You won't believe HOW MUCH $$$ I can make off one burned up Husqvarna 150BT Backpack Blower? GUESS!
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My name is Bre. I took two years of small engine repair at the local college. When I left school, I fell into a wonderful job at a local small engine shop where I worked the counter for a couple years. In 2010 my husband and I opened up our own small engine shop in central Arkansas where I am able to work alongside my family and best friends. We see over 2,000 pieces of small engine equipment every year, and answer 1,000's of small engine questions. We specialize in brands such as Briggs and Stratton, Kohler, Echo and Shindaiwa, but work everyday on MANY other brands like Stihl, Husqvarna, Honda, Craftsman, Remington, Red Max, Troy Bilt, Scag, Bad Boy, Hustler, World Lawn, Poulan, Mantis, Etc.. Hopefully, my experience I share, will save you Time, Money and Frustration in the future!
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I buy, sell, and flip small engine stuff myself. I hoard parts from all the machines I get that aren't worth fixing. A couple of years ago I was able to build a Troy Bilt riding mower completely from scratch out of my parts stash, and it is 100% factory correct. Hoarding pays.
I just had to jump in on this video and say...Thank you very much for the information you gave in another video. I had been told that plastic carburetors are throwaways. My Grandson and his new Bride needed a push mower and I have one that is in excellent condition, except for the fact it quit starting. You saved me enough $$$ that I was able to go through the mower and will be able to give him a nice gift. I can't wait to see their faces, when they get here Christmas. Thanks for the lessons you constantly share with us.
That is awesome! Merry Christmas!
@@Chickanic I been looking for craftsman t 210 parts mower had a little accident kid back in to it with the pickup truck mower only couple years old buy parts already showing discontinued
@@corbettknowles9942 I remember when Sears owned Craftsman i could still get parts for a forty year old mower.
@@davidkettell6236 I know craftsman is not the same even the build quality not there the deck os made from Chinese pop metal on mew one I just about talked my self in to going buying a zero turn I look8ng at one here recently it looks to be built hell lot better than craftsman be honest I looking at zero turns and even John deere looked like rge were made out of cheap pop metal but anyways I think I'm going get a titan zero turn
@@ChickanicHow did you get into the work you do repairing small engines and such? I’m 37 and ready for a career change. I’m considering this because I have already repaired a few things of my own and it’s fun bringing broken things back to life.
It is always nice to see parts getting repurposed rather than thrown away. I have parted out a lot of small equipment online over the years. I use to fix them up to sell but I learned it’s so much easier and more potential profit to just part out. Some of the prices for oem parts are absurd so used is the next best thing for most people. I can’t believe Husqvarna would ask that much for an ignition coil!
I agree it’s unreal price and pretty clear they don’t wont them fixed but buy new one
Your honesty is applaudable! Please keep on Chickaniking. I love your stuff.
Had no idea those parts were so expensive . I just keep patching my old equipment it together and they run with your help . you are awesome .
Well, the oil in the gas tank guy actually unknowingly did a good thing in a way. If you’re going to store a two stroke for over a year like that, putting oil in the carb will keep everything inside good, as long as you recall doing it two years later and remember to drain it out.
I learned that from Bre to store all my 2 strokes with oil and prime til it runs through the lines to protect the rubber from drying out . Seems so simple , I’m 58 and had never thought of it , once ! I love learning something new , and I always do on the channel !
Well done I used to despise working on any 2-stroke with your videos I will at least take a look at them. I only hold on to name-brand throwaways. In the neighborhood, they call me Mr. Wilson my motto is I can't break it any more than it is.
Sometimes I'm amazed at how uninformed people can be. But at least that Rancher's engine was nicely preserved with the bar oil, and they learned a not-too-expensive lesson! Love your videos, Bre! Keep 'em coming, and Merry Christmas!
If owner is a rancher that dumb, bet he has no bulls but expects eggs😂😂😂😂😂😅😅
I am the viewer that bought the BT150 that you rebuilt. It is fantastic! Glad you are stockpiling parts for it. The worst thing I did with my Husky 440 chainsaw was follow the steps to start it when new. Flooded every time. My saw does NOT like to be primed...ever!
Great video. I’m glad you are able to recycle all those items and save your customers some cash on parts. I bet the most challenging thing is to store all of them and know exactly what each part goes with or crosses over to another unit.
Same one I use personally. If you take care of them and put the right fuel in them, they run forever.
Your videos are always a must watch , I learn something every episode ( and normally get a really good laugh ) . Thanks for all you do for us !
Great video, I've had my 150bt for 11 years and use it for my 3.5 partially wooded acres. It has been an excellent machine for anyone considering one. I've only changed the fuel lines and filter. Thanks again for the video.
Have the same little blower and it works great, but tuning up my airboat a few weeks ago I discovered I could blow my whole front yard in 30 seconds verses and hour and a half with the blower.
I enjoy your content. It's crazy what the shop rate differences are depending on where in the country you are. I'm a mechanic on Long Island and the prices you mention I wouldn't even blink at to buy new. My shop rate here is $140 an hour. I wouldn't even think about replacing a spring in a pullstart for what a new one costs. It's not like I'm just a parts replacer, I try to fix what I can but I always have to balance it with labor costs.
I absolutely love my little 455. The only issue it’s ever had was the fuel return popped out of the tank once. Getting it back in that little tiny hole was challenging.
Great idea on parting out some of the dead machines. Works great for you and the customer. I enjoy your videos. Thank you.
I have done the bar oil error, ONCE, hopping I really learned to look at the symbology on the cap! If it has a gas pump gas goes there, if it has a chain link bar oil goes there! Nice to see the fix is simple, I paid a expensive $160 for a new chinezium carb installed as the dealer said it was needed!
I have a photo of a rock with about a 12 inch long kerf in it, where a tree trunk was lying with a hollow perfectly nested on top of the rock. needless to say, the chain got a power sharpening at the saw shop and is now the backup chain.
I had a momentary brain failure (happens more often as we get older) and put oil in the fuel tank once. It happened on my old McCulloch saw that has the gas and oil fillers right next to each other. I did like you did.....drain and replace. No worse for the wear. Thanks for the great videos!
When you have a bunch of equipment both 2 & 4 stroke , sometimes I have to stop & thnick a second when fueling - especially when some of it only gets used once a season
So cool, I have a car trailer FULL of weedwhackers leaf blowers chainsaws 100s of small engine household items all 90% need is a cleaning and they will run fine I get them from our local dump. Now I am finding cordless yard items and usually have a bad 1850 cell in the battery pack. . Thank you for the great video!
Nice video I've had a mower business for 30 years I do the same thing and also with new chainsaws and weed wackers that I sell a lot of and so on so forth I will also take one of them off the shelf and put them out as new parts and it's amazing on how much money you make on a new saw just parting it out
I have some parts from various saws, blowers and trimmers. I just cleaned out a bunch of metal parts to recycle. I'm not a full time business. Just do work for friends and neighbors. I enjoy the content and I also subscribe to other channels, most you probably know.
My biggest saw oops? Putting the thing under the truck to keep it out of the rain, then letting the truck roll back a bit and busting the bar cover and bending the handle. I don't remember how much it cost to fix it, but it smacked some sense into me.
I had a helper fill my Husq Rancher with oil. When I realized it I did what you did and it ran well. Glad to know I did the right thing.
Thanks Bre. You helped me fix my BT150 this season. Only needed new fuel filter, air filter, plug, primer bulb, fuel lines. Maybe 18 bucks in parts off Amazon. (Interestingly, Lowes doesn't stock filters for these units any more). Biggest challenge was pulling the new fuel lines into the fuel tank. Definitely need the big hemostats for that job.
My mom has one of those 150bt blowers. She has had it about 7 or 8 years, and uses it nearly every day. I have put 4 kill switches and 2 spark arrestors in it, but it is still running great otherwise. It definitely has several hundred hours on it.
I have got to respect your honesty and desire to help people.
Really good video. Thanks very much. Especially loved the "outtake" with Toby getting in the way. My cat, Emmy does the same to me all the time. I truly had to LOL at that.
Toby knows a cool chickanic when he sees one♥
Man I wish you were in my neck of the woods! Mechanics out here will rake you over the coals for everything. Thanks for having a heart!👍
parting things out!! yeah!!! its really interesting.. not too long ago we acquired a bus fairly cheap and ended up blowing the engine.. it was an emissions diesel and well a known failure on that model.. but wow.. the trans, the trans harness, the computers, the Air conditioning system, the door motors the instrument cluster.. all kinds of EASY PULLS we got from that thing that sold.. and we still scrapped the shell for $$ at a scrapper .. made way more $$$ than it cost to buy the thing .... not to mention we were recycling in thye best way.. helping people out and seeing that things truly get re-used vs sent to some schredder who shreds up the parts i nthe name of "recycling".. I love what you do.. best ever way to recycle!!
Great on saving the parts....sometimes now, it isn't the pricing of the part, it's availability.....great video...thank you for all the great advice & Happy New Year!! :)
Thanks for your videos, this was a great channel!👍 That was a good one, it made me think of when the newbies in of the companies I worked for put the saw chain on the wrong way, and then complained that it didn't work as it should. 😂😅 Greetings from Norway.🙂
You always seem to have it down. Thanks for being out there for all of us. Have a Merry Christmas.
My latest oops was after servicing the oil pump which required removal of the sprocket clutch, I went outside and tried to start the chainsaw with the piston stop still installed instead of the spark plug. Didn't hurt the machine but almost ripped my fingers off when I yanked on that handle!
Echo Blowers are great! I have one I bought in 1985, used it commercially for 4 years and have been using it for my lawn ever since. I also have 1985 Commercial Snapper with Wisconsin Robin engine that I still use.
I'm thinking about getting into small engine repair as a "retirement job" and really am learning a lot from your channel! and after a long career in construction, I can tell you tool frames can/ do break, especially if used in commercial/ professional environments (ie falling off trucks, ladders... or from hiring idiots)
Mike,
Good luck to you. It's fun for me to work on small equipment/engines. I just finished working on a 2005 John Deere 145 mower it has a 22 horsepower V twin engine. The complaint was the battery would die before they got their yard cut. I checked the alternator output and it was very low put a new alternator on and it didn't do any better, less than 13 volts. I unplugged the alternator ( it has 2 wires that connect to the voltage regulator) it would only put out 12-13 volts AC. I reved the engine over the governor speed and it started charging at 32-36 volts AC I hooked the alternator back to the voltage regulator and now it's putting out 13.6 volts DC so the battery will stay charged now. I have a lot more work to do, but the no charge, was the most important. Why sharpen the blades when the mower won't run?
It can be fun and make a few bucks as well. Again good luck to you Sir.
I m retired diesel mechanic and I spent about a grand getting some special tools and equipment for small engine repair
Not bad but waiting on parts all the time
A friend does that. He gets a lot of engines from auctions and sales and restores them. He mainly works on outboard motors, lawn mowers, hedge clippers, chainsaws and strimmers. He has also worked on many motorcycles.
@@philliphall5198
I understand having to wait on parts, that's a pain.
It's decent, but never gonna get rich doing it. I got certified and hired working on van mount carpet cleaner vacuum motors. B n S Vanguards, and similar. I enjoyed the work, but needed a bigger paycheck.
Went on to industrial maintenance.
let me say that im 60yrs old as of jan 7th 23 and im in school for sm engine repair motor cycle and
atv repair as well you have inspired me to do so
That's pretty much the best way to treat your customers with good used parts, save them some money and you still make money. Good job. I think kittie wants to be in your videos hahaha.
Letting my friend borrow my zero turn mower , came back with bad deck spinddles . Ooopps , will not loan my equipment no more , lesson learn
Girl!!!! You are a bad mama JAMA! Been into small engine 4 years and you are my number one Lifeline!!
How do catalog/keep up with all those parts? Wow! That's where the real genius is! A video on a regular user doing that would be invaluable.
I did that once when I was hurrying on my Husq saw. Solution same as yours. Almost. I hadn't pushed primer yet. No problem. It did smoke a bit.
That was an eye opener for sure. Thanks for sharing.
Love the resourcefulness, and the name of your cat! ;)
My cat does the same thing when I’m trying to work on something lol. Thanks for the video and Merry Christmas.
Great Video,glad to see you and Toby have recovered.
Well here's a story for you . I was noticing that my mower wasn't filling the catcher properly as it was half filling and leaving clipping behind so i cleaned the mower body and sorted the blades ! still very little change . Well it turned out ( I discovered ) that the catcher being made from a hard plastic it has small vents with a filtering grill on the inside that if not cleaned regularly(specially after wet or damp mowing ) clogs and won't vent and creating a air lock affect which interrupts the air flow which helps carries the clipping into the back of the catcher . I wonder how many others have had this issue ,even cloth catchers . I enjoy your videos ! keep it going ... In more ways than one lol
Great video and a great way to save money for your customers. You are a jewel.
Got to appreciate the parts hustle on the recycled parts. Much respect!
Edit: GO TOBY!
That’s just plain smart to recycle used parts. You make some money and the customer saves some money. Win Win.
Really like your show and I have learned a lot from your vids on how to maintain my gas powered lawn tools. The only one that has me bewildered is my echo leaf blower. It will start fine but won’t rev up unless you put back pressure on the air outlet.
Mike Dixon, your leaf blower likely has carbon buildup in the exhaust port. Should twist out with a socket. Use a small propane torch to heat up and burn off the carbon build up and then hit it with a wire brush. Screw it back in the exhaust and you should be good.
@@PaulWRose spark arrestor , muffler and exhaust port was one of the first things checked. The machine only has less than 10 hrs on it but unfortunately the warranty is out on this unit . It set for awhile before I acquired it. But thanks for the reply.
I've lost three 2-stroke due to other people "helping" me with yardwork - my Lawnboy melted the connecting rod twice due to "helpers" putting in straight gas. The latest was the Husqvarna 435 chainsaw scored the piston and cylinder and is now residing in pieces in a bucket. I have a (bulletproof) 4-stroke Honda lawnmower and a bowsaw now.
My biggest OOPS was putting a chain on backwards. Also put my Homelite 16:1 in my Stihl once and couldn’t figure out why it was smoking and not running as well as usual. Nothing horrible.
Those Husqvarna saws are nice but I run Echos now. Just picked up a 620P.
Oops - done that
I just fixed our churches Toro snow blower, carb was leaking and had a broken part, a new knock off carb was $12.00 dollars on Amazon it was actually a better carb then the original put it on gave it 2 pulls started right up checked adjustments perfect right out of the box, hard to beat for 12 bucks, I have really had good results with these knock off carbs.engine was a Tech LH318SA
Great content as always!
Liked the bloopers at the end🤣
I love your cadence when you are pull starting.
I have a Stihl 361 that had been a battle starting since new because of flooding. As a result I got good at clearing the flood. This year I couldn't get it started no matter what so I took it to a Stihl dealer. Their answer was it's flooded and ran good for them. After I continued having the problem I took it to a second dealer. They said all it needed was a bit of adjustment and I went through starting (warmed) with them. After a few days I was back again to not starting. After watching some of your videos I decided to check the coil. I didn't have a spark plug tester but couldn't see any spark when I grounded the plug. I ordered a new coil on Amazon and thanks to you had no problem installing it. I did not have any problems after install it. I guess my question is can a coil not function properly with the stated Stihl start procedure but will work when all the steps like decompression are not followed?
I had put away my brand new Stihl Farm Boss Super with full fuel & bar oil and got to work bucking up firewood Saturday morning. After the first refueling & topping off the bar oil I noticed it took a couple of pulls to start my saw. It was a bit sluggish but still cut OK. About 3/4 through the tank of fuel I realized what I had done. I needed some diesel for part cleaning and used one of my saw-gas cans to hold it. THAT was now in my saw! I called my dealer, told them what I had done and asked what damage was expected. He told me it happens more often than you think and that diesel (pre low sulfur version) has some lubrication qualities and that I should just replace it with fresh gas and keep on working. The saw is still running fine 20 years later.
You're an intelligent businesswoman. Good thinking on the used parts. I wouldn't have thought of that. And I'm disappointed in Husqvarna for being pigs about the prices. That's an excellent reason to try someone else. I don't exactly know who, but I would take your suggestions. Good video. Thank you.
Did that with my Stihl this past spring, only I added fuel to the bar oil too.
Pretty cool saves , I'm a hoarder of parts as well , love low budget saves .
OOPS - I have been known to start my saw without first removing the plastic bar/chain protector. It's getting a bit chewed up! Funny how well the saw runs with the guard on it!
Thanks for the video! 🍺
A cat will always let you know when it's me time! OR needs something! Love your videos, helps me understand small engines better. I had a friend tell me to buy Echo's, now I know why!
Great Job..!! We’re all pack rats in this business. I’ve got so many extra parts also. I’ve gotta go thru my inventory an get rid of lots of stuff due to space.
DLCR El Paso,Tx
Put a new 372 in my shed for a year, full of gas. Pulled it out one day, started it, ran it for yrs commercially, till it locked up. Great saw.
I've had my 150bt since 2011. It's been flawless. I recently replaced the fuel lines and grommet. But if the coil ever fails I'll just trash it or part it out. I can't believe how expensive replacement parts have become!
Chain on backwards was my big oops. Still lopped the branch I needed gone, haha. Husq fan too. Channel followed and vid 👍’d. Happy New Year 🎉
You would do your body (mostly shoulder) a big favor by retraining yourself to adjust your pull. You short stroke it to engage the starter which is great. But then you slack your arm every time which reverses what you just did by engaging the starter. making you yank everything through the engagement causing a slight jerking to occur every time you pull. I submit that you relearn your pull to begin right from the engagement of the starter. So, short pull it until the moment of engagement then continue your main pull directly from that point.
INCOMPETENCE, IS NOT AN EXCUSE.... TY for your info on lawn equipment.
you have a wonderful helper! is that the official shop greeter ?
such a great companion! please include your furry assistant
in more videos. so cute!
This is very smart. Buying fixer uppers is so 10 years ago. The busted one might have critical repair parts worth more than the flipper model. Then you gotta deal with cheapskates. It was really hot that day. Lol dont settle for less when you already tried to be reasonable.
The echo hand blower needs the lowspeed adjusted as in leaned out to get maximum power.
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Loaned my chain saw to a co-worker and he brought it back all nice and clean. Didnt realize it till I went to use it that it wasnt cutting. Chain on backwards! For my purposes that 1984 Poulan/craftsman is a good saw. Dont use it much but its still running.
I have 4 of those Poualn/Craftsman saws, and I love them!
Yeah did the bar oil in the fuel tank thing but I caught it as I started to put fuel in … the bar oil tank.
I was pretty far out in the woods so I dumped tge bar oil, rinsed the tank, started over. No problem.
Husqvarna 462XP …
This was a VERY GOOD video, thank you.
I bet that bar oil protected the carburetor diaphragm and gaskets pretty well!
Great video!! Always enjoy seeing them. Kitty wants to be a star!! LOL!!
This supply chain stuff is NUTS!! My marine engine parts vary as much as 20% month to month. Like ordering parts from a casino.
You are a awesome mechanic and great business woman the shop around me are a total waist of time l check with you now go on line buy the part and fix it myself sure wish l had your parts grave yard or you to keep all my equipment running thanks again
My oops..I too put bar oil in the fuel tank, but I caught myself doing it and was able to clean it out and it runs fine, it was also a Husqvarna chainsaw.
Yea your right as always! But I got tickled when you showed bar oil in gas tank. Most likely whomever fuel it up did put gas in the oil side. But it leaked out by the time you received it. John Q Public can make life either fun are questionable.
My little "oops" was when I sharpened the chain on one of my saws then decided to flip the bar , I left the chain on the bar and did the flip , put it all back together and then realised , that makes the chain back to front . Pull it apart again , remove chain , put it back right way , no harm done , lesson learned ;-)
I remember old timers used to fill fuel tanks with oil and pull the starter to get the oil in everything when they knew it was going to be stored for a long time... this was back in the 50's, 60's, 70's... (it worked) but I don't remember why as it was B4 ethanol.
I have a Husqvarna chainsaw 450, a 345, and a Stihl Backpack Blower BR 500. I will have to go back and watch your video on starting the Husqvarna. I took it out last week to change the gas check it over a couldn't get it to start.
Very informative, thanks
I love your shopcat! 😻
Great job, new sub here, love the content, thanks so much for sharing 😀
Great video. May I suggest a video topic? How about showing us your top three to five online parts sources that are public domain?
i just got a Husqvarna 150bt it it brand new never been run other than a factory starting from lowes and the customers that come in pretty much parted it out on the shelf from the tubes to the air filter and gasket to the fuel lines and fuel cap an estimated 115 dollar repair in just parts they would have taken the engine if they could said to my self these customers are going to make me love them.
Hiii, hmmmm ... I made the same mistake with my 1998 Jonsered 2045 Turbo chainsaw ! I filled baroil in the fueltank in a hurry, but didnt try to start it ,because I realized what I just did 😆... this saw has no primerbulb, so I emptied the tank and added new correct fuel... It started after some pulls and was smoking like an old dieselengine for a while ... These days this saw gets a full tune up with new clutch, sprocket, fuelfilter, oil pump parts ( bar oil leak ), spark plug,bar and chain before my firewood season starts... just got some carburettor parts in my mailbox too which I will look into if I cant adjust the carburettor properly ! Then I hope it will run fine for a long time !
Good to know about the echo coils
Thanks for the explanations and a view into daily shop life! Just a quick question for you: are the Husqi's parts that expensive because of import and shipping costs or is there simply a general tendency to rip people off in the market for maintenance parts? Anyone with the answer, feel free to chime in. As always, thanks for your honest videos and straight-forward content!
Clearly manufacturers want consumers to buy new units rather than fix small problems with their old ones. That blower purchased in pieces would cost $1575 plus shipping and tax.
The Chinese are taking advantage of this strategy by offering knock off parts at a fraction of the cost.
All replacement parts tend to be expensive unless they are something very common or fit lots of machines. They are sold 1 at a time, often ordered 1 at a time. Very expensive process when compared to making complete new units on an assembly line where they might be making hundreds or thousands in a run. It's not a ripoff, just the economics of how things happen.
starting the saw and tring to cut with the break on. Had to get break assembly rebuilt
Thanks for another great video. Did I miss part 2 of the $600 stihl backpack blower that was woofed?
probably the most common thing i seen was people pulling the chain cover off with the chainbreak on. it wouldnt come off so a light pry then they cant figure why it wont go back on. bad thing is a little over half the husqvarnas the lever is not part of the chain cover. the one clutch tool worked on most, the others i made one from an old socket with a grinder and some patience
Thanks for sharing!
Where im at the frame/casing can be recycled thru kerbside recycling