This Honda HRX217 Was Torn Apart And Given Away For Free - Parts Machine Or Can It Be Saved?
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- Опубликовано: 28 фев 2024
- I picked up this honda hrx217 (HRX217K5HYAA) mower from the curb after seeing it listed online for free. The ad stated the engine was seized.. but let's dig into it anyway and see what happened to it and see if we can't get it running again.
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This is the kind of stuff i would do if i won the powerball and was all vacationed out and had too much time on my hands...
Illadmit though, this was impressive.
Good video! Oh, and you know the previous owner cut the belt to get the engine out.
Thanks! And 100% think you’re right especially with how haphazardly it was taken apart
The clutch handle means it has the hydrostatic transmission- I finally topped mine off and air-bled it since Honda's factory was capable of doing it properly, after two years of use and ownership and it rips now! So fast!
Backyard Repairs, you did a great job putting this beast back together, for someone with some but not Honda-dealer-mechanic experience.
As an HRX217 (that STILL will not start) mower owner, this was hard to watch, because I've been through every temporary misstep you made here. Get one gasket, spring, bolt, etc. in the wrong order or place, and it will NOT start. One area you only touched on: the auto-choke on these engines is a HUGE general issue for Honda mower owners. Just check out other RUclips videos and owner comments; it wasn't your issue, but believe me, it's many others' issue.
I suspect that what derailed the previous owner of your Honda mower is the #1 problem of non-starting lawnmowers generally (see Chickanic's RUclips videos): over-wintered, waterlogged, ethanol unleaded gasoline.
In addition to my Honda, I also have a circa-2000 TroyBilt, basic Briggs & Stratton engine push mower that is lighter (=doesn't need self-propelled), more reliable, and way less complicated to maintain or service , compared to my Honda HRX217. Bleep you Consumer Reports for going all-in on the Honda. Give me the simpler circa-2000 Troy-Bilt.
Thanks! And I’m inclined to agree after using this one most of the spring. Very good build quality and overall mower, but it does leave grass clumping when mulching tall stuff that cheaper mowers I’ve had in the past didn’t. A lot of hype on these guys
Nice work, doing the same thing now will be posting it very soon
This is pretty good for your first Honda.
Congratulations on that find, and you did an amazing job winging it together. I know just how hard it can be when you don't take it apart yourself. I have a similar find. I saw a post for a mower with the head off and a string trimmer for $150. I kept seeing the post, and he kept going down in price. I offered for $50 as I knew, the trimmer was more than worth it. I sold the trimmer for $115. When I looked at the mower, it was so simple. He bought a all in one kit. 10 air filters and a spark plug witch he included. The kit was for a Honda, and this was a Briggs & Stratton quantum. So it was the longer spark plug hitting the piston. $7 head gasket and a perfect push bagger a d I had already doubled my money.
Thanks! and that's a great flip. It might just be my area, but I'd be hard pressed to get over 100 for a used trimmer unless it's a higher end brand. It's probably pretty obvious when start laughing in these videos that I'm always so surprised how the simplest of things get people to throw in the towel.
@BackyardRepairs yes, it is just crazy how quick people are to just throw out perfectly good stuff. I go to our town's transfer station most days. There is a free area called Tiffany's. I just got a Ryobi string trimmer with great compression and so much more. The one I sold was an Echo string trimmer. I also had the back story on it. As it was 7 years old and was only used for the first 2 years. Then he moved into an apartment with lawn maintenance included. I didn't even have to do carb work.
Nice score. I bought one new for $850 around 7 seasons ago. Well worth the money. There are some on Amazon right now for $1400, and they're "refurbished". (Doesn't mean anyone's going to pay that...). Those hydro transmissions are now selling for over $400, up from $240 or so prepandemic. I found a basketcase 217HYA a few years back -- owner hit a stump, and ruined the block somehow trying to fix the bent crank. $25. I already had a good-running GCV160, so I put it on last week, going through the same steps you just did. Not identical! Slightly different engine mount bolt pattern. Throttle linkage looks different -- might need some alterations. Fun spring project for a retiree like me.
Thanks! I still am somewhat amazed at the situation with this mower, I'll never know what the PO was thinking when they tore it down though. Sounds like you got quite the score there especially with the spare engine to swap in. Thanks for sharing!
That was a nice catch and just at the right time. Also a clear easy to follow along video... shes a keeper that's for sure.
Thanks!
She’s a beast. Great job. I’ve had an Hrx217 since 2012. I upgraded to the blade brake, like this one last summer.
Thanks! I've mowed with this since the video and found that I really like the blade clutch system despite telling myself in the past that I don't need that feature on a mower. Really convenient when stopping to open and move through fence gates
@@BackyardRepairs I like that too but I think that style of handle is just a little bit longer. Kind of hard to manage in a fenced in yard.
@@jackhuddleston6830 That is true. I guess I'm just used to weed wacking a good 12" away from the fence line to keep the mower handle out of it and keep me sane lol.
Mighty fine job
thanks!
I have the same mower and was struggling with a non-start condition since the end of last season. I thought it might be the auto-choke because I ran into that a few years back and the symptoms were the same. Ordered replacement parts for the choke, and finally got around to trying to install them today. Still wouldn't start - I tried everything I could think of but I was exhausted from trying to pull start it over and over. Finally caved and pulled the recoil starter off and used a drill to crank it. I finally got it started but it was smoking like crazy. I shut it off because an amazon driver pulled in and I didn't want to smoke him out. Started again and it ran better - no more smoke. Put recoil back on, got it started, thinking I was going to mow, but as soon as I engage the blade, it bogs down and stalls. Even backfired on a few tries. I'm stumped on this one. I figure the hard starting is fuel related, but not sure why it would stall when the blade is engaged.
Hey, based on your description there are three things I’d check next if you know you have good fuel, no carb issues (including correct gasket orientations), and spark.. 1- compression check 2- correct valve lash adjustment and 3- that the flywheel key isn’t sheared.
The excessive smoking when you did get it running lead me to question the piston ring or cylinder health which could lead to low compression and the engine not being able to take the load from the blade clutch and stalling out. A bad valve adjustment and/or sheared flywheel key can both contribute to any combination of hard starting, loss of compression, and backfiring. Hopefully that helps!
@@BackyardRepairs Thanks. I need to get a compression gauge to check that. The weird thing is that the smoking only happened after I initially “drill-started” it (this was bluish smoke which was concerning since it was likely burning oil). Once I shut it off and restarted it ran reasonably well - no smoke until I tried to engage the blade (then smoke was black and I got the backfires).
Nice! Hope you put oil in it lol!
It almost looked like the piston was locking on the valves at first. I grew up in my grandfather's lawn mower shop but I think he would have starved in our modern throw-away culture.
That’s what I was thinking as well but probably failed to mention it when I put it to TDC and eyeballed valve clearance.
It really is unfortunate how much good stuff gets thrown out, but I kinda understand with the cost of small engine shop labor. I think in my area it’s 60 just to walk in the door not including parts if it’s anything other than a tuneup.
@@BackyardRepairs My grandfather would have charged $5 to look at it. My mom was horrified that he never raised his prices. It made for a good video. Thanks!
TAKE AN OLD SOCK AND PUT IT ON THE MICROPHONE TO STOP NOICE OF AIR ON YOUR SHOPE COMING ONTO THE TAPE.
This is a strange one.
I'll never know why they took it that far apart