that the chute blocked it from fully folding. He took out the bottom bolts to remove the chute, that didn't work, figured out how to remove the chute properly, folded and stowed the machine and put the parts in a baggie as next season's problem. This season, fills it with gas, fires it up, starts smoking like a bingo hall and surging like an air raid siren, he loses his mind and kicks it to the curb.
@@gags730 i feel like even pushing a snowblower 50 feet with the slid shoes set too low, you will get a little rollover. That blower has not been used much. All the plastics look new and no body shines up a broken snowblower to put out for free...
New probably would not have oil in it, and he would have returned it.
Thank you. The other big thing, knowing your abilities; is probably a SHERMAN TANK !!!
You're a genius ! A real wizard, when it comes to engines, and the knowledge of all the intricacies of how and why things work...and you take the time to explain them to us, just like we were actually STANDING right there !
I remember my Dad tuning on his car, he found out what sized hole was in a carburetor jet and silver soldered it up and drilled it one size SMALLER, and got REALLY GOOD GAS MILEAGE with that car. (He was a racing motorcycle mechanic back before the WWII), He would modify Outboard engines that way, too ! You remind me of Him ! SO KNOWLEDGEABLE ! He taught me a lot, but not small engines.
Thank you, Mustie1 for including us in your various escapades !
You asked us to tell you why we thought the machine got like it was..."I-Dee-Ten-Tee Error". (I was tickled you tightened up that plastic nut on the handle)
1 time I honked my Aruga horn in a pink/orangeish 1988 f150 truck while you were on the street videoing 😊😊 yep that was me 😁 thanks for all your K. A. Videos 👍👍👍
It's a shame that someone would just throw this away, looks like a nice little machine. Inspiring to watch you fix stuff, but yes I think they stored it like you said, I have to fold up my lawn mower to fit it in my shed as well.
It’s not. Trust me. The nut to one of the wheels spun off on me the second time I used it. Bought it brand new. And every year I have to dick with removing the carb to clean it or replace the damn leaking carb o-ring. Then if there is any weight to the snow the damn tires just spin and the thing doesn’t move. Then u try to get tire chains but bcz MTD uses non-standard tire sizes on some of their 2-stages u can’t find ones that fit properly.
It don't take much to clog those small ports in the idle circuit. All it takes is a little water bubble and it restricts the flow enough to make it stall in idle and search for running speed. Mine does that every year. All it takes is a quick carb removal and dry it out. I like to chase the holes out with a bit of wire to be sure no sand got in it. Then I put it back together and it is good again for another season.
Even though that machine was designed without a belly pan, I would fashion one up and mount it with screws just for safety if nothing else.
In a country that wastes so much, Mustie saves this snowblower from going to the landfill, and provides it for someone who will use it. Everyone is talking about cutting landfill mass, but Mustie's actions speak louder than words! Of course, we are not supposed to actually fix something, we are programed to just throw it away ---- and you don't see this as much in Europe or Asia. Kudos to this video (and others like it) that shows an intelligent alternative to discarding a machine that has a simple fix! Some of the older machines, made in USA, are really worth putting some time, effort, and money into them. Now I'll step off my soapbox!
that was lots of fun to watch...i really enjoyed the camera angles, nicely done!
Perfect timing on this one Musti. I have the same engine on mine and forgot to drain the fuel last season before putting it away, dang it. Gonna go out and get it ready for the winter, it should fire up. Famous last words lol.
Torch cleaners work the best for cleaning those cards. All the tiny round files work amazing in jets and tunes. Luv your vids Mustie
Yeah, makes for much easier fine tuning without worry of breaking a miniature drill.
I love your forensic analysis. I think you figured it out perfectly
Wow Mustie you're always finding the cool free stuff along the curb. Nobody in my town throws away stuff like that.
Kinda thinking someone bought it and never finished assembling it. Great find. Be a got snowblower for a large off-the-ground deck. Light enough to carry but strong enough to clear several inches of wet snow like we get here in Maine in the spring. Thanks for the detailed carb insights.
I have also watched many diy videos about carb repair/rebuild but you helped me more to understand a little better about the working of the idle circuit vs the main jet. I really appreciate your curiosity about why/how things fail, even if your efforts can't bring something back to life. Thanks for the good video details and quality edits too.
40:37 Thank you for finally tightening that up, it was bugging me.
Very instructive and full of helpful explanations. Your videos are far from boring, even if it wasn't badly broken! Because the reality is that you show how to diagnose it, and how to differentiate between 'working' and working properly. So, thanks for that. Cheers!
Yup, those snowblowers will definitely "hunt" at idle, even when brand new.
Get them loaded up with a good heap of snow and they'll perk right up and growl all day long without skipping a beat.
Lived in Ontario Canada for 35 years, worked as golf course mechanic and serviced dozens of these engines and I even had the big brother to this blower for 10 years. Great machines, the hunting disappears soon as you put them to work.
You shouldn't call them snowblowers.
@@jonhohensee3258 lol what? Why not
@@kale6921 - They don't actually blow snow. They throw it. Hence the term "snow thrower".
@@jonhohensee3258 I call my snowthrower a snowblower. So there.
@@reecenewton3097 - Well you are living a lie.
Great find for free and easy fix to flip it for $150 or whatever your market will bring. One thing is for sure...someone will be THRILLED to get that minimalist machine if they don't have one or theirs is down. Never underestimate the value of something to someone else. I always check the local cost of the item new and then price accordingly from there based on condition and such.
It'd probably sell even for $200. Looks great, and with the Craftsman name, although it doesn't mean much as to durability anymore, it nonetheless would garner a higher price.
I’m digging your teaching style! Thanks!!!
The things you find that people throw away that's great 👍 for you and if they are watching this video they are kicking them self in the ass great watching you doing these videos love them keep them coming 👌👍
Ever thought about fabricating up a hitch crane for you pick up? Would make loading snowblowers, atv's and dirtbikes, etc. easy on your back. :) Would make for a great build video too!
sounds like you watch Abom79
I immediately thought of Abom79 as well
From Abom79’s alternate account.
Nice fix. I find those idle screw jets broken off pretty often, and usually I can take a dremmel tool to cut a screw driver slot in them and then they will adjust. Great find. Thanks
Darren you are always getting the good finds. They don't do things like that around my neck of the woods.
You do a remarkable job of explaining in such a way that it is easy to understand. The additional comments like adjusting the shoe and increasing the jet opening size add real value to the video.
Like brand new and just putting it for free on the side of the road. I was guessing it would cost you 4 pulls to get it running 🏃♀️ Amazed that it kicked on in just one go. Looking forward to the projects you've just mentioned 😀
Always great to watch your videos Mustie, I just never know when I'm going to pick up another helpful little tip from watching the things you do. I'm an untrained hobby mechanic and I love problem solving and figuring out how stuff works... or doesn't, then making it work again. Keep up the great work and inspiring others like myself to have a go !
It's so much fun anticipating the work on things like this. Whoever tossed this machine aside has too much money. No way I'd leave it without doing everything to see what I could do, especially knowing what I had done that could have caused it. I know if I would find this nearly mint-looking machine for free it would have broken belts, shear bolts broken and bad tires.
Mustie that was a great one loved it was really great never miss a one love them allthank you for sharing and your time can't wait for next one.
Thanks for tightening the wingnut on the handle at 40:30. It was driving me nuts. Great video as usual. Where did you get that drill bit set?
me too LOL
Small thing, but the wing nuts on the folding handle braces that you tightened up, are installed backwards. The bolts should feed from the inside of the frame and the wing bolts on the outside. That way there easy to access to tighten and loosen when you're ready to fold down the handles; had a few of these in the past. Great job as always.
I recently purchased a lawn mower and I thought wing bolts on outside, but no instructions clearly indicated wing nut on inside. I concluded that when mowing against fence line if on outside wing nut would snag on fence posts. Which is more annoying than reaching inside to undo wing nut to fold handle down. Same might be for snow blowing on fence line.
I'm impressed. I learned a LOT from this little machine and your mad skillz
Some people just have more money than sense. 👍
Excellent video and a nice easy fix.