Taryl DOESN'T Fix All - Here's Why
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- čas přidán 27. 08. 2024
- Taryl shows you just why it's sometimes not worth fixing all. He most definitely CAN fix all but a lot of the time it's left up to the customer what they are willing to spend in order to fix something. Also, sometimes it's not financially smart or feasible to fix certain things. Here's just one of many examples. And There's Your Dinner!!
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30 years ago I was working for a Major home / industrial / HVAC appliance company... I was woriing in the corporate office that week, outfitting a new conference room with water source heatpumps.. executive meetings were going on all week with lots of big wigs ... they were in the large "board room" next to where I was.. with the ceiling opened up and me on a ladder.. it was easy to hear everything they talked about (the return air plenum in that building was passive.. so just grates from the drop ceiling into the open area above)... many conversations were being had about how they needed to "shorten the lifespan" of appliances to boost future sales in projected numbers.. even though the compsny had a very profitable factory service division to fix people's appliances and were efficient at it.. they still felt it necessary to boost new unit sales by "streamlining" manufacturing.. "reducing number of parts SKU's".. streamlining meant buying whole assemblies from 3rd party suppliers with no request of replacement parts for the assembly.. less SKU's meant you had to replace a bigger more expensive part to make a repair... it was obvious their idea was to make it harder and more expensive to repair.. thus the customer would just "buy a new one".. using 3rd party meant that quality control on these assemblies wasnt really monitored much.. and thus began the decline.. no factory service exists for that company now.. people have gotten so brainwashed into thinking that 10 years is a long lifespan that when. washing machine lasts 11 years people think its incredible.. yet my parents and grandparents had washing machines easily last 20 years plus with being able to replace a part here and there.. (often times bought at a parts counter and inmstalled yourself)...with people in today's society having zero idea how to fix or build anything.. (im 55.. everyone I knew grew up with tools and knew basic mechanical skills.. not today!).. people are even easier to brainwash..
Correct. My appliances are 35 years old.
Parts are no longer available which forces us into a vicious circle of buying crap equipment.
Yeah I’ve seen a 40 year old washer and dryer at an estate sale. Looked way better than mine and worked perfect
@@Japanese_moped_guy I'm using a Whirlpool machine that was made in 71. Once in 10 years it needs a water pump or $30 part. Washes great. Neighbor bought a fancy Samsung, digital crap, whatever. The warranty ended, a repair man told them it is not repairable. They called another and they told him just to put it out on the curb, they won't even come and waste his money for the trip. It went on the curb.
@@alb12345672 I am seriously thinking of taking a course to fix wash machines. I see so many of the newer front loaders listed for free. I do alright with the older unites ( that's what I have & use) but the newer models have all circuitry that I have difficulty with. For a society that is so concerned with global warming you would think they put some pressure on corporate America to limit or stop this absolute waste of resources.
Good story.
I have a mower salvage yard with about 400 mowers and tractors, I probably have 40 of these small Briggs OHVs. I'll send you a head if you'd like, you can do a video on changing out the head.
30$ for the shipping alone. lol
@@Francois_Dupont I offered to ship it to him, so it wouldn't cost him anything. lol. And have you seen one of these heads? They're aluminium and fit in a small box. lol. So whoever does your shipping is ripping you off. lol.
@itsmewildbill2296 that would be pretty cool of you to do that.
@@Banjobandit1991 Thanks, I'm hoping that he might take me up on it!
Very good of you. I hope he takes you up on it. If the customer doesn't want it, it can go to a customer that needs it. We're all getting too big for our breeches. Thanks for being a stand-up person.
My dad bought a push mower in 1974 and i did all the mowing starting that year. He taught me how to maintain it. I used that mower until 2003. No, they dont make them like they used to.
My Dad bought a Toro Personal Pace mower in the 1980s. I'm still using it.
I still use a Swedish Klippo from 1977 with a B&S motor from the time. Bought it used in 1990 but with new piston rings and painted in John Deer yellow and green. Seems to be indestructible as long as there is oil in it. The deck is made out of aluminum so it hasn't rusted away either.
Still using a Hayterette push mower from around 1968. I think it must be the oldest Briggs & Stratton still in working order on Earth, on that thing!
Bought a mower back in 1989 still have it to this day, only changed the engine once and the deck twice, what a machine. Thumbs up 👍👍
@@upsidedown1986 I'm 61 and I used 4 mowers in my life. I'm still using one from the 80s and two were given away still running. I never replaced anything but the blades and pull start on any of them. Never lost an engine in anything but old cars.
I refitted a beaten out valve guide using JB weld. It lasted until the rest of the mower fell to pieces then I scrapped the thing.
Nice job, but a repair shop can't do that type of repair.
Heck yeah!
@@jonyoung6405they could if the customer really wanted to but they couldn’t guarantee it lasting
@@jonyoung6405 I've seen repair shops do worse.. although more often cases of complete ignorance rather than unconventional repairs.
My lowly Honda powered MTD (bought under duress) has been going for 17 years. I bought a Toro Super Recycler (the pretty black Honda powered unit) three years ago as I was convinced the MTD wouldn't last the season due to a rotten deck. Well, it is still going, and the Toro sits lonely waiting to be used for the first time. I just gotta see how long this old thing lasts. The front wheel drive still works on it.
Ronnie will find a buyer for it. "Just making a little noise, it needs a carbetrator rebuild and it'll run like new."
That's right: Ronnie will get new mower price out of it , lol.
Joking aside, I see a lot of FB ads like that and thought they were legit, now thinking maybe not.
Junk before it was sold…
My friend just paid $700 for a self propelled push mower. Insane.
Self propelled push" that's an oxymoron 😂. That's something else, people are too damn lazy to push a mower.
@@RIDING_BEARS people also use riding mowers. I've had a self propelled push mower for 8 years & it's great for hills but I wouldn't pay $700 for one.
@@sparkyjerred419
I have a zero turn, I also have seven and a half acres.
Thank joe biden for that
@@ryanstevens1855 meh..
That engine has the plastic carburetor, plastic timing gear, and plastic camshaft. There's absolutely no reason to do anything beyond the basic maintenance and once it shits itself it's destined for the scrap heap.
Plastic camshaft? Yuck. No wonder they're called "If it breaks... Scrap 'Em!"
I remember when lowes had little mowers like these for 120 dollars now they run about 300
Dang!! Really??? Wow. I get more and more amazed every time I go into the store
I still have the receipt for my Lowes push mower from about 30 years ago and the receipt for my Wizard riding mower from Marvin's from about 25 years ago.
Yep...and an $800.00 cheap @ss basic riding mower(lawn tractor) is now $2,000- $2,500...insane...
Corporate Planned Obsolescence..right there!!
Probably could of read the owners manual and looked at the scheduled oil service info.
for sure when they had those "never change the oil just check N add" briggs motors
No such thing.
@Failure_Is_An_Option don't be ignorant..it's a "thing"..just not advertised.
Cheap and good tend to be mutually exclusive. It was more likely than not cost-effective. You could build a push mower with a welded deck, quality wheels and a Honda engine but that would not be cheap.
Just a few years ago, you could buy a rudimentary mower like that all day long for $125. Have you looked at what Wallyworld wants for one today? Maybe a cheap Harbor Fright engine would be doable.
In Australia a cheap junk mower starts around $300, standard no frills models with branded engines run between $550-750, self propelled adds another $100-200.
A total rip off as the recycling yards are overflowing with them and they're not that old, and they can be purchased there for $10-$50. Most are trashed though.
Nope, check the price.
This is why I have owned a metal lathe for many years. To me, it would be a simple project to make a valve guide. Is it worth my time? I would do it just for the fun of it and I do it all of the time as for me, it is hobby time.
Which a repair shop is NOT in it for the "fun"...gotta make a profit..not a worthwhile repair....
Agreed
At least you found out before putting any costly parts and labor into it.
well said, i just put the flywheel guars on one of those so i could reattach the starter, really cheap tin,fixed for a friend
This makes me want to get my old Jacobsen(sp?) self-propelled mower going again. Dad bought it new in 1970 and he, then I, used it until the late '90s. Of course, by then, the Briggs engine was worn out and could only be started by using a drill-motor with a socket large enough for the hex on top of the engine. I haven't looked yet, but I ASSuME that it needs to be rebored and get a larger piston with rings to fit, or vice versa.
The mower is old enough to still have the large squarish plate attached to the crank, with four small cutting blades rigidly bolted to the "corners." If I remember correctly, this type of blade assembly was banned because of folks that didn't know to properly tighten all of the blade bolts to prevent the bolts from loosening and throwing the blade "segments" away from the mower and possibly causing serious injury.
Such an absolute waste of resources.....all because of "cheap" manufacturing.
It's on everything today.
RIP Mr. Murray.....
Loose guides can of course be fixed but that one isn't worth it. Years ago I took an ancient Briggs flathead to my local auto machine shop where the machinist grabbed a guide off the shelf, drilled the block (that valve had no guide, just a hole in the block) and drifted the guide into position. Not bad for 50 bucks and the work is easy if you have something worth saving. Later I scored a milling machine (though a good drill press would do) and learned to use some drill rod to align the quill to a guide bore then drill holes to install any bushing (valve guides are bushings) that way then ream to size. If you have something not disposably cheap it can be worth asking about that fix.
I still have a 2002 Toro recycler rear drive with the personal pace control and a 6.5 hp Tecumish engine. It still starts on the 1st pull every season after priming 5 or 6 times. I've been through at least 2 blades and 3 sets of wheels over 22 years, but that's just normal wear items I figure. They definitely don't make them like that anymore!
Thats doing good , i had a guy always had bout 6 of those, mowed lawns comercially, they held up well
That's the wife's new garden cart and the new anchor for your boat. That would go in my "for later pile".
I've done many of those recoil assemblies. There are tabs that release it and it can be easily fixed. Obviously it doesn't matter since the valve guide is shot but just so you know those recoil assemblies are fixable
One of the reasons I don’t encourage anyone looking to get into this field. Between this and the coming of battery power, we’re going the way of the TV repairman.
While true, batteries are going to be a problem, too.
We don't hear anything about recycling centers for smaller batteries. Almost every nation on the planet is searching for rare Earth minerals.
And again, your points are correct.
@@LongWalkerActual What do you want to hear about? Our old batteries get sent offshore to countries where they don't have and/or don't enforce any environmental laws, and honestly you don't want to know what happens to those so-called smaller batteries. I can guarantee that it's not good for the environment.
@@redmondjp Like Rockhound said, "Yeah man, it's ALL wrong. We shouldn't even be here either."
I've got an engine like that with a broken crankshaft. Ex550? Came on a large wheel push mower in nice shape. Threw an old tecumseh on it. Made a control cable. Runs great.
Lil Johnny could retrofit that with Gwampas ceiling fan motah.
He’s too busy making crazy mad stacks of cash with that LawnBoy Loafer!
Yes our throw away society sucks, but yet I remember as a kid in the 70's and 80's my father working on our old LawnBoy, and it was an old one because Ive never seen another model like it, that damn thing ran into the 90's even though my old man bought a riding mower when I left the house in 88 because his built in grass cutter left him.
Those were solid, OMC 2 cycle engines will run forever
Found an old 1977 Murray, 3.5 briggs cleaned the points replaced the blade bam. Fired right up. Its lasted since 1977 and still keeps puttering along.
Those OHV briggs engines are the biggest piece of junk. I scraped the engine and put an old flat head briggs on the deck and works well. I'm currently using a cheap remington the has a powermore engine on it. The mower was free on marketplace because it didn't run. The crank had seized from water in the engine. I managed to free up the crank and cleaned everything. I did multiple oil changes. It now runs really well despite burning a little oil. I don't care, it was free. I used rotella t5 10w30 in it. I'll use it until it quits running and get another free mower off the curb or marketplace. Thanks Taryl for your help with working on small engines.
Curb mowers are the best!!!
I pick and choose what I repair. There are limits to what should be fixed and what should be scrapped. I receive mowers all the time , many well beyond their useful life. If a mower is clean, rust free and can be saved, I will. Many times ,I find a mower is repairable, and I will. As you stated, getting parts has become ridiculous.
I have a 1989 Lowe's mower with the Briggs 5 horse.
It's been beat to hell and back it's entire life as a brush mower, and maybe had 1 oil change per decade.
It's had a lot of new blades, but that's it.
If I go get it out right now, I know I'll start on 2 pulls.
I bought a Honda push lawnmower in 2011 and still going strong.
I bought my honda in 2004 still going. First time starter every time
Can’t you give it a little Johnny to tinker with?😂
My dad had a mower he got early 70s and worked flawless until the mid 80s when mowing around a big tree and didn’t see the big root sticking out and came down on it. It broke the crank shaft in to many pieces. He took it to a small engine shop but they said nothing he could do as the damage was severe. That mower even tall grass would go through it really good.. not like the many of the mowers now. It’s sad they don’t make parts but they figure they make more money off people buying a new mower every 5 to 6 years. Reminds me of the movie robots and the company stopped making the parts for the older robots and if they couldn’t afford the upgrade they was outmod and scrapped.
Counterpoint: We're still in the "early years" of OHV mowers being on cheap mowers. Compared to those side valves that were on mowers for 60+ years where you have so many scrap parts you could rebuild anything from the junk yard. It'll be a bit before we're there.
probably never.. everything is going to be even more disposable with battery mowers..
Taryl is the MAN, please make a modern Loafer no deck mower with push mower bolted to front of a no deck mower. Most mower decks are a pain to work on, worn out belts, lengths are hard to get, parts are worn out. even if you raise the mower still hard to work on , loafer is better. Also the best front mower motor would be a old riding mower electric start engine with coupling to bolt on mower blades. so you can electric start front push mower engine. SINGLE CYL FRONT PUSH MOWER ENGINE ELECTRIC START W BLADE NO PULLYS OR BELTS BOLT TO REAR OLD NO DECK SINGLE CYL RIDING MOWER
A customer brought a similar recoil in yesterday. I didn't have a used one so I looked it up for him. From PartsTree, my cost on it with a dealer account was right at $100!
Folk's that are saying machine shop this, over size that & so on... Taryl & especially the customer must do a cost analysis first. Due to the cost of inspection fee & getting a new or used one.
Like an earlier comment.... Going the way of TV repairman, company doesn't want you to repair at a decent price. Just sell another for cost of 2\3 part's that broke.
Electric mowers are the same thing. I've seen videos where someone broke the plastic blade retention cog(not sure actual name). But Lowe's, Ego, GreenWorks & all others(made in same factory in China of course are not sold! But they sure as hell have millions in stock to build an original for $450+!
I have gone the way of a battry mower due to yard size & operations on the operator..... You know you're Superman when you're 17.... But turn 47 & know you've become the Penguin 🐧!
I'm 64 and still use a gas push mower.
If you deal with plastic breaking, 3d printing as a hobby can reduce a lot of throwaway stuff, allow a lot of customization, and repairing of things you never thought you could. Gears included.
@@boxcarhobo8315 Still junk plastic.
@@silent1967 depends. If they used ABS, nylon is much more durable and can self lubricate. Or you can take said plastic gear, do loss casting, and make it aluminum
@@boxcarhobo8315 Cost is still involved but metal is always better than plastic. We just don't need plastic engines, frames or transmissions.
It could probably be patched back together well enough to get by with a little longer but those are the kind of repaired that us DIY’er use and some people would call a “hack”. You can’t expect any professional shop to do those kind of repairs for you. You gotta call your Uncle Luther and take your mower over to his shop, which was probably a former chicken coop, and he’ll fix it with a tap and die set and some two part epoxy for you! It might last a week; it might last 20 years. For the cost of buying Uncle Luther a six pack, it’s worth a try!
Luther said : at least half gallon, or quart of lightning.
Any automotive machine shop could easily drill the guide hole then match up, install and ream a suitable replacement valve guide. If Uncle Luther has a lathe so could he and the mower would in that respect be better than new. I had it done by my local machine shop but on a 10HP horizontal shaft that was worth saving. Push mowers are disposable like toilet paper and that's not always a bad idea IF it mowed enough lawns to pay for itself a few times.
I learned a valuable lesson buying cheap box store mowers, l have a husqvarna 2654 from lowes, and it's been a pain in the butt the whole time I've owned it,had three mower decks replaced under warranty the first season in use,had the engine repaired twice for oil leaks,mower blades don't last,and the mower deck plugs with grass about every second time mowing 1.5 acres,dosen't seem to make a difference how dry it is
Valve guides can be fixed. Any engine machine shop could easily replace the valve guide. Alternatively, if Harbor Freight still sold horizontal shaft engines, a replacement engine wouldn't cost much more.
I tried to order a carb kit for a walbro for a trimmer from Stens. i was told they had pulled this kit and quite a few others . Also, during the conversation, i found out that all but the Portland Oregon store had been closed down . I have been buying from them for close to 40 years!! You might want to stock up if you buy from there. 😢 if they go out, I'll probably lock the doors .
Good golly....back in the day (mid 1960's) I was a teenager mowing yards for summer money. Bought a new Montgomery Wards push mower, basic Briggs engine, 22 inch cut. Full price before taxes: $38.00 Yes, THIRTY EIGHT DOLLARS.
And some old man back then thought that was a ridiculous price. LOL
Taryl thanks to your guidance I just reconditioned the carbatrator on my personal pace toro and got it running!!
Fired it up😅😅😅
Note to self, keep my 30+ year old aluminum deck snapper with a flathead briggs going as long as possible, the thing smokes some but it just doesn't quit and just needs the oil to be topped up every so often.
My Craftsman with a Briggs engine on it is 10 years old now, bought it new from Sears. I cleaned the carb once, then I switched to ethanol free fuel and added a fuel filter and fuel cutoff. I change the oil once a season, air filter and spark plug as needed, starts on the first pull for me. My Ryobi weedeater (S430 I think?) is even older than that, I think it's from '08 or '09. Replaced the carb with an Amazon unit, did the fuel line/primer bulb rebuild kit a few times, spark plugs, oil changes, just basic stuff and that bastard keeps on going.
@TarylFixessAII Seems a little suspicious, I would've expected a "Now there's your dinner!" at the end if this was the real Taryl.
When I was young, I had a Murray my grandfather gave me & bought a new 1 for himself so I could make a few $ for the 1st time, it was a good little mower to me, my grandfather would sharpen the blade Change the oil, air filter, never had an issue, honestly I took care of it after I turned like 13-14 but can’t remember whatever happened to that mower, I think I left it when I got my own place
Remember when cars had two 7 inch round headlights or four 5 1/4 inch headlights and they were cheap and easy to fit ? These days they cost a fortune and are a pain in the rear . Progress .
Crazy I know.
Led tail lights on new GM pickups can go past 600 each.
They have electronics inside that will keep the aftermarket away too.
Aluminum rod and a torch would fix that. Making sure it oils would be good too..
Where there is a will there is a way. But...yeah. give the guy 5 bucks for his old mower and fix it for a beater in the rough, that's what I do, I always have a beater mower and a nice one and always have an inexpensive one for sale, I take those on trade in. But yeah, you have to draw the line somewhere. I get my used parts on eBay, I get crazy diligent but realize, sometimes better to be more like you, but ..I can't! Ah ha ha. Keep up the goodness. Great humor too
Beater push mowers are a wonderful thing. Rocks? Tall grass? Run the thing at 20 degree incline? It won't care.
Its not just gas powered tools but stereo too. The new stuff, a black box all push button. It might just crap out after the warranty.
Pioneer, Marantz Kenwood the real stereo receivers of the 70s can still be repaired.
For that recoil start, could you remove it altogether and start it with an electric drill? Maybe you could make a video on that? For the valve guide, could you braise it in? Maybe not the perfect repair, but might beat throwing it away?
@TarylFixessAII great, what do I get?
The recoil is replaceable, you have too pull the tabs one at a time and it will pop out too replace. Done it dozens of times. I have an extra head, actually about 6 of them. Let me know, I can send you one
That’s a very kind offer, thanks for putting it out there. Have a good one!
I quit fixing all weed whackers. I refuse to rebuild carbs or use aftermarket carbs because you have a 50/50 chance that they will run correctly. Once the carb is junk your fuel lines, filter and most likely the crank seals are junk as well. Crank seals often go bad when the carb goes bad on a weed whacker because the engine runs lean and quickly overheats.
I have a perfectly good Shindaiwa that's hung on the wall for years since I got a DeWalt cordless weed whacker. Commercial outfits turn to electric too because there is so much less downtime. All I did was upgrade the head (cheap) for convenience. I'll probably never use the gasser again. Since I'm not cutting bulk for firewood my also perfectly good gasser chain saw collection sits too. I went electric after a shoulder replacement and they're ideal homeowner saws. (I always run the shortest bar and chain that will do the job but that's not strictly required.) I've never had a battery go bad except some ~2003 V28 Milwaukees and I got over ten years out of them. Still have a decent one from 2011!
Poor guy. He's seen greener pastures.
Those new mowers are disposable, not worth hauling home. I used to flip mowers with my brother in law. We got out of it over this kind of stuff. New stuff is junk and you can't get parts. And if you do, you lose money reselling them.
I looked into flipping, and you got that right. Minimum would be a self-propel as they command more $, but if there is anything more than a carb problem, worn cables, worn wheels, it's better to let it sit on the curb for the garbage truck.
@elmarko9051 absolutely. Riding mowers, even, don't command enough money to fool with.
Our dearest Taryl, do you salvage any parts from that machine, like the Recoil cover assembly, carb-a-traiter, mag-neeto, maybe the flywheel?
As new parts get harder to come by, do you build your own "used stock" and how interchangable / common are these parts?
(I see a hobby-business of flipping lawn machines from yard sales, et al; not a repair-for-customer business.)
There is your supper! Way to go slippers! Good advice!
Have you priced lawnmowers lately? I could afford to fix quite a bit for the cost of a new one. My last lawnmower I picked up at Walmart for $79.00. Today basically the same thing is over $250.00.
I've got a rocker arm stud on a Kohler CH20 that is JB welded to stripped threads. Approx 200 hours and still doing fine. Which makes me wonder if that valve guide could be fixed the same way? I do need to buy a new cylinder head pretty soon though. If there are any!
TY for Sharing
When I found something like this I always let the customer make the decision & let them know there was an inspection fee & irregardless of they decided they took their machine with 'em. Otherwise the shop would have tons of junk at the end of the season.
A little JB weld!! 🤣
Put that one in your parts bin,thumbs up, great video
Actually Taryl you can fix that head with A bigger outside diameter brass sleeve for that push rod as long as it fits inside of the sleeve tubing snug like it should it will work. With slightly amount of drilling out and leather hammer wooden 2 x 6 cut off short board about 1 foot long and laid flat to onto A bench top. To tap it back down into the aluminum head. A little bit at A time until it's leveled out flush like the original sleeve.
The cheaper the mower, the more maintenance you need to do. VARY simple for the simple. Check the OIL!
I get that it's not worth fixing, but I have a lathe, could the hole for the guide be reamed and a new guide be made to fit the valve?
I got a mower, and the valves on it won't stay tight it will run, and then it won't. Then, I have to adjust the valves on it. Could you tell me what I have to do to fix it
Help! I need your expertise. I have a briggs 461707-0145-E3 engine. The cam doesn't appear to have a compression release. The battery looks good. The engine hesitates on the first try and starts on the second. What could the problem be? I just fixed the surging problem by cleaning the jets.
False advertising Terrell does fix all! I’m kidding I still love you! 😂❤
Maybe you can put another engine on the mower ?
If the customer doesn't want to spend 90$ on a head, plus labour, you think he's gonna want to spend even more for an engine, used, or otherwise?
Predator
@ctb297 new predator engine is $229.
Ya let's do that
Nope, not worth the money either, check the prices.
@@ctb297Nope, check the price.
Awesome video God Bless you and your family Amen
Brandon sez, "We're Building Back BETTER!" Har-Dee-Har-HARR! Whatta maroon!
Great info, thanks.
Hey Taryl, I've never seen a B&S with an 'open' valve rocker compartment like this. How do they get lubrication?????
@TaryIFixeesAll ????
Well around my parts it's hard to find a dinosaur juice powered push mower because all the big box stores are selling only battery crap . Better put it aside Taryl it gonna be wanted someday .
parts for my zero turn are currently on backorder, crazy stuff goin on
We have so many in Australia I've had 2 like that I put a 2nd hand head down here they spend the money
Hey Tarly, my name is Chris, and I was wondering if you could possibly do a video on how to change a Lawnboy Silver series brake pad. This a request from a fan who love your videos Thanks Chris.
@TaryIFixesAll So what does that mean? Did I win something? I wanted to make a suggestion for a video on how to replace a brake pad on a 4.5 Silver series Lawnboy with self propelled on it.
I agree with you. This late model stuff is junk. And lack of parts availability and affordability. It's just not worth fixing.
That's why I keep my old snapper around
I need that tank!
Got Several Of Those if You Need One Taryl 😀😊😇👍🏼
Thank you for sharing.👍
It now a donor parts for other lawnmowers.
Taryl going the way of the TV repairman.
I have one of those that is junk the oil pan developed a huge crack all the way across and a big piece fell out believe it or not everything was fine in it I just bought a new pan
Hey Taryl,
Tim here, yep, the mower probably was like $200 a new head, $90, then labor, THROW IT AWAY (keep any usable part obviously) but buy a cheesy new dude (Murray is cheesy) and there ya go.......throw away society.....i'm just not there.....but sometimes ya GOTTA know the limitations......Clint Eastwood: "A man has GOT to know his limitations"...yep....
Hi Taryl do you have any suggestions for finding a rarity on tracks for a honda 250 power cart no longer made I have the honda part number honda corporation was no help. Wheel barrow on tracks made by honda approximately 20yrs old
Offer the owner a JB Weld repair, with the expectation that it is potentially a short term fix? This plus the labor should be reasonable. It would likely last the remainder of the mower's life.
Hello Tayrl , I see Honda mowers back at Home Depot ? They were 100.00 more than when I saw them last .
One has to be worried about the future of small engine equipment, built in obsolescence by the manufacturer is the way as they wish to push new machines rather than have old machines repaired. Part of that has to do with very cheap machines hitting the market, it is hard to get cheap and quality in the same product. Not many of us old timers who enjoy tinkering in their garages anymore, even our kids have been brought up in a disposable world and have no intention of figuring things out or getting their hands dirty. Cheers….
That’s a $50 used mower in my neck of the woods. (If it was running of course.) So definitely not worth $90 plus labor unless you had a head laying around.
You don't have any scrap engines of this model? I'd think that was a good thing. That would mean to me that the engines aren't that bad. BTW, this year, I bought a mower like this, with this engine, for $50. It needed a couple of bolts, and a rock guard, and the valves needed adjusting, but I got a whole running engine for $50, plus the rest of the mower.
I don’t know anything about throwaway stuff. I mow with 2 Gravely mowers 1989 and 1990 G16 and G18. My wife mows with a 2002 Scott’s 2348. Hopefully they will out last me, I’m in my 70’s 😁😁😁
So glad my tractor has the Kohler 7000 series engine They are the best today according to small engine repair shops..👍👍
My 3 year old scrub cadet has the 24 horse one . If you try to restart it hot makes the damndist noise like pre ignition sounding like its going to blow the top out of a piston !! just started doing that this year so its never restarted hot once I start mowing I do not shut it off till I am done . It just is out of warranty too .
Majority of issues that occur with engine problems are the fault of the owners it's a proven fact poor upkeep is the main problem
maybe try replacing the spark plug-or see if Slippers knows how to umm, jury rig it!
c'mon Taryl.. fix it any way !! I know you really want to.... the viewers need another video. 😁
Dang , I got 3 of those pop can motors with bent cranks , and a crank is $100 f n junk
2:10. ,BUT THE SITUATION IS VIXABLE Put A Crappy used engine on. It. Ir just sell him another crappy used mower for $60.00. You gotta have old ones out there
Ya don't see this very often from Mr. Dactyl. The deck seems to be in decent shape still. Wheels, cables and a few other things can still be had off that unit eh?
Yea, a good parts machine if he doesn’t want to stick a different engine on it.
@@Hoaxer51 agreed...!
I'm shocked you don't have 30 of these engines sitting on a shelf for parts. I do this work as a hobby and have a dozen engines I could rob parts from, or even swap the motor entirely... 🤔
@TarylFixessAII victory is mine!!!!! All others bow unto your victor 👑👑