Guess who just successfully rehabbed the carburetor on the 5 HP Tecumseh engine on his 1993 TroyBilt snowblower? Me, that's who! This is my second 'win' thanks to Taryl's how-to videos. These are invaluable resources to folks like me who know just enough about stuff like this to be dangerous -- and who thus need a little reliable advice! Thank you SO MUCH for this video.
I spent 37 minutes of my Saturday night watching this. The amazing part was that I was riveted to the video the entire 37 minutes!!! It was more educational and entertaining than the majority of movies I could have been watching on the latest streaming platform! Jam packed with little tidbits only a true professional would know, along with a healthy dose of humor! I'll never be intimidated by a carbertraitor again! And there's your dinner! :-)
Canada Ruuss here, im an ol pro.. so i thought. Pulling the fuel line through with the cut off bolt and primer line was a great lesson. And the water faucet thought process is one ill pass on to my kids. Thank you Taryl!
S.O.S. For Taryl!!! Taryl, everyone appreciates your expansive knowledge about small engines. Your the only tech who actually calls the parts by their respective names, knows each purpose and is top quality all around. Many of us are being scammed by Briggs and Stratton on those Nikki 6 modified carbs without the fuel cellanoid. The ones used in snowblowers! I know here our main small engine shop claims they are not rebuildable because they leak! Even the plastic inner body piece holding the float and pin is like 100 Canadian dollars for a 1cent part!!! I bought an Amazon rebuild kit with this part and many others to rebuild it. Can you make an episode and show us how exactly so we don’t have to worry about leakage once we install it. Many thanks...
Thanks Taryl. I've watched many of your videos. They are not only informative but also entertaining. Some people making comments don't seem to have a sense of humor. Don't listen to them. You make repairs fun. With your help I have gotten my lawn tractor running again after it sat dead for 3 years and now I am fixing my snowblower. Keep up the great work!
Thanks, Taryl! My 1982 Ariens Sno Tho (with the 7 HP Tecumish) always started and ran okay, but would occasionally puke gas from the carbatrator. You gave me the confidence to tear into it and find that the carb float was leaking and had gas in it. With a carb kit and a new float, she starts on the first pull and no more leaks! (I even put a new mufkin on while I was working on it.)
Hey Tim, I've been watching your videos for the past year or 2. I never realized you're 25 minutes from me. I've been doing this for 30+ years as well but learn a lot from you. I worked for Rigg's in Valpo. I get most of my parts from Lafayette Warehouse which is 3 minutes from me. Keep doing what you're doing. Thank you.
This video helped me resurrect a 1971 Rupp mini bike that has sat for at least 25 years. It had neon green gas in the carb bowl! Thanks for your expertise and humorous video.
Great trick with the primer and fuel lines ! I dont know why Taryl doesnt have more subs he certainly deserves them, He has helped me fix several mowers and snowblowers hats off to the boys at Grass Rats Garage
Thanks Taryl. After watching your channel, I went out and cleaned and tapped the points and tuned the carb on my 1978 Yardman Snowbird. Free Craigslist score. Tecumish is ready to go now.
I have watched a lot of videos on cleaning carburetors and your video is the only one to address my problem. When I got the snowblower I noticed the low speed needle was marred up a bit on the end. I cleaned the carb and it ran good wide open, but it wouldn't idle. I had a sneaking suspicion the carb was hooped after seeing the end of the needle, but now I know that I need a new carbutrator, because my tube doesn't go up and down (near enough, haha!). Next time I will search for "carbutrators". You really know your carbutrators. Thanks.
Hi Taryl. Thank you for.your informative videos. You are both a skilled technician and a comedic genius! My 3.5 tecumseh roto tiller engine’s throttle would flutter and hunt for fuel even though I cleaned the carb five times, so after watching one of your videos, I pulled out the brass low speed idle jet and found that I couldn’t get an eighteen thousandths (.018) piece of bread tie wire through it, so I then drilled it out with a twenty two thousandths (.022) drill that I spun by hand with my pin vice and wala, the drill poked through. I put the carb back together and installed it and now my tecumseh runs like new! No throttle flutter and a smooth idle to boot. You are the coolest dude on the net for engines!!! Thanks again!!!
This is by far the best "Tecumehs" winter engine carburetor rebuild/cleaning video I have watched and I have watched 20 or 30 in the last few years on youtube a lot of the other videos were also from people who do this for a living, so that really is saying something. I work on carbs all the time and even I get leary about pulling O-rings, although most have brass tube's. I must need a more powerful compressor because my needle seat doesn't blow out. I'm gonna have to get that tool, I work on a lot of Tec carbs and I need to be able to pull that seat and be able to properly put the new one in. But anyway this video was thorough it covered every piece of a carb rebuild on one of them. Things like that brass tube getting crushed, had no clue. Really, really well done. I don't know how anyone could not like this video, you would have to be a moron or one of the other people with carb repair videos that just got showed up with their dinner on a plate. I just rebuilt one yesterday, yes in late June, why? Because I went and picked up a snowblower dirt cheap that had a 10hp Tecumehs and that bad boy is going on my Snapper 8/24 this winter. Its going to be a bad ass 10/24 which no one ever made stock. I need it ready I use it commercially 90-100 hours a winter easy. The 8 was a good engine and had good power but its getting tired from the 1000 hours on it by now easy. This new/old engine ran kinda crappy when I got it, opened the carb, gum deposit's, stale fuel, bad o rings on the nozzle and a float that was set down to China. I just repaired that carb the best I ever repaired one and now that engine purrs like a kitten. Now all I have to do in the fall is pull the old one and throw the new one on done. Go blow snow and make the big bucks. Anyway enough rambling, theeeee best carb repair video on youtube, by far, well done and it comes with laughs and theirs a ton of other great videos on this channel. Best one out their. I might need to get me one of those spark plug necklaces, I think I earned it now!
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED - and entertaining too, perfect for DIYer like me who knows just enough to screw things up. I have a 20ish year old Toro that hadn’t run in a long time, needed attention. I’m in a technical field, arrogantly thought that a simple “tune-up” was something any simpleton could do without any instructions. Yeah. That was in 2015 and the ****ing thing hadn’t run right since...surging, stalled under load, backfiring, you name it. This video covers everything I needed to know, now I’m launching snow across the street like a champion. (In my case, I had damaged the needle seat, not cleaned the jets properly, and smushed an o ring on the emulsion tube. Result was leaky carb, surging, only running on full choke and dogging out under anything more than a light load. Now it runs like a champion. Thanks!
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Thanks guys. I gotta say I did my carb on the snow blower, n knew nothing about these small engines but mine is now running great. Learned a lot in 42 mins, a few good laughs
Florida here. The preheater hasn’t got much use in our state but the carburetor info is great! Thanks so much. The characters in your videos need psychiatric help. So, so funny.🤪. Love it!
I always used to have bad luck with these Tecscrumshen carbs. Now I learned a few things I didn't know before, like that tube that goes up and down. What in the world does that do? Thanks for taking out the time to show us how and including all the part numbers. It takes some of the work outta doin work. Much appreciated. ;) ...and there's YOUR dinner.
+Jon Myers That tube is for the low speed circuit on the carb. and it shifts when you go from high speed to idle. If it becomes stuck its not able to shift causing the carb not to idle. & I've seen where someone not realizing that tube is in there screw the needle in with the carb flipped over and damage the tube resulting in no low speed idle. U can tell by the tip of the needle being damaged.
+Taryl Fixes All LLC Thanks for that bit of wisdom. In the past I have encountered these carbs where I could adjust high mix, but not the low, and vice versa. Or I could actually adjust high mixture using the low mixture screw. Found it so frustrating that I had to be put on medication, so I always tended to keep my distance from this particular design. Chances are that tube was stuck or damaged. I may still have that carb laying around, so I might try doing some surgery on it sometime just to check it out and see if it is possible to repair. Thanks again for your time. :)
Sometimes after soaking the carb. the tube would still be stuck. So to free up that tube I would spray WD 40 in the hole & then heat the area wear the tube is with a propane torch a little bit, blow it out.try it, spray it heat it a few more times & after a while get lucky & then get it to move freely.
+Taryl Fixes All LLC I just happened to come across one of those carbs I had sitting around, pulled out the mixture screw, and saw the pin you were talking about. Pretty cool. Thanks. :) Not a very user friendly design if you aren't experienced with these. Too easy to mess it up, but then I'm sure they are more than happy to sell you a new one. lol
These videos be very entertaining! I watched your video and I learned a lot about these 516 carbatraitors, enough that I decided to just buy a knockoff Chinese carbatraitor on eBay for $15 & 20 min to swap it out and it's getting the job done. I still have the old one and if I ever have the time to rebuild it to keep my old snowblower matching #s I will... At least I know how to tune them based on what I learned from your video....and there's your dinner! Classic!
Nice video on the techumech carburetor proper rebuild. Your videos are a lot of fun and informative. Keep up the good work and keep the new video’s coming thank you for all of your time and help that you are able to help the little guy that don’t know what to do, So they maybe able to make some repair’s for them self’s.
Thanks Taryl. Needed your fine instruction. Gave me the confidence to dive in. Have an old sears, same Tecumseh engine, over 38 yrs old. It still lives and looking forward to using it this winter.
Another excellent video. Thanks for the knowledge and explicit instructions. I swear by Stabil fuel additive. It has saved me from a lot of grief from carburetors gummed up from time degraded gasoline.
Thanks. I truly learned how to rebuild a carburetor on the different engines. The rebuild I did. I think I put the fuel needle in while holding the carb in the wrong direction. The problems I am having is one of those. I will have to remove the carb again to see if that happened. I may also have put the float bowl on in the wrong direction. We will see. Thanks. You are really great in explaining how to do the jobs.
Thank you for the great how to video. I’ve always been hands off and intimidated on carbs because I never had the knowledge nor anyone to show me. The detailed information and step by step is so appreciated.
Outstanding video! For me, it was worth watching to learn that technique for installing the new fuel line. I just finished the rebuild and added a new fuel line with little effort.
Yet again great info . Will apply to larger mowers over this side of the pond , As we dont really have snow blowers , Just down to earth , Great how to . Again have to thank you for the gear we received today . I will put some pictures on facebook later . Regards Pete.
VERY GOOD video instruction on the tecumseh carbs, geez i wish this Vid was around 5years back when i was doing up my ohv 12.5hp, those sneaky holes, great refresher course..thumbs UP..
Great / Great / Great Video to rebuild a carburetor - also - thank's for all the tip's - I was about to throw my snow thrower in the street for the metal guy to pick it up but now seeing your video I am not - Thank's Once Again !
Hi Taryl. I have a Craftsman 179cc snowblower with a Tecumseh engine ZS365-SUA. Unit Model # 31AM32AD77, Serial # 1F258B40634, Craftsman #247.887550. It's an MTD Product. Carb # 751-10974, I put the carb through the ultra sonic cleaner several times, I also hand drilled the low speed jet to the next size. New plug, filter, Etc.. nothing leaking. Note: the unit had been left outside. I had a lot of sanding with my wire brush on my drill to do in-order to get all the linkages cleaned and rust free. All is working fine now except I'm getting surging after the engine has been running a bit. I apply the choke and the surging seem to stop. That's why I cleaned the low speed jet as per your video. I DID NOTICE WHEN ALL IS SET TO NORMAL, RUNNING FULL SPEED, AND IT STARTS TO SURGE, WHEN I REMOVE THE GAS CAP IT STOPS SURGING. Gas Cap Bad? Thanks, John
Hey guys, I wanted to say thank you for putting these videos together and letting those of us who are interested benefit from your years of experience. I just finished a log splitter, (sorely needed and gratuitously given to me) and as usual I do first then learn how to do what I just did. Allow me to share with you, I needed to swap out the plastic governor gear and the shaft was a press fit. I'm quite proud of the trick I figured out. After measuring very carefully I drilled a hole in the case just big enough to get a small blind punch in there and presto, or more accurately, bango. I hammered the shaft out, put the new gearand on and tapped it back in. I did find a " small engine specialist" telling someone to use vice grips and "twist" the shaft out on a website. I can't see anything good coming from that advice. As always thanks, and there's your dinner!
Toro sold a lot of them. I still see them advertised for sale on Craigslist here. I use one it is 40 years old and still runs well after I rebuilt the carburetor a few years ago. Very little surface rust and the auger mechanism shows little wear. I fixed a couple of bent spots on one of the augers and have new shear bolts on order. Toro built these machines to work hard and last!
Great video.. I'd like to add, the middle shaft of the needle & seat install tool # 670377.. the flat spot with the part number on it.... can be used to set the float height. Span it across the body and the float should touch the tool just right.
Thanks Taryl for your hilarious and informative videos. This and the video on governor set-up have helped me DIY my way to a working snowblower in less then 2hrs. Not bad for a nubie!!
If you lay that Tecumsea tool on its flat side..( the handle) should be the proper bowl adjustment ( distance) I think..If im not mistaken. Great video !!!
Hi Taryl, your videos are extremely detailed and much appreciated. I have a 10hp MTD tecumseh on a snowblower that is missing the engine model number. I need a gasket that goes between the carb and the manifold. Any chance you would the part#? The carb is exactly like the one you demo'd. Thank you very much for your help.
Thanks Tayrl, great tutorial. I already pulled the old fuel line through before attaching the new one. Thot I would have to pull the starter wheel off, but cutting the new line on an angle made a pointy end and it pushed through just fine.
i got an old toro like that one last year and i had to do the same to it as what your doing to that one. I also changed the brass float to the plastic one. Thanks
I need to do this for my HMSK80 on my 8hp Tecumesh Ariens 824. I've got the OEM kit ordered for it...and I also bought a Chineseum replacement carburetor on Scamazon in case I do a bad job of it. I'm sure I'll have to use my 6.00+ reading glasses to see those tiny holes, lol. I've got the tiny drill bits and the torch picks. I don't have Purple Power, but I do have a gallon of Super Clean in a big purple jug I can put in my ultrasonic cleaner :) I also have a 4hp Tecumseh on my 1965 Ariens 10M4...and I don't need to worry about the primer hose for it because it never came with a primer, it has a primer delete slug in the spot where the button should be, lol.
Thanks, man, I learned a lot from your video, On how to fix your "Carbutrator" I meant Carburator. All the best and Happy New Year to you and your family.
Lots of good information. I know this will come in handy soon. Thanks for producing another funny and useful video. Hope you and family have a nice Thanksgiving!
Acid brushes are great for cleaning, I take a pair of snips or scissors and cut them down short and hammer down the end that holds the brush in, works great also for cleaning guns.
I will say the ol snowblower really shoots snow when it runs at 5000rpms. After 6 or 8 seasons of that i finally ordered the governor parts after opening it up and confirming my suspicion. Rod journal looks great, rings and piston also looks good. No valve seat pits or wear,but the intake valve stem isnt the greatest but itll be ok. Id attribute that to short run times and thick oil. Might not run long enough to get really warm and pass some lube thru there. I still think ill go old school and run some marvel in the gas and maybe thatll help on the stem wear. And im here cause the carb kit came today so ill futz with that tonight while waiting on the other parts still. I figured id have scrap metal inside ,the oil wasnt too nice. Kind of amazing how much abuse theyll take sometimes especially when you dont care.
Taryl - I have a Baker Pro 8/12 chipper with the HM80. The person I bought it from replaced the carb and put the wrong one on it. It’s supposed to have the carb without the priming hose. They got the one with the priming hose nipple on it. Can I just put a rubber cover on it like you would a vacuum port? How should I handle that port? Thanks!
Mr. Dactal A friend has an older snowblower 8HP Tecumseh with an adjustable carburetor would not run. Pulled the carb out gave it a good cleaning, followed your instruction from the video regarding the small tube that needs to move and from what I could, or should I say could not hear that tube move when tipping the carb. I have a 10HP Tecumseh engine with an non adjustable carb. I have performed a transplant, replacing the adjustable carb on the 8HP engine with the non adjustable car from the 10HP engine. From what I can tell the patient seems to be doing fine. A few pumps of the primer button a couple of pulls and she's running. Now that you know the scenario, here is my question, do you see any potential problems by doing that type of carb swap any adjustment i may need to make? Thanks
Chris Holland all you have really done is turn that 8 horse into a 10 horse. on single cylinder engines the carburetor is what gives you your ponies. that's why the small engine companies got sued a while back, cause one little adjustment and you're in a different horse power range. they were sued for misrepresentation of their products. anywho you don't have to worry about any damage with a 2hp gain. you could achieve that and more with a torch tip cleaner filing out a jet and polishing the intake on that 8 horse carb.
That's actually not correct. Their are actual differences between an 8hp and a 10hp Tecumseh horizontal. The 8hp which is all engines from 8 to 9.5hp are indeed the same 318cc. The 10hp is a 358cc. The 10hp is all engines from 10 to 11. The 10hp engine has a 3, 5/16 bore and piston, the 8hp has a 3, 1/8 bore. Thats where the difference in ponies come in between an 8 and 10, not the carb. The 10 is bigger. They got sued for calling an 8hp snowblower an 8.5 and 9 and 9.5, once you reach 10, it really is a 10 and they got sued for calling 10hp snowblowers 10.5 and 11 and 11.5 which are all just 10's. Than once you get to the 12 it is actually a 12, the 12 is an OHV and also has different parts that the 10. Lastly your 13hp OHV which is bigger than the 12, it has a bigger cylinder all together and takes 2 ounces more oil. So their are differences its from 8 to 10 to 12 to 13. Anything in between those are the same. Look it up if you don't believe me compare an 8 to a 10 cylinder and piston. 10 hp HMSK100: www.partstree.com/parts/tecumseh/engines-horizontal-4-cycle-engine/hmsk100-159359w-tecumseh-4-cycle-horizontal-engine/engine-parts-list-1/ 8 hp HMSK80: www.partstree.com/parts/tecumseh/engines-horizontal-4-cycle-engine/hmsk80-155209r-tecumseh-4-cycle-horizontal-engine/engine-parts-list-1/ As far as the carb, no your not going to ruin anything, in fact you made the engine that has the adjustable carb better, because now you can fine tune it perfectly and the adjustable carb can always be cleaned and get working again, the non adjustable has an idle circuit in place of the low speed adjustment when those go bad out of wack they cant be fixed, well you can try by drilling the hole slightly larger but it's not always successful. So your fine, you just made the one engine better with the adjustable carb.
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Guess who just successfully rehabbed the carburetor on the 5 HP Tecumseh engine on his 1993 TroyBilt snowblower? Me, that's who! This is my second 'win' thanks to Taryl's how-to videos. These are invaluable resources to folks like me who know just enough about stuff like this to be dangerous -- and who thus need a little reliable advice! Thank you SO MUCH for this video.
8 year old video still relevant and worth watching. Thanks Taryl!
Just got my circa 1972 7 hp Jacobson Imperial 26 snowblower running thanks to this video.
Love the level of details that you include. You are a great teacher!
Taryl I love your show
I spent 37 minutes of my Saturday night watching this. The amazing part was that I was riveted to the video the entire 37 minutes!!! It was more educational and entertaining than the majority of movies I could have been watching on the latest streaming platform! Jam packed with little tidbits only a true professional would know, along with a healthy dose of humor! I'll never be intimidated by a carbertraitor again! And there's your dinner! :-)
Great video… best snowblower carbatrater video on YT
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Canada Ruuss here, im an ol pro.. so i thought. Pulling the fuel line through with the cut off bolt and primer line was a great lesson. And the water faucet thought process is one ill pass on to my kids. Thank you Taryl!
S.O.S. For Taryl!!! Taryl, everyone appreciates your expansive knowledge about small engines. Your the only tech who actually calls the parts by their respective names, knows each purpose and is top quality all around. Many of us are being scammed by Briggs and Stratton on those Nikki 6 modified carbs without the fuel cellanoid. The ones used in snowblowers! I know here our main small engine shop claims they are not rebuildable because they leak! Even the plastic inner body piece holding the float and pin is like 100 Canadian dollars for a 1cent part!!! I bought an Amazon rebuild kit with this part and many others to rebuild it. Can you make an episode and show us how exactly so we don’t have to worry about leakage once we install it. Many thanks...
Thanks Taryl. I've watched many of your videos. They are not only informative but also entertaining. Some people making comments don't seem to have a sense of humor. Don't listen to them. You make repairs fun. With your help I have gotten my lawn tractor running again after it sat dead for 3 years and now I am fixing my snowblower. Keep up the great work!
Thanks, Taryl! My 1982 Ariens Sno Tho (with the 7 HP Tecumish) always started and ran okay, but would occasionally puke gas from the carbatrator. You gave me the confidence to tear into it and find that the carb float was leaking and had gas in it. With a carb kit and a new float, she starts on the first pull and no more leaks! (I even put a new mufkin on while I was working on it.)
Hey Tim, I've been watching your videos for the past year or 2. I never realized you're 25 minutes from me. I've been doing this for 30+ years as well but learn a lot from you. I worked for Rigg's in Valpo. I get most of my parts from Lafayette Warehouse which is 3 minutes from me. Keep doing what you're doing. Thank you.
This video helped me resurrect a 1971 Rupp mini bike that has sat for at least 25 years. It had neon green gas in the carb bowl! Thanks for your expertise and humorous video.
Great trick with the primer and fuel lines ! I dont know why Taryl doesnt have more subs he certainly deserves them, He has helped me fix several mowers and snowblowers hats off to the boys at Grass Rats Garage
Thanks Taryl.
After watching your channel, I went out and cleaned and tapped the points and tuned the carb on my 1978 Yardman Snowbird.
Free Craigslist score. Tecumish is ready to go now.
*gapped. I blame AutoDrunk.
@5:29 Never realized what the holes in the top of some screwdriver handles were for. Mind blown. Many thanks.
I didn't either
Like I said, this is one of the most underrated channels on RUclips. One of the best out there. I always learn and laugh every time I see their video.
I think it's mainly for storage purposes like hanging them on a rack. That works too.
@@pinomarino8917 yes i agree but taryl thinks outside the box
Omg we have been doing that for 40 yrs and theres your dinner
I have watched a lot of videos on cleaning carburetors and your video is the only one to address my problem. When I got the snowblower I noticed the low speed needle was marred up a bit on the end. I cleaned the carb and it ran good wide open, but it wouldn't idle. I had a sneaking suspicion the carb was hooped after seeing the end of the needle, but now I know that I need a new carbutrator, because my tube doesn't go up and down (near enough, haha!). Next time I will search for "carbutrators". You really know your carbutrators. Thanks.
Let's not forget to mention the screwdriver in the handle of another trick. Mind blowing.
Awesome
Best video for a carburetor rebuild...thanks for posting.
Hi Taryl. Thank you for.your informative videos. You are both a skilled technician and a comedic genius!
My 3.5 tecumseh roto tiller engine’s throttle would flutter and hunt for fuel even though I cleaned the carb five times, so after watching one of your videos, I pulled out the brass low speed idle jet and found that I couldn’t get an eighteen thousandths (.018) piece of bread tie wire through it, so I then drilled it out with a twenty two thousandths (.022) drill that I spun by hand with my pin vice and wala, the drill poked through.
I put the carb back together and installed it and now my tecumseh runs like new! No throttle flutter and a smooth idle to boot.
You are the coolest dude on the net for engines!!! Thanks again!!!
This is by far the best "Tecumehs" winter engine carburetor rebuild/cleaning video I have watched and I have watched 20 or 30 in the last few years on youtube a lot of the other videos were also from people who do this for a living, so that really is saying something. I work on carbs all the time and even I get leary about pulling O-rings, although most have brass tube's. I must need a more powerful compressor because my needle seat doesn't blow out. I'm gonna have to get that tool, I work on a lot of Tec carbs and I need to be able to pull that seat and be able to properly put the new one in.
But anyway this video was thorough it covered every piece of a carb rebuild on one of them. Things like that brass tube getting crushed, had no clue. Really, really well done. I don't know how anyone could not like this video, you would have to be a moron or one of the other people with carb repair videos that just got showed up with their dinner on a plate.
I just rebuilt one yesterday, yes in late June, why? Because I went and picked up a snowblower dirt cheap that had a 10hp Tecumehs and that bad boy is going on my Snapper 8/24 this winter. Its going to be a bad ass 10/24 which no one ever made stock. I need it ready I use it commercially 90-100 hours a winter easy. The 8 was a good engine and had good power but its getting tired from the 1000 hours on it by now easy. This new/old engine ran kinda crappy when I got it, opened the carb, gum deposit's, stale fuel, bad o rings on the nozzle and a float that was set down to China. I just repaired that carb the best I ever repaired one and now that engine purrs like a kitten. Now all I have to do in the fall is pull the old one and throw the new one on done. Go blow snow and make the big bucks.
Anyway enough rambling, theeeee best carb repair video on youtube, by far, well done and it comes with laughs and theirs a ton of other great videos on this channel. Best one out their.
I might need to get me one of those spark plug necklaces, I think I earned it now!
Took you three years today to make a video basically the same as Taryl. At least you give credit where its due.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED - and entertaining too, perfect for DIYer like me who knows just enough to screw things up. I have a 20ish year old Toro that hadn’t run in a long time, needed attention. I’m in a technical field, arrogantly thought that a simple “tune-up” was something any simpleton could do without any instructions. Yeah. That was in 2015 and the ****ing thing hadn’t run right since...surging, stalled under load, backfiring, you name it. This video covers everything I needed to know, now I’m launching snow across the street like a champion. (In my case, I had damaged the needle seat, not cleaned the jets properly, and smushed an o ring on the emulsion tube. Result was leaky carb, surging, only running on full choke and dogging out under anything more than a light load. Now it runs like a champion. Thanks!
Awesome. Just rebuilt 7HP Tecumseh carb. Now starts first pull, idles nice. Did not know about that slide tube.
Thanks for the toothtorial.
Great tip for replacing the fuel line.
It's just like watching "American Chopper" but an intellectual version!! Love it!!
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Got my 46 year old Tecumseh VM70 running again after following your how-to carb rebuild! Thank you! It's on a John Deere lawn tractor.
you guys by far the most informative , and complete ways to rebuilt carbs I've seen ,,, bravo
I just rebuilt a gummed up carburetor on a 18hp Briggs and Stratton in a John Deere GT235. It's running like a new machine. Thank you for your videos.
Thanks guys. I gotta say I did my carb on the snow blower, n knew nothing about these small engines but mine is now running great. Learned a lot in 42 mins, a few good laughs
Florida here. The preheater hasn’t got much use in our state but the carburetor info is great! Thanks so much. The characters in your videos need psychiatric help. So, so funny.🤪. Love it!
I always used to have bad luck with these Tecscrumshen carbs. Now I learned a few things I didn't know before, like that tube that goes up and down. What in the world does that do? Thanks for taking out the time to show us how and including all the part numbers. It takes some of the work outta doin work. Much appreciated. ;) ...and there's YOUR dinner.
+Jon Myers That tube is for the low speed circuit on the carb. and it shifts when you go from high speed to idle. If it becomes stuck its not able to shift causing the carb not to idle. & I've seen where someone not realizing that tube is in there screw the needle in with the carb flipped over and damage the tube resulting in no low speed idle. U can tell by the tip of the needle being damaged.
+Taryl Fixes All LLC Thanks for that bit of wisdom. In the past I have encountered these carbs where I could adjust high mix, but not the low, and vice versa. Or I could actually adjust high mixture using the low mixture screw. Found it so frustrating that I had to be put on medication, so I always tended to keep my distance from this particular design. Chances are that tube was stuck or damaged. I may still have that carb laying around, so I might try doing some surgery on it sometime just to check it out and see if it is possible to repair. Thanks again for your time. :)
Sometimes after soaking the carb. the tube would still be stuck. So to free up that tube I would spray WD 40 in the hole & then heat the area wear the tube is with a propane torch a little bit, blow it out.try it, spray it heat it a few more times & after a while get lucky & then get it to move freely.
Good idea. Maybe a hair dryer or heat gun too. Thanks again. ;)
+Taryl Fixes All LLC I just happened to come across one of those carbs I had sitting around, pulled out the mixture screw, and saw the pin you were talking about. Pretty cool. Thanks. :) Not a very user friendly design if you aren't experienced with these. Too easy to mess it up, but then I'm sure they are more than happy to sell you a new one. lol
These videos be very entertaining! I watched your video and I learned a lot about these 516 carbatraitors, enough that I decided to just buy a knockoff Chinese carbatraitor on eBay for $15 & 20 min to swap it out and it's getting the job done. I still have the old one and if I ever have the time to rebuild it to keep my old snowblower matching #s I will... At least I know how to tune them based on what I learned from your video....and there's your dinner! Classic!
Best dang snowblower info vid i seen so far!! You dudes ROCK!
HUGE THAnk you
great videos taryl..very entertaining. you and donyboy73 are the go to people on youtube.
Nice video on the techumech carburetor proper rebuild.
Your videos are a lot of fun and informative.
Keep up the good work and keep the new video’s coming thank you for all of your time and help that you are able to help the little guy that don’t know what to do,
So they maybe able to make some repair’s for them self’s.
Thanks Taryl. Needed your fine instruction. Gave me the confidence to dive in. Have an old sears, same Tecumseh engine, over 38 yrs old. It still lives and looking forward to using it this winter.
best video I have seen on cleaning these carberstrators :)
Carber-whaters??? Haha
Nice set of instructions complete with part numbers! Cool. Thanks a lot!
Another excellent video. Thanks for the knowledge and explicit instructions. I swear by Stabil fuel additive. It has saved me from a lot of grief from carburetors gummed up from time degraded gasoline.
Thanks. I truly learned how to rebuild a carburetor on the different engines. The rebuild I did. I think I put the fuel needle in while holding the carb in the wrong direction. The problems I am having is one of those. I will have to remove the carb again to see if that happened. I may also have put the float bowl on in the wrong direction. We will see. Thanks. You are really great in explaining how to do the jobs.
Thanks for doing the most detailed takedown of a Tecumseh carb I have ever seen and being downright hilarious in the process.
Taryl I think you are an awesome teacher. Thanks to you and your videos I'm working on all kinds of units here in Rochester, N.Y. Thanks
Thank you for the great how to video. I’ve always been hands off and intimidated on carbs because I never had the knowledge nor anyone to show me. The detailed information and step by step is so appreciated.
Taryl gives us his experience, like no one else. Thanks, Taryl!
Outstanding video! For me, it was worth watching to learn that technique for installing the new fuel line. I just finished the rebuild and added a new fuel line with little effort.
Thanks for the video, it helped me get my snow blower running again.
Just worked on my carb today fired it up still surging ...going back in now that I watched this, great video... Thank you!!
Yet again great info . Will apply to larger mowers over this side of the pond ,
As we dont really have snow blowers , Just down to earth , Great how to .
Again have to thank you for the gear we received today .
I will put some pictures on facebook later .
Regards Pete.
VERY GOOD video instruction on the tecumseh carbs, geez i wish this Vid was around 5years back when i was doing up my ohv 12.5hp, those sneaky holes, great refresher course..thumbs UP..
Great video! Thanks for showing us the small details that will save us from more problems later.
this was a huge help with mine. thank you. That stupid little vent hole was plugged so bad that it looked like it didn't even have 1.
Great video. Very clear and it will help me and a whole bunch of people. Thanks.
Great / Great / Great Video to rebuild a carburetor - also - thank's for all the tip's -
I was about to throw my snow thrower in the street for the metal guy to pick it up
but now seeing your video I am not - Thank's Once Again !
Very talented and easy to understand...Best detailed video by far"
Hi Taryl. I have a Craftsman 179cc snowblower with a Tecumseh engine ZS365-SUA.
Unit Model # 31AM32AD77, Serial # 1F258B40634, Craftsman #247.887550. It's an MTD Product. Carb # 751-10974, I put the carb through the ultra sonic cleaner several times, I also hand drilled the low speed jet to the next size. New plug, filter, Etc.. nothing leaking. Note: the unit had been left outside. I had a lot of sanding with my wire brush on my drill to do in-order to get all the linkages cleaned and rust free. All is working fine now except I'm getting surging after the engine has been running a bit. I apply the choke and the surging seem to stop. That's why I cleaned the low speed jet as per your video. I DID NOTICE WHEN ALL IS SET TO NORMAL, RUNNING FULL SPEED, AND IT STARTS TO SURGE, WHEN I REMOVE THE GAS CAP IT STOPS SURGING. Gas Cap Bad? Thanks, John
Hey guys, I wanted to say thank you for putting these videos together and letting those of us who are interested benefit from your years of experience. I just finished a log splitter, (sorely needed and gratuitously given to me) and as usual I do first then learn how to do what I just did. Allow me to share with you, I needed to swap out the plastic governor gear and the shaft was a press fit. I'm quite proud of the trick I figured out. After measuring very carefully I drilled a hole in the case just big enough to get a small blind punch in there and presto, or more accurately, bango. I hammered the shaft out, put the new gearand on and tapped it back in. I did find a " small engine specialist" telling someone to use vice grips and "twist" the shaft out on a website. I can't see anything good coming from that advice. As always thanks, and there's your dinner!
Unbelievable I thought I knew just about everything about carburetors but yet prove me wrong and thanks you got this gosh dang snowblower going again
I use the same method for the primer line and fuel lines. BTW nice 4-21 toro .. nice little machine.
Toro sold a lot of them. I still see them advertised for sale on Craigslist here. I use one it is 40 years old and still runs well after I rebuilt the carburetor a few years ago. Very little surface rust and the auger mechanism shows little wear. I fixed a couple of bent spots on one of the augers and have new shear bolts on order. Toro built these machines to work hard and last!
Thank You Taryl, I watch you video, about your tip on the small hole it worked. Your tip on the float was my original problem, so thanks again.
You have the best tips and tricks, thank you!!!!!
Great video.. I'd like to add, the middle shaft of the needle & seat install tool # 670377.. the flat spot with the part number on it.... can be used to set the float height. Span it across the body and the float should touch the tool just right.
+Eric Miguel Thanks for the added tip. Theres my Dinner.
best carb cleaning video I have seen
I think so also , very good teacher in my book !
Hey taryl, I use a double sided barbed hose nipple for pulling hose through. I also made a special chisel to take out those Welch plugs
One of the best videos I've seen yet thank you
Great instructional video. Enjoy your presentation
Thank you Very useful, helped me a lot to service and repair my TVM140 with the 632253 carburetor 👍
That gas hose/primer trick was worth putting up with Uncle Andy.
Have a Great Thanksgiving.
I seen this and had to watch it. Best video out there
Thanks Taryl for your hilarious and informative videos. This and the video on governor set-up have helped me DIY my way to a working snowblower in less then 2hrs. Not bad for a nubie!!
If you lay that Tecumsea tool on its flat side..( the handle) should be the proper bowl adjustment ( distance) I think..If im not mistaken.
Great video !!!
Hi Taryl, your videos are extremely detailed and much appreciated. I have a 10hp MTD tecumseh on a snowblower that is missing the engine model number. I need a gasket that goes between the carb and the manifold. Any chance you would the part#? The carb is exactly like the one you demo'd. Thank you very much for your help.
Entertaining and very informative. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Thanks Tayrl, great tutorial. I already pulled the old fuel line through before attaching the new one. Thot I would have to pull the starter wheel off, but cutting the new line on an angle made a pointy end and it pushed through just fine.
Howling with laughter and picking up crucial points: THANK YOU!
You Really know What You Are Doing. Great Job. Thank You !
After watching this video , I'm ready to start my own business,
Thanks
i got an old toro like that one last year and i had to do the same to it as what your doing to that one. I also changed the brass float to the plastic one. Thanks
I need to do this for my HMSK80 on my 8hp Tecumesh Ariens 824. I've got the OEM kit ordered for it...and I also bought a Chineseum replacement carburetor on Scamazon in case I do a bad job of it. I'm sure I'll have to use my 6.00+ reading glasses to see those tiny holes, lol. I've got the tiny drill bits and the torch picks. I don't have Purple Power, but I do have a gallon of Super Clean in a big purple jug I can put in my ultrasonic cleaner :)
I also have a 4hp Tecumseh on my 1965 Ariens 10M4...and I don't need to worry about the primer hose for it because it never came with a primer, it has a primer delete slug in the spot where the button should be, lol.
Thanks for sharing ALL of your KNOWLEDGE Taryl, and CREW!! Happy Thanksgiving all the way from JAWJA!! AWESOME VIDEO BROTHER!
+Georgia CITIZEN Thanks, U have a wonderful Thanksgivin also.
thanks for all your hard work very nice video I learned a lot
I love it. Don't even be lookin' in there!!!
Learned a lot from this. I did not know about the vent hole, the plastic value, or that snowblowers don't have air filters
Thanks, man, I learned a lot from your video, On how to fix your "Carbutrator" I meant Carburator. All the best and Happy New Year to you and your family.
Just did mine. THANK YOU!
Lots of good information. I know this will come in handy soon. Thanks for producing another funny and useful video. Hope you and family have a nice Thanksgiving!
+MrGoosePit Glad you enjoyed the video. Hope u & yur family also have a wonderful Thanksgiving.
You're always the best.
Acid brushes are great for cleaning, I take a pair of snips or scissors and cut them down short and hammer down the end that holds the brush in, works great also for cleaning guns.
Sorry, I should have watched the entire video before posting. You explained it perfectly.
John
These guys are funny! But made all worth watching and learning.
I been doing these for years and learn something new every time, great video. Could I refer you to a great dentist?
Some see a problem and some see character, and looks does not define anyone's character with the exception of the looker.
Everyones teeth should look like that.
My teeth look like that from stripping wire!
My teeth look like that from years of suckin farts outta movie theater seats. 6.00 hour, boy gotta make a livin.
I bought a new carb off Amazon for $22 and it works great
I will say the ol snowblower really shoots snow when it runs at 5000rpms.
After 6 or 8 seasons of that i finally ordered the governor parts after opening it up and confirming my suspicion.
Rod journal looks great, rings and piston also looks good.
No valve seat pits or wear,but the intake valve stem isnt the greatest but itll be ok.
Id attribute that to short run times and thick oil.
Might not run long enough to get really warm and pass some lube thru there.
I still think ill go old school and run some marvel in the gas and maybe thatll help on the stem wear.
And im here cause the carb kit came today so ill futz with that tonight while waiting on the other parts still.
I figured id have scrap metal inside ,the oil wasnt too nice.
Kind of amazing how much abuse theyll take sometimes especially when you dont care.
2649 it probably is best to take a dump, because if you don't do much maintenance you could at least do that.😀
Very informative, made my much simpler and learned a few things
Thanks
Taryl - I have a Baker Pro 8/12 chipper with the HM80. The person I bought it from replaced the carb and put the wrong one on it. It’s supposed to have the carb without the priming hose. They got the one with the priming hose nipple on it. Can I just put a rubber cover on it like you would a vacuum port? How should I handle that port? Thanks!
👍gotta love TARYL’s shop 👍🇺🇸
thanks for all the info i enjoy your videos
All great stuff! Good job as always, Taryl.
Mr. Dactal
A friend has an older snowblower 8HP Tecumseh with an adjustable carburetor would not run. Pulled the carb out gave it a good cleaning, followed your instruction from the video regarding the small tube that needs to move and from what I could, or should I say could not hear that tube move when tipping the carb.
I have a 10HP Tecumseh engine with an non adjustable carb. I have performed a transplant, replacing the adjustable carb on the 8HP engine with the non adjustable car from the 10HP engine. From what I can tell the patient seems to be doing fine. A few pumps of the primer button a couple of pulls and she's running. Now that you know the scenario, here is my question, do you see any potential problems by doing that type of carb swap any adjustment i may need to make?
Thanks
Chris Holland all you have really done is turn that 8 horse into a 10 horse. on single cylinder engines the carburetor is what gives you your ponies. that's why the small engine companies got sued a while back, cause one little adjustment and you're in a different horse power range. they were sued for misrepresentation of their products. anywho you don't have to worry about any damage with a 2hp gain. you could achieve that and more with a torch tip cleaner filing out a jet and polishing the intake on that 8 horse carb.
That's actually not correct. Their are actual differences between an 8hp and a 10hp Tecumseh horizontal. The 8hp which is all engines from 8 to 9.5hp are indeed the same 318cc. The 10hp is a 358cc. The 10hp is all engines from 10 to 11.
The 10hp engine has a 3, 5/16 bore and piston, the 8hp has a 3, 1/8 bore. Thats where the difference in ponies come in between an 8 and 10, not the carb. The 10 is bigger.
They got sued for calling an 8hp snowblower an 8.5 and 9 and 9.5, once you reach 10, it really is a 10 and they got sued for calling 10hp snowblowers 10.5 and 11 and 11.5 which are all just 10's. Than once you get to the 12 it is actually a 12, the 12 is an OHV and also has different parts that the 10. Lastly your 13hp OHV which is bigger than the 12, it has a bigger cylinder all together and takes 2 ounces more oil. So their are differences its from 8 to 10 to 12 to 13. Anything in between those are the same.
Look it up if you don't believe me compare an 8 to a 10 cylinder and piston.
10 hp HMSK100:
www.partstree.com/parts/tecumseh/engines-horizontal-4-cycle-engine/hmsk100-159359w-tecumseh-4-cycle-horizontal-engine/engine-parts-list-1/
8 hp HMSK80:
www.partstree.com/parts/tecumseh/engines-horizontal-4-cycle-engine/hmsk80-155209r-tecumseh-4-cycle-horizontal-engine/engine-parts-list-1/
As far as the carb, no your not going to ruin anything, in fact you made the engine that has the adjustable carb better, because now you can fine tune it perfectly and the adjustable carb can always be cleaned and get working again, the non adjustable has an idle circuit in place of the low speed adjustment when those go bad out of wack they cant be fixed, well you can try by drilling the hole slightly larger but it's not always successful. So your fine, you just made the one engine better with the adjustable carb.
Must be nice to work and have fun
some really good tips on things easily over looked