Electric drill start your Lawn Mower
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ส.ค. 2024
- How to electric start your lawn mower using an electric drill. Please watch my videos (3 of them) on converting lawn mowers to run on propane. First video here • Gasoline mower to prop... Fully running electric propane conversion here • Lawn mower - electric ...
Thank you so much - I am over 60 years old and can no longer pull the starter on the mower. My husband pulled out his rotator cuff and can't do it either. We have this old mower and need to be able to start it. I saw some videos on starting your mower with electric drill but I didn't have a grinder to make the shaft fit the socket... well after seeing your video we found the adapter at Harbor Tools (cost 4.99 now) you spoke about. anyway - Yay, the mower started. Took off the cover with pull rope - popped the rivets off, but didn't know size of bolt we needed, so I made a mold out of the grandkids play dough, brought that to the store, found the hex bolt that fit, then used that to find the right size deep drive socket (15/16). Well, got home and it started right up. Died right away, but it's not been run for months. Anyway, thank you so much for your informative video - we've watched others too and will continue to watch you.
What stops the rotation from twisting your wrist when the motor kicks in.
@@mirriulahwaterdog I've never had an issue with getting the drill off in time before the motor kicks into high RPM. It is best though to use a cordless drill. That way if you have to turn it loose you can. A corded drill could be a problem with the engine ran with the drill still on.
@@sparkynapalm3662 Thanks mate..
My Dad did this all the time. Saved the day for us when we started a small boat motor with drill. We carried the drill with us in zip lock bag.
I've been doing this for years on several different mowers. usually after the string breaks. I used my 18 volt cordless drill with the clutch set high but not to drill. Using the clutch allows the mower to spin faster than the drill after it start and giving me time to pull the drill off.
I completely agree Nathan. About 200 rpms is all you need. Don't need a high setting.
I took ur advice, thanks....I probably would have broke my drill or my wrist
Very good idea I have used some thing like this my self on an old mower. It worked fine until the mower back fired making the engine turn backward momentarily. The drill was ripped from my hand and I was lucky not to have broken my wrist. I would suggest some kind of clamp to hold the drill. The mower I have now has a built in electric starter . The battery never holds it charge so I took the wiring off and replaced it with a plug that fits on a 12v drill battery. Works fine now. John
My electric starter never does work either. I'm going to try this.
Omg ty so much. I don't have the strength to pull the cord. Definitely going to try this. Many many tears of not being able to start my lawn mower
If I'm too lazy to wear gloves i end up with blisters. I always keep a spray can of easy start handy which is a big help. This drill idea is a life saver and especially would like to adapt it for my 2 stroke whipper snipper.
Brilliant - Really good important information - Many thanks.....all the way from London !
The socket adapter alternative is not a "lag bolt", it's a "carriage bolt". The term "lag bolt" is not exactly correct anyway, it's a "lag screw", but it's a name that some people call it that regardless of whether it is correct.
Thank you for the feedback. There version that I saw was in fact a square head lag bolt. I have some pics of what I'm referring to. The square head did not need to be modified to fit the square drive side of the socket. I have seen others use the carriage bolts but have to grind the rounded edges to match the socket.
@@sparkynapalm3662 -- Something like this then?
ponderosaforge.com/square-head-lag-bolts/
Interesting... I haven't seen square headed lag screws / bolts sold commercially in many years, so didn't consider that as a possible alternative...
Now, with the way the mower is made, it might be possible to create a device from wood that would fit inside the cup that surrounds the nut that you are using a socket to turn (I don't remember what that cup / shroud is called) and have that piece of wood turn the engine. You would need a carriage bolt going through the wood so that the wood did not turn on the bolt, but you might also be able to slant the trailing edge on this wooden "paddle" so that if the engine starts, it would force the "paddle" out of the "cup". Hmmm... My generator that I converted to natural gas has that sort of "cup"... Maybe I'll give it a try just for shits and giggles...
@@sparkynapalm3662 -- Since the square head lag screws might not be readily available at Home Depot or Lowes, I suspect that someone could take a normal hex head bolt that was 1/2" or 3/8" (whatever you socket needs) across the flats and after heating it a bit, use a hammer to deform the points that are 90 degrees away from the flats into a more square shape.
I would assume the cover is for people to maintain there fingertips after mowing their lawn
Tearing up your shoulder--I did just that and now I am going to go electric. I think I can drill a hole in the cover. My mower start 1-2 pulls but when it is run is gets harder to start. I have no ID sticker and not numbers anywhere. But I replaced the carb by chance and this is the result I have gottten.
They sell a adapter for your drill so you can do this with your weed eater to . And ps I had to keep my plastic on because that's what held the oil fill on.
Yes a number of companies make the drill adapters for weedeaters. Only makes sense because two cycle small engines have been used for years in remote control airplanes and cars and they have used electric motor starters for more than 20 years. Surprised it didnt' happen sooner.
hey Captain;
they only have 3 piece sets now.
Size(s)1/4 in., 3/8 in., 1/2 in.
SKU(s)64605
Brand Bauer
Model 1881A-B3
I have a Jacobsen mulcher that is
probly 40 years old. Can't find it on
Google. And your idea is a lot less
expensive than a new engine and
lots of elbow grease.
I think that there is a miss undestanding on the numbers LOL
@@miguelmagana4461 I got them, and the one I needed works just fine. This presentation really pulled me out of a jam.
Please send info on how to convert to propane. Enjoying you videos also.
If you go to my channel and search all my videos you will see at least three that show or discuss converting to propane
Great idea! Thanks
Tried this on a rider with a half inch impact and all it did was tighten the nut lol
Do NOT use an impact drill. The hammering action is so short in duration and so powerful, yes, you will hammer a nut on harder. Just use a regular drill...you want the drill to spool up to speed and increase rpms....not hammer in short bursts.
Great video
Yeah it was fun while it lasted my Engine blew up lol it just out of know where caught on fire but more and likely bc I spilled gas's over it by accident and it melted all the plastic including the carburetor but not completely, today I'ma take the head off and see if all that stuff is still good other than the melted plastic lol
Doesn’t work for me for some reason
Does it start otherwise with a pull starter? If it doesn't start then it's an issue with spark, fuel or air. Remember the drill is just turning over the engine in the same way the pull start does to get the spark, fuel and air mixed together in the right way.
Does the drill fly off your hand when it starts?
No never has. As the mower starts you can pull up on the drill and it will come right off the flywheel. It's never started so fast that I could not get the drill off.
Uh, those plastic covers are expertly designed by engineers to improve down force and aerodynamics at speed. Duh
U talking about the plastic cover over the engine...lol..we ain't talking about racing
Start at 03::40.
Wheres the propane mower
Justin, if you go to my channel and search all videos...I have three about propane mowers and converting gasoline to propane.
I have an excruciatingly high torque 200RPM 4v cordless drill would it be enough to start a small 1-3HP lawnmower? or would I need still higher RPM? (drill isnt adjustable.. fixed speed but has variable "slip" settings like how tight it should stop trying to screw a screw in
about 200 rpms is all you need. My only issue is if 4 volts will provide enough rotational torque. The electric drill needs to be more strong than fast.
Well its got quite a lot of torque. Easily strips screws in metal on the lowest torque clutch setting
I think you have your sense of RPM wrong. I think your halving what RPM the motor is actually running at. Yours might be running more like 400RPM!!
Mine might be too slow unless its a very efficient engine.
The ignition system for those small engines (what some might call a magneto) only needs about 200 rpms to generate a spark sufficient to ignite the gasoline. Sure a higher RPM would not hurt but 200 rpm us usually sufficient to start the motor at idle then bring it up to speed adding throttle
Brian Blue Hmm in your video it seems to be going double that. about 400RPM or so from the looks of it. based on how many rotations per second yours is doing. like 4 rather than 2 or 3.
my drill turend the wrong way , or, the right way for a drill, turning engine backward fast and now no spark, when turning right way , it ran a bit before. guessing the coil made sparks that went inside it damaged it and heat . melted a wire in it.its a gy6 scooter motor and used a strong big long electric drill.
Yeah, that is definitely a concern, so you need to look at the pull starter to see which way it is rotating the motor when you pull the cord. I had always thought that the small engines turned clockwise, but I recently discovered that there are some engines that turn counter-clockwise. Or maybe it is just a matter of them being mounted differently that makes it counter-clockwise...
@@CurmudgeonExtraordinaire l was told recetn that engine can turn wrong way without damage to rotor proablby cos it will work the same way send spark to plug not into itself harley mechanic told me his guess
Too much talking. Get to the point quick.
Hello, this is the first time I am going to try out this. What are the chances of me getting hurt?
Anthony Giorgio None, you would have to be really stupid to get hurt
Anything mechanical has an inherent risk, however, the chances are very low. I've been using this on small engines for years with no issues.
man sthu get to point jeeeezzzzz
Thought some would find it helpful on how to remove the pull starter, remove the riveted cover and where and that parts were needed to make it happen.
All that happens is takes off the nut ?
Leave the nut on the flywheel. The drill uses the nut to spin the flywheel to start the engine. The nut will not come off.
My old drill was junk and way too low RPM to even begin to start anything.
I got a new drill with 2 speed selection and it works much better. impossible to stall the drill chuck in any speed selection if you have the clutch set to drill mode. it's so powerful im afraid the motor will break loose inside the drill housing and twist the wires around and short itself out if you somehow got the chuck jammed in the drill setting with the handle also jammed against something.
so I always keep it a few clutch settings below the drill setting so it doesn't break my wrist.
it also has much higher maximum RPM. its an 18v lithium ion drill called bostitch brand and low rpm mode is 0 to 350 RPM and high rpm mode is 0 to 1500 RPM
its got plenty of torque in both speed settings! I bet I could use it to jack up a car with one of those rotating bottle jacks or something like that lol
it has a mechanical gearbox speed selector as well.
but the only problem is the drill chuck can't be free-wheeled even with the lowest clutch setting. it just locks up completely. makes it easier to tighten a bit into the chuck. but makes it useless for anything that needs to be freewheeled or spin faster than the drill does.
so I dont think it would work for this without some modification to remove the locking up when spinning the chuck by hand. its straight up impossible to turn the chuck by hand. really weird.
Six point or twelve point socket?
I imagine six sided so it doesn't cause stripping
3/8 or 1/2 drive
Impact or chrome
Standard or deep
Works great but I dont think I want to get any kind of firearms training from a guy that thinks removing a guard from a gasoline engine is safe...
It's an excellent alternative to the recoil starter. I wouldn't want to see a firearm in the hands of someone that thinks some plastic will help protect them from a gasoline fire/explosion.
ok
can you donate this motor ????
Donate it to whom?