I'm 16 years old and I always work on small engines like this, and I know this is gonna sound crazy but it really hurts my arm and my back when I pull start my mower and my trimmer hahaha. But I found this video and have to say this is pretty cool I didn't even know you could do that with a small engine like that. I tried it with my mower and fired right up, even better than the pull start. Thanks for showing us this unique trick and saving our backs from surgery hahahaha. Good work man
watch out for kick back from the engine when it starts, use a ratcheting adaptor at the end of your set up and no kick back that way and never use an impact or you'll snap off the stud ! good luck!
My dad used to be a foreman for a garbage company and he'd bring home all sorts of small engines: mowers, snow blowers, weed eater and chainsaws and within 30 mins like you said he'd have them running like champs. He used to keep plugs and filters on hand it was incredible.
@@homesteadprepper Many homeowners are not that smart. Thank God , they keep the economy going. A little tongue in cheek. I prefer repairing, because I usually buy pro or very close to pro equipment and don't wan't to throw out.
I started using the drill method when my arthritis started hurting to bad to pull start them. Nice easy fix. I have a deal with a local chain stores manager. I buy all the returned lawn equipment and nearly always fuel related fixes.
+BCtruck, rebuild, repair,repurpose You got that right about it being a lot easier especially, when you have some stubborn starting equiptment. I recall a McCulloch that I had chainsaw back in the 90's that took so much effort to start, that when it finally got going, I could have already chopped the tree down with a hand axe. Ethanol in the gas has been a bane to a lot of us but, a bonus to those who can fix its inherent problems!
Before you break your wrist, PLEASE add a drill ratchet adapter !!! I use a similar set-up to start my 14hp Briggs on my sawmill, and let me tell you that without it, sooner or later that engine will pop and snap that drill right out of your hand if you are not careful!! With the ratchet adapter even if it starts, it will just freewheel, saving your wrist!!
What brand name ratchet adapter do you use? I've tried two different brand names, and neither will work for this. They both work great when you use them with a breaker bar. When I tried using them with a drill they would lock in place both ways and almost cause be to break my wrist. I found they both lock up that way once they get to a certain speed. Please help me out here. I'm 60yrs old with a torn rotator cuff in my right shoulder. Thanks
Thanks man for this video My Honda motor in my air compressor is missing the string coil and after 3 new ones they break with one pull because the lil plastic ears break..the original one had metal and I can’t find it and wrapping paper he rope around works but is annoying thanks again 👍
Nice video. Good ideas. What keeps the drill from spinning like crazy ??? Just pull it away real fast. Or does centrifugal force push it off the nut ? Thx. Gino.
+Sanctus Vianney If I wasn't so thrifty, I might have sprung for a new recoil mechanism but, it sure does help the back with stubborn starting equiptment! My Dad told me that some people back in his day would break their rist by trying to hand crank those things.
Most pressure pumps don't like to be run without water to lube the internal O rings for the piston pumps. You can mess them up, resulting in low pressure.
He says the pump is already bad, and that's why someone gave it to him. Still your info is correct except one that I've used many times. My boss had an old Honda pressure washer we would use to wash dump trucks and heavy equipment with. We used it for 16 yrs and it was still working when I retired 4 yrs ago. I've never seen another like it. People using it would get caught up talking to someone and let it just sit there and run. The water was still running to it but it wasn't always running through it.
Hi so I was just wondering what you put in the gas tank at the beginning of the video also how would you keep the connectors and extension rods from flying off with out welding is it better to use a long carriage bolt or would some duck tape work from keeping it from flying off
At what size engine would this cease to work? I have a 7kw generator with a pull start, which I couldn't pull when it was cold. Being in Alaska with practically 9 mos of the year being Winter, you can deduce the issue. I plan on setting up a portable propane heater to warm up the generator shack 30 minutes or so, prior to starting the gen next time.
Early on I was thinking he would adapt a bolt head on to the pull rope mechanism and it would still have the pull start plus be able to be started with the drill with a socket like that. That is what I am going to try. have to take it apart to see if that might work. All that plastic probably means no it wont work.
Now you really need to get a decal made up that says "Easier Start" to replace that old one that said, "Easy Start." :-) What do you do to prevent any potential kickback as you start up the engine in this manner? I had thought about picking up an automatic crank to replace my pull cord-type of crank, but those are actually welded onto the shroud and you have to replace the whole thing, crank assembly and shroud, which is costly if you can even find one. I like this method and will try it out for myself on a Whipper Chipper that has a Briggs and Stratton engine on it. I had it all tuned up about 3 months back, but have never even cranked it off, due to how hard it is for me to pull that blasted rope. My arthritis and torn rotator cuff just zaps my pulling strentht.
This drill starting method seems to be a fairly recent thing or at least I never heard about it until a few years ago. I'm surprised that this wasn't a regular thing years ago in the beginning. Sure beats pulling your rear end off to try to start some of these engines, especially ones that are stubborn!
IF anybody tries this make sure you have SAFETY GLASSES ON and maybe a motorcycle helmet, IF you have ever had a swivel fly OFF a extension when using a electric or air wrench you will understand why, GREAT way to injure yourself or others.
If you ever get tired of dragging that drill method out the replacement recoil starter is under $11 delivered to your door on Amazon. The drill/socket tip is great to get an engine running when troubleshooting. Thanks!
I would be sure the cordless drill was in screw driver mode so if the engine kicked back the built in clutch would slip rather then twist the drill back on you.
I use my Ryobi drill driver to start my chipper shredder that has the heavy flywheel connected to it. Started using it after I had a odd carb. Problem! It would start only with starter fluid my guess is the carb has 2 circuits one for starting one for running. Starter orifice must have been clogged
I rebuild vintage omc outboard tiller steer motors. The demographics are steering the market to electric start no one wants pull start . Most of my customers are new retired people moved to florida and the first thing they want is a boat. Electric start adds about 3000 to 400 dollars to the price of a good used reconditioned motor so i will using this alternative to the point of drilling holes on the engine cover to allow easy access to flywheel on top. Brigs and stratton makes a tool that attaches to a drill and goes into the fitting on the motor that is exposed on small weed blowers edgers etc. It has a anti kick back release in case motor speed exceeds drill speed. Looks like the days of pull starters will follow the old car cranks
Like what you selling their brother but what happens that socket pulls off inside there with that crank cover on it ball bearing caught in the washing machine anyhow I got a big generator my shoulders pretty well blown out both rotator cuffs and it looks like I'm going to build one of these to do it yourself thanks for the tip
Does it kick the drill when the motor starts up? I would think some kind of a bering would be needed or the engine might yank the drill out of your hand
folks should be careful they dont hurt their wrists doing this. Im surprised they dont make smallengines with the option of using a drill to start them. Something properly engineered would sell I should think.
This is Still dangerous in that the socket might not release and cause damage to the flywheel and or catch the drill and throw it or twist your wrist. I did find and have, some where, a Special Socket that will NOT hang, but will slip when the motor starts and you can easily and safely remove it. Very clever invention. I bought it several years ago rather than replace a bad electric starter on something that broke. Someone probably Still make it. OR, you could get one of the cheap "ratchet type Open End Wrench set" from Harbor Freight and cut off the end that you need and weld an extension to it.
I agree with the drill method, but on engines with smaller shafts they can twist them off, don't ask me how I know...lol If you pull the un-loader valve out of the pump it might just be gummed up, a good cleaning will bring a lot of them back to working condition. Hope you and your family have a great New Year.
Ah TH-cam! The domain of hypocrits! I truly believe that you launching one of your unguided/uncontrolled rockets that could fly into someone is much more dangerous that me drill starting a small engine.
Old school Cool ! Parts tree.com has all kinds of hard to find stuff only place I can get any thing I need for my 99 Cub Cadet shaft drive mower/lawn tractor, but U probably new that as u mess around with the same type stuff I do.
Not only that if you try and turn it the wrong way it will unscrew the nut. If it don’t unscrew nut it probably would break crank at nut. Than your finished
I've almost thrown my shoulder out with a pull cord especially when it breaks. The cordless drill method works for me. Do whatever woeks for you at your own risk.
I'm 16 years old and I always work on small engines like this, and I know this is gonna sound crazy but it really hurts my arm and my back when I pull start my mower and my trimmer hahaha. But I found this video and have to say this is pretty cool I didn't even know you could do that with a small engine like that. I tried it with my mower and fired right up, even better than the pull start. Thanks for showing us this unique trick and saving our backs from surgery hahahaha. Good work man
watch out for kick back from the engine when it starts, use a ratcheting adaptor at the end of your set up and no kick back that way and never use an impact or you'll snap off the stud ! good luck!
So excellent I don't know why Honda et al don't market a purpose built version for the aging population. Thanks!
my dad went a long time without buying a new mower, because he just kept picking them up on the side of the road and fixing them.
think u for d@, I was going to put min n d grinder to fit drill.
I inquired a tiller been sitting for 10+ years I pulled the Cord out sixth pull.
My dad used to be a foreman for a garbage company and he'd bring home all sorts of small engines: mowers, snow blowers, weed eater and chainsaws and within 30 mins like you said he'd have them running like champs. He used to keep plugs and filters on hand it was incredible.
+SCJMO Kudos to your Dad!
I have actually pulled running equiptment out of the dumpster It amazes me what people will throw out.
@@homesteadprepper Many homeowners are not that smart. Thank God , they keep the economy going. A little tongue in cheek. I prefer repairing, because I usually buy pro or very close to pro equipment and don't wan't to throw out.
Drills are a handy tool.
good to know! I bought a leaf vacuum last year and it has always been hard to start...I was considering to sell it...but will try this first
I started using the drill method when my arthritis started hurting to bad to pull start them. Nice easy fix. I have a deal with a local chain stores manager. I buy all the returned lawn equipment and nearly always fuel related fixes.
+BCtruck, rebuild, repair,repurpose You got that right about it being a lot easier especially, when you have some stubborn starting equiptment.
I recall a McCulloch that I had chainsaw back in the 90's that took so much effort to start, that when it finally got going, I could have already chopped the tree down with a hand axe.
Ethanol in the gas has been a bane to a lot of us but, a bonus to those who can fix its inherent problems!
Brilliant, you're very smart ! - Thank you for making the video..
Great demonstration !
Before you break your wrist, PLEASE add a drill ratchet adapter !!! I use a similar set-up to start my 14hp Briggs on my sawmill, and let me tell you that without it, sooner or later that engine will pop and snap that drill right out of your hand if you are not careful!! With the ratchet adapter even if it starts, it will just freewheel, saving your wrist!!
What brand name ratchet adapter do you use?
I've tried two different brand names, and neither will work for this. They both work great when you use them with a breaker bar. When I tried using them with a drill they would lock in place both ways and almost cause be to break my wrist. I found they both lock up that way once they get to a certain speed.
Please help me out here. I'm 60yrs old with a torn rotator cuff in my right shoulder. Thanks
Thanks man for this video
My Honda motor in my air compressor is missing the string coil and after 3 new ones they break with one pull because the lil plastic ears break..the original one had metal and I can’t find it and wrapping paper he rope around works but is annoying thanks again 👍
I think you needed another extension, 😂😂😂😂😂. good video!
Nice video.
Good ideas.
What keeps the drill from spinning like crazy ???
Just pull it away real fast. Or does centrifugal force push it off the nut ?
Thx. Gino.
When that socket comes of the extension (and it will) inside that cover it should make a right mess of things.
Yeah, Sure not if you weld it on. Common sense
6 slip on connections that can come apart and send chunks of steel flying anywhere. nice.
A new recoiler for my Ariens snowblower was $26.00 The drill idea is great! That idea might just catch on for Model A & T owners
+Sanctus Vianney If I wasn't so thrifty, I might have sprung for a new recoil mechanism but, it sure does help the back with stubborn starting equiptment!
My Dad told me that some people back in his day would break their rist by trying to hand crank those things.
Most pressure pumps don't like to be run without water to lube the internal O rings for the piston pumps. You can mess them up, resulting in low pressure.
He says the pump is already bad, and that's why someone gave it to him.
Still your info is correct except one that I've used many times. My boss had an old Honda pressure washer we would use to wash dump trucks and heavy equipment with. We used it for 16 yrs and it was still working when I retired 4 yrs ago. I've never seen another like it. People using it would get caught up talking to someone and let it just sit there and run. The water was still running to it but it wasn't always running through it.
Hi so I was just wondering what you put in the gas tank at the beginning of the video also how would you keep the connectors and extension rods from flying off with out welding is it better to use a long carriage bolt or would some duck tape work from keeping it from flying off
Your Dad taught you right !!!!!! Nice video Bro... I miss my Dad...I'm a retired old turd
+Chowdy Chopz Thanks.
At what size engine would this cease to work? I have a 7kw generator with a pull start, which I couldn't pull when it was cold. Being in Alaska with practically 9 mos of the year being Winter, you can deduce the issue. I plan on setting up a portable propane heater to warm up the generator shack 30 minutes or so, prior to starting the gen next time.
Early on I was thinking he would adapt a bolt head on to the pull rope mechanism and it would still have the pull start plus be able to be started with the drill with a socket like that. That is what I am going to try. have to take it apart to see if that might work. All that plastic probably means no it wont work.
Good stuff. And, in thevother hand...'take care of your fingers making the hole in the plastic cover' must be better and safer options...
Now you really need to get a decal made up that says "Easier Start" to replace that old one that said, "Easy Start." :-) What do you do to prevent any potential kickback as you start up the engine in this manner? I had thought about picking up an automatic crank to replace my pull cord-type of crank, but those are actually welded onto the shroud and you have to replace the whole thing, crank assembly and shroud, which is costly if you can even find one. I like this method and will try it out for myself on a Whipper Chipper that has a Briggs and Stratton engine on it. I had it all tuned up about 3 months back, but have never even cranked it off, due to how hard it is for me to pull that blasted rope. My arthritis and torn rotator cuff just zaps my pulling strentht.
Thank you!!!!
This drill starting method seems to be a fairly recent thing or at least I never heard about it until a few years ago. I'm surprised that this wasn't a regular thing years ago in the beginning. Sure beats pulling your rear end off to try to start some of these engines, especially ones that are stubborn!
They couldnt make extra money off ther junk parts if they show people this method lol
So cool!
Very cool
+camanojim Thank you.
IF anybody tries this make sure you have SAFETY GLASSES ON and maybe a motorcycle helmet, IF you have ever had a swivel fly OFF a extension when using a electric or air wrench you will understand why, GREAT way to injure yourself or others.
Ralph Nader fuck off.
Numa Newbern
holy crap.this guy is nuts. 6 slip on connections that can come apart and send chunks of steel anywhere. wow.
If you ever get tired of dragging that drill method out the replacement recoil starter is under $11 delivered to your door on Amazon. The drill/socket tip is great to get an engine running when troubleshooting. Thanks!
Nice job. Do you have specific plans for the engine...or are you just going to put it in "inventory"? Thanks for sharing.
+boat6868 Thanks. I have a special up and coming project that should work perfectly with this free engine!
Be careful. If the engine kicks back it will spin the drill backwards and break your wrist
I would be sure the cordless drill was in screw driver mode so if the engine kicked back the built in clutch would slip rather then twist the drill back on you.
@@robert5 If the clutch is set strong enough to turn the engine over it’s not going to break loose if it kicks back
15 dollar part on ebay if u were lookin ever
I use my Ryobi drill driver to start my chipper shredder that has the heavy flywheel connected to it. Started using it after I had a odd carb. Problem! It would start only with starter fluid my guess is the carb has 2 circuits one for starting one for running. Starter orifice must have been clogged
wot hp is your chipper
@@tanglewood777 5 hp I believe
@@drfix2020 MINES 15 MITE B TO BIG FOR THIS METHOD
I rebuild vintage omc outboard tiller steer motors. The demographics are steering the market to electric start no one wants pull start . Most of my customers are new retired people moved to florida and the first thing they want is a boat. Electric start adds about 3000 to 400 dollars to the price of a good used reconditioned motor so i will using this alternative to the point of drilling holes on the engine cover to allow easy access to flywheel on top. Brigs and stratton makes a tool that attaches to a drill and goes into the fitting on the motor that is exposed on small weed blowers edgers etc. It has a anti kick back release in case motor speed exceeds drill speed. Looks like the days of pull starters will follow the old car cranks
Do you have a link to where one could buy that tool with the anti kick back release?
1:42 it'll cost the price of a new machine is what it'll cost just to replace the pull string gadget. Maybe even two machines.
Like what you selling their brother but what happens that socket pulls off inside there with that crank cover on it ball bearing caught in the washing machine anyhow I got a big generator my shoulders pretty well blown out both rotator cuffs and it looks like I'm going to build one of these to do it yourself thanks for the tip
You could weld it on so that would never happen.
Does it kick the drill when the motor starts up? I would think some kind of a bering would be needed or the engine might yank the drill out of your hand
I guess it could yank it out of your hand if you are not quick and careful enough but, it works really good for me.
folks should be careful they dont hurt their wrists doing this. Im surprised they dont make smallengines with the option of using a drill to start them. Something properly engineered would sell I should think.
i bought a new recoiler on Alibaba for 3.00. I was tired of weiner dragging on the ground behind me
Surprised they still don't make a bolt on kit that does this. The only electric start kits I can find you need to swap the flywheel out.
Effortless starter......much better!!!
Awesome thanks for sharing God bless buddy
+cokeman250 Thank you Sir. Blessings to you and your family in the New Year!
This is Still dangerous in that the socket might not release and cause damage to the flywheel and or catch the drill and throw it or twist your wrist.
I did find and have, some where, a Special Socket that will NOT hang, but will slip when the motor starts and you can easily and safely remove it.
Very clever invention. I bought it several years ago rather than replace a bad electric starter on something that broke.
Someone probably Still make it. OR, you could get one of the cheap "ratchet type Open End Wrench set" from Harbor Freight and cut off the end that you need and weld an extension to it.
+archersfriend Good informative comment.
It may be dangerous but, it saved me a world of back breaking energy getting it to crank!
I would think the socket bowing off would wear the nut and could also fall on inside the spining danger
+Brandon Johnson There are always inherent dangers when we try to cheat the pull starter. lol
I do this with my generator.. I took off the pull start that worked just to do this
+Superdan187211 It cetainly makes it a lot easier on the back!
Superdan187211 my generator comes with an electric start button
I agree with the drill method, but on engines with smaller shafts they can twist them off, don't ask me how I know...lol If you pull the un-loader valve out of the pump it might just be gummed up, a good cleaning will bring a lot of them back to working condition. Hope you and your family have a great New Year.
+rchopp Happy New Year to you my friend! I had thought about trying to repair it but, I decided that it would make an awesome future project.
Ah TH-cam! The domain of dangerous stunts and bad advice. An on going Darwin Awards competition.
Ah TH-cam! The domain of hypocrits! I truly believe that you launching one of your unguided/uncontrolled rockets that could fly into someone is much more dangerous that me drill starting a small engine.
Very Good!!!
omg gonna say the same thing as i said to the last person. 1/2 Hex Drill Bit Socket Adapter walmart 6 bucks... for 1/4 3/8 and 1/2 inch adapters
Slicker 'en snot on a doorknob !
+TexasPrepper2 Kind of a lazy cheap man's save your back slick! lol
Old school Cool ! Parts tree.com has all kinds of hard to find stuff only place I can get any thing I need for my 99 Cub Cadet shaft drive mower/lawn tractor, but U probably new that as u mess around with the same type stuff I do.
+TheKilog69 Thanks for putting that in the comment section.
Parts tree.com has been a great resource for repairing all kinds of equiptment.
Does it matter which way you try to start it
+William Newsome Yes. In this application it must turn clockwise to start from the front. The rear will spin ccw on this engine.
Not only that if you try and turn it the wrong way it will unscrew the nut. If it don’t unscrew nut it probably would break crank at nut. Than your finished
That is really dangerous, you'll end up breaking your arm!
A new spring and starter cord will cost just a few dollars.
I've almost thrown my shoulder out with a pull cord especially when it breaks. The cordless drill method works for me. Do whatever woeks for you at your own risk.
Use an air ratchet and you won't need any of that other nonsense except the socket.
...and a compressor 🤣
Definitely should burn your old gas. It dangerous and autozone recycles it for free.
The cheap/easy is to buy this! www.harborfreight.com/hex-drill-socket-driver-set-3-pc-68513.html
Just look on ebay for the pull start assembly and buy it. It couldnt be much to spend for a honda pump.
+Jimmy in Mexico @ $15. I'm going cheap and save the back! lol
This engine is going on a future project.
what ever works in a pinch
+DriveShaft Drew Yep!
When stuck up shitts creek without a paddle BUT you have a drill, you make a propeller. lmfao.
Honda's GC engine are there JUNK engines ,,look for GX there the best engine Honda makes !
All good till you break your wrist