I have watched almost every guy on the youtube app work on small engines, they all have their great points on working on small engines! But, you know there is always a but! Lol James Condon is the most thorough and easy to understand guy on the whole youtube app! It never gets boring or uninteresting even on a long video! Thank you James for the content, you have helped a lot of folks diy!
I’m a small engine mechanic in Ohio and I have fallen in love with your videos. Excellent how you get these machines back up to their glory. WOW that shreds the leaves up really well too !!! 👍🏼
Tip. If you need small wires to poke small holes. Get your hand held wire brush and harvest a few bristles from it. You get various sizes of them and they bend without snapping. Alternatively, harvest from the bench grinder wirebrush wheel. they sometimes break off when you use them so if possible pick them up and save them for times like this so you wont have to bend your metal pics.
Nice job as always. Those leaves are a never ending battle. I grew up in Macon Ga, the pine straw was everywhere. My brother and I raked it up and sold to people to put around their Azaleas in the fall. That was 50+ years ago, we made decent money. Oh, the memories 😊
When I was watching him unzip it to empty the bag, all I could think about was how many times I would have had forgotten to zip it up after dumping.......and gotten a face full, before remembering to zip the back after emptying it each time. lol
I had made up a rule for myself not to watch anymore videos about Tecumseh engines because they are often so frustrating, but this engine, in spite of serving as a condo for rodents actually didn't need a lot of work. That is a much more practical machine than the normal leaf baggers since it chops the leaves so fine. Good that you got it in time to put it right to work. Thanks for another very enjoyable video.
@@jeremymcauliff8485 Long cold intake runner that lets fuel drop out of the airstream on it's way from the carb to the head/intake valve when the engine is cold.....leaving a "lean" mix...and inconsistent firing... Tune the engine for cold running and when it heats up the mixture is too rich...... Can't win.... except with the snow blowers which have a heated air intake...and no air filter.....
.. we had one of these growing up .. i don't know who made it, but on the engine & on the big cloth bag that sat between the handlebars it said 'Billy Goat' .. 🐐🍂🍁
Здравствуйте Джеймс! Вы прекрасный учитель! С удовольствием смотрю ваши ролики из Сибири 😊 Считаю Вас примером культуры по ремонту техники ❤ В России таких аппаратов не видел.
As usual Jim a excellent Video , showing the correct way of troubleshooting and repairing equipment ,that Rig grinds up the leaves to the point where you just add water and you have a Compost pile like now that will rot down in no time
Amazing! It's always good to have an older machine that you can bring back to life without spending a lot of money. I'm getting a new one, but the older machines seem to be of better quality. This was a very awesome video to watch.
Pulling the front end loader up for emptying the leaf bag was a great idea.The discontinued filter may be able to buy one of those after market Ice King AC filter and cut in into a rounded shape.Also you gave me a good idea for shining up my Jeep fenders when i saw you using the WD-40 on the plastics.They really came back to life after you cleaned them.Thanks!
Every once in a while, a carb surprises me. I recently picked up a Craftsman self propelled mower from a local scrapper. The carb was one of the worst I have ever encountered. I gave it zero chance of working, but I threw it in a bucket of Chem Dip for about 36 hours, and it ran the engine perfectly. The needle was stuck and it looked terrible, but somehow it is working. Now if only it didn't have a rod knock, lol. I only have $6 into it so far, so I might rebuild it. I haven't made up my mind yet. The mower is in really good shape.
Another great video. I was shocked to see how well that machine broke down the leaves, almost into dust. Also I am amazed at your skill in videoing all of this and managing to keep your face out of the shot.
So interesting watching others techniques that you can apply to many circumstances. I use to install entry systems. People would pull up a chair and watch ! Now thats me ! PS...appreciate the fast forward through the mundane. This is also great ASMR therapy 👌
That machine did a great job shredding leaves. It was nice to see you put a few branches through it, too. In a couple of years of using this machine you will have some really, really nice black dirt. The leaves will break down much faster than from just using your lawn mower.
The job I hated the most at boarding school was picking up leaves, which were thick and many at this time of year October. I would have happily given up my school experience just so I didn't have to picup those damn leaves ! Great machine though, alas RIP critter. A great job very well done as usual :)
Thanks James. Over here in the UK we don’t really collect leaves. We just leave them to rot down. So it’s not often we come across this type of machine.
I solved the Troy Bilt oil drain problem. I took a quart oil bottle, cut the spout and bottom off, and then cut the bottle in half vertically. It makes a perfect flexible funnel for Troy Bilts. I changed it on one of my Ponys the other day, and didn't spill a drop.
James, another great video! That Tecumsen engine sounds solid after the “demousing” and carb work. These leaf munchers and chipper units are great. I have a BillyGoat version that is great. When the leaves are dry you can get up to 10-1 leaf compaction with them. But be careful when doing damp leaves. Depending how damp the leaves are you can really clog up the chipper. You also get lower compaction rates. I have worked out that using it like a lawn mower is not always the best method, if you blow the leaves into a condensed area then use the machine to shred the leaves , it may take a bit more time, but it reduces the wind blown leaves redo that always happens. Thanks I always look forward to your videos!!
A riding lawn mower with a bagger set-up works well for picking up leafs. The chipper part is handy. Sometimes The blades on the chipper have 2 edges can be reversed to a sharper edge. My chipper does. I made a jig for sharpening my chipper blades using my table saw with a metal chop saw blade to grid a new edge the chipper blades. Being in the north east, You’re chipping hardwoods which dull the chipper blades quickly.
James, I watch all your videos and enjoy them very much. What I find that works great for cleaning small carb passages are guitar strings. If you know somebody who plays, I'm sure they would give you a take off set. If not, I will send you a set of mine. They are stiff but bendable and different sizes down to 9 thousandth.
I hope you were wearing a proper face mask when handling the mouse droppings. That is where the Hanna virus comes from. Also why not take the vacuum, chipper over to the pile to unload.
James; small tip: A mix of bleach in water (about a tablespoon of bleach to each cup of water) does wonders for that "recently deceased" smell. Many years ago, we lived in a mobile home for a year or so, and used to get rats under the mobile home. They would crawl under there and die. So about once every month or two, I would have to crawl under and pick up the dead critters. I used that bleach mixture in a spray bottle afterward to kill off the smell left behind. It worked wonders! Just spray liberally and let it sit for an hour or so, then clean with any type of cleanser to remove the bleach.
I've thought about a vac machine for years... but my garden tractor mowing deck does a good job of mulching and the leaves go back into the soil... good save James!
Great job getting this machine going! You make it look so simple! Anyway I think the branch chipper is the most useful option. I think the most efficient way to do the leaves would be the blower you fixed 3 weeks ago to gather the leaves in a smaller more concentrated area then use the vac unless you’re trying to get your 10,000 steps in.. But enjoyable video. Thanks
"A recently deceased critter..." Will be thinking about that one for a good while. Lot of corrosion from the urine of that recently "deceased critter." We see that over and over in many of these restoration videos. Good work, James!!
That's one of the worst mouse houses I've ever seen. I have an almost exact copy of that machine I'm working on now. Your video gave me a lot of insight into how these things work. Thanks!
The soft iron wires in twist ties from food packages work well as clearing wires. Tecumseh directions on cleaning carbs say to punch out the Welch plugs and remove seat, emulsion tube and o rings. Soak all metal parts in gunk carb dip and dry. That has always worked for me.
Taryl Dactal on Taryl fixes all is a very smart man , but uses skits to make learning fun, and its a totally different video and vibe that i like also!
I inherited an electric motor powered vacuum like this...and sold it to an agricultural seed merchant. When I delivered it to his premises I found the floor was all 100 year old wood with grooves between the boards... boards that had been highly polished by the dragging of jute fibre bushel bags full of agricultural seeds (grasses, clovers, fodder etc.) He wanted the vacuum to clean out the grooves in the floor...and to quickly clean up any spillages. He sold the collected seed mixture (whatever it was) cheaply ......and you could plant it.... and whatever it was came up to be eaten by stock.
Very nice video. Always best when you can fix something and then afterwards have it make an easy job of something that would otherwise be difficult. Keep the vids coming!
James! For cleaning such small holes in the carb, get yourself some steel guitar strings. They come in various diameters and are hardened but not brittle. If you know a guitar player he will give you some used ones, because they need to be replaced periodically (sound deteriorates). For our purpose, they are still fine (even if you tune the carb 😁). I would send you some if I'd live in the U.S. but shipping from Germany is more than even a new pack of strings cost. Cheers! Andreas
I had an 8HP unit close to that era. The big problem was always dumping the bugs. Then, the original failed so I found an aftermarket one like you did. You can spray water on the outside of the bag to knock the dust down. I believe it said that in my owners manual. It helps some. The chipper only had one blade and would dull quickly. Removing it was much more of a pain than my older MTD chipper shredder that had two blades. In the end I wish I had my smaller MTD rake in unit as the blades didn't dull as quickly. After a couple years I sold it.
Good point. This one only had one blade. I considered sharpening it and saw in the owners manual that removing it was major surgery. Thankfully it was still sharp enough.
I learned my lesson on trying to pump out the oil the hard way. I was pumping the oil out of a GCV160, and the tip from my fluid pump came off inside the engine and got wedged in the governor. I ended up having to tear down a perfectly good engine on a mower that was almost finished.
I've had a local scrapper bring me five push mowers. He brought me two Toros, 2 Craftsmans, and a Murray, and only charged me $40 for the five of them. I got three of them running for $6 total. The other two need some TLC, but it's gonna be a good Spring this year.
James; Very nice job. You can use an air conditioner filter for the side filter of the engine. I have bought them in bulk before, but you only need a small piece. Just use cheap filters so that you get great air flow to the engine. Thanks for the video.
A heavy flywheel and or a heavy crankshaft accessory would make the engine feel like it has less compression because of the inertia of the rotating parts. Will the carb float fit in the tea leaf basket? Add some weight to the float and sink it in the ultrasound.
James, you're a wizard. Understanding why it wasn't idling, and then persevering at clearing that tiny blocked passage, was something special to watch! On the other hand, I typically watch your Thursday releases during breakfast--precisely when I don't want to see maggots. Twice you turned the carb over and talked about possible emulsion tube blockage, and twice you avoided removing it for inspection and cleaning. Why is that? Is it that risky, or difficult, to remove the emulsion tube from this carb? Or did you mention removing & cleaning it as a best practice, but you didn't truly think it was a problem, based on your inspection & experience? Keep up the amazing videos! They DO truly help.
The only thing I hate about watching your videos is I have to wait a while week to see the next one. 😂 And yes I have watched all the past videos some several times.
James, if you are working on OEM Tecumseh carbs there is a very good float needle seat removal and installation tool. The OEM part # is Tecumseh - 670377 and the size I have is 2/2.55mm. I think they do different sizes. Great vid as usual.
I have a commercial Craftsman lawn tractor with a 54in deck. I just make three or four passes over each row, and it makes short work out of the leaves.
For a more interesting landscape that requires less time edging, etc., and is healthier for your trees (which are valuable assets), consider replacing the grass under them out to the drip line on each tree. A decent layer of much which could be chopped leaves, twigs, etc. has many benefits for the root system, somewhat reproducing a natural forest ecosystem. There’s a wide selection of ground covers that will thrive in the”understory” that are much more investing than grass. It also gives you the perfect spot to deposit the leaves you are collecting and the ground cover plants will emerge right through in the spring.
James, I had one, same model given to me. It was missing the bag also, best I could find was $100, the lower vac shoot, was all broken up, if I remember correctly, was over $200. tried to repair, bought the bag, but to no avail, the shoot repair didn't hold up. Stuck with a machine I can't use!!!
*I had one of these wonders, back in the day! *They're great labor savers. *However, once your neighbors see that you have one... *They'll never rake another leaf in the yard byt wait for the wind to do what wind does. *Blow all their leaves over into your yard & *Voila, that beautiful yard you had yesterday is full of your neighbors' leaves. *Why would he have to rake when you do it for the whole neighborhood. *I gave mine away the third summer. *Got tired of mulching everyones' leaves. *True story
FYI (followers), that's all and good, carb repair, if you want to do yourself, as a home owner, but as a shop, doing it for you, your looking at, $60 (my shop rate) to $125 (labor), to repair carb. Why we (shops) just install new carbs, $15+- after market> $60+- OEM.
The fun part is going up and down the hills in your yard when the bag is full of leaves going down Hill it's probably going to want to pull you then going up hill hopefully the transmission has the power to go up the hill James
Actually, it really won’t roll away on you in gear. It will if it’s in neutral. It has a dead-man clutch-default is no PTO…gotta pull and hold the bail to add power to the wheels-and it will not roll downhill in gear…unless it’s REALLY steep.
To remove the needle seat, spray it with WD40 and use a small blunt tool to depress around the perimeter to release it from the bore and let the lubricant flow into the space. Then insert a loose rod or wire through the seat and blow compressed air into the fuel inlet. The compressed air will blow the seat up the rod. The rod will capture the seat so it doesn't fly off to oblivion.
Mr. Condon, I've had the same electric power washer for years and this summer it walked away. I kept it in the garage and the new gas washer will have to live in the shed. Do you have a video on winterizing? Great channel! Thanks
I have the 8HP version of this machine which has a Briggs with battery start (Model 47297). I had to replace the bag on it this year-critters got it. But I am having a hard time finding the replacements of the interlock system safety clip lanyard (as James referenced in the beginning).
👍👍A little surprised that you didn't check the impeller, screen, and chipper blade (sharpness). But otherwise, yet another great video. (I have the 8hp Troybilt chipper/vac that I got used years ago for a song and find it to be a great machine, especially for shredding leaves). 😊😊
Hello James, I have a unrelated question regarding small springs that don't appear to directly control the linkages on a carburetor. Are these springs for dampening the vibration on the larger springs and linkages? This carburetor is on a Jari sickle bar walk behind mower.
Always a good day when you upload a video.But this one has a special place. I received the biggest butt whooping I have ever received in my life over this exact model.I don't know how good they eat tree branches but I can promise you that it will completely disintegrate three brand new golf clubs. 😂
I have watched almost every guy on the youtube app work on small engines, they all have their great points on working on small engines! But, you know there is always a but! Lol James Condon is the most thorough and easy to understand guy on the whole youtube app! It never gets boring or uninteresting even on a long video! Thank you James for the content, you have helped a lot of folks diy!
I’m a small engine mechanic in Ohio and I have fallen in love with your videos. Excellent how you get these machines back up to their glory. WOW that shreds the leaves up really well too !!! 👍🏼
Tip. If you need small wires to poke small holes. Get your hand held wire brush and harvest a few bristles from it. You get various sizes of them and they bend without snapping. Alternatively, harvest from the bench grinder wirebrush wheel. they sometimes break off when you use them so if possible pick them up and save them for times like this so you wont have to bend your metal pics.
Thanks. Bristles do work very well.
Hey AJ 👋 😊
Thumbs up great project
That’s what I do
Nice job as always. Those leaves are a never ending battle. I grew up in Macon Ga, the pine straw was everywhere. My brother and I raked it up and sold to people to put around their Azaleas in the fall. That was 50+ years ago, we made decent money. Oh, the memories 😊
That aftermarket bag certainly looked well made. I think the seller deserves a good review for it.
When I was watching him unzip it to empty the bag, all I could think about was how many times I would have had forgotten to zip it up after dumping.......and gotten a face full, before remembering to zip the back after emptying it each time. lol
I had made up a rule for myself not to watch anymore videos about Tecumseh engines because they are often so frustrating, but this engine, in spite of serving as a condo for rodents actually didn't need a lot of work. That is a much more practical machine than the normal leaf baggers since it chops the leaves so fine. Good that you got it in time to put it right to work. Thanks for another very enjoyable video.
It's a great day when you post a video! Until next time, I will continue to rewatch the previous ones. Another job well done, sir.
Those Tecrapseh engines are always an adventure.
@jesterr7133 those tecumseh floats are a very common replacement part, and cheap
Even when running "good" a Tecumseh engine will still sound a little bit off.
@@jeremymcauliff8485
Long cold intake runner that lets fuel drop out of the airstream on it's way from the carb to the head/intake valve when the engine is cold.....leaving a "lean" mix...and inconsistent firing...
Tune the engine for cold running and when it heats up the mixture is too rich......
Can't win....
except with the snow blowers which have a heated air intake...and no air filter.....
@JohnSmith-pl2bk those chipper shredder flywheels are so heavy on those tecumseh engines, pulling them over cold doesn't help
.. we had one of these growing up .. i don't know who made it, but on the engine & on the big cloth bag that sat between the handlebars it said 'Billy Goat' .. 🐐🍂🍁
A common brand of these “petrol” outdoor vacuums
Здравствуйте Джеймс! Вы прекрасный учитель! С удовольствием смотрю ваши ролики из Сибири 😊 Считаю Вас примером культуры по ремонту техники ❤
В России таких аппаратов не видел.
You should build one
That was a really good repair, two wires,a New fuel line and a cleanup.
As usual Jim a excellent Video , showing the correct way of troubleshooting and repairing equipment ,that Rig grinds up the leaves to the point where you just add water and you have a Compost pile like now that will rot down in no time
Amazing! It's always good to have an older machine that you can bring back to life without spending a lot of money. I'm getting a new one, but the older machines seem to be of better quality. This was a very awesome video to watch.
Pulling the front end loader up for emptying the leaf bag was a great idea.The discontinued filter may be able to buy one of those after market Ice King AC filter and cut in into a rounded shape.Also you gave me a good idea for shining up my Jeep fenders when i saw you using the WD-40 on the plastics.They really came back to life after you cleaned them.Thanks!
That nest was insane! Great video as always, thanks 👍🏻
Every once in a while, a carb surprises me. I recently picked up a Craftsman self propelled mower from a local scrapper. The carb was one of the worst I have ever encountered. I gave it zero chance of working, but I threw it in a bucket of Chem Dip for about 36 hours, and it ran the engine perfectly. The needle was stuck and it looked terrible, but somehow it is working. Now if only it didn't have a rod knock, lol. I only have $6 into it so far, so I might rebuild it. I haven't made up my mind yet. The mower is in really good shape.
Great content! Thanks for bringing us along!
Another great video. I was shocked to see how well that machine broke down the leaves, almost into dust. Also I am amazed at your skill in videoing all of this and managing to keep your face out of the shot.
The worms were dislodged, and after a good repair the machine started working again, good job!
Good old Tecumsehs! The one on my 30-year-old Ariens SnoThro is still humming along. Nice fix!
I hate I have never seen a machine that did both chipping and vacuuming. Thank you.
So interesting watching others techniques that you can apply to many circumstances. I use to install entry systems. People would pull up a chair and watch ! Now thats me ! PS...appreciate the fast forward through the mundane. This is also great ASMR therapy 👌
Timely vid! I have the same unit and need to service it. Thank you James!
Me too....And it won't run. I can fix it now.
The Troy-Bilt shreds the leaves better than my Billy Goat. Not sure how much effort you are saving using the loader on the BX but it was fun to watch!
That nest was one for the record books. WoW
Always a pleasure to find you've posted a new video. I always liked the Tecumseh engines
That machine did a great job shredding leaves. It was nice to see you put a few branches through it, too. In a couple of years of using this machine you will have some really, really nice black dirt. The leaves will break down much faster than from just using your lawn mower.
The job I hated the most at boarding school was picking up leaves, which were thick and many at this time of year October. I would have happily given up my school experience just so I didn't have to picup those damn leaves ! Great machine though, alas RIP critter. A great job very well done as usual :)
Super lovely as always!
The mulched leaves and whole leaves make useful compost is put in a drum made from chicken wire mesh.
Very well-balanced engine, minimal vibration.
Now a great machine it will give you good service for many years to come
Thanks James. Over here in the UK we don’t really collect leaves. We just leave them to rot down. So it’s not often we come across this type of machine.
I solved the Troy Bilt oil drain problem. I took a quart oil bottle, cut the spout and bottom off, and then cut the bottle in half vertically. It makes a perfect flexible funnel for Troy Bilts. I changed it on one of my Ponys the other day, and didn't spill a drop.
James, another great video! That Tecumsen engine sounds solid after the “demousing” and carb work. These leaf munchers and chipper units are great. I have a BillyGoat version that is great. When the leaves are dry you can get up to 10-1 leaf compaction with them. But be careful when doing damp leaves. Depending how damp the leaves are you can really clog up the chipper. You also get lower compaction rates. I have worked out that using it like a lawn mower is not always the best method, if you blow the leaves into a condensed area then use the machine to shred the leaves , it may take a bit more time, but it reduces the wind blown leaves redo that always happens. Thanks I always look forward to your videos!!
A riding lawn mower with a bagger set-up works well for picking up leafs. The chipper part is handy. Sometimes The blades on the chipper have 2 edges can be reversed to a sharper edge. My chipper does. I made a jig for sharpening my chipper blades using my table saw with a metal chop saw blade to grid a new edge the chipper blades. Being in the north east, You’re chipping hardwoods which dull the chipper blades quickly.
great job James has always.
James,
I watch all your videos and enjoy them very much. What I find that works great for cleaning small carb passages are guitar strings. If you know somebody who plays, I'm sure they would give you a take off set. If not, I will send you a set of mine. They are stiff but bendable and different sizes down to 9 thousandth.
I hope you were wearing a proper face mask when handling the mouse droppings. That is where the Hanna virus comes from.
Also why not take the vacuum, chipper over to the pile to unload.
Great job on getting back and running. It worked perfectly.
James; small tip: A mix of bleach in water (about a tablespoon of bleach to each cup of water) does wonders for that "recently deceased" smell. Many years ago, we lived in a mobile home for a year or so, and used to get rats under the mobile home. They would crawl under there and die. So about once every month or two, I would have to crawl under and pick up the dead critters. I used that bleach mixture in a spray bottle afterward to kill off the smell left behind. It worked wonders! Just spray liberally and let it sit for an hour or so, then clean with any type of cleanser to remove the bleach.
Awesome job!!! That mouse picked the wrong place to set up house. Thanks!
I've thought about a vac machine for years... but my garden tractor mowing deck does a good job of mulching and the leaves go back into the soil... good save James!
Thanks for posting James
Great job getting this machine going! You make it look so simple!
Anyway I think the branch chipper is the most useful option. I think the most efficient way to do the leaves would be the blower you fixed 3 weeks ago to gather the leaves in a smaller more concentrated area then use the vac unless you’re trying to get your 10,000 steps in..
But enjoyable video. Thanks
Nice! Impressive machine. And as always, great repair work.
Always enjoy your video’s
Was just looking at picking one of these up. Haven't watched the video yet, but I know I'll learn something. Looking forward to it!
Great find and fix James, that's a huge yard🐈🐕
"A recently deceased critter..." Will be thinking about that one for a good while. Lot of corrosion from the urine of that recently "deceased critter." We see that over and over in many of these restoration videos. Good work, James!!
That's one of the worst mouse houses I've ever seen. I have an almost exact copy of that machine I'm working on now. Your video gave me a lot of insight into how these things work. Thanks!
The soft iron wires in twist ties from food packages work well as clearing wires.
Tecumseh directions on cleaning carbs say to punch out the Welch plugs and remove seat, emulsion tube and o rings. Soak all metal parts in gunk carb dip and dry. That has always worked for me.
Taryl Dactal on Taryl fixes all is a very smart man , but uses skits to make learning fun, and its a totally different video and vibe that i like also!
That was quite the smart mouse, insulating his house like it did!
A Troy-Bilt previous to MTD'S acquisition. Well made machines.
I inherited an electric motor powered vacuum like this...and sold it to an agricultural seed merchant.
When I delivered it to his premises I found the floor was all 100 year old wood with grooves between the boards...
boards that had been highly polished by the dragging of jute fibre bushel bags full of agricultural seeds (grasses, clovers, fodder etc.)
He wanted the vacuum to clean out the grooves in the floor...and to quickly clean up any spillages.
He sold the collected seed mixture (whatever it was) cheaply ......and you could plant it....
and whatever it was came up to be eaten by stock.
Nothing like having a Thursday morning coffee in the company of James Condon 🙂
You killed it with the jet on the bottom
Very nice video. Always best when you can fix something and then afterwards have it make an easy job of something that would otherwise be difficult. Keep the vids coming!
Have a great day
Nice addition
Nice and on short money, it really mulched the leaves into small particles for quick breakdown too. Seasonally appropriate of course!
James! For cleaning such small holes in the carb, get yourself some steel guitar strings. They come in various diameters and are hardened but not brittle. If you know a guitar player he will give you some used ones, because they need to be replaced periodically (sound deteriorates). For our purpose, they are still fine (even if you tune the carb 😁). I would send you some if I'd live in the U.S. but shipping from Germany is more than even a new pack of strings cost.
Cheers!
Andreas
When James was feeding branches into the chipper I was thinking about the movie Fargo. No problem neighbors around there ! 🤣
I had an 8HP unit close to that era. The big problem was always dumping the bugs. Then, the original failed so I found an aftermarket one like you did. You can spray water on the outside of the bag to knock the dust down. I believe it said that in my owners manual. It helps some. The chipper only had one blade and would dull quickly. Removing it was much more of a pain than my older MTD chipper shredder that had two blades. In the end I wish I had my smaller MTD rake in unit as the blades didn't dull as quickly. After a couple years I sold it.
Good point. This one only had one blade. I considered sharpening it and saw in the owners manual that removing it was major surgery. Thankfully it was still sharp enough.
I learned my lesson on trying to pump out the oil the hard way. I was pumping the oil out of a GCV160, and the tip from my fluid pump came off inside the engine and got wedged in the governor. I ended up having to tear down a perfectly good engine on a mower that was almost finished.
Great job Doc, gotta love the north this time of year, time to get my blower and mulch with mower
I've had a local scrapper bring me five push mowers. He brought me two Toros, 2 Craftsmans, and a Murray, and only charged me $40 for the five of them. I got three of them running for $6 total. The other two need some TLC, but it's gonna be a good Spring this year.
James; Very nice job. You can use an air conditioner filter for the side filter of the engine. I have bought them in bulk before, but you only need a small piece. Just use cheap filters so that you get great air flow to the engine. Thanks for the video.
Enjoyed the video. Thanks for sharing
Obviously, the mouse died of exhaustion.
Hi James, good video, I'm surprised that the compression was as high as it was, I believe that that engine has a compression relief.
Rich
Me too. When pulling it over the compression did not fell great. Not only was it decent, but higher then expected.
A heavy flywheel and or a heavy crankshaft accessory would make the engine feel like it has less compression because of the inertia
of the rotating parts. Will the carb float fit in the tea leaf basket? Add some weight to the float
and sink it in the ultrasound.
James, you're a wizard. Understanding why it wasn't idling, and then persevering at clearing that tiny blocked passage, was something special to watch! On the other hand, I typically watch your Thursday releases during breakfast--precisely when I don't want to see maggots.
Twice you turned the carb over and talked about possible emulsion tube blockage, and twice you avoided removing it for inspection and cleaning. Why is that? Is it that risky, or difficult, to remove the emulsion tube from this carb? Or did you mention removing & cleaning it as a best practice, but you didn't truly think it was a problem, based on your inspection & experience?
Keep up the amazing videos! They DO truly help.
I do not have a good record removing Tecumseh emulation tubes. They are either stuck or some are plastic and end up breaking.
These worked very well for the time. I also have seen these with the comercial Briggs and Stratton engine with electric start to.
Grrrrrr8 video. That machine really works good. Nice job
Good job my friend keep it up 👍
The main drawback to those machines is having to walk behind them in all that dust.
N95 mask👍
6:06 Yeah, maggots falling out of your equipment is not good!
Also, I'd suggest using a respirator when removing a varmint nest. Hantavirus!
The only thing I hate about watching your videos is I have to wait a while week to see the next one. 😂 And yes I have watched all the past videos some several times.
James, if you are working on OEM Tecumseh carbs there is a very good float needle seat removal and installation tool. The OEM part # is Tecumseh - 670377 and the size I have is 2/2.55mm. I think they do different sizes. Great vid as usual.
I have a commercial Craftsman lawn tractor with a 54in deck. I just make three or four passes over each row, and it makes short work out of the leaves.
amazing how well that mulches....would be good to make garden mulch!
For a more interesting landscape that requires less time edging, etc., and is healthier for your trees (which are valuable assets), consider replacing the grass under them out to the drip line on each tree. A decent layer of much which could be chopped leaves, twigs, etc. has many benefits for the root system, somewhat reproducing a natural forest ecosystem. There’s a wide selection of ground covers that will thrive in the”understory” that are much more investing than grass. It also gives you the perfect spot to deposit the leaves you are collecting and the ground cover plants will emerge right through in the spring.
James, I had one, same model given to me. It was missing the bag also, best I could find was $100, the lower vac shoot, was all broken up, if I remember correctly, was over $200. tried to repair, bought the bag, but to no avail, the shoot repair didn't hold up. Stuck with a machine I can't use!!!
this is the best video yet
*I had one of these wonders, back in the day!
*They're great labor savers.
*However, once your neighbors see that you have one...
*They'll never rake another leaf in the yard byt wait for the wind to do what wind does.
*Blow all their leaves over into your yard &
*Voila, that beautiful yard you had yesterday is full of your neighbors' leaves.
*Why would he have to rake when you do it for the whole neighborhood.
*I gave mine away the third summer.
*Got tired of mulching everyones' leaves.
*True story
My boss had a Billygoat. The bag is made of cotton fabric. It was left outside and was rained on and rotted. A new one cost about $300.
Yikes
@@jcondon1 after that, we used old pillowcases for a bag
FYI (followers), that's all and good, carb repair, if you want to do yourself, as a home owner, but as a shop, doing it for you, your looking at, $60 (my shop rate) to $125 (labor), to repair carb. Why we (shops) just install new carbs, $15+- after market> $60+- OEM.
There's a hose attachment for it if you search around. It's the bees knees for leaves in a pile.
Another nice video. Is there a bolt missing behind the front left wheel?
The fun part is going up and down the hills in your yard when the bag is full of leaves going down Hill it's probably going to want to pull you then going up hill hopefully the transmission has the power to go up the hill James
Actually, it really won’t roll away on you in gear. It will if it’s in neutral. It has a dead-man clutch-default is no PTO…gotta pull and hold the bail to add power to the wheels-and it will not roll downhill in gear…unless it’s REALLY steep.
@GaryWGrant thanks for the info on the drive system on this machine 👍
Fantastic
To remove the needle seat, spray it with WD40 and use a small blunt tool to depress around the perimeter to release it from the bore and let the lubricant flow into the space. Then insert a loose rod or wire through the seat and blow compressed air into the fuel inlet. The compressed air will blow the seat up the rod. The rod will capture the seat so it doesn't fly off to oblivion.
Not bad. I like it.
Mr. Condon, I've had the same electric power washer for years and this summer it walked away. I kept it in the garage and the new gas washer will have to live in the shed. Do you have a video on winterizing? Great channel! Thanks
When you took that cover off it was a good time to strip the rust off and repaint it. It looks nasty!
I think you can unbolt the discharge chute if you're going to be using the bagger and that will allow more air and debris to fill the bag more fully.
I have the 8HP version of this machine which has a Briggs with battery start (Model 47297). I had to replace the bag on it this year-critters got it. But I am having a hard time finding the replacements of the interlock system safety clip lanyard (as James referenced in the beginning).
Short circuit it (join the wires at the switch)...?
👍👍A little surprised that you didn't check the impeller, screen, and chipper blade (sharpness). But otherwise, yet another great video. (I have the 8hp Troybilt chipper/vac that I got used years ago for a song and find it to be a great machine, especially for shredding leaves). 😊😊
Hello James, I have a unrelated question regarding small springs that don't appear to directly control the linkages on a carburetor. Are these springs for dampening the vibration on the larger springs and linkages? This carburetor is on a Jari sickle bar walk behind mower.
I like the way it munches up the leaves, I don't care for the empty out part. Not everybody has a Kubota. You would need a spot in your yard to dump,
Always a good day when you upload a video.But this one has a special place. I received the biggest butt whooping I have ever received in my life over this exact model.I don't know how good they eat tree branches but I can promise you that it will completely disintegrate three brand new golf clubs. 😂
You should take the bag off and shred the leaves back on the lawn. It would be good for the lawn. 😊
Might as well use a lawnmower with mulching blades then......
Decaying leaves make good fertilizer. Just saying.