After a year of Mustie1 videos I picked up a Echo string trimmer at the local transfer station someone threw out. Replaced the primer bulb ($5) and fuel lines ($7), cleaned the carb and it runs like new. Thanks Darren. You're a great teacher.
After watching Mustie1 for two years I had the confidence to pick a gene off the side of the road.. Gas tank was full of garbage so I got 1 from ebay. Trouble shoot the motor "as trained" from many videos and had to clean the carb. Just got it all fixed today.. My first small engine rescue. Runs like a champ..What a feeling..
Society is all into ITS TOO HARD TO FIX belief. No one is adventurous anymore and won't get their hands dirty. People are too close minded on learning how to repair stuff. Congratulations on your repair. 🖒🖒🖒🖒🖒
Good for you congrats brother . I love repairing lawn equipment and small engines . My all around favorite thing to work on is any B series Honda motor but I love small engine as well . I've been working with carburators and all other parts of these machines since I was 12 years old, that was when my father guided me through successfully rebuilding my first carburator , it was from a snow blower he brought home that he got for free cssue it didn't run. I'll never forget the feeling back then of hearing that motor first fire up and run successfully like I said being only 12 years old. I'm now 36 and I will and can work on literally anything that is made of nuts bolts and screws. I've rebuild numerous engines of all types from two stroke chainsaws to modern day Japanese 4 cylinders to small block Chevy's and Jeep inline 6's. I've rebuilt numerous Manuel transmissions , rebuilt differentials , rack and pinion steering systems . I've also put entire new frames in full size diesal trucks, and spllicing in a section of a frame rail and strut tower on modern unibody cars as I do autobody collision repair , and welding and steel fabrication. I've made entire dump body's and tailgates from pure scratch for customers doing all the work myself , from running the metal brakes and sheers to using plasma cutters to cut out the measured sections of steel needed for a job . To running Miller 195 welders and laying beads over 3 feet long in one pass. I have made custom steel bumpers for trucks of all types , I've replaced quarter panels, rocker panels , entire vehicle support pillars inner structure and outer skin both in side impacts , I've replaced entire roof skins along with the support braces and A pillars all the way from the roof to the bottom of the firewall whee it ties into the rockers and floor structure die to rollovers . I've had numerous cars come in hit offset with the entire wheel, brake caliper rotor and knuckles all ripped clean off the car form they mpact and have had to replace all the subframes and entire suspensions down to every last componemt and down to the final wheel alignment being done by myself as well. I've replaced and rebuilt secirons of frames due to rust and rot on utility body's of flat beds , tree service trucks , gas delivery trucks , landscapers and Mason's dump body's . You name it and I've probably done it and can do iit . I don't pay anybody to do anything for me. A few months ago our dryer broke and my mother just about called a repairman I almost smacked her. I got looking at it and found the brush's in the electric motor were burnt up so I pulled the motel out , broke it down and replaced the brushes along with all the shaft support bearings while in there , then went ahead and replaced the drive belt too while I was in there .this wasn't something I'd ever done or read manual on. I just see all this stuff as common sense all it all is iis a bunch of nuts and bolts , screws and wires . I've never given up on a job and not completeld it either meaning theres no job I've ever started that I haven't finished on my own with no guidance of any sort except google occasionally to look up a specific fluid specification for a vehicle I'm working on. My favorite things to do is work on Honda 4cylinders , chainsaws and tackling electrical jobs or problems because I'm very capable in diagnosing and finding faulty sensors, bad grounds , broken wires , faulty electrical connectors and rebuilding entire SRS air bag restaint systems after they've been deployed , this goes for replacing entire dashes due to the passenger side bag blowing , replacing side curtain bags and headliners form them deploying to removing front seats and there foam and upulstry covers to replace a side impacts air bag in a seat them reinstall the foam and reupulster the seat with a new skin due to the bag blowing a huge rip in the old skin upon deployment . I also fix and resell lawn equipment like this guy does but I only get maybe 2-3 units a year because people don't give shit away around here , it's also a higher end middle class county so most people can afford to keep paying so one to repair there equipment .so I cant hardly ever find any roadside garbage finds I don't know how this guy finds so many lawn tractors and other random equipment . Shit I've gotten 1 free lawn tractor in my life off the side of the road , just 1 and this was 3 years ago. Prob will never happen again
@@ericdrisgula3879 I've noticed one thing about ppl that write long-winded replies..Boasting about how great they are..They don't have any videos of their own..
You really sent me back in time with that covered bridge! My late wife loved those things and one of the last trips we made before she died of cancer almost eighteen years ago was to drive around Georgia and Alabama looking for old covered bridges in an old refurbished motor home.
This video is 18mths old now and still one that I show my friends when they come around with their line trimmer that won't run. Then it's out to the shed to watch them fix it themselves. So satisfying. Thanks Mustie1
I am liking your style - where there's a will there's a way. Love the explorational deductive approach. You aren't proclaiming yourself to be an expert but you're taking us on an intelligent, critical thinking journey. You are inspirational - thank you for posting.
Just bought a battery powered trimmer. No more carb rebuilds, hard starts, new fuel lines and mixing gas. Love it. Insert battery and go. And you don't stink when you're done.
I always admired your videos. I'm a scrapper and my community always throws good stuff away. So learning a lot from you on how to fix things. Thank you.
Besides recovering items you have picked up and doing an amazing job cleaning, repairing and sometime outright refurbish these items you have also have achieved an excellent video creation skills. You just know how to put the camera in the right place to let us viewers into your projects. Good projects and top of the line video capturing skills. Your in the top 5% of youtube in my opinion.
Perfect timing of this video. I just picked up string trimmer while I was trash picking and your video gave me the guidance to figure out it needs new fuel lines and a primer bulb. Love your videos. Thanks, Jimmy d in New Jersey
Nice work, Mustie. For anyone else watching, if you don't have the special tool for adjusting the mixture screws, you can shove the plastic ends of electrical "Butt connectors" or crimp connectors onto the screws and turn them that way. No need to buy the special nut driver. The high end needle is usually the one that needs to be fattened up a little.
Thanks for the tip, I was wondering if I should try hacking a slot into them to use with a flathead, but they seemed a little thin. I'll see if I have anything around the house that could work, I'm thinking a pen body
On the weed eater I have someone actually used some sort of grinder or file to take out metal around the screws and it looks like they used pliers or something to try and gasp them and force turn them it’s a mess but it now works just now I have to find a solution a nice one to fix this so I can adjust them properly again.
@@galacticgalaxyonezerone7235 try using a dremel to grind slots for a flathead screwdriver. I'm assuming you can't make it any worse. Alternatively, I'm sure you can but the adjustment screws/needles by themselves, so maybe just remove them completely and replace them.
Once again, you inspired me to try fix my equipment. I replace the carb on my line trimmer. Something I never would imagined trying. I took 10 minutes. Thank you!!
im into tech and i do drive, never had any interest in mechanical stuff such as you do in your videos, but since finding your channel i watch every video you post, your vids are very interesting so thank you for making these videos.
Greetings from Australia Mustie. I have that same leaf blower complete with all the tubes and the vacuum bag, weed eater brand dated 1993,found mine a few months ago on the side of the road.I should start uploading videos of all the stuff I find that gets thrown out.I find fix and sell heaps of yard machinery lawn mowers and window airconditioners every week most just need some tlc to bring them back to life and make a few $$$.
I can't ever thanks enough you sir, just about 3 weeks watching your videos, I had fixed all my 3 walking lawnmowers, 1 Muray tractor, 1chainsaw and 2 trimmers. Now I just have 1 more kid bike rider to do. Thanks abunch pro Mustie1. And I love your kindness and joyful laugh!!!
MAKE a spark tester. Crimp a lead with an alligator clip on the end to find a nearby ground. Just bend the side electrode away and crimp it on there. Works fine.
I've watched so many of your fixes/maintenance videos over the past year. I thought this would be a bit boring. It wasn't! You got that puppy humming like it just came out of the factory, well done!
I can watch this all day long. Mustie you are amazing. Thank you for sharing your years of knowledge with us. I love all things "engine" if it's got a carburator it's a plus.
Also, it looks like you got it to run pretty well with the fuel direction reversed, the filter line goes to the carb at the pump cover, the primer return line to tank, primer input pulls fuel through carb second barb near metering cover. I think you had primer pushing gas through carb instead of pulling it.
I was given 2 chain saws with the same problem an did the exact same thing an now I have two perfectly fine running chain saws!!! It's like no one wants to tinker with anything anymore just go out an buy a new one.
Amazon has various sizes in bulk, like 6-20 ft. sections. All the filters and shut-off valves too, most for about $10. Just make sure you get the correct size. Lowe's/Napa if you only need enough for one engine. If you're lucky enough to still have one in business, a hardware store might be a good option. My local Stihl/Echo service shop(which is also a hardware store) is where I get that sort of thing. They have good quality string in every size, mower blades for more than just the house brand, and all manner of chainsaw chains. Get my 2-stroke oil there too, they even sell it pre-mixed by the quart if you can't measure, or I guess if you don't use it often and really don't wanna waste any.
The mower wheels are insane. Got an old Honda 5 hp what for squeezing in where the tractor wont fit, broke a wheel. Now, I know we all gotta pay to play, but jaysus, $40 for a 14 inch disc and a skateboard bearing is asking a lot. It tempts one to get good with CAD and buy a 3d printer.
After watching the first 15 minutes of this video, not only did I deduct that you're a competent repairman but you also sound a lot like Michael Keaton. Don't know if anyone has ever mentioned that before. Gave the vid a thumbs up, after being almost 2 years old I'm seeing this for the first time. Thanks
I worked on mine just last night doing the exact same thing. Same machine except mine says snapper on it. The filter is supposed to be on the small line and you will need to clean screen in carb where small line enters carb, remove screw. Pretty sure if you tip gas away from small line it will die. Will also need to switch lines back on primer. Your Filter is on primer circuit now.
I'm absolutely shocked you left the leaf blower because it was missing the extension tube. That just doesn't seem like your style. I really like your vids keep up the good work.
I think because he knew it in his heart that the leaf blower had a big end bearing problem n not worth fixing unlike the whippersnipper that has the usual carb n old fuel line problem
I thought the same thing. Although, those leaf blowers are beyond shitty. Not even a throttle trigger on those things, just set it at full speed and go. However the trimmer also has a POS MTD power head that I’ve always found to be unreliable junk, but he took that lol.
That's the model # tag, with the "358" on the top line denoting that Poulan/Weedeater made it for Sears. The second line is the serial #, and I'm guessing that the 07 at the front of the serial # denotes it was made in 2007. The online instructions at the Sears parts website show a publication date of December of 2006, so it makes sense that it is probably a 2007 model.
Your right about the adjustmensy not being easy. I had one acting up and instead of buying the special tool to adjust it i cut a groove with a dremel tool to use a screw driver.
Doesn't the rabbit come up outta the hole, look for it's filter and go back into the hole? Then get the length right for the carb? As long as the filter lies at the deepest point. Right? It's just a harmless little bunny.
You have done the fuel lines backwards on this mate, the fuel is drawn through the carby with the primer bulb, as you can see your carby floods from priming which isnt right. will run but its not right. tank feed line to carb intake carb outlet to primer intake primer outlet back to tank
@@nathankoroush7918 I think it may have been meant to blow air into the tank (not filtered line) forcing gas through the filter and to the carb, but it seems to work great the way he's set it up. I'll trust him over my speculation any day.
I found a practically brand new yard works mower tonight thrown out by garbage on a curb side. It's just revving between high and low and won't idle. I'm assuming it's just a carb cleaning. Tomorrow I begin... Thank you for all of these awesome videos to reference for us not so handy folks!
I know a guy who picked up an old lawn mower at the roadside. He pulled up to his garage to unload it and a guy in a car pulled up, upset, and asked him why he took his mower. The first guy asked the guy in the car why he had set it out at the curb. The guy in the car replied that that is where he ran out of gas and needed to get some to fill it
Wientz That is all within the realms of possibility. WHich is why I will never for a second leave any equipment at the front of the house unattended while I have to go the back to fetch a fuel container. When it's a lawnmower, I will push the mower to where the fuel can is. Many decades ago when I was studying Electronics Engineering, a field service technician delivering a workshop repaired TeleVision back to the client, removed one TV out of the back of his service van and placed it on the road at the rear of the van so he could get to the TV that he was delivering. A 26 inch TV is not exactly light-weight and having picked it up he directly went with it and up the stairway to the front door. The house being two storey, the lover half being double garage and workshop. While he was inside the home putting the TCV down, some unknown driver stopped, picked up the TV that was still on the road behind the service vehicle and drove off with it. now 52 years later it remains LOST. The lesson is that anything left unattended in the public domain is at risk of being picked up by someone. Though it does not mean that should anyone find a wallet or other valued object for instance in the public domain that they keep it. There is provision within the statutes that such an offense is THEFT BY FINDING. There has to be some significant indication that any object in the public domain is being dumped as opposed to lost or unattended.
'Finders keepers, bitch.' 😂 But in all seriousness I've often wondered if some of the things Mustie has picked up are actually not free goodies but things people have carelessly left unattended while they've gone to get gas/tools/a friend etc. Of course I'm not saying Mustie is wilfully stealing people's belongings, I reckon 99% of what he's picked up has been legitimately abandoned or given away. But there must be the odd occasion where someone has come back to their mower or whatever and thought 'oh shit....'
Wow! I learned from the community this time! Good input re feed lines. I am pretty good with engines and used Echo for years where bulb is right on the carb. Now ...... I use a DEWALT 20 volt max trimmer and it’s great. Also blower, small chainsaw for limbs, and all my shop hand tools. All use one type of battery. Lithium came along just in time for my old age! No more cans of fuel mix! But love these vids as I do help neighbors etc with their gas machines. Always good to watch Professor Mustie1
That was the number one trouble with those trimmers. The primer bulbs would fail. I love ur videos working on small engines and big engines. Great job.
Can't find freebies like that where I live they get snapped up to quick . I have found stuff many times on the curb or roadside in the past but less and less now days. But I did just get two nice trimmers today from a guy on craigslist , both look almost new and have spark and good compression . Paid $10 each . Both have completely dry fuel tanks so I am going to put some gas in them and see what happens. Update - They both run but won't stay running or idle . Looks like I have some carb / fuel system work to do.
After watching many Mustie vids, I also lost my fear of carbs, and picked up a 4000 running watt generator off facebook market place for $50. Seller said it wouldn't start. Took it home. Had spark. Popped the float bowl and totally shitted over, and I mean BAD. The whole carb was black and reeked of varnish. Passages were totally solid. New carb, $14, and she fired right up and made power. No more suffering during power outages ! Thanks Sensei Mustie !
The fuel lines were correct to begin with. You do not want the path of fuel from the filter to the primer then to the carb because it causes the engine to run lean due to intermittent fueling. It’s supposed to go from the filter directly to the carbs inlet then out the other side to the sucking side of the primer and push the fuel back into the tank like it was hooked up to begin with, you changed it so now it’s getting air in the lines and it’s not going to run correctly.
While it was fun watching you discover the mysteries of weed whackers (and your repair was one of your easier ones), I got the biggest kicks out of seeing your dust covered, yet unopened package of fuel line and the covered bridge and ravine bonus footage. The former reminding me of the many unopened packages I have around of various knobs, hinges, latches and other less identifiable parts. And the latter evoking 45 + year old memories of my early "playgounds". Good stuff!
Tattered jorts with strings hanging out. Backwards trucker hat. Your “roach clip” is a medical hemostat (I’m a RN, so the cross use to me is legit). Tinkering with “broken” discarded yard tools? You’re my f*ing spirit animal. Your videos are simply fantastic...
I think you can set the mixture screws faster if you dial in the high speed first, then work on the low speed - with the idle speed turned down low. This because the low speed adjustment has insignificant influence on high rpm's, but high speed adjustment greatly influences how the engine revs up from idle.
Like how you keep a few weeds around in case you come across a weed wacker in need of repair and testing! Really enjoy this and the many other videos I have watched since stumbling across your Honda cb360 barnfind series. Fun to watch and a lot of learning. Thanks much!
thats sears craftsman for ya when buy new its gone to the trash plus sears never carried parts for mine wich im kinda glad now i spend the money on a stihl KM130R with attachments love it :)
I love ya Mustie but you got something wrong on this one the lines to the primer were not hooked up incorrectly the primers on these and on most 2 stroke equipment manufactured since the early 1980's don't prime the way you think they do the primer only draws fuel into the carb it puts none into the engine. and it draws from the carb not from the tank. fuel line with filter runs to the carb inlet line from carb outlet runs to the inlet of the primer bulb then the outlet of the primer bulb runs to the tank as a return line the way you have it right now your trying to draw fuel through the primer bulb and it's causing a restriction in your flow. Still enjoyed the heck out of the video don't want to be one of those folks that only talk when they can point out something wrong
so what you are saying in not so many words is that the line that he didn't replace is the fuel line and is supposed to have the filter on it, and the primer is on the return side, with the side labeled 'in' going to the carb?
no he replaced the fuel pickup line that had broken off . lines go Pickup from tank with filter------inlet on carb outlet on carb-------inlet on purge bulb outlet on purge bulb---------return to tank. these systems are actually called purge systems they are designed to purge the air from the carb for easier /quicker starting everyone calls them primers though and that may be why a lot of people do exactly what Mustie did because that is how a primer would work but they aren't primer systems. a primer system would also need no choke plate.
Howdy!! THANK YOU for showing me how to fix my 32cc Craftsman weedeater!! Excact same problems as the one you picked up...except the weighted fuel filter. Mine had an air stone filter and was giving me fits as with half a tank and run out of gas. The ait stone was floating and not folowing the gas. Got a weighted fuel filter and did the adjustments and works great!! Thank you..again!! Steve
Oxygenated alcohol gas eats small engine fuel lines. When I lived in the city, you had to put equipment in the back of a truck to get it to disappear, if it sat on the curb they knew it was broke. I got rid of old bike, dishwasher, tv that way
Mustie the primer hoses were not backwards. Gas feed line go's directly into carburetor not the primer button. Primer button pulls gas out from Carb and pushes it back into tank. I have that same model and the way you installed fuel lines are incorrect.
Yeah. I replaced the rotted fuel lines on my Husqvarna 326, and they had been rotted off so long while it was put away for a few years that I couldn't figure out which line went where. As I recall, the directions said to do just as you said. If I had not read the inst. likely I would have hooked them up backwards also. Yeah. The idea is to draw fuel pass the carb inlet and in doing so brings fuel up to but not forcing it into the carb. The engine draws the fuel into the carb.
i bought a second hand strimmer and it refused to start. i ended up taking a few of your tips checking for spark and used a little petrol down the cylinder to tempt it back to life. in the end i worked out that it needed a new plug and you have to jam a foot slightly under the throttle when pull starting to get it to go. been watching and learning! thanks for your excellent tutorials, all the best from the UK.
Once again I learned several useful things from one of your videos. Also, the placement of your camera(s) in your videos is excellent. It seems that the placement always allows the viewer to see what you are doing and you always try to make sure that the viewer sees what you want them to see. Nice job. Your videos are very enjoyable.
I have the same weedwackers but mine is the poulan pro model with the interchangeable shaft, blower, curved shaft, edger, attachments, and I have almost all of the attachments, it's my personal weedwacker, it never dies, great video.
only in america, in the UK, it has to be completly parted out, and set fire to, then left to rust for 20 years, only then will it be left, usually right outside your own door in your way, along with a stained wet mattress and a broken mouldy refrigerator, and if you touch it, someone photographs you and reports that you dumped it
skaaltel all in how you care for them. I have a green Wally world weed eater from 2007 that has many hours on it. One new carb, several sets of fuel lines, a muffler screen cleanout and a straight shaft conversion from someone's trash in 10 years and it just won't die.
A friend of mine sent me a little Weedwhacker Featherlite four years ago. I use it in places in which my big Husqvarna and Stihl are just too difficult to get into. I've used the Weedwhacker four seasons now, at least 20 times per season and have never had a problem with it. It feels like junk and I'm sure it would be nearly impossible to fix if something went wrong with it, but it just keeps on running and running, is very light and handy and most importantly, starts every time on the second or third pull.
Yeah, most of them don't have a clutch.. you can't sit them down running. I've worked on a bunch of them, and when your done, all you have left is running Junk that will be a PITA, next time you need it...
Well craftsman is not a good brand anymore is why. The last 2 lawn mowers i have bought that have been craftsman have been junk. I call craftsman they tell me to call sears. Call sears they tell me to call craftsman. I mean the new mower i bought after the 2nd use the paint under it where the blade is came off. Its also a rear wheel one because backyard is a hill and the hole for the grass to come out is too small for mowing and does not make it in and plugs up. Can not fill the bag more than %50 of it because the back is on a 35 degree slope coming up from the deck. And its suppose to be a 4 speed but only 3 will work at anyone time. Had a repair guy come out and said yup thats all you get you are lucky you get 3 speeds most of the time only 2 work. Craftsman knows this and still sells this junk. Only saving grace is that i bought it on sale for $250 when it was normaly $650 no wonder why it was on sale. And the other saving grace is that it does have a good briggs and stratton engine. The tech also told me that craftsman buys all the parts of the mower from different places and slaps there name on it, craftsman has not made a mower in a while and the quality of it has gone down a lot in the past few years. Too bad me and my family have been buying craftsman stuff for years but not with the price and how fast it falls apart its not worth its weight in scrap.
peter55343 I will never fix anything craftsman again. Cost me too much time and money to fix it. Sears sell these cheap. Don't buy the warranty cause it will double the price. Thats how they make money. Guy at the service ctr just looked at it and told me buy new one. My warranty don't cover a bent Shaft. 2years later on u tube. I saw a guy take off the flywheel and changed a $.50 key. I changed mine and it started on the 1st pull Great right? No! Every month I'm replacing a part.
I once worked at a place doing small motor servicing and the rule of thumb was to screw both mixture screws in on a 2 stroke and back off 1 and a quarter turns then adjust from there but you are right about it should sound like it is growling and not running sweet at full revs. Liked the video bro it bought back memories
At the end of the season run all equipment out of gas and disconnect the fuel line change the oil if needed and replace all filters possible plug at the start of the new season years of trouble free service ahead
Love your video's very methodical very calm you think things through even when you have no idea what something is or what it is meant to do you work it out and get it running like new great work keep them video's coming. much better than watching the same old crap and repeats shown on sky tv.
Nice fix and Very Coincidental Mustie1. 3 days ago (just before you published this) I noticed my little 33cc chainsaw wasn't oiling the chain and it was the oiler tube that had deteriorated in the tank. I got lucky and (as you did) found an old unopened fuel line pack (covered in mouse poop), used that line to replace the oiler line and wala, oiling again. I like your "snip tube at a steep angle" to feed through approach rather than my feed wire through, connect to tube and pull. I know the new gas will deteriorate fuel lines but was surprised that bar chain oil does it also.
It's forceps, but that's not the point. Since the 70's, we all know them as roach clips. Like the pie tins we used to put our seedy weed in to strain with a matchbook cover. Don't see much of that these days either.
You got a dang good deal there! A couple hours work fixing and adjusting, the price of gas to find it, go pick up fuel line for it, and get it running. Trim on Brother!, trim on!!!
One of the most reliable and best running weed wackers I ever own was a " Shindaiwa ". I got it slightly used from a lady who hated cutting her grass. I used it for over 14 years. I had a stroke of bad luck and gave it to a dude I knew. He used it for 3 more years and sold it to a guy he knew. Solid maintenance , good fuel and care kept it going that long. . They will run forever if the owner just do a l'il maintenance and not put straight gas in it...
Thank you for the find and repair video. I really enjoy watching a "mechanical mind" work and fix things. I gave up on my very old Weedeater and bought the 40v rechargeable one. Much easier on my shoulder with no pulling the start cord.
After a year of Mustie1 videos I picked up a Echo string trimmer at the local transfer station someone threw out. Replaced the primer bulb ($5) and fuel lines ($7), cleaned the carb and it runs like new. Thanks Darren. You're a great teacher.
After watching Mustie1 for two years I had the confidence to pick a gene off the side of the road.. Gas tank was full of garbage so I got 1 from ebay. Trouble shoot the motor "as trained" from many videos and had to clean the carb. Just got it all fixed today.. My first small engine rescue. Runs like a champ..What a feeling..
High 5 to you my small engine brotha! I love the feeling of taking something that won't run to running like a charm Very gratifying.
Society is all into ITS TOO HARD TO FIX belief. No one is adventurous anymore and won't get their hands dirty. People are too close minded on learning how to repair stuff. Congratulations on your repair. 🖒🖒🖒🖒🖒
Musty1, , , , THE SMALL ENGINE, RESCUE,,, professor!!!!/WIZARD!!!!, , ,& What, a, 'wizzzz, he is!!!
Good for you congrats brother . I love repairing lawn equipment and small engines . My all around favorite thing to work on is any B series Honda motor but I love small engine as well . I've been working with carburators and all other parts of these machines since I was 12 years old, that was when my father guided me through successfully rebuilding my first carburator , it was from a snow blower he brought home that he got for free cssue it didn't run. I'll never forget the feeling back then of hearing that motor first fire up and run successfully like I said being only 12 years old. I'm now 36 and I will and can work on literally anything that is made of nuts bolts and screws. I've rebuild numerous engines of all types from two stroke chainsaws to modern day Japanese 4 cylinders to small block Chevy's and Jeep inline 6's. I've rebuilt numerous Manuel transmissions , rebuilt differentials , rack and pinion steering systems . I've also put entire new frames in full size diesal trucks, and spllicing in a section of a frame rail and strut tower on modern unibody cars as I do autobody collision repair , and welding and steel fabrication. I've made entire dump body's and tailgates from pure scratch for customers doing all the work myself , from running the metal brakes and sheers to using plasma cutters to cut out the measured sections of steel needed for a job . To running Miller 195 welders and laying beads over 3 feet long in one pass. I have made custom steel bumpers for trucks of all types , I've replaced quarter panels, rocker panels , entire vehicle support pillars inner structure and outer skin both in side impacts , I've replaced entire roof skins along with the support braces and A pillars all the way from the roof to the bottom of the firewall whee it ties into the rockers and floor structure die to rollovers . I've had numerous cars come in hit offset with the entire wheel, brake caliper rotor and knuckles all ripped clean off the car form they mpact and have had to replace all the subframes and entire suspensions down to every last componemt and down to the final wheel alignment being done by myself as well. I've replaced and rebuilt secirons of frames due to rust and rot on utility body's of flat beds , tree service trucks , gas delivery trucks , landscapers and Mason's dump body's . You name it and I've probably done it and can do iit . I don't pay anybody to do anything for me. A few months ago our dryer broke and my mother just about called a repairman I almost smacked her. I got looking at it and found the brush's in the electric motor were burnt up so I pulled the motel out , broke it down and replaced the brushes along with all the shaft support bearings while in there , then went ahead and replaced the drive belt too while I was in there .this wasn't something I'd ever done or read manual on. I just see all this stuff as common sense all it all is iis a bunch of nuts and bolts , screws and wires . I've never given up on a job and not completeld it either meaning theres no job I've ever started that I haven't finished on my own with no guidance of any sort except google occasionally to look up a specific fluid specification for a vehicle I'm working on. My favorite things to do is work on Honda 4cylinders , chainsaws and tackling electrical jobs or problems because I'm very capable in diagnosing and finding faulty sensors, bad grounds , broken wires , faulty electrical connectors and rebuilding entire SRS air bag restaint systems after they've been deployed , this goes for replacing entire dashes due to the passenger side bag blowing , replacing side curtain bags and headliners form them deploying to removing front seats and there foam and upulstry covers to replace a side impacts air bag in a seat them reinstall the foam and reupulster the seat with a new skin due to the bag blowing a huge rip in the old skin upon deployment . I also fix and resell lawn equipment like this guy does but I only get maybe 2-3 units a year because people don't give shit away around here , it's also a higher end middle class county so most people can afford to keep paying so one to repair there equipment .so I cant hardly ever find any roadside garbage finds I don't know how this guy finds so many lawn tractors and other random equipment . Shit I've gotten 1 free lawn tractor in my life off the side of the road , just 1 and this was 3 years ago. Prob will never happen again
@@ericdrisgula3879 I've noticed one thing about ppl that write long-winded replies..Boasting about how great they are..They don't have any videos of their own..
Why would anyone dislike a Mustie video? They are so detailed, its like being there with the man. 👍
You really sent me back in time with that covered bridge! My late wife loved those things and one of the last trips we made before she died of cancer almost eighteen years ago was to drive around Georgia and Alabama looking for old covered bridges in an old refurbished motor home.
This video is 18mths old now and still one that I show my friends when they come around with their line trimmer that won't run. Then it's out to the shed to watch them fix it themselves. So satisfying. Thanks Mustie1
I am liking your style - where there's a will there's a way. Love the explorational deductive approach. You aren't proclaiming yourself to be an expert but you're taking us on an intelligent, critical thinking journey. You are inspirational - thank you for posting.
Just bought a battery powered trimmer. No more carb rebuilds, hard starts, new fuel lines and mixing gas. Love it. Insert battery and go. And you don't stink when you're done.
I always admired your videos. I'm a scrapper and my community always throws good stuff away. So learning a lot from you on how to fix things. Thank you.
I love to watch these videos and watch the process unfold. Keep up the good work.
Besides recovering items you have picked up and doing an amazing job cleaning, repairing and sometime outright refurbish these items you have also have achieved an excellent video creation skills. You just know how to put the camera in the right place to let us viewers into your projects. Good projects and top of the line video capturing skills. Your in the top 5% of youtube in my opinion.
Nice work Mustie1, you are an amazing Tinker! Thanks for showing us all that!
Perfect timing of this video. I just picked up string trimmer while I was trash picking and your video gave me the guidance to figure out it needs new fuel lines and a primer bulb. Love your videos. Thanks, Jimmy d in New Jersey
love that covered bridge at the end for no reason. always entertaining, Mustie! :)
Nice work, Mustie. For anyone else watching, if you don't have the special tool for adjusting the mixture screws, you can shove the plastic ends of electrical "Butt connectors" or crimp connectors onto the screws and turn them that way. No need to buy the special nut driver. The high end needle is usually the one that needs to be fattened up a little.
Thanks for the tip, I was wondering if I should try hacking a slot into them to use with a flathead, but they seemed a little thin. I'll see if I have anything around the house that could work, I'm thinking a pen body
On the weed eater I have someone actually used some sort of grinder or file to take out metal around the screws and it looks like they used pliers or something to try and gasp them and force turn them it’s a mess but it now works just now I have to find a solution a nice one to fix this so I can adjust them properly again.
@@galacticgalaxyonezerone7235 try using a dremel to grind slots for a flathead screwdriver. I'm assuming you can't make it any worse.
Alternatively, I'm sure you can but the adjustment screws/needles by themselves, so maybe just remove them completely and replace them.
Once again, you inspired me to try fix my equipment. I replace the carb on my line trimmer. Something I never would imagined trying. I took 10 minutes. Thank you!!
Great one Mustie. You know these machines. Great mechanic. Love it.
I have that exact weed eater. It had problems so I followed what you did in the video and did everything you did and it works great again. Thank you 😊
im into tech and i do drive, never had any interest in mechanical stuff such as you do in your videos, but since finding your channel i watch every video you post, your vids are very interesting so thank you for making these videos.
Greetings from Australia Mustie. I have that same leaf blower complete with all the tubes and the vacuum bag, weed eater brand dated 1993,found mine a few months ago on the side of the road.I should start uploading videos of all the stuff I find that gets thrown out.I find fix and sell heaps of yard machinery lawn mowers and window airconditioners every week most just need some tlc to bring them back to life and make a few $$$.
I can't ever thanks enough you sir, just about 3 weeks watching your videos, I had fixed all my 3 walking lawnmowers, 1 Muray tractor, 1chainsaw and 2 trimmers. Now I just have 1 more kid bike rider to do. Thanks abunch pro Mustie1. And I love your kindness and joyful laugh!!!
Another morning with Mustie. Really enjoy it.
MAKE a spark tester. Crimp a lead with an alligator clip on the end to find a nearby ground.
Just bend the side electrode away and crimp it on there. Works fine.
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Guy walks in tomorrow- "Hey, I watched your video- can I have my trimmer back?"
Id be like yeah! $20 please.
if you'll change the lines for $20 each, folks will give you endless work, lol
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I had one just like it for years. Always something wrong with it. Run good one week, something wrong the next. It sucked. I sold it.
Nope
I've watched so many of your fixes/maintenance videos over the past year. I thought this would be a bit boring.
It wasn't!
You got that puppy humming like it just came out of the factory, well done!
I can watch this all day long. Mustie you are amazing. Thank you for sharing your years of knowledge with us. I love all things "engine" if it's got a carburator it's a plus.
Also, it looks like you got it to run pretty well with the fuel direction reversed, the filter line goes to the carb at the pump cover, the primer return line to tank, primer input pulls fuel through carb second barb near metering cover. I think you had primer pushing gas through carb instead of pulling it.
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Thank you for sharing I also noticed that when he pushed the primer bulb the gas was leaked a lot due to wrong fuel connections
I was given 2 chain saws with the same problem an did the exact same thing an now I have two perfectly fine running chain saws!!! It's like no one wants to tinker with anything anymore just go out an buy a new one.
where did you get that type of fuel line??
napa lowes ect has it.
Amazon has various sizes in bulk, like 6-20 ft. sections. All the filters and shut-off valves too, most for about $10. Just make sure you get the correct size. Lowe's/Napa if you only need enough for one engine.
If you're lucky enough to still have one in business, a hardware store might be a good option. My local Stihl/Echo service shop(which is also a hardware store) is where I get that sort of thing. They have good quality string in every size, mower blades for more than just the house brand, and all manner of chainsaw chains. Get my 2-stroke oil there too, they even sell it pre-mixed by the quart if you can't measure, or I guess if you don't use it often and really don't wanna waste any.
thanks guys ebay had the rebuild kit with lines. Thanks for the fast response..
The mower wheels are insane. Got an old Honda 5 hp what for squeezing in where the tractor wont fit, broke a wheel. Now, I know we all gotta pay to play, but jaysus, $40 for a 14 inch disc and a skateboard bearing is asking a lot.
It tempts one to get good with CAD and buy a 3d printer.
After watching the first 15 minutes of this video, not only did I deduct that you're a competent repairman but you also sound a lot like Michael Keaton. Don't know if anyone has ever mentioned that before. Gave the vid a thumbs up, after being almost 2 years old I'm seeing this for the first time. Thanks
octalicious whats a 2 year old watching this for?
I really enjoy seeing the bonus clips at the end of your old videos, you live in such an extraordinarily picturesque region of the country.
I worked on mine just last night doing the exact same thing. Same machine except mine says snapper on it. The filter is supposed to be on the small line and you will need to clean screen in carb where small line enters carb, remove screw. Pretty sure if you tip gas away from small line it will die. Will also need to switch lines back on primer. Your Filter is on primer circuit now.
I'm absolutely shocked you left the leaf blower because it was missing the extension tube. That just doesn't seem like your style. I really like your vids keep up the good work.
I think because he knew it in his heart that the leaf blower had a big end bearing problem n not worth fixing unlike the whippersnipper that has the usual carb n old fuel line problem
Plot twist: he did take it and fix it but figured the weedeater was cooler to film
Yes so many other jobs for those things like burning stumps or just get a 2 inch pvc pipe?
I thought the same thing. Although, those leaf blowers are beyond shitty. Not even a throttle trigger on those things, just set it at full speed and go. However the trimmer also has a POS MTD power head that I’ve always found to be unreliable junk, but he took that lol.
These videos give me the confidence to fix small engines such as lawn mowers, string strimmers, etc. Don't stop these videos man you rock! 👍🎵
Jorts and a pair of zips. You would be my go-to for any homeowner questions I had! Very knowledgeable!
Great videos!
That's the model # tag, with the "358" on the top line denoting that Poulan/Weedeater made it for Sears. The second line is the serial #, and I'm guessing that the 07 at the front of the serial # denotes it was made in 2007. The online instructions at the Sears parts website show a publication date of December of 2006, so it makes sense that it is probably a 2007 model.
Your right about the adjustmensy not being easy. I had one acting up and instead of buying the special tool to adjust it i cut a groove with a dremel tool to use a screw driver.
Doesn't the rabbit come up outta the hole, look for it's filter and go back into the hole? Then get the length right for the carb? As long as the filter lies at the deepest point. Right? It's just a harmless little bunny.
I learn so much practical stuff watching this channel. One of my fave CZcams channels
Brings back memories from maintaining my grandfathers garden watching your videos.
You have done the fuel lines backwards on this mate, the fuel is drawn through the carby with the primer bulb, as you can see your carby floods from priming which isnt right. will run but its not right.
tank feed line to carb intake
carb outlet to primer intake
primer outlet back to tank
I'm trying to get this part, I don't know what line go's where
Was saying it out loud all the way through lol
when you push the bulb, air should blow out the line with the filter than it sucks in fuel, this is how you know you have it right.
@@nathankoroush7918 I dont know, this one runs like a scalded dog. The way that you say, is that the way it's supposed to work on all of them?
@@nathankoroush7918 I think it may have been meant to blow air into the tank (not filtered line) forcing gas through the filter and to the carb, but it seems to work great the way he's set it up. I'll trust him over my speculation any day.
This guy is good the fuel lines are reverse and he still got it to run .
Rob Bob that takes skill😂
I found a practically brand new yard works mower tonight thrown out by garbage on a curb side. It's just revving between high and low and won't idle. I'm assuming it's just a carb cleaning. Tomorrow I begin... Thank you for all of these awesome videos to reference for us not so handy folks!
Thanks man, your teaching helped me fix my weedeater, could not done it without your video!
I know a guy who picked up an old lawn mower at the roadside. He pulled up to his garage to unload it and a guy in a car pulled up, upset, and asked him why he took his mower. The first guy asked the guy in the car why he had set it out at the curb. The guy in the car replied that that is where he ran out of gas and needed to get some to fill it
Now that's funny. LOL
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That is all within the realms of possibility.
WHich is why I will never for a second leave any equipment at the front of the house unattended while I have to go the back to fetch a fuel container.
When it's a lawnmower, I will push the mower to where the fuel can is.
Many decades ago when I was studying Electronics Engineering, a field service technician delivering a workshop repaired TeleVision back to the client, removed one TV out of the back of his service van and placed it on the road at the rear of the van so he could get to the TV that he was delivering.
A 26 inch TV is not exactly light-weight and having picked it up he directly went with it and up the stairway to the front door. The house being two storey, the lover half being double garage and workshop.
While he was inside the home putting the TCV down, some unknown driver stopped, picked up the TV that was still on the road behind the service vehicle and drove off with it. now 52 years later it remains LOST.
The lesson is that anything left unattended in the public domain is at risk of being picked up by someone.
Though it does not mean that should anyone find a wallet or other valued object for instance in the public domain that they keep it. There is provision within the statutes that such an offense is THEFT BY FINDING.
There has to be some significant indication that any object in the public domain is being dumped as opposed to lost or unattended.
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'Finders keepers, bitch.' 😂
But in all seriousness I've often wondered if some of the things Mustie has picked up are actually not free goodies but things people have carelessly left unattended while they've gone to get gas/tools/a friend etc.
Of course I'm not saying Mustie is wilfully stealing people's belongings, I reckon 99% of what he's picked up has been legitimately abandoned or given away. But there must be the odd occasion where someone has come back to their mower or whatever and thought 'oh shit....'
One mans trash is another mans treasure :)
Wow! I learned from the community this time! Good input re feed lines. I am pretty good with engines and used Echo for years where bulb is right on the carb. Now ...... I use a DEWALT 20 volt max trimmer and it’s great. Also blower, small chainsaw for limbs, and all my shop hand tools. All use one type of battery. Lithium came along just in time for my old age! No more cans of fuel mix! But love these vids as I do help neighbors etc with their gas machines. Always good to watch Professor Mustie1
As a fishing reel repairman,I appreciate your eye for detail. Thank you so much
Can't beat the free pile. I'm sure it's replacement will be in that same free pile in a few years.
“Roach clip here......”
Hilarious.
So clever... I love watching your projects... Plus the little surprises at the end.
That was the number one trouble with those trimmers. The primer bulbs would fail. I love ur videos working on small engines and big engines. Great job.
Can't find freebies like that where I live they get snapped up to quick . I have found stuff many times on the curb or roadside in the past but less and less now days. But I did just get two nice trimmers today from a guy on craigslist , both look almost new and have spark and good compression . Paid $10 each . Both have completely dry fuel tanks so I am going to put some gas in them and see what happens. Update - They both run but won't stay running or idle . Looks like I have some carb / fuel system work to do.
i've literally found stuff that was still under warranty...just brought it back and got a new one :)
Carlzday luck luck luck
After watching many Mustie vids, I also lost my fear of carbs, and picked up a 4000 running watt generator off facebook market place for $50. Seller said it wouldn't start. Took it home. Had spark. Popped the float bowl and totally shitted over, and I mean BAD. The whole carb was black and reeked of varnish. Passages were totally solid. New carb, $14, and she fired right up and made power. No more suffering during power outages ! Thanks Sensei Mustie !
dude, i just cannot wait for each of your videos, i learn so much. thank you for sharing.
i think he whispers to them in secret and rubs them gently off camera so they work for him
The fuel lines were correct to begin with. You do not want the path of fuel from the filter to the primer then to the carb because it causes the engine to run lean due to intermittent fueling. It’s supposed to go from the filter directly to the carbs inlet then out the other side to the sucking side of the primer and push the fuel back into the tank like it was hooked up to begin with, you changed it so now it’s getting air in the lines and it’s not going to run correctly.
While it was fun watching you discover the mysteries of weed whackers (and your repair was one of your easier ones), I got the biggest kicks out of seeing your dust covered, yet unopened package of fuel line and the covered bridge and ravine bonus footage. The former reminding me of the many unopened packages I have around of various knobs, hinges, latches and other less identifiable parts. And the latter evoking 45 + year old memories of my early "playgounds".
Good stuff!
Tattered jorts with strings hanging out. Backwards trucker hat. Your “roach clip” is a medical hemostat (I’m a RN, so the cross use to me is legit). Tinkering with “broken” discarded yard tools? You’re my f*ing spirit animal. Your videos are simply fantastic...
Primer doesn't feel right because it's a purge system not a primer. You wan't to pull the fuel not force it into the carb.
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Knows what he's talking about.
I think you can set the mixture screws faster if you dial in the high speed first, then work on the low speed - with the idle speed turned down low. This because the low speed adjustment has insignificant influence on high rpm's, but high speed adjustment greatly influences how the engine revs up from idle.
Like how you keep a few weeds around in case you come across a weed wacker in need of repair and testing! Really enjoy this and the many other videos I have watched since stumbling across your Honda cb360 barnfind series. Fun to watch and a lot of learning. Thanks much!
u are awesome mustie. iam disabled in a wheelchair and iam cannot do such things like u do. iam very pleased to have opportunity to watch your vids
Do you even have a need to own lawn maintenance equipment, or just keep your grass cut with the constant flow of stuff you fix? :)
Probably using his new/used stuff. But if his wife saw trimming while testing, he's done :
She'll ask to do the whole yard !!
Good question. Always wondered that too.
I to was thinking that.
Wife probably has to order yard service.😃🤣
thats sears craftsman for ya when buy new its gone to the trash plus sears never carried parts for mine wich im kinda glad now i spend the money on a stihl KM130R with attachments love it :)
Nice shirt. 👍🏻
Lucky again! And because of extensive experience and knowledge it was repairable!
Good thing you found it looked like you needed one so you could trim up you property. Great job and look forward to the next Video .
I love ya Mustie but you got something wrong on this one the lines to the primer were not hooked up incorrectly the primers on these and on most 2 stroke equipment manufactured since the early 1980's don't prime the way you think they do the primer only draws fuel into the carb it puts none into the engine. and it draws from the carb not from the tank. fuel line with filter runs to the carb inlet line from carb outlet runs to the inlet of the primer bulb then the outlet of the primer bulb runs to the tank as a return line the way you have it right now your trying to draw fuel through the primer bulb and it's causing a restriction in your flow. Still enjoyed the heck out of the video don't want to be one of those folks that only talk when they can point out something wrong
burninpwder76 that's what I was thinking. Glad you said it lol.
so what you are saying in not so many words is that the line that he didn't replace is the fuel line and is supposed to have the filter on it, and the primer is on the return side, with the side labeled 'in' going to the carb?
no he replaced the fuel pickup line that had broken off . lines go Pickup from tank with filter------inlet on carb outlet on carb-------inlet on purge bulb outlet on purge bulb---------return to tank. these systems are actually called purge systems they are designed to purge the air from the carb for easier /quicker starting everyone calls them primers though and that may be why a lot of people do exactly what Mustie did because that is how a primer would work but they aren't primer systems. a primer system would also need no choke plate.
burninpwder76 I did this very thing to mine! Thanks! I'm going to fix that next chance I get. Makes a lot more sense when you consider the choke.
Doesn't the bulb just pressurise the tank?
I love how he refers to his hemostats as roach clips. Lol. That's sounds like something I'd say.
Howdy!! THANK YOU for showing me how to fix my 32cc Craftsman weedeater!! Excact same problems as the one you picked up...except the weighted fuel filter. Mine had an air stone filter and was giving me fits as with half a tank and run out of gas. The ait stone was floating and not folowing the gas. Got a weighted fuel filter and did the adjustments and works great!! Thank you..again!! Steve
Thanks for making the time mustie love your patience
Oxygenated alcohol gas eats small engine fuel lines. When I lived in the city, you had to put equipment in the back of a truck to get it to disappear, if it sat on the curb they knew it was broke. I got rid of old bike, dishwasher, tv that way
Mustie the primer hoses were not backwards. Gas feed line go's directly into carburetor not the primer button. Primer button pulls gas out from Carb and pushes it back into tank. I have that same model and the way you installed fuel lines are incorrect.
Yeah. I replaced the rotted fuel lines on my Husqvarna 326, and they had been rotted off so long while it was put away for a few years that I couldn't figure out which line went where. As I recall, the directions said to do just as you said. If I had not read the inst. likely I would have hooked them up backwards also. Yeah. The idea is to draw fuel pass the carb inlet and in doing so brings fuel up to but not forcing it into the carb. The engine draws the fuel into the carb.
Good instuctional video Mustie1, I always come back to your videos when I get stuck. Thanks again
i bought a second hand strimmer and it refused to start. i ended up taking a few of your tips checking for spark and used a little petrol down the cylinder to tempt it back to life. in the end i worked out that it needed a new plug and you have to jam a foot slightly under the throttle when pull starting to get it to go. been watching and learning! thanks for your excellent tutorials, all the best from the UK.
what I've learned from this channel............its always the carb.........or fuel lines lol
27:10 looks like the bridge from beetle juice where they died lol
Once again I learned several useful things from one of your videos. Also, the placement of your camera(s) in your videos is excellent. It seems that the placement always allows the viewer to see what you are doing and you always try to make sure that the viewer sees what you want them to see. Nice job. Your videos are very enjoyable.
I have the same weedwackers but mine is the poulan pro model with the interchangeable shaft, blower, curved shaft, edger, attachments, and I have almost all of the attachments, it's my personal weedwacker, it never dies, great video.
Wow! People just leave equipment like that on the road.?
I know... so annoying! :p no one throws good stuff out around here (or someone is always getting it before me :) )
only in america, in the UK, it has to be completly parted out, and set fire to, then left to rust for 20 years, only then will it be left, usually right outside your own door in your way, along with a stained wet mattress and a broken mouldy refrigerator, and if you touch it, someone photographs you and reports that you dumped it
Mustie gets there first
Because it stopped running and they couldn't fix it. They may not have wanted to pay the price for repair.
jusb1066: ha ha...ain't that the truth
Lucky.. all I ever find are the "weedwacker" trimmers.. and they really are just garbage.
skaaltel all in how you care for them. I have a green Wally world weed eater from 2007 that has many hours on it. One new carb, several sets of fuel lines, a muffler screen cleanout and a straight shaft conversion from someone's trash in 10 years and it just won't die.
A friend of mine sent me a little Weedwhacker Featherlite four years ago. I use it in places in which my big Husqvarna and Stihl are just too difficult to get into. I've used the Weedwhacker four seasons now, at least 20 times per season and have never had a problem with it. It feels like junk and I'm sure it would be nearly impossible to fix if something went wrong with it, but it just keeps on running and running, is very light and handy and most importantly, starts every time on the second or third pull.
Yeah, most of them don't have a clutch.. you can't sit them down running. I've worked on a bunch of them, and when your done, all you have left is running Junk that will be a PITA, next time you need it...
Pain In The Ass.... :)
kcotte59 PITA is an acronym, Pita is not.
Love yr video’s! You make it look so easy, every time.
Another great, fun to watch project. It almost sounded like the spark arrester was clogged, but I'm sure you checked that. Thanks, Mustie!!
a easy way to adjust the screws is a bic pen tube works great
Put it outside with a $150,- sign on it... Craftsman don't sell these anymore, so they're rare... :P
Well craftsman is not a good brand anymore is why. The last 2 lawn mowers i have bought that have been craftsman have been junk. I call craftsman they tell me to call sears. Call sears they tell me to call craftsman. I mean the new mower i bought after the 2nd use the paint under it where the blade is came off.
Its also a rear wheel one because backyard is a hill and the hole for the grass to come out is too small for mowing and does not make it in and plugs up. Can not fill the bag more than %50 of it because the back is on a 35 degree slope coming up from the deck.
And its suppose to be a 4 speed but only 3 will work at anyone time. Had a repair guy come out and said yup thats all you get you are lucky you get 3 speeds most of the time only 2 work. Craftsman knows this and still sells this junk. Only saving grace is that i bought it on sale for $250 when it was normaly $650 no wonder why it was on sale. And the other saving grace is that it does have a good briggs and stratton engine.
The tech also told me that craftsman buys all the parts of the mower from different places and slaps there name on it, craftsman has not made a mower in a while and the quality of it has gone down a lot in the past few years. Too bad me and my family have been buying craftsman stuff for years but not with the price and how fast it falls apart its not worth its weight in scrap.
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Craftsmans are crap. That weed wacker is worth around 60 bucks. I fix and sell small engines so I know.
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I will never fix anything craftsman again.
Cost me too much time and money to fix it.
Sears sell these cheap.
Don't buy the warranty cause it will double the price. Thats how they make money. Guy at the service ctr just looked at it and told me buy new one. My warranty don't cover a bent
Shaft. 2years later on u tube. I saw a guy take off the flywheel and changed a $.50 key. I changed mine and it started on the 1st pull
Great right? No! Every month I'm replacing a part.
nope because theres no sears left plus hard get parts for there weed wackers wich i had to get rid of mine because all the issues
Good job! I knew you would get it going! Thanks for posting...Dan
I once worked at a place doing small motor servicing and the rule of thumb was to screw both mixture screws in on a 2 stroke and back off 1 and a quarter turns then adjust from there but you are right about it should sound like it is growling and not running sweet at full revs. Liked the video bro it bought back memories
Filter to carb IN, carb OUT to primer bulb IN, primer bulb OUT to tank return.
At the end of the season run all equipment out of gas and disconnect the fuel line change the oil if needed and replace all filters possible plug at the start of the new season years of trouble free service ahead
@James Mara I love Tru-Fuel too...no issues at all
If you don't mind paying $25 a gallon.
11:33 that's what she said.
Love your video's very methodical very calm you think things through even when you have no idea what something is or what it is meant to do you work it out and get it running like new great work keep them video's coming. much better than watching the same old crap and repeats shown on sky tv.
You know what you're doing, and it's really easy to listen to you, I'm a subscriber!
I always thought it was witchcraft to keep a weed wacker running. Maybe I was wrong.
I had to resort to human sacrifices.
It’s witchcraft for sure
The trick is to use non ethanol gas. Ethanol screws them up every time. It took me a long time to figure this one out.
@@davidmorse8432 Ethanol screws me up too.
@@stevesilverton You shouldn't be drinking that stuff.
LOL you told on yourself. "Roach Clip"
MrDeerhtr lol, he drives VW vans, should have been a give away
Nice fix and Very Coincidental Mustie1. 3 days ago (just before you published this) I noticed my little 33cc chainsaw wasn't oiling the chain and it was the oiler tube that had deteriorated in the tank. I got lucky and (as you did) found an old unopened fuel line pack (covered in mouse poop), used that line to replace the oiler line and wala, oiling again. I like your "snip tube at a steep angle" to feed through approach rather than my feed wire through, connect to tube and pull. I know the new gas will deteriorate fuel lines but was surprised that bar chain oil does it also.
Great video! Now I can fix my tree trimmer from Lowes. Thanks!
Roach clip. Really?? Lolololol.....
That's what they're made for right? Just using the proper terminology that's all. I guess they work for fuel lines too huh.
Damn kids, with their hippy-dippy references. Oh wait, weed is legal in my state now. Nevermind.
Caught me totally off guard.. I spit my coffee across the patio. Was literally gasping with laughter!!
Actually, they are an old surgical instrument. Forecips?
It's forceps, but that's not the point. Since the 70's, we all know them as roach clips. Like the pie tins we used to put our seedy weed in to strain with a matchbook cover. Don't see much of that these days either.
As soon as you pressed the primer bulb and found no pressure, that's the first clue that there is a broken fuel line somewhere.
Or the fuel lines are hooked up backwards.
Right- they were hooked up backwards after he replaced them. They were broken initially, which prompted him to replace them.
The lines were backwards when he took it apart he confirmed it at 13:26. After he replaced them he hooked them up correctly and it fired up.
You got a dang good deal there! A couple hours work fixing and adjusting, the price of gas to find it, go pick up fuel line for it, and get it running. Trim on Brother!, trim on!!!
One of the most reliable and best running weed wackers I ever own was a " Shindaiwa ". I got it slightly used from a lady who hated cutting her grass. I used it for over 14 years. I had a stroke of bad luck and gave it to a dude I knew. He used it for 3 more years and sold it to a guy he knew. Solid maintenance , good fuel and care kept it going that long. . They will run forever if the owner just do a l'il maintenance and not put straight gas in it...
Keep the vids coming they definitely keep me entertained while I'm at work
Thank you for the find and repair video. I really enjoy watching a "mechanical mind" work and fix things. I gave up on my very old Weedeater and bought the 40v rechargeable one. Much easier on my shoulder with no pulling the start cord.
freebees for Mustie one yeah you got me had to watch see the arm is doing better thanks the cover bridge nice!!!!
you got it running so good it sounds perfect!