ELECTRIC TO GAS MOWER ENGINE SWAP? Here's why I did it...
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ค. 2023
- In this video we'll swap a Kobalt KM 2041B-06 40V Lawn Mower engine from electric to a gasoline powered Briggs and Stratton 550e. Why would anyone swap an engine from electric to GAS? In this video, I'll tell you why.
Total Project Cost:
Carburetor Main Jet for Briggs and Stratton 550e - $2.12
595660 Air Cleaner Cover 799579 Foam Filter 594281 Primer bulb - $9.53
Maxpower 331040B Universal Replacement Blade, 20-Inch - $12.71
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Rotary 15019 Mower Blade Adapter Kit; Replaces 753-06315 - $4.68
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Mounting hardware - $6
TOTAL: $35.04
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Total Project Cost:
Carburetor Main Jet for Briggs and Stratton 550e - $2.12
595660 Air Cleaner Cover 799579 Foam Filter 594281 Primer bulb - $9.53
Maxpower 331040B Universal Replacement Blade, 20-Inch - $12.71
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Rotary 15019 Mower Blade Adapter Kit; Replaces 753-06315 - $4.68
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Mounting hardware - $6
TOTAL: $35.04
Thanks, great idea.
1st place at tree hugger convention?
The reason your blade is hitting is because the chassis is not strong enough for the torque and vibration of that engine, too much flex where the engine is mounted especially after you cut a good portion of the center away. It might be a good idea to add your "template" between the engine and chassis and fasten it with 3 bolts along each edge of the template to stiffen it.
If that were the case, it wouldn't be rubbing when turned by hand.
@@Fixologist1 The reason it was rubbing before you ground off the ends of the blade was the engine was not 100% centered, after you ground off the ends for clearance and started mowing I could hear the blade hitting the chassis but the strikes were inconsistent so something is loose and/or moving around.
That center piece you cut out had a stamped stiffening edge to give the mounting area rigidity, now it has been removed, the engine mounting area is just a piece of light gauge flat sheet metal with no support.
@@gregerickson6924 You're right about the mounting being a hair off center, I'm sure. And you're right about the bend center of the chassis adding rigidity. But nothing is moving as far as the blade or engine. It's the mower deck twisting when you push and pull on the handlebars. Causes the deck to change shape minutely.
the deck looks similar to a newer model husqvarna. let me tell you, all newer pushmower decks FLEX LIKE HELL when you push from the side.
Some cardboard and a pencil for a template?
I was outside pressure washing the S.side of the house on my two tiered scaffolding when you were doing equally sketchy stuff today.😂
Glad you survived to make the world nervous again tomorrow. 👍
Interesting project! I wonder if you could bot the template to the underside to stiffen up the chassis if it's flexing? Reminds me of the mowers we used in the '70's--just a motor on a deck w/wheels. No safety stuff like they have on modern mowers. It works good though, and can be a good backup machine.
I did consider that.
My yard is too large for a toy mower. I have a large corner lot, and I would require at least three batteries to finish it, maybe four. I'll stick to my 21" Toro recycler. I purchased this mower in 1989 and still starts on one pull.
I found a Craftsman lawnmower that was at least from 1989, as the PCV vented to atmosphere, but someone had definitely changed the carb along the way.
Unfortunately they had finally given up as I found it tossed to the curb with the bowl off the carb, and looking worse for wear..
But deck is still solid, I replaced the carb, and here it is 35 years later, still cutting grass...
Amazing what care will do, even with an old Tecumish
I could be wrong but I don't think environmental awareness is the reason people use electric mowers. Great work.
If convenience is the deciding factor, the price and longevity of batteries should cause people to pause.
dont say because they are quieter. they arent. electric mowers are LOUD.
@@Fixologist1 I believe people use electrics because they dont want/know how to maintain a small engine. At least thats why some of my less commonly used tools are electric and all my normal use stuff is gas. If you keep the lithium batteries in the house during the winter the batteries will last for years.
This is fantastic! And ANYTHING to help delay the inevitability of universal electric-EVERYTHING, and ubiquitous “Anti-Repair”!
… I think we should all take up a collection and get Brad a nice bench and/or lift, a la Mustie1. I’m also still hoping to see him do a motorcycle or mini-bike some day soon, as I know he would kill it, because the wrenching principles and skills carry over…
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I’ve had my Kobalt 40V mower for 5 years now. I bought a backup battery when I first bought it. I made the electric mower work easier by removing all obstacles from the chute so it just shoots out grass to the side. Still working great and using the same batteries.
@@mablesfatalfable6021 Agreed. I have a rather small suburban yard In southern NJ.
Good video sir. I have often thought of swapping out elec. for gas, You have done it. Trial and errors, You have a captive following. Please continue these type of projects.
Thanks for watching. Glad you enjoyed it.
Maybe an easier way would to use cardboard for a template. That thing did Clean up nice.
The end result is, you have a usable mower.
“Some call it a Sling blade, I call it a Kaiser Blade mhmm...”
Wow...a lot of smart people on here Brad!!😮
I though "Clarence" one second before you said it. Just watched Airplane this week.
Brad, I always admire your tenacity and ingenuity for repurposing and salvaging usable products in our throwaway-mentality world, and this one might have been one I decided is not worth the effort... but not you, you made it happen. Salute Sir!
Grate job man
In the future remember that the blades center holes are different based on the engine model. Blades adapter must match the center holes of the blades. If you measure the inside diameter of the deck you can determine the blade side.
I made a template allready of hd plastic and metal inserts for drilling the holes to be reused many times over
Going to market it 😊😊😊
Great job buddy
Thanks 👍
MacGyver, I throughly enjoyed the frankinmower build. Keep it safe old school. I once had a 50yr old Ariens snow thrower that was designed with no safety aids. Throw the pully in drive and let her go.
Since I have a Snapper 82v lawn mower for 4 years, it still runs like new because I have a shed to shelter it. Them electric mowers of a brand, including Kobalt, Snapper, Stihl, or Powerworks have Greenworks-looking features that can be fitted with Greenworks brand parts.
The climate changes 4 times a year, as my dad would say "if it ain't broke don't fix it!"
I don't think that's what they mean by "climate change" I think it has to do with the overall temperature change due to greenhouse gas emissions. Not that I think batteries are any better. In fact, it seems the larger they get, the more that can go catastrophically wrong.
That blade is spinnin' like Ace Frehley djin' Peter Kriss's weddin' do.
great idea , but as soon as "big brother" sees this , manufacturers will be required to form the decks so that there's no way a gas motor can fit . " i'll get you , my pretty ! "
I had a good craftsman mower, but the deck rotted out. Kids said get a new one. New one like I had cost 400 bucks! So I found that I could order a new mower deck for 125 bucks. That and a couple hours of my time to swap everything out and now I have a like new mower!
Seems like a jig saw with a metal blade is something you need in your tool arsenal :)
The mystery switch I would GUESS would prevent someone from activating the motor with the bag not completely secured... There may be a combo of them... Mulch plug, whatever... Safety supplies galore, since we're living in the age of idiocracy.
Actually, the more I look at it, I think it's a switch so the mower can be shipped with the handlebar in the down position without risk of the motor starting. The handlebar will engage the switch when in the down position.
@@Fixologist1 Makes sense. I THINK also the electric mowers are popular with the mechanical rookies... who don't know how to care for an engine. My friend has a little yard, and he's not an engine guy... so he got a 120v electric mower... at least no batteries. His snowblower is 120v also.
A true hippie would buy a reel mower... no motors involved.
Good idea 😂 but limitations looks like they are the hinderance but that engine looks like it came with that chassis your mower looks nice
Max power I just bought a blade set from them for my LT1045 lawn tractor. It said on amazon that it fits my tractor and my deck only comes in 46 inch size. Hopefully it fits.
Have one that has been in operation for several years. Replaced the battery and picked up a spare.
Eventually your luck will run out and the company won't support it with parts. It'll be landfill at that point.
Doing the same, almost exactly and kinda freaked out I found this video. kobalt mower died, I have an old pressure washer...... (Also, I was kind of expecting someone to say something like "I walked in to get another battery and my damn mower got stolen! Same place as my pressure washer a few weeks ago! Time to move!"...
hahahha! That poor guy. Maybe he shouldn't stop work so close to the curb! 🤣
Well, I have seen people take the decks of electric mowers and put engines on them as well. Unfortunately, the machine you have, depending on your laws and bylaws you may not be able to sell due to the engine running a bit faster than the 3200 RPM (this isn't hard to fix, probably bending a piece of metal on the governor spring) and the lack of an operator presence system (you may be able to retrofit one on this engine) but nice conversion all around.
I would recommend lowering the max RPM. It sounds pretty high for that engine.
Blue on Black- Kenny Wayne
Good thing is you can get the pack of 20 of them for like 3 bucks at harbor freight
Gas to Electric?? Smelled too much Cadmium Solder there Bradley. 😀😀😀
6 or 7 years ago you got me into building amps. Today,I have like 20 freakin amps upstairs! Now you got me wanting to fix goddamn lawnmowers!! What the hell,Brad!!
Btw, you would’ve gone back to ask for your cocaine back if you dropped it at the White House? DONT GO BACK FOR IT!!! I didn’t. 😁
Why not buy the 20inch Troy Bilt blade with the proper bow tie? Maxpower 331543
maybe you could have just turned the engine upside down and gotten a piece of paper and poked holes where the holes are and there is your template.
I'm at your "deterred" stage. I'm guessing there's a reason you didn't just use your dirty fingers to impress a tracing of the washer plate but now, since you have cut the other plate off, wouldn't it be best to cut the plate properly and weld it in place on the mower. You could really work on the durability at this point, building in some rigidity and avoiding any future plate flex. Hindsight really helps with making a mower that really would mow through the ages. Perhaps your daydreams of a better society would be absorbed through the mower by spiritual osmosis and developed by your grandchildren who will inherit Grandpa Brad's old bluey mower resulting in one of them realising a way that human civilisation that can prosper outside the system of economic growth. Your mower would become the symbol for our new world like the hammer and cycle was to a previous yet flawed attempt.
Just a thought.
This was a great idea, you're clearly very skilled. This mower is very dangerous. You cut too much off the deck losing strength. The blade was modified and not balance checked properly.
Thanks Safety Sally!
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My kind of man, get rid of electric, go ICE!
Honestly, a Briggs Flathead 2.5HP probably would have been a better choice than a Briggs OHV 550e. Theyre good engines, but too big, too heavy for that deck..
And I think the deck should have had spacers between the engine and the deck .
Thats why Pressure Washer engines dont work as Lawnmowers. The crank is too short.
who thought of Homer Simpson changing his name to Max Power when he dropped the new blade?
I Bet Ryobi Don't Do That Cause I've Seen The Underneith
Of One Of Those Mowers. &
The Blade Is Mounted Directly
To The Motor. No Extra Parts
For Mounting The Blade.
rate job
Cant wait for them to do Teslas when they are 10 years old!
All this electric garbage is exactly that . Garbage. Buy a new one. Next year buy another one and so on. It's landfill
Exactly. Buy an electric or $100gas weed wacker or mower, and expect to replace every couple years, throwing the old to the landfill.
On the other hand, I bought a Husqvarna weed wacker in 2002 for like $275 (instead of the $100 house brand). It’s still running today. The Honda lawn mower I bought back in 2011 is also running still today. May not run as “green and clean” as what they want us to buy, but at least it’s not landfill!
That is not the correct blade. The center hole should not be round with that adapter. Entertaining to watch 😊.
The center hole will stabilize it on one axis while the two nodes stabilize it on the other. I know they make a blade with the exact shape for this adapter, but this one works.
@@Fixologist1 for me personally I would feel safer having the keyed center hole that matches the adapter. Good job on the conversion.
@@eostrike The good thing about this type of blade setup is when the bolts loosen and the blades come off a mower like this, they fall straight down onto the ground. They don't go flying off in all directions like some designs with a center dish and small blades coming off the center dish.
Thats exactly what the government wants people to do, go electric then when the battery or mower fails in 2 years buy a new one😂😂😂. This whole go electric is a joke!!! Ive stocked up on parts for my gas powered stuff and ill stick with that.
The overriding message is: throw away all your reliable, gas-powered equipment to save the planet, then we and our political cronies rake in a ton of money during the changeover. Plus we can pass whatever regulations we need to ensure we have a total monopolistic control over the entire industry.
Me too and I plan on getting at least 10
Riding mower and parts to rebuild them 4 times each
Now we can do the same thing to EV's ..
I seen 3 Tesla cars around the Dallas area that had exhaust pipes out the back. I don't know if Tesla has started putting gas engines in those cars, or if someone did that on their own.
Rather than destroying the metal plate on the old PW why didn't you just make a cardboard template... cheaper, easier and not destroy the old PW frame. The handles don't seem very tight, all over the place when your mowing..
This is why life insurance is cheaper for a woman.
Moegol
They will not last 2 years of normal use
I’ve already changed one over, it was all free stuff and I’m still laughing at how S people really are 😅
i dont advise doing this, waste of time and money, selling the mower or getting a new battery would be more economical in the long run when factoring in fuel and maintenance costs of a engine, plus the lithium-ion batteries last well over 10 years. also if you dont want batteries, get a corded mower or convert the battery mower to corded.
also with the pressure washer you can fix the crack if you weld it.
Pretty sure the pressure washer pump was cast aluminum.
LOL, the batteries can be fixed for a lot less work than what you went through. I guess you didn't get a battery with the mower and in that case $120 for what did you say? 4yrs? I bet by the time you have a gas can, buy gas, pay for the gas to go get the gas and then just figure all your time a new battery ould be cheap.
Now, if the fact is you just wanted to see if you could do it that is a different matter. I never stop laughing at just how hard people work to try to make a point of how much they love sending their hard earned money to the Middle East. The tech is here now, you just need to want to search it out. I bought a cordless weed eater 5yrs ago and I have not looked back. my weed eating is little duty and I was having to deal with premix and having to buy a new Feather Weight weed eater every 2-3 years because they just don't hold up. I bought a $99 Cordless 20v B&D at Lowes 5 yerars ago and the nice part is every time I pull the trigger it just runs.
Good luck in the future on your lawn mower.
The greatest problem we have with mother earth is that our human economy is built upon growth. I don't know what we can do about that when we live within a finite system. If we had renewable energy and fully recyclable resources then the only input would be the flesh of our fingers working to the bone but I don't see that horizon.
Electric mowers are crap. One thing breaks and the whole thing is junk.
I am an experienced shade tree mechanic. Several times in this video, I had to cringe, so by 20:00 I had to stop watching. How thick was the “template” steel? Too thick for tin snips?
Why were you hammering on the muffler cage while it was attached? Better to remove it for mods and not risk hitting something cast! Please when making this kind of video, think of your audience! So many spots were accidents waiting to happen. Did the gas mower crankshaft fit the mower blade?
Makes no odds to me, this is an entertainment video and not a how to video, I enjoyed it.
You must be a kobalt sales rep.
Get a bigger shade tree. Lol
In my experience the decks on those are just junk. It's better to use a deck made for a gas engine because of all the torque and vibration. That thing will disintegrate in short order!
Seems ok so far.
You can add a3/16 plate also to strengthen it and just move it from one frame to the other
After all they will be laying around every where Free 😅😅😅