for plastic welding, I use strips of milk carton and a spoon with a torch. heat the spoon and use the spoon for melting the plastics together... fixed many a fuel tank that way.
Don't be afraid to mix and match motors either! I took a 27HP Kohler off a Craftsman GT5000 that had a 1 1/8" shaft and replaced it with a 22HP Briggs and Stratton that only had a 1" shaft. $20 to Amazon and I got a sleeve with oversized key that converted the smaller shaft engine to the bigger. They also offer a 3/4" to 1" adapter as well.
That tractor needs a Farnicastaff kit on it.....and will bring in an extra 100 bucks.......again great vids.....keep em coming.That one comment ....show what happened to the dead motor....and show why its unrepairable.
I wish we were neighbors, I'd probably be at your shop all the time....LOL I enjoy working on my own stuff and occasionally other people's. I've watched a lot of your videos and you are down to earth and I like your common sense approach to repairs. Thanks! -Allen (Big Al) Cox
A metal fish plate to fix the plastic damage on the front cover. Have the metal in the back. So from the front you would just see screw heads and washers. It's much stronger. I fixed my cracked plastic snow shovel that way and it's stronger than new. I was a welder/fabricator/industrial mechanic for over 25 years. I even have done professional plastic welding when installing a new steel bottom in tanks in oil refineries. We had this cool plastic welder to weld the water tight plastic that was laid before the new steel bottom it would weld a inch wide weld. One of the coolest tools I've ever seen or used.
Brother did something similar except the motor was a single cylinder and he swapped a V-twin on instead. I was amazed it worked but it really also improved the performance of that lawn tractor. The donor tractor got the old engine and put in to a local auction.
Cmon, it was funny when you dropped the deck and got it stuck on the lift...good burnout! Overall, I’m thinking about swapping a mower engine and this video gave me a bit more confidence. Thx
I like the plastic welding technique. I once used a similar process to fix a hole I accidentally drilled into a brand new lead-acid car battery I had just bought for my car. Used black zip ties on the black plastic of the battery. When I was done you could barely tell there was ever a hole there! :)
Regardless if there was a bunch of small issues, you would never in a 1000 years see a riding lawn mower that will start up and run with a free sign on it around here (Elgin Ontario) lots of free stuff on the side of the road, but never a riding lawn mower, i wish :-) i love fixing engines
My dad used to make some type of plastic glue by chipping it up then putting it into acetone and then he'd put it on there, and it'd melt itself into the plastic, then it'd evaporate and leave behind a nice seam.
Hi Mustie, when plastic welding use the same plastic, you have plenty of tha stuff, now you just mentioned ththis yourself, same plastic always works best. Great programme keep well.
i recently found this channel and i absolutely love it. I enjoy doing the things you post on this channel. keep up the good work. your videos are entertaining and informative. not many channels can pull off what you do here. you are a wealth of knowledge.
I use the harbor fright... Lol.... Plastic welding tool along with cut up sections of gallon milk containers it melts the quickest with the least fumes... I use it on cracked fuel tanks on mowers.
Hello mustie1, My wife and I saw U on rte 93 going north yester day Fathers Day (19 june 2017) I think we saw u just after the merrimack river bridge. I recognized the lettering first then your VW truck.loaded, well as we passed u I beebed the horn in my Toyota Rav4, with big Army decal on my spare tire cover. cheers
From watching your channel ( you have a interesting and good channel ) I recognized that old VW truck. My wife and I were going up to Salem N.H., it was nice seeing the 59 VW close up. have a good day.
Nice work. I've also heard that taking a paper clip, bending it in a zig zag, then heat it with a propane torch and sink it into the plastic will help re-enforce it. I have not tried it but it certainly makes sense.
Yeah, there is a professional system similar for car bumpers that uses heated staples that press eithe side of the break. A paperclip would work though, although I have used metal mesh before
I have a Toro, Wheelhorse, 16hp,38" deck, just like the one you swapped the motor out off. Would you be interested in selling me the headlight assembly, I'm trying to sell it but it has no eyes to see! Thanks for you videos.
My thoughts on the backfire while in the old chassis is because the coil was still producing spark after the motor stalled and fired off the residual gas. Motor stalling in old chassis possible loss of compression due to valve sticking open due to stale gas and cruddy oil. Pop back thru intake in new chassis due to valve still sticking some but cleaned by fresh oil remediating the sticking. I would have used red soda bottle caps for hood repair; matching color and better quality plastic than zip ties. Or rather than cut up the hood you were keeping, scavenge material off the donor tractor. Altogether very interesting video.
I cut heavy duty paperclips to length and melt them into the plastic across the break in several places. Make sure they are covered with plastic. That seems to work pretty well.
Sounds like the hydro trans was low on oil. I replaced axle seal on a transmission like this on a Cub Cadet changed fluid and it worked great. Depending on hydro trans, able to use Mobil One 5w50 or 15w50 depending on what the hydro trans takes.
never been able to work on a mower with busting a knuckle. Job's never done until I shed a little blood, a lot of sweat and a few tears... oh and a choice word or two.
Always, whenever you work on a rider especially, they have to extract a little blood, a bruise at least, before they are satisfied ;) Mustie1 Brain is such a good friend, hope you slip him some equipment he needs to keep that homestead of his going too!
Mustie1 you should do a teardown of the blown engine on camera to see exactly what happened to it. You may have spare parts enough to do another engine build with no extra money into it. Just a thought. Keep up the good work and have a nice day. Rick
It is not worth it to rebuild a 16 horsepower engine. You would have a fortune in parts and labor. Just get another one and put it on it. It costs $800++ to replace the hydrostat transmission.
If you remove the end of the soldering gun, you can put a piece of mechanics wire in that loops from one end of the gun to the other. It heats the wire up then you can press it in to the plastic and let it cool. Then loosen the screws holding the mechanics wire to the gun and twist the ends of the wire together. It holds better than new. Hahaha works great on snowmobile hoods. And if you do it on the inside of the hood you don't see the wire.
when u been cooooppppeddddddddd uppp tooo long lol... u know everything he is doing as you do it self. yet fun to watch the 1st time. now after 20 times lol .. omg warm weather pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee......... hahaa
Just for future reference, the stator wiring usually in that engine type has one wire to to battery and one to run headlights,there is a rectifier diode to convert AC to DC in close to the connector plug easily identified,the other wire is for lighting,so no need to change stators over.Great videos though Regards
Old wound guitar strings are good for reinforcing plastic welding, just chop into small stripes and press gently into the plastic with the end of the iron. Or pieces of metal mesh can also work well
Very nice swap out of the engines! Surprised the base plate and mag ring bolts all lined up. Busy time for you, so know you were in a rush to get it done and uploaded, Thanks for doing so.
*Slather* on tire gel (Maguires purple) on the entire cowl, let soak couple hours, paper towel off excess. It will remove fade, shine, and UV-Ozone protect, make like new.
a rolling chassis is 200 in europe and a running mower like this is 600+. find anything from a know brand like honda or john deere its all +2k for a running one.
Remember that when trying to climb a ramp the mower deck should be in the fully upright and locked position. If your soldering gun is too hot just use a lamp dimmer with it. Also welding a small plate to an old tip makes for smoother welds. They actually make one like that. Mike (o\!/o)
After nineteen spinal surgeries I need all the help I can get as well. I have a nice workshop with the motorcycle lift electric and gas welders etc.. But I also have two electric winches mounted of the rafters of my garage ceiling. I just mounted a full time 80 amp switching power supply in the attic to run these electric winches. I uses these cable winches all time since my tired ass can't lift much either these days. I use a few long nylon straps and several snatch blocks and I can move anything just about anywhere I want. I spend allot of time in a power chair and can't get into the attic since there is stairs to get there and I'm certainly no good on a ladder. I actually set up a harness with a seat so I can set my ass in it and use my snatch blocks and winches my half crippled ass right up into the attic. I can only do this in one or two areas of my attic, so I have to ask for help once in awhile myself. These electric winches at Harbor freight are pretty cheap and I have found this system very useful. Since I don't get out very much I don't really have allot of people available when I need them, so I try to set up my workshop to do as many things for myself as I can.
Hey buddy. The 15 minute issue was probably the lid off the gravity fed fuel tank being faulty. When the vent in the lid no longer works properly, it stops the fuel from flowing down into the carb.
Mustie, is there anything you can't do?? Lol. there isn't! your videos are awesome as always! love watching this kind of repairs. great video! look forward to many more of videos!
I've been watching quite a few of your videos the past few days and they're addictive as hell ! I love the channel and subscribed . I bet your wife isn't one of those women who complain they can't get their husbands to fix anything aye ?
Harbor freight has plastic welding rod's you use a soldering type iron that feeds the rod into your work, haven't tried it. Plan on doing it but Just don't want to buy one until I need it hope I don't. Heat welds with a soldering iron never seem to hold up and fiberglass won't stick to plastic. There are differnt types of plastic a wire tie might work might not same with coat hanger plastic. but the harbor freight kits comes with differnt types of rod to pick from If I remember correctly.
The one tractor with the bad transmission could likely be fixed with a partial rebuild of the transmission. If it is a tuff torq model trans as most are, they seem to be pretty easy and reasonable to get service parts for. I really wish they would put axle bearings that have rolling elements in the transmission rather than using sleeve bearings and having them wear out and fail so quickly. I know that in the end, it is down to a time and money proposition for these things.
Mustie....Love your wisdom and your videos...I do have a question about your squeeze gas bottles. Do you do them yourself or get somewhere? Gotta get me a couple of those ...!!!
for plastic welding, I use strips of milk carton and a spoon with a torch. heat the spoon and use the spoon for melting the plastics together... fixed many a fuel tank that way.
Don't be afraid to mix and match motors either! I took a 27HP Kohler off a Craftsman GT5000 that had a 1 1/8" shaft and replaced it with a 22HP Briggs and Stratton that only had a 1" shaft. $20 to Amazon and I got a sleeve with oversized key that converted the smaller shaft engine to the bigger. They also offer a 3/4" to 1" adapter as well.
That's good to know.
Love how you went to the now working light,saves on the comments I bet. Great videos,love to watch
Always a pleasure to spend time watching the best. Have a great week.
thanks michael
Looks brilliant....Look even better with some cheap ebay decals etc..It'll put $20 more at least!
That tractor needs a Farnicastaff kit on it.....and will bring in an extra 100 bucks.......again great vids.....keep em coming.That one comment ....show what happened to the dead motor....and show why its unrepairable.
I have never seen plastic welding done, very interesting, I love your practical approach to your projects, oh mate I would love to have your workshop
If I was local I'd buy it right now
I wish we were neighbors,
I'd probably be at your shop all the time....LOL
I enjoy working on my own stuff and
occasionally other people's. I've watched a
lot of your videos and you are down to earth and I like your
common sense approach to repairs. Thanks!
-Allen (Big Al) Cox
A metal fish plate to fix the plastic damage on the front cover. Have the metal in the back. So from the front you would just see screw heads and washers. It's much stronger. I fixed my cracked plastic snow shovel that way and it's stronger than new. I was a welder/fabricator/industrial mechanic for over 25 years. I even have done professional plastic welding when installing a new steel bottom in tanks in oil refineries. We had this cool plastic welder to weld the water tight plastic that was laid before the new steel bottom it would weld a inch wide weld. One of the coolest tools I've ever seen or used.
Brother did something similar except the motor was a single cylinder and he swapped a V-twin on instead. I was amazed it worked but it really also improved the performance of that lawn tractor. The donor tractor got the old engine and put in to a local auction.
Another good save and an upgrade in the process too!
Cmon, it was funny when you dropped the deck and got it stuck on the lift...good burnout! Overall, I’m thinking about swapping a mower engine and this video gave me a bit more confidence. Thx
Appreciate your videos man. Definitely an under rated channel
Great channel, indeed!
Free is good. Nice swap--you made it look easy. Thanks, Mustie!!
I like the plastic welding technique. I once used a similar process to fix a hole I accidentally drilled into a brand new lead-acid car battery I had just bought for my car. Used black zip ties on the black plastic of the battery. When I was done you could barely tell there was ever a hole there! :)
Regardless if there was a bunch of small issues, you would never in a 1000 years see a riding lawn mower that will start up and run with a free sign on it around here (Elgin Ontario) lots of free stuff on the side of the road, but never a riding lawn mower, i wish :-) i love fixing engines
Looking forward to seeing the Honda repair always wanted one when I was younger lol
My mouth waters, when I see it. I want it bad.
My dad used to make some type of plastic glue by chipping it up then putting it into acetone and then he'd put it on there, and it'd melt itself into the plastic, then it'd evaporate and leave behind a nice seam.
Hi Mustie, when plastic welding use the same plastic, you have plenty of tha stuff, now you just mentioned ththis yourself, same plastic always works best. Great programme keep well.
Its a great idee to fix the Cap with a cable tie, and a soldering iron.thanks bro.You are the King!
cant wait for the cushman metermaid thing, we dont have them here in australia and i find it interesting
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Well done Bud!! We picked them up at the right price!!☺
I learned a ton of stuff today! Good Show!
Can't wait for the scooters. I've had really good luck with JB Weld for plastic. Great video. Thanks, Mustie.
I always learn a lot when watching you...keep them coming....Best Jack
very good job mustie
i recently found this channel and i absolutely love it. I enjoy doing the things you post on this channel. keep up the good work. your videos are entertaining and informative. not many channels can pull off what you do here. you are a wealth of knowledge.
I use the harbor fright... Lol.... Plastic welding tool along with cut up sections of gallon milk containers it melts the quickest with the least fumes... I use it on cracked fuel tanks on mowers.
Hello mustie1, My wife and I saw U on rte 93 going north yester day Fathers Day (19 june 2017) I think we saw u just after the merrimack river bridge. I recognized the lettering first then your VW truck.loaded, well as we passed u I beebed the horn in my Toyota Rav4, with big Army decal on my spare tire cover. cheers
l saw you guys,
From watching your channel ( you have a interesting and good channel ) I recognized that old VW truck. My wife and I were going up to Salem N.H., it was nice seeing the 59 VW close up. have a good day.
Nice work. I've also heard that taking a paper clip, bending it in a zig zag, then heat it with a propane torch and sink it into the plastic will help re-enforce it. I have not tried it but it certainly makes sense.
Yeah, there is a professional system similar for car bumpers that uses heated staples that press eithe side of the break. A paperclip would work though, although I have used metal mesh before
I use regular carpentry staples. I don't know if it makes it stronger but it gives me a little piece of mind... LOL
Watching your videos makes me wish I had become a Mechanic :) Thank you for sharing.
love the videos man u make me want to go buy an old lawn mower and bring it back to life
I have a Toro, Wheelhorse, 16hp,38" deck, just like the one you swapped the motor out off. Would you be interested in selling me the headlight assembly, I'm trying to sell it but it has no eyes to see! Thanks for you videos.
great fix Darrin , Enjoyed ! Will make a good used mower for someone .. Thumbs up man
Thanks Mustie and Brian sure good hear the cushie man getting new lease on life that was definitely something I like too watch are you on Patron too.
Looks like a nice score. Can't wait to see the bike videos coming up.
My thoughts on the backfire while in the old chassis is because the coil was still producing spark after the motor stalled and fired off the residual gas. Motor stalling in old chassis possible loss of compression due to valve sticking open due to stale gas and cruddy oil. Pop back thru intake in new chassis due to valve still sticking some but cleaned by fresh oil remediating the sticking. I would have used red soda bottle caps for hood repair; matching color and better quality plastic than zip ties. Or rather than cut up the hood you were keeping, scavenge material off the donor tractor. Altogether very interesting video.
use rattle can paint caps cut into strips for filler rods for plastic welding.
'THE HOARD'.......see it at a theater near you. Rated PG!
You have The beginning of a Lawnmower racing club 🏆👍
I cut heavy duty paperclips to length and melt them into the plastic across the break in several places. Make sure they are covered with plastic. That seems to work pretty well.
I sure am learning a lot from this channel Mustie. Cheers
Sounds like the hydro trans was low on oil. I replaced axle seal on a transmission like this on a Cub Cadet changed fluid and it worked great. Depending on hydro trans, able to use Mobil One 5w50 or 15w50 depending on what the hydro trans takes.
When fixing cracked plastic TV cabinets, my step-dad used to melt a small piece of wire across the 2 sides of teh crack to make a mechanical bond.
never been able to work on a mower with busting a knuckle. Job's never done until I shed a little blood, a lot of sweat and a few tears... oh and a choice word or two.
Always, whenever you work on a rider especially, they have to extract a little blood, a bruise at least, before they are satisfied ;)
Mustie1 Brain is such a good friend, hope you slip him some equipment he needs to keep that homestead of his going too!
We have delicate skin. I'm always bleeding.
For Plastic repairs, I like to use 3M Structural Adhesive. It works great! Just a thought.
I put some 1\4 in hardware cloth into the plastic with a heat gun. Works really well.
Mustie1 you should do a teardown of the blown engine on camera to see exactly what happened to it. You may have spare parts enough to do another engine build with no extra money into it. Just a thought. Keep up the good work and have a nice day. Rick
Eesti Pelajad really??
@@estonianperson1112 Go for it.
It is not worth it to rebuild a 16 horsepower engine. You would have a fortune in parts and labor. Just get another one and put it on it. It costs $800++ to replace the hydrostat transmission.
very much like watching your channel, was wondering were i could see your tractors for sale, mine just blew the engine
Very nice, another save in the books!
SA fan. Hi this is a very good transplant.
once again nice to see one machine make another alive again
great video. ..We have no doubt you can heal the other motor ....
If you remove the end of the soldering gun, you can put a piece of mechanics wire in that loops from one end of the gun to the other. It heats the wire up then you can press it in to the plastic and let it cool. Then loosen the screws holding the mechanics wire to the gun and twist the ends of the wire together. It holds better than new. Hahaha works great on snowmobile hoods. And if you do it on the inside of the hood you don't see the wire.
I really enjoy your videos keep it up!!
when u been cooooppppeddddddddd uppp tooo long lol... u know everything he is doing as you do it self. yet fun to watch the 1st time. now after 20 times lol .. omg warm weather pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee......... hahaa
Good to see you hanging out with Brian
i really enjoy your videos. i don't even care what you are working on. i always learn something :)
Just for future reference, the stator wiring usually in that engine type has one wire to to battery and one to run headlights,there is a rectifier diode to convert AC to DC in close to the connector plug easily identified,the other wire is for lighting,so no need to change stators over.Great videos though
Regards
Helper at first is classic. It takes 3X as long to tell people what you want done and how to do it, rather than just doing it yourself.
Coolest video ever. Touche
I like to imagine that Mustie has a spotlight he shines in the sky when he needs Brian to come over, like they have for Batman.
we do
0fend0 That's a good one! The Brian come help light.
hey mustie i LOVE your channel
thanks
Old wound guitar strings are good for reinforcing plastic welding, just chop into small stripes and press gently into the plastic with the end of the iron. Or pieces of metal mesh can also work well
Very nice swap out of the engines! Surprised the base plate and mag ring bolts all lined up. Busy time for you, so know you were in a rush to get it done and uploaded, Thanks for doing so.
*Slather* on tire gel (Maguires purple) on the entire cowl, let soak couple hours, paper towel off excess. It will remove fade, shine, and UV-Ozone protect, make like new.
From death to 300+ bucks in no time at all :-D, someone will be very happy with that.
a rolling chassis is 200 in europe and a running mower like this is 600+. find anything from a know brand like honda or john deere its all +2k for a running one.
Remember that when trying to climb a ramp the mower deck should be in the fully upright and locked position. If your soldering gun is too hot just use a lamp dimmer with it. Also welding a small plate to an old tip makes for smoother welds. They actually make one like that.
Mike (o\!/o)
Looks like fun wish I could help.
Well done, enjoyed the video
After nineteen spinal surgeries I need all the help I can get as well. I have a nice workshop with the motorcycle lift electric and gas welders etc.. But I also have two electric winches mounted of the rafters of my garage ceiling. I just mounted a full time 80 amp switching power supply in the attic to run these electric winches. I uses these cable winches all time since my tired ass can't lift much either these days. I use a few long nylon straps and several snatch blocks and I can move anything just about anywhere I want. I spend allot of time in a power chair and can't get into the attic since there is stairs to get there and I'm certainly no good on a ladder. I actually set up a harness with a seat so I can set my ass in it and use my snatch blocks and winches my half crippled ass right up into the attic. I can only do this in one or two areas of my attic, so I have to ask for help once in awhile myself. These electric winches at Harbor freight are pretty cheap and I have found this system very useful. Since I don't get out very much I don't really have allot of people available when I need them, so I try to set up my workshop to do as many things for myself as I can.
Denzil Ritchie Nice I helped my buddy set up low benches so he could work from his wheelchair. Keep turning wrench's!!!
model glue (plastic cement) then solder to hold it till dry . worked on my atv. maybe on mowers .
Nope the transmission is still good 👍 I been working on small engine for years and now been working on them going on 60 years now
Looking forward to the Lovely Rita Cushman vid.
Ah, nothing like finding a vintage mustie i haven't seen.. not many left i'm sure....
Hey buddy. The 15 minute issue was probably the lid off the gravity fed fuel tank being faulty. When the vent in the lid no longer works properly, it stops the fuel from flowing down into the carb.
You make it look so easy!
Enjoyed this as I have same tractor
I like the Brookhaven Luber Co. T-1 VW!
Mustie, is there anything you can't do?? Lol. there isn't! your videos are awesome as always! love watching this kind of repairs. great video! look forward to many more of videos!
always good to see VWnut !
Great video, thank you very much
Great videos as always, i will say this i do prefer it alot more when you work on cars though
A wild VWNut appears! lol
definitely wild
Musty you couldn't use the canopy on the other mower SLIGHTLY CONFUSED also you have a headlight out, Good job.
who rememberz the lil spin guns with plasic 1 inch tips. as a kid. weld plastic models togther hahhahaha.. lasted all of 5 mins lol
You've now got (maybe already do) a nice 2-wire magneto/flywheel combo, fuel tank, shrouds, etc.for future bike or go-cart builds.
new subscriber here from Manhattan nyc. great vlogs you're doing mustie1. keep up the great videos.
Awesome thank you!
I've been watching quite a few of your videos the past few days and they're addictive as hell ! I love the channel and subscribed .
I bet your wife isn't one of those women who complain they can't get their husbands to fix anything aye ?
Why can't i have a neighbor like Mustie1
I HAVE NEIGHBORS BUT THEY ALL CRY ABOUT MY JUNK I HAVE SITTING AROUND BUT WHEN THEY NEED SOMETHING THEY COME TO ME FOR IT.
Nice job
Harbor freight has plastic welding rod's you use a soldering type iron that feeds the rod into your work, haven't tried it.
Plan on doing it but Just don't want to buy one until I need it hope I don't.
Heat welds with a soldering iron never seem to hold up and fiberglass won't stick to plastic.
There are differnt types of plastic a wire tie might work might not same with coat hanger plastic. but the harbor freight kits comes with differnt types of rod to pick from If I remember correctly.
Racing mower? With a go kart axle? Could be funny
Coke lids are good esp when working on something red just pull out the clear insert before using it.
Great vid.
The one tractor with the bad transmission could likely be fixed with a partial rebuild of the transmission. If it is a tuff torq model trans as most are, they seem to be pretty easy and reasonable to get service parts for. I really wish they would put axle bearings that have rolling elements in the transmission rather than using sleeve bearings and having them wear out and fail so quickly. I know that in the end, it is down to a time and money proposition for these things.
Nice work sir :)
Hope the Honda 125 gets fixed soon looking forward to that one !
OH MY GOD WHEN HE SMASHED HIS FINGER I WAS LIKE " THAT IS DEFINITELY ME" I ALWAYS DO THAT STUPID SHIT!!!!! I ALWAYS HAVE THE SAME REACTION TOO!!!!
excellent job
Mustie....Love your wisdom and your videos...I do have a question about your squeeze gas bottles. Do you do them yourself or get somewhere? Gotta get me a couple of those ...!!!