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Thanks for the video! My great uncle's Poulan lawn tractor that I inherited is doing the same thing and has the dirty gas tank. I've changed the oil, oil filter, and air filter. Now that I've watched your video, I feel very confident in replacing the carb and cleaning out the tank. Plan on working on it tomorrow!!
GM to you Sir. Just a moment to say thank you for being so very through with your Videos. I am retired and within the last year I have begun to learn and enhance my knowledge on Repairing Small engines. You have largely been my instructor in this Interesting endeavor. Thank you for your time and sharing your knowledge with us all. 😃👌👍👏
Put a new fuel tank on my LT2000 a bit ago. Original had separated at the seam and yes the gaskets was in the bottom of the tank in pieces. Also put on a fuel shut off like you have here, filter and new gaskets in the Nikki using the Kohler kit. Runs perfect now. I also remove the Ethenol from the gas for all my lawn equipment and my classic car. It is nasty stuff when left to sit between uses.
Greetings again from the UK. To be honest I would be straight on the internet to find out how much a replacement tank was as this was far too much effort!!!! Great video again. Many thanks.
@@RaleysSmallEngines Question Mr. T Bone, I have a Snapper Mfg. No: 2690578 LT2042, 42" 20 HP Hydro Drive RMO and need to replace the drive belt, I've searched the web for help and all I have found are saying the most effective way to replace is remove the steering wheel shaft. Looking to you for advice on getting this belt replaced? Any assistance would greatly be appreciated.
Hey T. I do small engine repair. I actually wash the tank with dawn, and hot water. The volume of water will wash the particles out. If its gunked up with old fuel residue use pinesol and hot water, let it sit for 24hrs. And force air into it to dry.
Love your videos T Bone. I've been watching them for quite some time now and have enjoyed every one of them. Not only are they informative but some good fun too. Cheers from the land downunder. Pete
Hey, enjoyed the video. Ran into the same problem with the surging. Swapped with a new carb, same thing. I'll check the tank and fuel line tomorrow. However, I did notice you cleaned out the debris caused by the deteriorating gas cap, yet still used the same old gas cap after the cleaning.🤔 Did you clean out all the loose stuff off of the cap itself before putting it back on?? If so, sorry, I missed it. Sending a few bucks your way to show appreciation for your videos. Thanks.
T-Bone you are the best I have watched other people and by far you are the best, I have learned so much watching your video thank you for the teaching !
A good video, when the fuel tank has that much built up crud the carburetor would have some crud in it as well, I would think. An interesting and enjoyable video sir.
NEW VIEWER TO YOUR CHANNEL, GOOD VIEDOS, YOU FIX THINGS RIGHT AND USE QUALITY PARTS SO THE REPAIRS LAST,MAKES FOR FEWER COME BACKS! THANKS FOR ALL THE GREAT ADIVSE AND TIPS!
I replaced my Nikki carb with a KIPA brand on Amazon....its under $20, I cut all last season and had no problems... Just trying to help out for the folks like me who can't afford a $100 carb👍 Great channel!
Thanks for the tips and explaining the modification on changing out the different brands of carburetor. You are helping out lots of people who for whatever reasons need to be their own small engine mechanics, Professor T-Bone, you are AWSOME!
Hello from Nova Scotia Canada. Sir!! I have the exact same engine. Had bought 3 Nikki carbs from Amazon. Did not solve my severe surging issues. I was doubting myself!! ....then I bought from your Amazon link. Got it 2 days after. I installed it and YEAH!!! Problem resolved!! Huge thanks!!
Hello T Bone. After searching off an on for a video just like this i finally found you today! You are a great teacher and i learned a lot. I have basically the same mower, DOM 1/21 an it died in the middle of the job last fall. Briggs gives ya several books with the mower an they dont even cover my e1550e engine. I wish you, or someone like you was nearby but i can't find a repair guy to trust either. Rifht now i am push mowing mine an my 100 yr old nieghbors yard an this yezr my old body can barely do that too! So first i saved this for rewatching to better learn from you an then realized i just needed to sub an watch all your stuff. I also sent you to a buddy who will love this too.
@@RaleysSmallEngines thank you. I'm thinkin my next stop will be the T Bone college of carburetor replacement ha ha. I dont have the gas tank fuel line problem....yet.
That is so nasty glad you did a video of this issue plus sounds like it has Nikki carb on this briggs and Stratton the dry rot sounds like ethanol gas over the years unless you can ethanol free gas
Maybe I missed it, T, but what about replacing that deteriorated fuel cap gasket? I have adapters for my shop vac to be able to use a narrow tube to reach down inside tanks like that to vacuum out debris. I thought I was the only one who cuts up old white cotton socks for shop rags! 😂👍
There is a video, guy had a Dodge truck coolant overflow tank. Was all faded out and crusty. He used some chemical I forgot. Came out like new. Search for it on here.
T-Bone : I have a 21 Hp B & S on a rider - all of a sudden it is running at a constant high RPM when throttle is at normal "run" position. It is not surging. The rpm is constant at 4000 rpm in run position. I can back throttle off to the lowest position and it will run at around 3500. What's wrong? Thanks!
Great videos! My Murray 30 inch rear engine has been surging and stalling when blade is engaged and when not doing that it vibrates real rough as soon as you engage mower. I put on new blade and it still does the same thing. It has the original belt since 1990 - (Model TVXL220-157231A.) Could it be the belt or what? Thanks for your help!!!
Wow! You got your money out of that belt. Did you check for side to side and up and down play in your spindle when you changed the blade? Is the blade the same distance from the deck all the way around? Also, a new belt definitely couldn't hurt. Check all you pulleys for play when you replace it. You've got a worn out bearing somewhere. Those old murrays are some good mowers! Good luck!
Wish I lived closer I have a generator that gave me fits new spark plug and new carb filter and fuel lines still don’t run right it’s surges finally I said the heck with and bought a new one.
Thank you. That would be awesome. I'm not sure, but let me know and I will look. Please keep in mind, we get 100s of comments and just can't see all of them. Thank you very much my friend
Personally I would have cleaned up that tray and tank b4 it rusts. I also don't really see the point of shut off valves on gravity fed engines. I do agree with putting a filter in line, Personally I only use wix filters. Be it fuel or oil and even air filters. As long as I've been working on engines I have done a lot of tests. Especially on old stuff wix is great and o reileys gives me a killer deal with bulk purchases. Since you had the surging already, I'd probably take the carb off and clean it with some carb and choke cleaner. Or at the very least I'd run a can of berryman b12 thru the tank. That stuff kicks butt and cleans out carbon in the combustion chamber. Something to me still sounds off on that engine to me. Maybe I'm crazy but it seems like it's got a bit of a knock or something. I really hate these new electric carbs. I have a cheap little yard man 24 inch cut deal and it doesn't have a choke or throttle. Just like most push mowers which I hate cuz you don't always want to have it running wide open...
My mower has the same symptoms. It's NOT the gas cap. I can get it to run again, BUT it quits after maybe 30 mins. Sometimes it lasts longer sometimes not. The fuel cap is NOT tight so there is venting.
Experience. I use the one in the video on all single cylinder Briggs engines. Link is in the description. Thanks for watching and commenting my friend.
T-bone is so good at his work, The only way to really understand him is to watch him do his work. He shows shortcuts along the way, and he's so good at it That he doesn't say anything because it comes naturally to him. And I'll give you one example. Watch him cut the fuel lines. Notice how He takes a very small first cut and then a Larger second cut to give him a good square surface. How do I know? Because a standard set of wire cutters are too shallow and will not cut all the way through the fuel line hose. And the numerous times I have cut fuel line hose, I always force it in the wire cutters. And then I never get a perfectly square cut. And I have simply accepted it over the years. But the correct way to cut it is as T bone shows. Hillbilly's like teebone are true professionals and they have simply adopted shortcuts that become second nature of Their work, But they are true professionals and have extremely high skill sets. So don't let the humility and the earth friendliness of T bone fool you. He's one of the very best small engine mechanics you will ever see. And I admit he's better than me! Another fine job, Great work!!! 👍👍👍
Great video thanks!! could you give me the part number for that walbro carb and where to order it, please, having the same on Troy built pony 15.5 briggs& stratton. Thank you very much t- bone subscriber now !! Thanks again !!
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If you replaced the deteriorated cap I must have missed it?
I do my gas tank with a 5/8 hose . Fill the gas tank with water then sifer it out. Just like cleaning a fish tank same concept. Works great
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so i cleaned my tank and carb, starts up a runs , but only if I have the choke on, choke off it dies 🤔
@jukeboxheros7021 it's starving for fuel. Check that plenty is getting to the carburetor. If it is it's a carburetor issue
That's a job well done.
School can be fun if you have a good teacher. Thank you Professor T-bone.
You are very welcome
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@@breannaoliver6316mucho gracias!
Thanks for the video! My great uncle's Poulan lawn tractor that I inherited is doing the same thing and has the dirty gas tank. I've changed the oil, oil filter, and air filter. Now that I've watched your video, I feel very confident in replacing the carb and cleaning out the tank. Plan on working on it tomorrow!!
Awesome my friend, thank you 😊
GM to you Sir. Just a moment to say thank you for being so very through with your
Videos. I am retired and within the last year I have begun to learn and enhance my
knowledge on Repairing Small engines. You have largely been my instructor in this
Interesting endeavor. Thank you for your time and sharing your knowledge with us all.
😃👌👍👏
Thank you William. We are glad you find our videos helpful.
You make it look so easy
Put a new fuel tank on my LT2000 a bit ago. Original had separated at the seam and yes the gaskets was in the bottom of the tank in pieces. Also put on a fuel shut off like you have here, filter and new gaskets in the Nikki using the Kohler kit. Runs perfect now. I also remove the Ethenol from the gas for all my lawn equipment and my classic car. It is nasty stuff when left to sit between uses.
Good videos!
Nice to have you back!👍
Thanks!
Thank you! Hope you have a fabulous weekend 🙂
Wow!!! Thank you Robert 😊!!
The experience of T-Bone shines once more…Thank you for your teachings to us back yard mechanic boys..
Another good one. T Bone, a great Teacher.
I'm leaving a comment, you done real gooood!
Thank you 😊
Enjoyed watching and learning
Outstanding. Every movement was directed toward accomplishing the goal. Great job. Thankyou Sir.
So nice of you. Thanks so much Walter.
It's a smooth operator now T-Bone! Keep up the great work brother!
Thank you
I really enjoy watching your videos, thank you.
Greetings again from the UK. To be honest I would be straight on the internet to find out how much a replacement tank was as this was far too much effort!!!! Great video again. Many thanks.
Nice job on the fuel delivery fix T-Bone and that dang Nikki carb!!! 🙂👍
Hey Mrs T-Bone 👋
Thank you John. Dang Nikki carbs. LOL
🤣 Yes sir
Excellent video my friend Mr. T Bone, very educational and informative, keep them coming especially as mowing season is around the horizon.
Thank you, will do.
@@RaleysSmallEngines Question Mr. T Bone, I have a Snapper Mfg. No: 2690578
LT2042, 42" 20 HP Hydro Drive RMO and need to replace the drive belt, I've searched the web for help and all I have found are saying the most effective way to replace is remove the steering wheel shaft. Looking to you for advice on getting this belt replaced? Any assistance would greatly be appreciated.
Hey T.
I do small engine repair.
I actually wash the tank with dawn, and hot water.
The volume of water will wash the particles out.
If its gunked up with old fuel residue use pinesol and hot water, let it sit for 24hrs.
And force air into it to dry.
Good tip! Thanks for watching and commenting.
Another great video T-bone!!
Glad you enjoyed it
Love your videos T Bone. I've been watching them for quite some time now and have enjoyed every one of them.
Not only are they informative but some good fun too.
Cheers from the land downunder.
Pete
I appreciate that mate.
Hey, enjoyed the video. Ran into the same problem with the surging. Swapped with a new carb, same thing. I'll check the tank and fuel line tomorrow. However, I did notice you cleaned out the debris caused by the deteriorating gas cap, yet still used the same old gas cap after the cleaning.🤔 Did you clean out all the loose stuff off of the cap itself before putting it back on?? If so, sorry, I missed it. Sending a few bucks your way to show appreciation for your videos. Thanks.
Man these are great video's, thanks.
T-Bone you are the best I have watched other people and by far you are the best, I have learned so much watching your video thank you for the teaching !
T bone I was about to say I’d use a shop vac then you brought your vacuum out 😂
😆
Another awesome video T-Bone! 👍🏻
Thank you
keep up the good work
Will do. Thank you for watching and commenting my friend.
A good video, when the fuel tank has that much built up crud the carburetor would have some crud in it as well, I would think. An interesting and enjoyable video sir.
NEW VIEWER TO YOUR CHANNEL, GOOD VIEDOS, YOU FIX THINGS RIGHT AND USE QUALITY PARTS SO THE REPAIRS LAST,MAKES FOR FEWER COME BACKS! THANKS FOR ALL THE GREAT ADIVSE AND TIPS!
Wish as a kid I’d work as a helper with a T-bone in my neighborhood just to obtain the knowledge, love the videos (and the know how) thanks Capt
Thank you. Wish I had someone to pass it on to.
@@RaleysSmallEngines You're passing it on to all of us, ya know? Good stuff man!
Another great video Raley. Thanks
Thank you Robin
Great diagnosis and fix.
Learned a lot, Central Florida, checking in
I replaced my Nikki carb with a KIPA brand on Amazon....its under $20, I cut all last season and had no problems... Just trying to help out for the folks like me who can't afford a $100 carb👍 Great channel!
I think you mean HIPA, correct????? 😊
Probably they make , or supply replacement parts
Another great video. Thx for the info tbone
Our pleasure!
Thanks man, you ARE da man!!!
Thanks! Easy to follow and thorough vid!
Great show
Thanks for the tips and explaining the modification on changing out the different brands of carburetor. You are helping out lots of people who for whatever reasons need to be their own small engine mechanics, Professor T-Bone, you are AWSOME!
👍👍👍.Thank you
You are so welcome!
Thanks i was wondering if you hooked that fuel tank breather line to the carburetor housing!👍
This channel is a game changer
Hello from Nova Scotia Canada. Sir!! I have the exact same engine. Had bought 3 Nikki carbs from Amazon. Did not solve my severe surging issues. I was doubting myself!! ....then I bought from your Amazon link. Got it 2 days after. I installed it and YEAH!!! Problem resolved!! Huge thanks!!
Great Video
Thank you
I really enjoyed watching your video it was very helpful. Good job sir.
thanks for the entertainment! I have a carb issue on a DYT 4000. Wondering whether to rebuild it or replace with a Walbro...
Thanks for putting out some enjoyable on the money videos T Bone
Love your videos. You're a professional and very entertaining.
Thank you
Thank You for doing this Video. This is exactly what my Mower is doing. Now I can get it going tomorrow!
I'm having the same problem with my Troy-Bilt riding lawn mower I believe I'll go out and check all those things out that you talked about. Thanks
My Craftsman is doing the same thing
Whoo wee that was a booger bear for sure! Your knowledge and patience is something I wish I had. You are awesome and gained a new subscriber.
Hello T Bone. After searching off an on for a video just like this i finally found you today! You are a great teacher and i learned a lot. I have basically the same mower, DOM 1/21 an it died in the middle of the job last fall. Briggs gives ya several books with the mower an they dont even cover my e1550e engine. I wish you, or someone like you was nearby but i can't find a repair guy to trust either. Rifht now i am push mowing mine an my 100 yr old nieghbors yard an this yezr my old body can barely do that too! So first i saved this for rewatching to better learn from you an then realized i just needed to sub an watch all your stuff. I also sent you to a buddy who will love this too.
Thank you, I hope our videos help you out my friend.
@@RaleysSmallEngines thank you. I'm thinkin my next stop will be the T Bone college of carburetor replacement ha ha. I dont have the gas tank fuel line problem....yet.
Your simple way of explaining is elegant sir. Thanks so much.
Outstanding just what I was looking for. Detailed instructions !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just subscribed to your channel
Wish I found you a few days ago Nice work man!!
That is so nasty glad you did a video of this issue plus sounds like it has Nikki carb on this briggs and Stratton the dry rot sounds like ethanol gas over the years unless you can ethanol free gas
Great job and awesome video keep them coming my friend
my mower is doing the same thing, so i'm going to try doing this and hope it works.
When I get a new cap I remove the rubber gasket, it’s not going to last a year or two anyway 😊
Good job T. Bone
Your awesome. Thanks for the videos
I would probably go with 2 zip ties on that tank 🤣🤣🤣
😆 🤣
Maybe I missed it, T, but what about replacing that deteriorated fuel cap gasket?
I have adapters for my shop vac to be able to use a narrow tube to reach down inside tanks like that to vacuum out debris.
I thought I was the only one who cuts up old white cotton socks for shop rags! 😂👍
It’s the easiest way to get it cleaned with a shop vacuum cleaner and one inch hose
I m,odified my shop vac fitting to fit in the gas tank and sucked out 95% of the crap, works great.
I mounted my fuel filter directly under the fuel tank. It hangs vertically and always stays full of fuel. No surging, no more fuel starvation.
Did yout put the old gas cap back on with the deteriorating gasket that caused the problem. Didn't see it replaced in the video.
Thank you for your help
Another good one.
Thank you 😊
Another good video t bone
Thank you 😊
Good job tibon
Nice job.
Question u think it was junk n the old carb. The gas tank had it n it
Good deal..good job
There is a video, guy had a Dodge truck coolant overflow tank. Was all faded out and crusty. He used some chemical I forgot. Came out like new. Search for it on here.
T-Bone : I have a 21 Hp B & S on a rider - all of a sudden it is running at a constant high RPM when throttle is at normal "run" position. It is not surging. The rpm is constant at 4000 rpm in run position. I can back throttle off to the lowest position and it will run at around 3500. What's wrong? Thanks!
Great videos! My Murray 30 inch rear engine has been surging and stalling when blade is engaged and when not doing that it vibrates real rough as soon as you engage mower. I put on new blade and it still does the same thing. It has the original belt since 1990 - (Model TVXL220-157231A.) Could it be the belt or what? Thanks for your help!!!
Wow! You got your money out of that belt. Did you check for side to side and up and down play in your spindle when you changed the blade? Is the blade the same distance from the deck all the way around?
Also, a new belt definitely couldn't hurt. Check all you pulleys for play when you replace it. You've got a worn out bearing somewhere. Those old murrays are some good mowers! Good luck!
Wish I lived closer I have a generator that gave me fits new spark plug and new carb filter and fuel lines still don’t run right it’s surges finally I said the heck with and bought a new one.
Hello t-bone.What kind of fuel filter do you use?
Thanks for commenting Mr. Jim. We most commonly use a Rotary 10352 fuel filter.
What size of fuel line do you use?
1/4 inch
you are a boss
Next Amazon order I place I'm going to use your link
And I'll tell u what I ordered
Is there a way for you to be able to confirm it worked
Thank you. That would be awesome. I'm not sure, but let me know and I will look. Please keep in mind, we get 100s of comments and just can't see all of them. Thank you very much my friend
Honda Vtwin 1 side runs good other cylinder hard crank and runs rough and surge?
On the link for the Walbro carb why do you call it a Walbro when it lists it as Briggs and Stratton off the amazon site?
Personally I would have cleaned up that tray and tank b4 it rusts. I also don't really see the point of shut off valves on gravity fed engines. I do agree with putting a filter in line, Personally I only use wix filters. Be it fuel or oil and even air filters. As long as I've been working on engines I have done a lot of tests. Especially on old stuff wix is great and o reileys gives me a killer deal with bulk purchases.
Since you had the surging already, I'd probably take the carb off and clean it with some carb and choke cleaner. Or at the very least I'd run a can of berryman b12 thru the tank. That stuff kicks butt and cleans out carbon in the combustion chamber.
Something to me still sounds off on that engine to me. Maybe I'm crazy but it seems like it's got a bit of a knock or something.
I really hate these new electric carbs. I have a cheap little yard man 24 inch cut deal and it doesn't have a choke or throttle. Just like most push mowers which I hate cuz you don't always want to have it running wide open...
My friend has a John Deere he put it in gear it shuts off what should I be looking for?
Hitchy Magoo what I tried looking that part up on Amazon no luck 🤷😱
What part? I will attach a link. I thought I had links in description.
😂
Why wouldn't you wash tank first from outside and then from inside and let it drain and dry. I guess different strokes for differen fox
Mine say kapowda,kaponda,kerplunk.😂 So I put a Edelbrock 750 double pump on her. Fastest mower on the block. Ok,I lied
My mower has the same symptoms. It's NOT the gas cap. I can get it to run again, BUT it quits after maybe 30 mins. Sometimes it lasts longer sometimes not. The fuel cap is NOT tight so there is venting.
good
How do you know what carb to put on , where is the number
Experience. I use the one in the video on all single cylinder Briggs engines. Link is in the description. Thanks for watching and commenting my friend.
wow those carbs aren't cheap
Do you have email for troubleshooting questions?
T-bone is so good at his work, The only way to really understand him is to watch him do his work. He shows shortcuts along the way, and he's so good at it That he doesn't say anything because it comes naturally to him. And I'll give you one example. Watch him cut the fuel lines. Notice how He takes a very small first cut and then a Larger second cut to give him a good square surface. How do I know? Because a standard set of wire cutters are too shallow and will not cut all the way through the fuel line hose. And the numerous times I have cut fuel line hose, I always force it in the wire cutters. And then I never get a perfectly square cut. And I have simply accepted it over the years. But the correct way to cut it is as T bone shows. Hillbilly's like teebone are true professionals and they have simply adopted shortcuts that become second nature of Their work, But they are true professionals and have extremely high skill sets. So don't let the humility and the earth friendliness of T bone fool you. He's one of the very best small engine mechanics you will ever see. And I admit he's better than me! Another fine job, Great work!!! 👍👍👍
👍🙏
Thank you
Gave you a thumbs 👍 up, but I believe you're all thumbs. Ha, but hey, that was a good video. Thanks
Lol Thank you my friend.
Never put the fuel shut off ahead of the filter. Duh!
Thanks to the crappy ass f'n Ethanol🥴
Got that right my friend.
Yep , it’s just to make us spend money and more money 😢😢😢
I have several of them and refuse to use them
A NIKKI carb and a 15.5 Briggs are a bad combination, ALWAYS.
Great video thanks!! could you give me the part number for that walbro carb and where to order it, please, having the same on Troy built pony 15.5 briggs& stratton. Thank you very much t- bone subscriber now !! Thanks again !!
Here ya go
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@@RaleysSmallEngines Thank you very much !!! Have a great day !!