Watching sports is like watching paint dry, watching Mustie clean an old Briggs carb and engine for an hour gets my engine reved every time!! Thanks Mustie!
I was the same with pinball and arcade games parts. I had several dozen coin doors and drawers full of coin door parts I collected over decades as a professional game tech. You name the game and I most likely had parts for them. Most from games to damaged to save that I stripped for parts. In Florida it's termites, water , vandals damaged and gorillas moving equipment that caused the most damage. I worked on them 40 years. I remember unboxing new Ms. Pac Man games
This comment and the replies are totally getting it right on. The combination of used stuff and ability to use the stuff is one of the things that makes our internet friend Darren so seemingly rare and interesting to watch.
Making old stuff operable is maximum green. Many recommend(Scotty K.) that the greenest car is an older Toyota gasoline car that you keep on the road for several hundred thousand more miles. Many of the newer things that are supposed to be green have failure rates so high that they wear out very quickly. There is pollution for building the device in the first place. If it doesn't last then you have to build another one. If the so called green device does not last long enough to save enough energy to "pay back" the cost of having to build and install it's replacement then it ain't green. warrantee three times in the last 5 years. I'm not sure what I will do when it hits 5 years.
Really dig watching your videos! Not many will do a full hour and actually keep it interesting enough to keep you around. Thanks, Mustie! Have a great one!
It's actually 2 hours plus by minutes. That's even better. No such thing as a to long Mustie1 episode. We can always pause it, get lunch and pee break then hit play. It's what I did about 56 minutes in.
Dear Jason 5150mxVW 👍👌👏 Always nice to meet you here. 2) Yes, you are right, it's powerful enough. If a cross shaped splitting wedge would be added, it could really be a very usable device. With this single wedge, splitting wood is simply too time and fuel consuming. Hope that you are fully recovered from that extremely exhausting rescue mission. Best regards, luck and health in particular.
@@Chr.U.Cas1622 Well this is a homeowner series machine, meant for casual "splitting one tree per use" and not an industrial type machine meant to run all day so that's why it it only has one wedge. Adding a cross probably means upping the size of the machine and the horsepower rating (up to 8 HP). Too bad people just don't have any time anymore, eh? Make time and quit complaining about the small things.
@@Hjerte_Verke Now look at that! What do we have here? Doesn't it suspiciously look like a camouflaged, little but nevertheless typical internet troll/hater? Someone showing in public that he wouldn't upgrade (easily done by the way) a device to save time, money and, most important fuel! So less fuel consumption = less environmental pollution and noise reduction (also very important nowadays!) means nothing to him!? He would rather bother his neighbours and environment than using his mind!? 2) The over 6hp strong engine is already an upgrade and therefore more than capable to be used in combination with a cross splitting wedge. Best regards, luck, health and wisdom in particular.
Absolutely love this. Great way of seeing the difference that cheap ram fluid is vs the real stuff. Absolutely love how he explains the way the carb has issues with the water in the fuel and that turns the thing into a surging engine as the thing is trying to suck up the water but then dies off just enough to get the right amount of fuel to run again. Just absolutely love these videos!!
A lesson for us all to "make do with what you have" and to remember "this isn't the Space Shuttle" (A Taryl-ism) requiring perfection in every small part.
The handful of times I've split fire wood, I found the majority of the discomfort came from moving the heavier unsplit pieces around... Which you still have to do with these anyway. Probably varies from person to person based on body shape and general fitness of different muscle groups, but for me, it was always moving the wood that sucked.
Thanks for the video's, it is 100 now in Waco today and i am 76 so I must stay inside and I really enjoy your channel. Keep them coming. Hope you did not get flooded out last month.
Torch tip cleaner rods work great for small carb passages, and they have mild filing edges. Great for things that run a hair lean or breaking the crud off the sides.
I think torch tip cleaners are what he meant when he said people were sending him pipe cleaners. Pipe cleaners are way too large for carburetor orifices. I think Mustie has a set of torch tip cleaners but he was showing us how to get by with common means.
@@Hjerte_Verke I thought that too, but he said they weren’t small enough. The ones I have are easily as small or smaller than a bristle from a metal brush.
One way to clean the walls of a small orifice or channel like that needle bore is to cut a 1/4" deep slot in the end of a small wooden dowel, and stick a short 1/4" wide strip of fine emery paper in the slot. Orient the strip of paper so when it's wound around the dowel the abrasive end is exposed. You can adjust the length of the strip to match the I.D. of the bore. Spin it in your fingers or a drill motor. Works extremely well.
Another idea is since he has a drill bit that is just a little small, he could slather a bit of lapping compound on the smooth shaft and spin it by hand to polish the i.d.
Lol I'm so tickled at the attention. Can't wait for the Lord to bless us. Once we receive it. We can help others become at peace also. It's obvious now. Continue to serve I'm going to sit up mustie and wait for the Lord plan. That your reward for the hidden cameras 🥰😘
I would say some what.., but not exactly true. There are a lot of us DIY guys on this channel and I would venture to guess, most of (us) them live in suburban areas. You are either a city man or your not. We are talking two entirely different species, one guy owns casual and dress clothes while the other owns t-shirts and jeans. One guy uses two thumbs to make a living while the other uses both hands. One guy has a garage full of Christmas decorations, boxes of used casual clothes and golf bags while the other got tools, gadgets and random stuff.
It's largely because the products are disposable and when something doesn't run, it gets kicked to the curb. Back in the day men fixed more things because they were designed to be serviceable. He's an analog man living in a digital world. Mustie is a rare species but not an extinct species.
@@willhughes2196 Probably for me or you but not necessarily for him. I would think since Mustie has gained such a large YT following over the past 8 or 9 years he's been inundated with emails, phone calls with offers of limitless free stuff that we don't hear about. Mustie is a junk magnet, junk finds him. At one point I would say it was how he made a living, by now its most likely a hobby, a side line from YT revenue and its the kind of distraction that he obviously enjoys. I think there was an episode where he talked about building his own motorized bicycles as a kid and showed all the ones he currently has so yes, I totally agee, he's been around a lot of small engines for a long time. Its definitely FUBAR if Mustie can't fix it.
Nice light duty splitter and nice save on that carb. One thing, you never want to spray carb cleaner on the Viton needle seat. Viton reacts by swelling and that’s the reason the float wasn’t level. In this application it may not be a problem but a steady load like a pressure washer or a mower would starve for fuel.
41:50 ... I've had decent luck putting a vertical score on the butt end of the drill bit to act as a debris path and using lots of valve lapping compound to "re-bore" and hone those crusty needle passages. Thanks for sharing 🇨🇦
Splitters are life savers if you burn wood. Great video D. Years ago I had to split wood with a axe, hammer, and wedges. My Dad felt sorry for me and bought a splitter. It was awesome! Thanks for another great video!! Darren
Combination of both for me. I don't think this model is capable of vertical splits, so wrasslin' huge rounds up to the splitting deck is a giant pain in the....back.😉. Plus, as long as i ain't too whooped yet, a good splitting maul is waaay faster on (what looks like) maple he's splittin'. I'd probably still try a maul to get halves or quarters on huge rounds before hurting myself lifting. This little splitter is short so that helps
I saw it was a Yard Machines splitter and was expecting it to be shot or complete garbage. I am impressed not only by this little machine but once again by Mustie’s abilities
You can find a set of torch tip cleaners at Harbor Freight, very inexpensive, very handy for clearing tiny passages in carbs. Great video, Darren takes junk and turns it back into a useable, saleable machine.
Hey good morning Mustie enjoy your program with corroded carburetors like you have I find a glass bead cabinet works wonders and other folks I know use baking soda in the glass bead cabinet does a great job
If it's not running and it was left outdoors it's a rare day when Mustie1 Darren can't get it running. He's definitely the Carb wisperer. That one I surely thoght was destined for the scrap pile and I have a 2 year high school small engine vocational school diploma. It's always a pleasure when a 2 hour plus Mustie1 episode pops up on a Sunday. There are modern spark plus glass bead machines that use high pressure air to clean out the beads from the insulator cavity. A buddy of mine has one. You can use sand in it but the instructions recommend glass beads. Sand is to abrasive and will cut the lifespan of the unit.
Those Briggs 6.0 and 6.5 engines are great and last a long time. Not surprised it ran well. I finally wore one out after many, many hours and am on the second one for my Wood Splitter.
Looks like an older Briggs Quantum style engine...the carb, filter, and throttle/choke lever setups (with no primer bulb) are just like the one I have on one of my mowers. Keep 'em in oil, keep the needle/seat clear, and fresh gas - one pull starts every time. I LOVE those engines. So simple and pretty much bulletproof.
I was surprised to see it was a flathead. The blower shroud styling says "early 2000s" when Briggs was supposed to have stopped making flatheads (about 10 years before) because of the evil EPA. But it's probably much older.
@@Hjerte_VerkeI think they made Quantum until about 2013. It would have to be a pressure washer engine, not a lawnmower because the lawnmower blade is the flywheel.
I usually pop the needle seal out by putting a shop rag over the carb and catch it when blasting with air. Yes, I have missed it occasionally and surprisingly find it in the shop!
It is a double acting cylinder -- it is always full of oil. Both sides are approximately the same volume, the active pressure direction can be either in or out depending on what it is used on. To get all of the oil out, open the valve and move the piston shaft in and out by hand.
Mustie, As many carbs as you work on I have found that a Dremel with a small brass wire wheel works great for those small areas. You can get the brass wheels in all the popular configurations pretty cheap and they do a great job. Oh and isopropyl alcohol helps evaporate water in those tanks as well.. No more axe splitting for Mustie!
Well worth doing, well done! Will be a great little machine for someone., I have an electric, but many need to work away from mains power. Great job, thanks for sharing 👍👏👏👏
Great video. A little tip to help with small amounts of water in the fuel tank, is to add some methylated spirits. That mixes with water and will go through the system.
I was shouting that at my laptop screen as he was trying to 'wash it through with gas'! Yeah, the meths trick helps to get water out of float bowls too, if you can find a hole to get the stuff in there. It doesn't take a lot to do it either, and the end result mixes with the gas and goes through the jets just fine. Been there done that with a few different automotive carbs.
I would say there is a pin missing from above the ram. There are two holes above the ram and I would think a pin goes in ti hold the ram down on the bed. Works without it though. Well done for saving another piece of machinery.
14:06 This is highly indicative of the way that aluminum corrodes. People disagree and say "oh but Aluminum is good because it doesn't rust", but it does. Not sure if it is corrosion in the same way steel corrodes but it is an erosion of the material with a resultant chalky residue, much like the powdery rust residue that was left in the starter cup shown earlier. That chalkiness is good evidence that ethanol blended fuel was used in that engine.
I find that the carb cleaner makes the seat swell some so the float sits proud. Sometimes you can let it sit for a day and the seat will shrink some so the float will be more level. Depends on how beat the seat is whether it will shrink back over time.
Thanks for your weekly Sunday morning entertainment. I have jet cleaners. For about $3 you can get one. They have various wire sizes with textured sides which makes them slightly more effective for cleaning then a strand of wire brush. For clearing water, dry gas or seafoam work good. They mix with the water and make a fluid that can pass through jets and be digested by engines.
@@manolisgledsodakis873 Or a strand of multi-stranded electrical wiring? No need for "special tools" when a strand of soft copper or brass wire will do the job and also give you less risk of changing the metering hole size by overzealous use of abrasive torch tip cleaners. I think Mustie has a set but he is showing us how to fix engines with common everyday items.
I have a 14 ton log splitter on the back of my 70HP international 674 tractor, it will split across the grain as well as this machine but not much better, that is a great pump and cylinder. I would have it mounted on and off the Teramite. Great find and like the new bolt selection.
When you pulled that snapper mower out it brought back memories. I bought a new snapper mower in 2000. Finally the engine failed and I replaced it with a $125 predator engine. Runs like a champ. I am sure that frome will outlast that engine. I paid about $450 for the mower when new. Its been a great investment. And believe me, i dont treat it very nice. Lol
As an avid avoider of GM vehicles, Mustie apparently didn't notice the label that clearly said DEXRON III. Nothing wrong with his theory (on a worn pump) but it was at least designed for ATF.
The fluid was more pink than red, so it had water/ condensation in it. You really notice it when it happens in garden tractors that use it for the hydrostatic/hydros. They'll barely even lift the cylinders if it's bad enough.
What a great little log splitter,, You need a longer handle so that you are not bent over all the time, or a chair and a helper handing you logs.. Thanks for sharing
24:05 hey mustie bread ties work really well for cleaning carbs and theyre considerably longer than your brush device you just have to burn the plastic off of them
👍👌👏 Very well done again. Congratulations for getting this wood splitter. The price was right! 😁 2) Yes, you are correct, it's pretty powerful. If a cross shaped splitting wedge would be added, it could really be a very usable device. With this single wedge, splitting wood is simply too time consuming. Thanks a lot for making teaching explaining recording editing uploading and sharing. Best regards luck and health in particular.
I was looking forward to the twin v twin continuation. I had a good coupler suggestion. It's two sprockets one on each motor shaft with a double roller chain coupling them end to end acting as a coupling.
First time I seen a log splitter years ago I had no idea what it was 😅. Aside from that, I trash picked a Harbor Freight electric one maybe 5 years ago (5 ton model), sat outside and the electric motor had water in it causing it to seize. I took it apart, cleaned up the shaft, oiled it and it worked, you’d have to pulse the power button quickly a couple times to start it to get it to spin, or leave the shroud off and spin the fan blade with a stick on first startup, but never failed to split wood.
I use baking soda for gun parts and internal engine parts. It washes off readily and doesn't leave anything to eat the engine up. You could probably even hit the jet with it.
I remember the huskee log splitter you fixed about what 10 12 yrs ago. Since that time. I've been a fan of your channel. You've definitely have come along way since then. And I'm still amazed at what you can do or what was the cause of its failure. I am a true fan of the Mustie channel. I wish there was away I could send you 2 project pictures of what I do. Thanks for another awesome video. Dennis creative solutions.
If someone catalogued every sentence AFTER each time Mustie1 says "A lot of times..." ...you'd end up with a manual to fix every engine known to man. 😂💪
It definitely pays to keep parts from other projects, as many parts as you can. Like here, that little small part, you found a match. I can't help but get pissed when one manufacturer uses all these different parts for the same use! Guess it's a marketing thing! Do you think that oll has ever been changed??? Changing that hydro fluid definitely changed the amount of pressure that cylinder was putting out. The other fluid wouldn't even dent the 2x4 earlier. Got to say, watching your videos for some 4 years I always learn something about small engines of all types. Thanks for the knowledgeable, and entertaining videos you put out. Be Safe, and God Bless!!! Looks like you got yourself a winner. Split that log flawlessly!!!
Your buddy hooked you up with all those surplus inch bolts, because nowadays everything is metric. I can remember the days when you would go to a hardware store looking for a metric fastener and the selection was only 1 drawer with a few sizes. Now if you go to Home Depot, there are 10 drawers full of metric and maybe 1 drawer of inch sizes. Those lower bolts should be just tight enough for spacers to roll along the bottom of the track.
Splitter is nice if you get a log with a lot of twisted/knotty grain. But for fastest splitting stack a couple of old tires, pack the unsplit sections of wood inside them and whack them with a splitting maul. The tires hold them from tipping over/shooting out at your shins until they're all split.
01:21:24 Was that a bolt dislodged during the pressure washing? Looked a little like the bolt that had the spacer on it shown earlier. Ended up on the concrete just at the bottom of the video frame.
Get a gun cleaning kit, I don't even shoot and I keep a couple because they include a little wire brush for a .22 rifle. Its perfect for cleaning out holes, tubing etc.
I watch an Australian guy make stuff and when he uses the sonic cleaner he fills the bucket with just water and then uses various fresh cleaners in ziploc bags vs. filling the bucket full of cleaner. He puts parts in the bags filled with say.. simple green and give them in a ride. I wonder if you were to put some sort of aluminum cleaner in a ziploc and toss that skanked white deposit coated carb body in there and see if that works out. For cleaning out small holes, I used the tip cleaner for my torch.
@@PuchMaxi I want to say his name is Mark Presling from Australia but just spent a good while trying to locate that video where he reveals his techniques to sonic cleaning but there were so many videos...
Ok, when I’m doing stuff on my computer I like watching stuff like this - listening mostly- every once in awhile I’ll realize I’ve been watching and not working- lol, I don’t know Squat about motors. I use too. God I hated it, straight 6 -slant 6, then 283,and so on, always trying to rebuild in the back of a truck or on the ground- didn’t have the right tools had to go to junk yards. Pull a part. Ugh. Then I worked for a race team - I drove the truck, the supervisor- saw me drop the guys off at the shop, and I left, I was fuming when I had to come back. But turns out those are the cleanest motors and cars I’ve ever seen. But back to you, I would suggest a brass brush from a 22 gun cleaner kit. It looks about that size to fit into that hole your trying to clean, I had a friend that could take something and turn it into a dollar- lol - now go turn another Nut 🔩 and we’ll Watch 🤠🐾♥️🙏🏻🇺🇸🌲🍀🦨
Getting free equipment and getting it going again "in house" without spending money. so cool! I used to think I wasnt doing it right without at least 3 trips to the parts store.
That question has been asked for many many moons, How do you polish the hole without taking out your rubber? That's funny. I remeber these splitters advertised on TV decades ago. You found a survivor. Another great Mustie video, thanks.
After 5 days, Mustie conlucded that despite 100s of cameras he had no idea where the white powder in the engine came from ... everyone knows it was the mice
I´d say the pipe pieces below the pusher are probbably supposed to spin freely on the bolt so fill em up with grease so they dont go stuck on the bolts. and if it doesent have enough space for them to spin just shorten them slightly so they have a bit of clearance on the ends so they dont bind up aginst the sides.
My Dad used bar and chain oil on the top of the slide bar for lube and as you split wood you will be replacing that lube regularly, because the wood soaks it up.
I wanna say Mustie, your channel has inspired me to take on a project bike, a '83 Honda VF750 V45 Magna I got in a trade for a '96 Honda Odyssey. Can't wait to hear it running.
Hey! I have that log splitter! Bought it brand new from Home Depot for a couple hundred bucks in Biddeford, ME about a decade(?) or more ago. Only issue, other than a gummed up carb, is the auto return on the hydraulic ram gave up, so I have to keep my hand on the lever to catch it from stalling the engine. For a relatively small splitter, works OK...
Hit the white crusty with some PB blaster...or WD40...might loosen up the schmoo before you try to take it apart and soak in the sonic cleaner. Just read that vinegar or lemon juice can dissolve that white aluminum rust easily without damaging the aluminum underneath, maybe a dunk in a cup o' vinegar for 5 minutes before disassembly would help. Keep em coming!!!!
Atf is hydraulic fluid,and it is also an oil just like engine oil, except it doesn't have friction modifiers in it, which would promote the clutches slipping rather than grabbing as they should.. Sorts like wet clutch safe oil in motorsickles and atvs..
I recently found your channel and have been working my way through all your videos. I love the way you try to reuse as much as possible. I hate spending money on things if I can fix it. Even when it takes me enough time where it would have made sense to get a part time job and just buy new parts lol. But it sure feels good when you get it running.
Watching sports is like watching paint dry, watching Mustie clean an old Briggs carb and engine for an hour gets my engine reved every time!! Thanks Mustie!
glad to see someone beside me thinks sports on TV are way overrated. and overpaid for playing games.
It's amazing what Mustie1 can pull out of his stash piles. It's also amazing how he keeps track of where to look.
ikr, it's one thing having a crapload of stuff, and another to be able to find something
I was the same with pinball and arcade games parts.
I had several dozen coin doors and drawers full of coin door parts I collected over decades as a professional game tech.
You name the game and I most likely had parts for them.
Most from games to damaged to save that I stripped for parts.
In Florida it's termites, water , vandals damaged and gorillas moving equipment that caused the most damage.
I worked on them 40 years.
I remember unboxing new Ms. Pac Man games
Yes, keeping track of your stash of used "inventory".
This comment and the replies are totally getting it right on. The combination of used stuff and ability to use the stuff is one of the things that makes our internet friend Darren so seemingly rare and interesting to watch.
Better have a system in the junk than have junk in your system
That carb looked like it lived on the Titanic for the past 100 years. Amazing it cleaned up and worked as well as it did! Great save!
Ahhh my happy place. A quiet Sunday afternoon and Mustie tinkering with something mechanical 😅
Loved it! Mustie you are the epitome of the circular economy - anything that can be fixed and reused is put back into service!
ironically that only works because several 100k watch and make it economically feasible.
Making old stuff operable is maximum green. Many recommend(Scotty K.) that the greenest car is an older Toyota gasoline car that you keep on the road for several hundred thousand more miles. Many of the newer things that are supposed to be green have failure rates so high that they wear out very quickly. There is pollution for building the device in the first place. If it doesn't last then you have to build another one. If the so called green device does not last long enough to save enough energy to "pay back" the cost of having to build and install it's replacement then it ain't green.
warrantee three times in the last 5 years. I'm not sure what I will do when it hits 5 years.
Really dig watching your videos! Not many will do a full hour and actually keep it interesting enough to keep you around. Thanks, Mustie! Have a great one!
It's actually 2 hours plus by minutes.
That's even better.
No such thing as a to long Mustie1 episode.
We can always pause it, get lunch and pee break then hit play.
It's what I did about 56 minutes in.
Just add it to my list, powerful little machine! Another machine back in service 👍
Dear Jason 5150mxVW
👍👌👏 Always nice to meet you here. 2) Yes, you are right, it's powerful enough. If a cross shaped splitting wedge would be added, it could really be a very usable device. With this single wedge, splitting wood is simply too time and fuel consuming.
Hope that you are fully recovered from that extremely exhausting rescue mission.
Best regards, luck and health in particular.
@@Chr.U.Cas1622 Well this is a homeowner series machine, meant for casual "splitting one tree per use" and not an industrial type machine meant to run all day so that's why it it only has one wedge. Adding a cross probably means upping the size of the machine and the horsepower rating (up to 8 HP). Too bad people just don't have any time anymore, eh? Make time and quit complaining about the small things.
@@Hjerte_Verke
Now look at that! What do we have here? Doesn't it suspiciously look like a camouflaged, little but nevertheless typical internet troll/hater? Someone showing in public that he wouldn't upgrade (easily done by the way) a device to save time, money and, most important fuel! So less fuel consumption = less environmental pollution and noise reduction (also very important nowadays!) means nothing to him!? He would rather bother his neighbours and environment than using his mind!?
2) The over 6hp strong engine is already an upgrade and therefore more than capable to be used in combination with a cross splitting wedge.
Best regards, luck, health and wisdom in particular.
Absolutely love this. Great way of seeing the difference that cheap ram fluid is vs the real stuff. Absolutely love how he explains the way the carb has issues with the water in the fuel and that turns the thing into a surging engine as the thing is trying to suck up the water but then dies off just enough to get the right amount of fuel to run again. Just absolutely love these videos!!
Excellent job! I really was amazed that carb came back as well as it did.
That carb looked very doubtful. But no problem for the carb whisperer.
A lesson for us all to "make do with what you have" and to remember "this isn't the Space Shuttle" (A Taryl-ism) requiring perfection in every small part.
What’s it worth? Around $200. When I was a kid on the farm and chopping wood - Priceless. Awesome restoration Darren. Thoroughly enjoyable.
I never used a splitter , we had a maul and a wedge .
You had a wedge your parents cared lol
Heated with wood for 25 years , never used a power splitter . Armstronged every cord of wood .
Value when considering my old, broken, and repaired spine: priceless!
The handful of times I've split fire wood, I found the majority of the discomfort came from moving the heavier unsplit pieces around... Which you still have to do with these anyway.
Probably varies from person to person based on body shape and general fitness of different muscle groups, but for me, it was always moving the wood that sucked.
Sunday Morning, nice sunshine, mug of hot tea and watching Mustie1. Life doesn’t get much better than this. 👍
Overcast here but hot cup of coffee and a few smokes and enjoying :)
How about a 1 quart cup of Folgers black silk coffee black, YUM. lol
Weather doesn't matter, Sunday morning with Musti1 and a cup of coffee is a tradition at my house.
Good morning Mustie family. Thank you to the sub that gave us this quality entertainment.
Thanks for the video's, it is 100 now in Waco today and i am 76 so I must stay inside and I really enjoy your channel. Keep them coming. Hope you did not get flooded out last month.
Torch tip cleaner rods work great for small carb passages, and they have mild filing edges. Great for things that run a hair lean or breaking the crud off the sides.
I think torch tip cleaners are what he meant when he said people were sending him pipe cleaners. Pipe cleaners are way too large for carburetor orifices. I think Mustie has a set of torch tip cleaners but he was showing us how to get by with common means.
@@Hjerte_Verke I thought that too, but he said they weren’t small enough. The ones I have are easily as small or smaller than a bristle from a metal brush.
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One way to clean the walls of a small orifice or channel like that needle bore is to cut a 1/4" deep slot in the end of a small wooden dowel, and stick a short 1/4" wide strip of fine emery paper in the slot. Orient the strip of paper so when it's wound around the dowel the abrasive end is exposed. You can adjust the length of the strip to match the I.D. of the bore. Spin it in your fingers or a drill motor. Works extremely well.
or a finish nail instead of wooden dowel, cut slot etc.
Another idea is since he has a drill bit that is just a little small, he could slather a bit of lapping compound on the smooth shaft and spin it by hand to polish the i.d.
I was going to reply this exact thing till I saw yours.
Lol I'm so tickled at the attention. Can't wait for the Lord to bless us. Once we receive it. We can help others become at peace also. It's obvious now. Continue to serve I'm going to sit up mustie and wait for the Lord plan. That your reward for the hidden cameras 🥰😘
Excellent lesson in the difference oil thickness makes. Thank you.
Yeah, or a lack of water.
Mustie's combination of knowledge and 'junk' collection is too rare in the world today.
I would say some what.., but not exactly true.
There are a lot of us DIY guys on this channel and I would venture to guess, most of (us) them live in suburban areas. You are either a city man or your not. We are talking two entirely different species, one guy owns casual and dress clothes while the other owns t-shirts and jeans. One guy uses two thumbs to make a living while the other uses both hands. One guy has a garage full of Christmas decorations, boxes of used casual clothes and golf bags while the other got tools, gadgets and random stuff.
It's largely because the products are disposable and when something doesn't run, it gets kicked to the curb. Back in the day men fixed more things because they were designed to be serviceable. He's an analog man living in a digital world. Mustie is a rare species but not an extinct species.
@@Hjerte_Verke 90% of everything that Mustie repairs is from being left outside and no maintenance.
Takes a lifetime to accumulate a working shop like that. Not to mention the knowledge base.
@@willhughes2196 Probably for me or you but not necessarily for him.
I would think since Mustie has gained such a large YT following over the past 8 or 9 years he's been inundated with emails, phone calls with offers of limitless free stuff that we don't hear about.
Mustie is a junk magnet, junk finds him. At one point I would say it was how he made a living, by now its most likely a hobby, a side line from YT revenue and its the kind of distraction that he obviously enjoys.
I think there was an episode where he talked about building his own motorized bicycles as a kid and showed all the ones he currently has so yes, I totally agee, he's been around a lot of small engines for a long time. Its definitely FUBAR if Mustie can't fix it.
If you ever lose or need to replace a float hinge pin, a nearly same diameter replacement is the stem that breaks off after inserting a pop rivet.
The hing pins for a flote that i have seen are closer to the size of a small paper clip.
Nice light duty splitter and nice save on that carb. One thing, you never want to spray carb cleaner on the Viton needle seat. Viton reacts by swelling and that’s the reason the float wasn’t level. In this application it may not be a problem but a steady load like a pressure washer or a mower would starve for fuel.
Amazing that you saved the carb.I have had good luck holding small parts like the jet in a drill chuck or maybe your lathe chuck.
Nothing like a hot cup of joe ,sitting on the porch , birds singing and watchin Mustie on a Sunday mornin. !! 😊
41:50 ... I've had decent luck putting a vertical score on the butt end of the drill bit to act as a debris path and using lots of valve lapping compound to "re-bore" and hone those crusty needle passages.
Thanks for sharing 🇨🇦
nice job Mustie. this is why i look forward to Sunday.😀
Sunday morning, got my coffee and a Mustie1 vid. SCORE! Log splitter works well, just needed a little love.
Splitters are life savers if you burn wood. Great video D. Years ago I had to split wood with a axe, hammer, and wedges. My Dad felt sorry for me and bought a splitter. It was awesome! Thanks for another great video!! Darren
Worth $200 easily. You got the video 📹 for future trouble shooting
Combination of both for me. I don't think this model is capable of vertical splits, so wrasslin' huge rounds up to the splitting deck is a giant pain in the....back.😉. Plus, as long as i ain't too whooped yet, a good splitting maul is waaay faster on (what looks like) maple he's splittin'. I'd probably still try a maul to get halves or quarters on huge rounds before hurting myself lifting. This little splitter is short so that helps
I saw it was a Yard Machines splitter and was expecting it to be shot or complete garbage. I am impressed not only by this little machine but once again by Mustie’s abilities
It's crazy how good it runs. I thought for sure the carb was done for. Pretty impressed with this little machine.
You can find a set of torch tip cleaners at Harbor Freight, very inexpensive, very handy for clearing tiny passages in carbs. Great video, Darren takes junk and turns it back into a useable, saleable machine.
Hey good morning Mustie enjoy your program with corroded carburetors like you have I find a glass bead cabinet works wonders and other folks I know use baking soda in the glass bead cabinet does a great job
Good morning after noon to you
If it's not running and it was left outdoors it's a rare day when Mustie1 Darren can't get it running.
He's definitely the Carb wisperer.
That one I surely thoght was destined for the scrap pile and I have a 2 year high school small engine vocational school diploma.
It's always a pleasure when a 2 hour plus Mustie1 episode pops up on a Sunday.
There are modern spark plus glass bead machines that use high pressure air to clean out the beads from the insulator cavity.
A buddy of mine has one.
You can use sand in it but the instructions recommend glass beads.
Sand is to abrasive and will cut the lifespan of the unit.
Chilling out on a Sunday watching my favourite mustie1
Those Briggs 6.0 and 6.5 engines are great and last a long time. Not surprised it ran well. I finally wore one out after many, many hours and am on the second one for my Wood Splitter.
Looks like an older Briggs Quantum style engine...the carb, filter, and throttle/choke lever setups (with no primer bulb) are just like the one I have on one of my mowers. Keep 'em in oil, keep the needle/seat clear, and fresh gas - one pull starts every time. I LOVE those engines. So simple and pretty much bulletproof.
I was surprised to see it was a flathead. The blower shroud styling says "early 2000s" when Briggs was supposed to have stopped making flatheads (about 10 years before) because of the evil EPA. But it's probably much older.
@@Hjerte_VerkeI think they made Quantum until about 2013. It would have to be a pressure washer engine, not a lawnmower because the lawnmower blade is the flywheel.
Good afternoon Mustie fans…..😉👌🇮🇲
Morning
Good afternoon
It’s 10:00 am.
@@danshaw6759 midday in the U.K. 👍👌🇮🇲
Good Afternoon from Niagara Falls Ontario Canada
Good Morning, Mustonians! 10 minutes in and it's already good.
I usually pop the needle seal out by putting a shop rag over the carb and catch it when blasting with air. Yes, I have missed it occasionally and surprisingly find it in the shop!
It is a double acting cylinder -- it is always full of oil. Both sides are approximately the same volume, the active pressure direction can be either in or out depending on what it is used on. To get all of the oil out, open the valve and move the piston shaft in and out by hand.
the rod side has less volume the bigger dia. of the rod the less volume.
Mustie,
As many carbs as you work on I have found that a Dremel with a small brass wire wheel works great for those small areas. You can get the brass wheels in all the popular configurations pretty cheap and they do a great job.
Oh and isopropyl alcohol helps evaporate water in those tanks as well..
No more axe splitting for Mustie!
Always great to watch and learn from you... another successful fix and appreciate you sharing your knowledge and skills with us.😎🛠️🇺🇸🔧👍
Well worth doing, well done! Will be a great little machine for someone., I have an electric, but many need to work away from mains power. Great job, thanks for sharing 👍👏👏👏
Great video. A little tip to help with small amounts of water in the fuel tank, is to add some methylated spirits. That mixes with water and will go through the system.
I was shouting that at my laptop screen as he was trying to 'wash it through with gas'! Yeah, the meths trick helps to get water out of float bowls too, if you can find a hole to get the stuff in there. It doesn't take a lot to do it either, and the end result mixes with the gas and goes through the jets just fine. Been there done that with a few different automotive carbs.
isopropyl alcohol also works to bind the water
Good score, and it's small enough to fit through a service door (to keep it from sticky fingered people)
I would say there is a pin missing from above the ram. There are two holes above the ram and I would think a pin goes in ti hold the ram down on the bed. Works without it though. Well done for saving another piece of machinery.
I was about to make the same comment. Pays to check the comments first! Probably had a sleeve like the other two did.
MJ
14:06 This is highly indicative of the way that aluminum corrodes. People disagree and say "oh but Aluminum is good because it doesn't rust", but it does. Not sure if it is corrosion in the same way steel corrodes but it is an erosion of the material with a resultant chalky residue, much like the powdery rust residue that was left in the starter cup shown earlier. That chalkiness is good evidence that ethanol blended fuel was used in that engine.
I find that the carb cleaner makes the seat swell some so the float sits proud. Sometimes you can let it sit for a day and the seat will shrink some so the float will be more level. Depends on how beat the seat is whether it will shrink back over time.
A small piece of very fine sandpaper rolled up will clean out the tube for the needle , it also wont damage the seal at the bottom
Thanks for your weekly Sunday morning entertainment.
I have jet cleaners. For about $3 you can get one. They have various wire sizes with textured sides which makes them slightly more effective for cleaning then a strand of wire brush.
For clearing water, dry gas or seafoam work good. They mix with the water and make a fluid that can pass through jets and be digested by engines.
"...then a strand of wire brush." ?
@@manolisgledsodakis873 typo for "than"
@@manolisgledsodakis873 Or a strand of multi-stranded electrical wiring? No need for "special tools" when a strand of soft copper or brass wire will do the job and also give you less risk of changing the metering hole size by overzealous use of abrasive torch tip cleaners. I think Mustie has a set but he is showing us how to fix engines with common everyday items.
After that hydraulic fluid change, that power really came up, and, a faster action. Great video, brilliant repair.
I have a 14 ton log splitter on the back of my 70HP international 674 tractor, it will split across the grain as well as this machine but not much better, that is a great pump and cylinder. I would have it mounted on and off the Teramite.
Great find and like the new bolt selection.
When you pulled that snapper mower out it brought back memories. I bought a new snapper mower in 2000. Finally the engine failed and I replaced it with a $125 predator engine. Runs like a champ. I am sure that frome will outlast that engine. I paid about $450 for the mower when new. Its been a great investment. And believe me, i dont treat it very nice. Lol
As an avid avoider of GM vehicles, Mustie apparently didn't notice the label that clearly said DEXRON III. Nothing wrong with his theory (on a worn pump) but it was at least designed for ATF.
ATF *is* hydraulic fluid 🙂
@@thedevilinthecircuit1414 Yes but he was saying ATF is too thin. That's what it called for.
The fluid was more pink than red, so it had water/ condensation in it. You really notice it when it happens in garden tractors that use it for the hydrostatic/hydros. They'll barely even lift the cylinders if it's bad enough.
My Toyota van uses Dextron III in the power steering pump.
You're a legend mustie. Never a failure 👍🏼👌
What a great little log splitter,, You need a longer handle so that you are not bent over all the time, or a chair and a helper handing you logs.. Thanks for sharing
24:05 hey mustie bread ties work really well for cleaning carbs and theyre considerably longer than your brush device you just have to burn the plastic off of them
👍👌👏 Very well done again. Congratulations for getting this wood splitter. The price was right! 😁 2) Yes, you are correct, it's pretty powerful. If a cross shaped splitting wedge would be added, it could really be a very usable device. With this single wedge, splitting wood is simply too time consuming.
Thanks a lot for making teaching explaining recording editing uploading and sharing.
Best regards luck and health in particular.
I was looking forward to the twin v twin continuation. I had a good coupler suggestion. It's two sprockets one on each motor shaft with a double roller chain coupling them end to end acting as a coupling.
What a great "refurbish" of that splitter! Your stash is amazing!
Enjoyed the time spent With you & a cup of coffee! 😎
Its been a long week.
Thanks for the escape Mustie1!
Best things about Sunday, the site of musty in the morning😂
Learn something everyone I watch. Love the way you talk through what you do. If I had a shop teacher like you back in the day....
Turned out well there Mustie. Seems more powerful than some of the modern small units around today. Nice job.
First time I seen a log splitter years ago I had no idea what it was 😅. Aside from that, I trash picked a Harbor Freight electric one maybe 5 years ago (5 ton model), sat outside and the electric motor had water in it causing it to seize. I took it apart, cleaned up the shaft, oiled it and it worked, you’d have to pulse the power button quickly a couple times to start it to get it to spin, or leave the shroud off and spin the fan blade with a stick on first startup, but never failed to split wood.
Hey ! Good morning everybody!
Good morning
Congrats Mustie1, on fixing ur Log Splitter. looks like u could put-it on ur truck bed, or put-it on a table. that way u wouldn't have to bind down.
Mustie, have you thought of using a glass blasting media for cleaning carburetors and other parts made out of aluminum?
and get silicosis, yaaaaay
Then crushed walnut shell media is better then?
I use baking soda for gun parts and internal engine parts. It washes off readily and doesn't leave anything to eat the engine up. You could probably even hit the jet with it.
@@Frank-Thoresen hey frank where'd that comment about "glass not sand" go :3
I remember the huskee log splitter you fixed about what 10 12 yrs ago. Since that time. I've been a fan of your channel. You've definitely have come along way since then. And I'm still amazed at what you can do or what was the cause of its failure. I am a true fan of the Mustie channel. I wish there was away I could send you 2 project pictures of what I do. Thanks for another awesome video. Dennis creative solutions.
If someone catalogued every sentence AFTER each time Mustie1 says "A lot of times..." ...you'd end up with a manual to fix every engine known to man. 😂💪
It definitely pays to keep parts from other projects, as many parts as you can. Like here, that little small part, you found a match. I can't help but get pissed when one manufacturer uses all these different parts for the same use! Guess it's a marketing thing! Do you think that oll has ever been changed??? Changing that hydro fluid definitely changed the amount of pressure that cylinder was putting out. The other fluid wouldn't even dent the 2x4 earlier. Got to say, watching your videos for some 4 years I always learn something about small engines of all types. Thanks for the knowledgeable, and entertaining videos you put out. Be Safe, and God Bless!!! Looks like you got yourself a winner. Split that log flawlessly!!!
Can Mustie get it running like it should? No pressure now! 😉
Your buddy hooked you up with all those surplus inch bolts, because nowadays everything is metric. I can remember the days when you would go to a hardware store looking for a metric fastener and the selection was only 1 drawer with a few sizes. Now if you go to Home Depot, there are 10 drawers full of metric and maybe 1 drawer of inch sizes. Those lower bolts should be just tight enough for spacers to roll along the bottom of the track.
How does one get ahold of Mustie to send him things or to ask him if he wants to do some pickin’ in my barn (“stop it…chuckle”)
That was a great find and repair. Always enjoy your videos. Someone will definitely be needing this before long. Thanks Mustie1.
Over by me it’s probably worth more like 4 to 5 hundred bucks. Nice job
Yes, I priced up making something like that and those hydraulic parts are quite expensive.
A gutsy splitter, Congratulations on a job well done. Only down side to me, it's a bit low to the ground, but perhaps that's a good thing .
Good save Mustie . Until next Sunday, have a great week.
Splitter is nice if you get a log with a lot of twisted/knotty grain. But for fastest splitting stack a couple of old tires, pack the unsplit sections of wood inside them and whack them with a splitting maul. The tires hold them from tipping over/shooting out at your shins until they're all split.
01:21:24 Was that a bolt dislodged during the pressure washing? Looked a little like the bolt that had the spacer on it shown earlier. Ended up on the concrete just at the bottom of the video frame.
Good catch, I missed it!
Get a gun cleaning kit, I don't even shoot and I keep a couple because they include a little wire brush for a .22 rifle. Its perfect for cleaning out holes, tubing etc.
I watch an Australian guy make stuff and when he uses the sonic cleaner he fills the bucket with just water and then uses various fresh cleaners in ziploc bags vs. filling the bucket full of cleaner. He puts parts in the bags filled with say.. simple green and give them in a ride. I wonder if you were to put some sort of aluminum cleaner in a ziploc and toss that skanked white deposit coated carb body in there and see if that works out. For cleaning out small holes, I used the tip cleaner for my torch.
Is it Marty T from New Zealand? 🙂
@@PuchMaxi I want to say his name is Mark Presling from Australia but just spent a good while trying to locate that video where he reveals his techniques to sonic cleaning but there were so many videos...
@@greavous93 Thanks, I think you are right! I'm subscribed to Preso too 😄
Ok, when I’m doing stuff on my computer I like watching stuff like this - listening mostly- every once in awhile I’ll realize I’ve been watching and not working- lol, I don’t know Squat about motors. I use too. God I hated it, straight 6 -slant 6, then 283,and so on, always trying to rebuild in the back of a truck or on the ground- didn’t have the right tools had to go to junk yards. Pull a part. Ugh. Then I worked for a race team - I drove the truck, the supervisor- saw me drop the guys off at the shop, and I left, I was fuming when I had to come back. But turns out those are the cleanest motors and cars I’ve ever seen. But back to you, I would suggest a brass brush from a 22 gun cleaner kit. It looks about that size to fit into that hole your trying to clean, I had a friend that could take something and turn it into a dollar- lol - now go turn another Nut 🔩 and we’ll Watch 🤠🐾♥️🙏🏻🇺🇸🌲🍀🦨
This was another good video. It is so cool to see you take machines that would otherwise end up in a landfill and give them another life.
First pull, start technology, that’s Mustie. Every home needs a log splitter. Just as important as a back up generator these days.
Getting free equipment and getting it going again "in house" without spending money. so cool! I used to think I wasnt doing it right without at least 3 trips to the parts store.
I think the most efficient mousetrap would be in the shape of a small gasoline engine. Somehow immensely attractive to the little buggers.
That question has been asked for many many moons, How do you polish the hole without taking out your rubber? That's funny. I remeber these splitters advertised on TV decades ago. You found a survivor. Another great Mustie video, thanks.
After 5 days, Mustie conlucded that despite 100s of cameras he had no idea where the white powder in the engine came from ... everyone knows it was the mice
That didn't make any sense to me.
@@mountainman5025 It was a reference to the cocaine found in the Whitehouse.
I never thought that carb would come back. It was pretty crispy. Great job. Impressive splitting for a small engine and splitter.
Nice splitter. It does the job and you did a great job bringing this back ti life.
I´d say the pipe pieces below the pusher are probbably supposed to spin freely on the bolt so fill em up with grease so they dont go stuck on the bolts.
and if it doesent have enough space for them to spin just shorten them slightly so they have a bit of clearance on the ends so they dont bind up aginst the sides.
Another great save!
It would make my wifes chores a lot easier.
Thanks for sharing!
You make your wife split wood? Savage.
My Dad used bar and chain oil on the top of the slide bar for lube and as you split wood you will be replacing that lube regularly, because the wood soaks it up.
I wanna say Mustie, your channel has inspired me to take on a project bike, a '83 Honda VF750 V45 Magna I got in a trade for a '96 Honda Odyssey. Can't wait to hear it running.
Hey! I have that log splitter! Bought it brand new from Home Depot for a couple hundred bucks in Biddeford, ME about a decade(?) or more ago. Only issue, other than a gummed up carb, is the auto return on the hydraulic ram gave up, so I have to keep my hand on the lever to catch it from stalling the engine. For a relatively small splitter, works OK...
Hit the white crusty with some PB blaster...or WD40...might loosen up the schmoo before you try to take it apart and soak in the sonic cleaner.
Just read that vinegar or lemon juice can dissolve that white aluminum rust easily without damaging the aluminum underneath, maybe a dunk in a cup o' vinegar for 5 minutes before disassembly would help.
Keep em coming!!!!
I’m impressed you got that carp to function again! Hats off!
the little splitter that could lots of muscle 💪 for it's size, great Sunday breakfast as usual, thanks guru.
i'm surprised you don't have a cordless ratchet. i sucked it up and bought a milwaukee. it's a treat.
Atf is hydraulic fluid,and it is also an oil just like engine oil, except it doesn't have friction modifiers in it, which would promote the clutches slipping rather than grabbing as they should.. Sorts like wet clutch safe oil in motorsickles and atvs..
I recently found your channel and have been working my way through all your videos. I love the way you try to reuse as much as possible. I hate spending money on things if I can fix it. Even when it takes me enough time where it would have made sense to get a part time job and just buy new parts lol. But it sure feels good when you get it running.