Got a broken piece of equipment? Leave it roadside with a “FREE” sign on it in Musties’s neighborhood. Go back 2 days later and “buy” it back for half of what a repair shop would’ve charged to fix it. You get your equipment fixed, Mustie gets content. Win, win!
Back when I was in construction we would have screw guns "walk" off jobs. I would wait about 5 days and go buy back our tools from the local pawnshops. They had to repair them before they could be sold so I would get back my screw guns repaired and good as new for about a third of the cost of a new one.
I wonder if Mustie is a local legend or myth....people feel they have to sacrifice small, broken lawn equipment every spring to the the Mustie man so they can have a beautiful and lush lawn that summer.
I see Mustie as more like Big Foot and people leave out old mowers, tractors & strimmer as bait to see if they can catch him. Then he will be held forever fixing small engines, carbs and VW campers.
I was trimming weeds in front of my house . i put down my trimmer to go in the woods to take a leak . when i got back my trimmer was gone....MUSTIE !!!
"If it's 4-stroke we'll take it, if it's 2-stroke we'll leave it alone.." Me: "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH THE REAL MUSTIE!?!? WHERE IS HE" "Eh we'll throw it on the truck anyway" Me: "whew"
I just got 3 leaf blowers the same way, all pumping air from the primer bulb, 2 back packs, and one hand held!, $10.00 worth of parts and got them going good!
I had a 2-stroke Ryobi string trimmer. 2 seasons, the lines split. I bought the 6$ line replacement kit, spent 4hrs trying to coax those lines into the tank, video after video, special "forceps". I junked it, bought electric, 100ft of cord... 12yrs later...not a problem. Ah, to the engineer who designed the fuel system and spec'd the plastic for it...what can I say. I have a 22yr-old Tecumseh 4-stroke lawnmower, not one fuel issue or oil issue. Not one. Every cable is busted, wheels are bare, belts cracked. It still starts and works.
Mr Mustie, I want to say to you how important you have become to, I'm sure, so many of us. While I can only speak for myself, while I realize the difference between reality and imagination, you evoke real emotions for many of us. I truly feel that you are a friend I could visit with. My father operated a small engine clinic during the 7's near Amarillo. It was a part time job for him because the little town was too small to fully support him. He became a snapper dealer and when I would visit him, his shop was full of new mowers getting prepped, and older ones getting repaired. So when I watch your video's I can almost smell and feel the environment. I went away and got involved in engineering, so I didn't get to spend that much time "wrenching"...but I still miss it. Thank you for your energy, time and your dedication to us.
Nah...Just a fix it channel...He's got a life outside making videos. Entertaining though and keeps the money rolling in! He's a private guy and would resent any question of visitors. Time to your own wrenching again. Peace! X
Living beside a recycling centre most of my life in the UK we got a LOT of free stuff after the place closed for the day. It's impossible now as it took them decades to finally install cameras which are monitored 24/7 by the council. When we were kids we got to play with hundreds of 'ride-on' powerwheels & peg perego cars and bikes, many of them premium 2 seater types which were thrown away because the batteries were so expensive to replace.. We simply took batteries from the battery pile and charged them at home in the shed which included fire alarm batteries and small car batteries and powered the vehicles off them. We played destruction derby with them, ran them on 24v until the motors popped and simply went up to the dump again and got more. Fun times as a kid and fond memories.
I picked up two free 4-stroke string trimmers from the side of the road this weekend. One has a bad diaphragm in the carb ($2 for a new one), one only needed an exhaust valve adjustment. Mustie, your legacy lives on.
I LOVE the found by the side of the road or the FREE PILE. Darren I’ve never through away a garden equipment. I can’t understand those people. Please keep these videos coming. Darren you live my dream as we pass the 11th week in lockdown BUT last night the president said phase two starts 04/May. We all go back to work. Kids stay home though. Malls still closed. Drive in restaurants can’t be visited. We are going to Make it and YOU helped me. Your videos are a God Sent. Thank you.
I fought with an old McCullough weed wacker for years. The only thing I learned from it was how far I could throw it. About 50 feet out to the street. I waited about 20 minutes until it was mysteriously gone then went and bought the Echo that I have now and never had a lick of trouble with.
John.... Not sure, but the architecture of the houses and the scenery definitely looks like New England, somewhere.... possibly southern NH, VT or western MA. (??) He does Not have a typical New England accent, though... so??
Great video sir. Been binge watching your videos. I learned when putting new line on a weed eater is to cut a piece of line, then stick each end in the holes. Then wind both sections at once while keeping an eye on the length, then cut string in half. And then put line in the holes of hub and snap in place. It took me a while to figure out how easy it makes it..
Hey Mustie, just want to thank you for sharing your seemingly endless knowledge of small engines and equipment (with a little VW sprinkled in). Been binge watching your videos for a couple weeks and its really helping pass the time. Your delivery of information makes it super easy to pick up. I also appreciate the little tips and tricks that make life easier that only experience can teach. I now have the confidence to repair my old clapped out Craftsman 42" instead of replacing it. New deck, spindles, pulleys and carb are on the way!
Mustie man you are awesome...I learn so much from your vids every single time...I appreciate your teaching...I learned what a plenum and detent was on this one ...improved my knowledge and my vocabulary
Mustie1, I have seen a Harvard graduate, with a masters in mathematics, try to reline a weedwacker, and then see same person toss said weedwacker across his yard, so you sir did what a masters in mathematics could not do, congratulations man, keep it up.
Got to love the free piles, the old bed frame was pretty cool.i could watch a whole video of just yard sale and free pile picks.Thanks for your videos 👍
Hey mustie I was able to purchase none running Honda hr173 off Facebook market place and with the knowledge you provide in your videos I was able and confident to get the lawn mower working! Thank you very much and keep up the great videos! Life skills learned 👍
Over the course of several years I had a few of these "things" and could never get them to run well.. the instructions on them is like breaking into a bank vault.. lol.. gave the last one to a my son and bought a cordless one. all good now.. enjoyed the video. tks for sharing..
Another informative vid from Mustie. Really enjoy the way you go about diagnosing and solving problems. I always learn something from your vids. Keep up the great work.
I had one of these homelite (Home Depot special) trimmers around 11 years ago when I did lawns on the side after high school. The bottom cap on mine was reverse threaded so I was sure something awful was going to happen to yours since you were breaking it loose counter-clockwise. Glad to see it's a runner, mine broke the filter weight off too and I never had the tools to dial in the carb so it made its way to the giveaway pile too after a few years of good service.
I know a guy who picked up a lawnmower sitting by the road. When he got it home a guy pulled up behind him and asked him why he took his mower. He replied that it was just sitting by the road. The other guy said - that's where it ran out of gas, I was just going up to the house to get the gas can.
Brilliant I was given the exact same model, in the UK, guy had wrenched the pull starter retaining spring off, in frustration. Your carb tune up explanation =perfect . Thank you Mustie . Now it purrs( and roars on full chat!) A Big Fan of your ''save it" vids, thank you .
yes the little 2 strokes are a pita to work on. I've had to redo all mine this year. 2 of 4 needed coils, no spark. I had to make a 3dprinted gas cap for my homelite - no one sells that cap anymore.
My mate give me a strimmer the other day and said it's not ran for 3 years so I stripped it down and cleaned the carb out and got it going wot a great feeling made my day that thanks to you mustie1 👍
my dad and brother fixed mowers and 2strokes on the weekends for a few years. they had a YUGE pile of weedeaters. they really are throwaway. they told their friends who would pick up stuff to never get anymore weedeaters.
Okay, I just ordered a new carburetor for my Homelite weed whacker...The total for carb on Amazon was $17.00 with shipping, new plug, special tool, and the fuel lines, weighted fuel filter plus a rebuild kit. It couldn’t come at a better time.. thanks Mustie1......
Thank you Mustie1 for your great videos. They help me when I cannot sleep at night due to chronic pain. I am entertained by your commentary and learn a lot about 4 strokes, I was just a 2 stroke guy. My tips are B&S recoil starter, rope replacement, make a small notch in the pulley wheel outside top edge for the cord to fit in, makes it easy to turn (preloaded rope wheel) for tensioning the spring. Bend the metal tab out at the exit hole to make it easier to thread the cord out, I bend the tab back. I only wind on one side/hole of trimmer cord. One works fine for me as the trimmer head turns so fast, makes me wonder why we are conditioned by makers to use two? I realise you do both sides for resale. PS please give Lilly a treat for me, don't see her much anymore in your shop and miss her.
I had a hard time getting the hose started through the tank hole, now I’ll know how to make it easier. Didn’t think to cut hose end on a bias as shown. Mine is a Homelite also and needs the idle adjustment. Thanks Mustie . Where to get the proprietary tools is the next problem.
just imagine the original owner with his weed whacker trying to use it then thinking, "damn it, fuel line broke... I got a spare in the garage, i'll drop the whacker here and go get it....." Mustie "WAHOO!!!!!FREE STUFF!!!!!"
Greg Morgan I was going to make the EXACT comment but you beat me to it. I’m sure the owner was my running down the driveway with whatever he went to get and sees him swiping it. I’m bet his vehicle description has been listed in a bunch of larceny complainers.. 😂
Mr Mustie sir, this vid just saved my whipper Snippers life! Its been doing my head in for weeks. But you showed us the proprietary adjusting nut! I didn't have the socket but I sacrificed a scribe in the hole on top with a light tap tap tap qnd got a quarter twist! Shes an animal now!!!
Thank you Mustie for keeping some of us sane during lockdown! Have you ever picked up something by the roadside, taken it home, found out that the fix was so simple that it didn't even deserve a video, and taken the fettled item back to where you got it, rang the doorbell, and said "Here ya go, fella, fixed it for ya!"?
I have a homelite trimmer I've used for 26 summers straight. Still has the original spark plug. It ran for months with all four head bolts loose, tightened them up and she still goes. I can't believe what a little over $150 bought. BTW, the nut for the bottom of the spool is a stock item at the big orange box store. Be sure to get the black one if you need one, the red one is left hand thread. That was the only item I've replace other than string line and fuel.
True story: It's already grass cutting time in Eastern PA so yesterday (4/25) I was mowing and trimming and the string trimmer died, lack of fuel (primer wouldn't function). Figured I'd repair it today. Woke to watch this video and thought "Hum, I wonder?" Sure as s&^t, the stone filter fell out when I drained the fuel. I ended doing exactly what you did, only difference was I had picked up a fuel line repair kit at Home Deepthroat while out this morning. It was a rerun for me!
You couldn't have timed that better, I dug mine out today to get it going tomorrow. I now know exactly what to look for when it inevitably gives me grief. Thank you very much for another great video.
You are truly a blessing my new found friend! 😄 Answering all my questions about small engines. That was probably stored in the winter with gas in it and broke down the gas lines. Those cheep trimmers are known for that. 😱
"If it's two stroke we'll leave it alone." Two seconds later after having spent the effort to pick the thing up "Ehhh lets throw it in the truck anyway." LOL Good ole Mustie, can't leave an engine to an unnecessary ending.
Hey at that point he has put the effort into picking it up....... might as well throw it in the truck! The neat thing is atleast Mustie knows and shows us how to not just fix it but fix it right! Thanks mustie for the education!
I found a free weed wacker in a free pile at a yard sale, even tho it was missing a lot of parts, I had spare parts laying around from other projects that were scrapped for parts, I fixed it up, sold it same day for $60
You have to change the fuel lines regularly on those trimmers just like you have to do with the primer bulb as they crack and won't prime or run without those problems being fixed. It is good that you was able to fix the problems with the trimmer yourself and now you have one to use around your home.
I thought I would find this one boring, not really interested in weed wackers. But I'm glad to know of the 2 stroke carb adjustment tools. I never heard or seen anything about them. I'm sure you could go 4 or 5 years without yard sales or free piles, and still have plenty to work on! LOL! There's an antique boat motor for one, the Lambo kit car, and I forget what all else. I've seen probably 95% of your videos, and it's interesting to see the evolution of how you do things. Those Turnin Rust boys have much better quality video equipment, but they only describe vaguely how the fix things. You give us all the details and broad background. Definitely like your approach much better. Keep up the great work!!
@@stv922, you have to buy them off eBay because it is illegal for anyone in the USA to sell them. You have to get them from China or some other foreign country.
I remember when I used to go into the city on the Long Island railroad that the guys who worked in the train station who were responsible for keeping the platforms clear of snow used to have a version of this that instead of a weed wacker it had these finned horizontal rollers that were sweepers and they were about 2.5 feet wide and they would walk side by side the length of the platform and use the sweepers to push the snow off as it accumulated and they’d go back and forth from platform to platform and they actually worked at keeping the snow from building up. You should see about converting this to a sweeper, and I think you’ll get a lot more use out of it
The snow blower attachment looks like the one that fits a Husqvarna, MTD, Craftsman, Poulon, and many other garden tractors. I think it was made by Agri Fab, Sure wish I could find one on the side of the street.
Man Musti you find the coolest stuff sitting roadside,Trouble with that weedeater is the guy was just using it and had to run to the house to use the restroom and you come along and took his weedeater...shame on you..lol. Keep up the good work...
The Faceless Nomad I almost did that once. Saw a mower sitting next the road, fellas yard was half cut. I figured the mower died, and I’d grab it on the way back home. Turns out he was just taking a break. Could you imagine coming back out and your mower is gone?!
Dear Mustie1. 👍👌👏 Very well done again, Sir. 2) Good grief! Maaan, at minimum I would have dragged home at least half of all that free pile stuff you showed at the end of this video. And I hope that you did that too (so we viewers can look forward to watch a lot of videos). Hope you can sell the weed wacker quickly. As always: Thanks a lot for making teaching recording editing uploading and sharing. Best regards luck and health to all of you.
Quick tip - coat the thread with talc or French chalk before you wind it around; less chance of it binding and not extending when you use the bump feed.
Dang!!! Nice weedeater found on roadside only a cheap fix. People are just not mechanically inclined or just don't want to waste time trying to fix it. Good find Darren.
Awesome. I really enjoy your videos. I've been asked to repair several strimmers and a mower recently because people know I'm handy. I've been back through your uploads to help me recently, a 80 something old neighbour's 20 year old Husquarna 232r wouldn't prime or stay running, turns out to be those flap check valves in the bottom of the carb. Awaiting parts. Keep up the content and loving the Econoline. Best wishes from the UK
Good morning everyone ! Mustie i love these kind of videos I guess because I can relate. I know you are going to miss yard sales this summer as will I Take care
@@thepsychonaut3007 Some people wait for a free pile pick... Mustie1 makes his own... Ya'll wonder how he finds all these gems, there ain't no "finding" involved, he's the small engine bandit...🤣🤣
Nice! At the end, that fancy chrome Gas grill... Movers won't touch those. So, lots of them end up in the free pile, with nothing wrong with them..... Your free piles are a lot better than mine, holy cow... That table & chairs at the very end?? Ugh! Killing me. I need that....
Thank you soo much for being so entertaining and informative. i was able to get a snowblower running, that noone could figure out. the primer line was dryrotted and you could not get the carb primed. then i was able to successfully tune the carb in and she "purrs"
17:52 "Hey come in, come in, welcome to the meeting. The reason I've called all 275 of you in here this morning is that we need to make the high and low adjustment screws as jacked up as possible. We want them to have to buy $10 in tools just to turn them. Joe, just how f'd up can we design this thing?"
I've had the same Ryobi for 27 years. Every 8 years or so the fuel lines disintegrate and I replace with fresh ones. They are a metric size which can be a pain in the US. I did have to replace the magneto once but the little Walbro is still singing and it has flat blade screwdriver H/L adjustment thank you. The RC airplane guys call that little filter/weight at the end of the pickup line a "clunk". Though weed whackers don't do Immelmans, they do change orientation often.
Hey Mustie1 😎. Thank you for the time you put in your videos. I like the fact that you also fix small engines too. Keep on doing what you do. I will be looking forward for the next video 🤙
Got a broken piece of equipment? Leave it roadside with a “FREE” sign on it in Musties’s neighborhood. Go back 2 days later and “buy” it back for half of what a repair shop would’ve charged to fix it. You get your equipment fixed, Mustie gets content. Win, win!
Tommy Pinewood - I have thought about that also a few times myself. New Hampshire is a long way from Michigan.
Nice. But this is super low quality chinese crap like everything they make so a few days later you'd be fixing something else. ;-)
0th World Behavior, for sure.
Back when I was in construction we would have screw guns "walk" off jobs. I would wait about 5 days and go buy back our tools from the local pawnshops. They had to repair them before they could be sold so I would get back my screw guns repaired and good as new for about a third of the cost of a new one.
No doubt, there’s something about fixing stuff others have given up on it.
Gardener after a smoke pause:
Where did I left my trimmer!?
Exactly man. Go eat lunch and have your weed wacker stolen lol
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Toi oli hauska!!
My thoughts Exactly, LOLOLOLOLOL
Went to get more line come back and it's gone my kids bought me that weed whacker for fathers day gift 😁
I wonder if Mustie is a local legend or myth....people feel they have to sacrifice small, broken lawn equipment every spring to the the Mustie man so they can have a beautiful and lush lawn that summer.
way funny
The Mustie Man....lol...😎😀
I see Mustie as more like Big Foot and people leave out old mowers, tractors & strimmer as bait to see if they can catch him. Then he will be held forever fixing small engines, carbs and VW campers.
..that would explain the sacrificial altars at the curbside......offerings to the legend.
Isn't that a religion you're describing? ;)
I was trimming weeds in front of my house . i put down my trimmer to go in the woods to take a leak . when i got back my trimmer was gone....MUSTIE !!!
Do not leave
Small engines around
Sitting out
Where they can be found
CAUSE MUSTIE1 IS ROAMING YOUR TOOOOWWWWNNN!
LOL
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Exposed your weed eater really needed some work buddy
Just Mike same here!
"If it's 4-stroke we'll take it, if it's 2-stroke we'll leave it alone.." Me: "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH THE REAL MUSTIE!?!? WHERE IS HE"
"Eh we'll throw it on the truck anyway" Me: "whew"
Sounds just like me. I pretend to have it under control, until an unsuspecting small engine device is being "thrown in the bin".
I'm waiting for the Army Jeep to show up at his shop. ;-) (Yes, I heard him say "just kidding.")
What's wrong with the 4 stroke Hondas? Other than being massive that is....
The owner probably went for a pee mind your own business
I just got 3 leaf blowers the same way, all pumping air from the primer bulb, 2 back packs, and one hand held!, $10.00 worth of parts and got them going good!
I had a 2-stroke Ryobi string trimmer. 2 seasons, the lines split. I bought the 6$ line replacement kit, spent 4hrs trying to coax those lines into the tank, video after video, special "forceps". I junked it, bought electric, 100ft of cord... 12yrs later...not a problem. Ah, to the engineer who designed the fuel system and spec'd the plastic for it...what can I say. I have a 22yr-old Tecumseh 4-stroke lawnmower, not one fuel issue or oil issue. Not one. Every cable is busted, wheels are bare, belts cracked. It still starts and works.
Mr Mustie, I want to say to you how important you have become to, I'm sure, so many of us. While I can only speak for myself, while I realize the difference between reality and imagination, you evoke real emotions for many of us. I truly feel that you are a friend I could visit with. My father operated a small engine clinic during the 7's near Amarillo. It was a part time job for him because the little town was too small to fully support him. He became a snapper dealer and when I would visit him, his shop was full of new mowers getting prepped, and older ones getting repaired. So when I watch your video's I can almost smell and feel the environment. I went away and got involved in engineering, so I didn't get to spend that much time "wrenching"...but I still miss it. Thank you for your energy, time and your dedication to us.
Nah...Just a fix it channel...He's got a life outside making videos. Entertaining though and keeps the money rolling in! He's a private guy and would resent any question of visitors. Time to your own wrenching again. Peace! X
When I see wood working videos I get that same feeling. Dad was a wood shop teacher.
Mustie picks it up...."hey guys, it's got gas in it and it's still warm....let's take it home and see if we can get it to run"
The guys that owns it returns from taking a quick potty break......"wait.....I KNOW I set that weedeater right here!! My boss is gonna KILL me!"
Gone in 60 Seconds. Starring Mustie1.
still warm LOL
Just couldn't keep his hands off of it lol
If it's one thing that I hate in this world it's a doggone weedwacker LOL or I guess anything is got a 2-stroke or engine it, except motorcycles
Living beside a recycling centre most of my life in the UK we got a LOT of free stuff after the place closed for the day. It's impossible now as it took them decades to finally install cameras which are monitored 24/7 by the council. When we were kids we got to play with hundreds of 'ride-on' powerwheels & peg perego cars and bikes, many of them premium 2 seater types which were thrown away because the batteries were so expensive to replace.. We simply took batteries from the battery pile and charged them at home in the shed which included fire alarm batteries and small car batteries and powered the vehicles off them. We played destruction derby with them, ran them on 24v until the motors popped and simply went up to the dump again and got more. Fun times as a kid and fond memories.
I picked up two free 4-stroke string trimmers from the side of the road this weekend. One has a bad diaphragm in the carb ($2 for a new one), one only needed an exhaust valve adjustment. Mustie, your legacy lives on.
I take a dremel with a fine cut wheel and cut a slot in those "proprietary" screw heads. I got your "special tools" RIGHT HERE!!! 😂
ive done that too
I had to do that As Well
Done that a few times, but I bought the tools to save time on helping friends and whatnot.
you can also shove an electrical butt connector on the end of a screwdriver and use that
@@atllsam Noice!! I gotta remember that trick!
I LOVE the found by the side of the road or the FREE PILE. Darren I’ve never through away a garden equipment. I can’t understand those people. Please keep these videos coming. Darren you live my dream as we pass the 11th week in lockdown BUT last night the president said phase two starts 04/May. We all go back to work. Kids stay home though. Malls still closed. Drive in restaurants can’t be visited.
We are going to Make it and YOU helped me. Your videos are a God Sent. Thank you.
MUSTIE should play the JAWS theme looking for freebies 😂
That would be cool if he did that
Cool no doubt, but crappy TH-cam would probably copyright him for it 😩
The fact that someone could dislike your videos blows my mind.... keep up the good work❤️❤️❤️
That's funny. He should do that
I fought with an old McCullough weed wacker for years. The only thing I learned from it was how far I could throw it. About 50 feet out to the street. I waited about 20 minutes until it was mysteriously gone then went and bought the Echo that I have now and never had a lick of trouble with.
Where is this magical world where there are riding mowers, BBQs, air compressors and weed whackers for free on every corner?
Right now, it looks like New Hampshire, where Mustie lives.
John.... Not sure, but the architecture of the houses and the scenery definitely looks like New England, somewhere.... possibly southern NH, VT or western MA. (??) He does Not have a typical New England accent, though... so??
Just drive around and take stuff out peoples yards
@Trev I second this, I see free weed whackers all the time.
Anywhere with ethanol in their gas!
Great video sir. Been binge watching your videos. I learned when putting new line on a weed eater is to cut a piece of line, then stick each end in the holes. Then wind both sections at once while keeping an eye on the length, then cut string in half. And then put line in the holes of hub and snap in place. It took me a while to figure out how easy it makes it..
Hey Mustie, just want to thank you for sharing your seemingly endless knowledge of small engines and equipment (with a little VW sprinkled in). Been binge watching your videos for a couple weeks and its really helping pass the time. Your delivery of information makes it super easy to pick up. I also appreciate the little tips and tricks that make life easier that only experience can teach. I now have the confidence to repair my old clapped out Craftsman 42" instead of replacing it. New deck, spindles, pulleys and carb are on the way!
Mustie man you are awesome...I learn so much from your vids every single time...I appreciate your teaching...I learned what a plenum and detent was on this one ...improved my knowledge and my vocabulary
Thanks for cheering us up again this morning. Your neighbourhood seems a great place to be. Stay safe and all the best from us here in UK.
Mustie1, I have seen a Harvard graduate, with a masters in mathematics, try to reline a weedwacker, and then see same person toss said weedwacker across his yard, so you sir did what a masters in mathematics could not do, congratulations man, keep it up.
Got to love the free piles, the old bed frame was pretty cool.i could watch a whole video of just yard sale and free pile picks.Thanks for your videos 👍
I wanted to know what that green thing was beside the air compressor
l grabbed the bed frame
heater
I would like to see a video of repairing a torpedo heater if you work on them.
@@mustie1 that's what I thought it was
Hey mustie I was able to purchase none running Honda hr173 off Facebook market place and with the knowledge you provide in your videos I was able and confident to get the lawn mower working! Thank you very much and keep up the great videos! Life skills learned 👍
At the end it's dark and mustie is loading up that jeep 🤣😂🤣🤣🤣🤪
Over the course of several years I had a few of these "things" and could never get them to run well.. the instructions on them is like breaking into a bank vault.. lol.. gave the last one to a my son and bought a cordless one. all good now.. enjoyed the video. tks for sharing..
Another informative vid from Mustie. Really enjoy the way you go about diagnosing and solving problems. I always learn something from your vids. Keep up the great work.
I had one of these homelite (Home Depot special) trimmers around 11 years ago when I did lawns on the side after high school. The bottom cap on mine was reverse threaded so I was sure something awful was going to happen to yours since you were breaking it loose counter-clockwise. Glad to see it's a runner, mine broke the filter weight off too and I never had the tools to dial in the carb so it made its way to the giveaway pile too after a few years of good service.
I know a guy who picked up a lawnmower sitting by the road. When he got it home a guy pulled up behind him and asked him why he took his mower. He replied that it was just sitting by the road. The other guy said - that's where it ran out of gas, I was just going up to the house to get the gas can.
Oops, open mouth insert foot!
at least look at the grass when ganking mowers from yards. if it's half mowed don't gank.
@@robgeach8105 good idea
Brilliant
I was given the exact same model, in the UK, guy had wrenched the pull starter retaining spring off, in frustration. Your carb tune up explanation =perfect . Thank you Mustie . Now it purrs( and roars on full chat!)
A Big Fan of your ''save it" vids, thank you .
I used to repair trimmers and chainsaws back in the early 90's. Nothing has changed much, just the quality has diminished. Keep up the good work.
yes the little 2 strokes are a pita to work on. I've had to redo all mine this year. 2 of 4 needed coils, no spark. I had to make a 3dprinted gas cap for my homelite - no one sells that cap anymore.
@GM Kof hard I have one that had the preset mixture screws but cutting a slot in them solved the problem
He's working on a homelite which is the cheapest brand that home depot sells. That string trimmer probably costs 50-75 dollars.
My mate give me a strimmer the other day and said it's not ran for 3 years so I stripped it down and cleaned the carb out and got it going wot a great feeling made my day that thanks to you mustie1 👍
Imagine how great this world would be if we had Mustie1 as our shop teacher in high school. Another weed wacker saved. Is that about 30 now? Lol
my dad and brother fixed mowers and 2strokes on the weekends for a few years. they had a YUGE pile of weedeaters. they really are throwaway. they told their friends who would pick up stuff to never get anymore weedeaters.
@@orbitalair2103 that explains why my uncle has at least 6 of them in his shed. But he refuses to let anyone take them away.
@@natebolton9385 the key is to only pick up the straight shaft ones
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You got the best free piles mustie1, nobody throws good stuff away down here ever.
Okay, I just ordered a new carburetor for my Homelite weed whacker...The total for carb on Amazon was $17.00 with shipping, new plug, special tool, and the fuel lines, weighted fuel filter plus a rebuild kit. It couldn’t come at a better time.. thanks Mustie1......
Thank you Mustie1 for your great videos. They help me when I cannot sleep at night due to chronic pain. I am entertained by your commentary and learn a lot about 4 strokes, I was just a 2 stroke guy. My tips are B&S recoil starter, rope replacement, make a small notch in the pulley wheel outside top edge for the cord to fit in, makes it easy to turn (preloaded rope wheel) for tensioning the spring. Bend the metal tab out at the exit hole to make it easier to thread the cord out, I bend the tab back.
I only wind on one side/hole of trimmer cord. One works fine for me as the trimmer head turns so fast, makes me wonder why we are conditioned by makers to use two? I realise you do both sides for resale.
PS please give Lilly a treat for me, don't see her much anymore in your shop and miss her.
Mustie makes a video and Junior is grounded for a month for losing the weed eater!
Grounded nothing, now he has th mow the whole 5 acer yard with a push mower...lol
I had a hard time getting the hose started through the tank hole, now I’ll know how to make it easier. Didn’t think to cut hose end on a bias as shown. Mine is a Homelite also and needs the idle adjustment. Thanks Mustie . Where to get the proprietary tools is the next problem.
just imagine the original owner with his weed whacker trying to use it then thinking, "damn it, fuel line broke... I got a spare in the garage, i'll drop the whacker here and go get it....."
Mustie "WAHOO!!!!!FREE STUFF!!!!!"
Greg Morgan I was going to make the EXACT comment but you beat me to it. I’m sure the owner was my running down the driveway with whatever he went to get and sees him swiping it. I’m bet his vehicle description has been listed in a bunch of larceny complainers.. 😂
Mr Mustie sir, this vid just saved my whipper Snippers life! Its been doing my head in for weeks. But you showed us the proprietary adjusting nut! I didn't have the socket but I sacrificed a scribe in the hole on top with a light tap tap tap qnd got a quarter twist!
Shes an animal now!!!
Thank you Mustie for keeping some of us sane during lockdown!
Have you ever picked up something by the roadside, taken it home, found out that the fix was so simple that it didn't even deserve a video, and taken the fettled item back to where you got it, rang the doorbell, and said "Here ya go, fella, fixed it for ya!"?
I hate restringing weedwackers, now I buy them already completely spooled. Thanks for sharing, nice find.
One day one of those free pile signs will read lawn mower reserved for Mustie.
I wonder if anyone around there watches his videos or even any youtube.
Craig G because I want a zero turn, tractors are garbage
I have a homelite trimmer I've used for 26 summers straight. Still has the original spark plug. It ran for months with all four head bolts loose, tightened them up and she still goes. I can't believe what a little over $150 bought. BTW, the nut for the bottom of the spool is a stock item at the big orange box store. Be sure to get the black one if you need one, the red one is left hand thread. That was the only item I've replace other than string line and fuel.
True story: It's already grass cutting time in Eastern PA so yesterday (4/25) I was mowing and trimming and the string trimmer died, lack of fuel (primer wouldn't function). Figured I'd repair it today. Woke to watch this video and thought "Hum, I wonder?" Sure as s&^t, the stone filter fell out when I drained the fuel. I ended doing exactly what you did, only difference was I had picked up a fuel line repair kit at Home Deepthroat while out this morning. It was a rerun for me!
Why do you call it Home Deepthroat?
You couldn't have timed that better, I dug mine out today to get it going tomorrow. I now know exactly what to look for when it inevitably gives me grief. Thank you very much for another great video.
I feel your pain. Can rebuild an engine, but I’ll be damned if I can figure out how to put on the damn line on a weed eater
You are truly a blessing my new found friend! 😄 Answering all my questions about small engines. That was probably stored in the winter with gas in it and broke down the gas lines. Those cheep trimmers are known for that. 😱
"If it's two stroke we'll leave it alone." Two seconds later after having spent the effort to pick the thing up "Ehhh lets throw it in the truck anyway."
LOL Good ole Mustie, can't leave an engine to an unnecessary ending.
Hey at that point he has put the effort into picking it up....... might as well throw it in the truck! The neat thing is atleast Mustie knows and shows us how to not just fix it but fix it right! Thanks mustie for the education!
Every Sunday morning, without fail, a new Mustie1 video awaits. The coffee is ready, and so am I.
“Some of you are kind of big” ... I LOLd
The filter weight thing you're talking about we call it a clunk. It's the sound it makes when you move the tank around..
From the world of radio controlled aircraft modelling.
I found a free weed wacker in a free pile at a yard sale, even tho it was missing a lot of parts, I had spare parts laying around from other projects that were scrapped for parts, I fixed it up, sold it same day for $60
You have to change the fuel lines regularly on those trimmers just like you have to do with the primer bulb as they crack and won't prime or run without those problems being fixed. It is good that you was able to fix the problems with the trimmer yourself and now you have one to use around your home.
I thought I would find this one boring, not really interested in weed wackers. But I'm glad to know of the 2 stroke carb adjustment tools. I never heard or seen anything about them. I'm sure you could go 4 or 5 years without yard sales or free piles, and still have plenty to work on! LOL! There's an antique boat motor for one, the Lambo kit car, and I forget what all else. I've seen probably 95% of your videos, and it's interesting to see the evolution of how you do things. Those Turnin Rust boys have much better quality video equipment, but they only describe vaguely how the fix things. You give us all the details and broad background. Definitely like your approach much better. Keep up the great work!!
I bought a set of 8 carb tools off eBay for 15 bucks ! Paid for themselves more than once.
@@stv922, you have to buy them off eBay because it is illegal for anyone in the USA to sell them. You have to get them from China or some other foreign country.
I remember when I used to go into the city on the Long Island railroad that the guys who worked in the train station who were responsible for keeping the platforms clear of snow used to have a version of this that instead of a weed wacker it had these finned horizontal rollers that were sweepers and they were about 2.5 feet wide and they would walk side by side the length of the platform and use the sweepers to push the snow off as it accumulated and they’d go back and forth from platform to platform and they actually worked at keeping the snow from building up. You should see about converting this to a sweeper, and I think you’ll get a lot more use out of it
It doesn't have the power to sweep
I really wish I could find somewhere in my area where people just dump whole riding mowers on the side of their driveway. I'd have a field day.
Around my day, they sure don't do that either. Here, they want $400+ for the broken ones.
I would have a field day - and feature on Hoarders.
Thanks for having us over to hangout with you bud👍👍✌️
The snow blower attachment looks like the one that fits a Husqvarna, MTD, Craftsman, Poulon, and many other garden tractors. I think it was made by Agri Fab, Sure wish I could find one on the side of the street.
I spent a couple hundred on the same one in my neighborhood with a for sale sign. can't believe that was FREE OMG!
Another roadside score . Nice save on the trim line spool👍, they make me nuts ! .
Man Musti you find the coolest stuff sitting roadside,Trouble with that weedeater is the guy was just using it and had to run to the house to use the restroom and you come along and took his weedeater...shame on you..lol. Keep up the good work...
Was gonna say something similar lol
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thats why l put what l did on the end of the video,
The Faceless Nomad I almost did that once. Saw a mower sitting next the road, fellas yard was half cut. I figured the mower died, and I’d grab it on the way back home. Turns out he was just taking a break. Could you imagine coming back out and your mower is gone?!
Was thinking the same thing
Dear Mustie1.
👍👌👏 Very well done again, Sir.
2) Good grief! Maaan, at minimum I would have dragged home at least half of all that free pile stuff you showed at the end of this video. And I hope that you did that too (so we viewers can look forward to watch a lot of videos).
Hope you can sell the weed wacker quickly.
As always: Thanks a lot for making teaching recording editing uploading and sharing.
Best regards luck and health to all of you.
E10 fuel has been around for a long time, ethanol resistant fuel line has been around for a long time, and Homelite USED TO BE a good company.
Thank you for taking us along. I really enjoy your videos and have learned a lot.
Imagine what the tools must say..."Its Mustie1! Holy Grass Blades!....What could be better? Look at me now rusty shed!!! Who's laughing now?"
Loved the free piles! More please. Fixed my own strimmer, same problem split fuel hoses! Thanks for the videos, very informative.
We sure are a disposable society, good thing you bring some of it back to life.
Quick tip - coat the thread with talc or French chalk before you wind it around; less chance of it binding and not extending when you use the bump feed.
Congratulations on 400k subscribers 😁
Thanks! 😃
Dang!!! Nice weedeater found on roadside only a cheap fix. People are just not mechanically inclined or just don't want to waste time trying to fix it. Good find Darren.
If I lived near Mustie I wouldn’t leave anything in my front yard, except maybe my wife. 😂😂😂
Does she run or just walk? 😉
He would return her as unfixable
“Zen and the Art of Lawn Mower Maintenance” I love listening to your good natured voice as I learn to fix things.
Happy day when Mustie1 uploads a new video to have coffee over.
You guys over the pond are great at putting stuff out for free. Here in the UK people think free stuff is what you have locked up in the garage. 👍
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Next Sunday "Old Army Jeep. Will it run?" lol
Kevin Ritchie no it’s free humvee from military base. Will it run
I wouldn't be surprised if a Deuce and a half appeared - or possibly an Unimog.
Looking like a riding mower video coming up, maybe!
Nice work here; those line feeding mechs seem confounding as always.
It’s amazing how you all put engines and things outside for anyone to pick up. Wouldn’t see that here. In the UK
We do that here in Lincolnshire most Sundays
You have recycling centers though right? What stops you from taking stuff out of one of those?
@@bobadam7021 the staff .. anything half decent goes into their stash
@@bobadam7021 the local council usually. You can take stuff in... BUT you cant take anything out
@@simonfreer7950 they sell it to you here, in Norfolk. but they have their regulars they keep things for.
I can’t believe they aren’t putting air filters in those things anymore. Such a small expense and so important. What a shame.
I used to grind a slot in those adjustment screws until I figured out they sell the set of them on ebay...best 12 bucks I ever spent.
On the end of the fuel pick up pipe is called a clunk! Usually made of brass as it heavier
Must have been bring out the dead day in Musties hometown.
Awesome. I really enjoy your videos. I've been asked to repair several strimmers and a mower recently because people know I'm handy. I've been back through your uploads to help me recently, a 80 something old neighbour's 20 year old Husquarna 232r wouldn't prime or stay running, turns out to be those flap check valves in the bottom of the carb. Awaiting parts. Keep up the content and loving the Econoline. Best wishes from the UK
I think someone was using that ! "It was in the free pile, still running." :)
His car was in the free driveway, next to it. :)
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Good morning everyone ! Mustie i love these kind of videos I guess because I can relate. I know you are going to miss yard sales this summer as will I Take care
yeah not going to see any of them this year but have lots of stuff from last year to work with,
@@mustie1 a chance to " thin the herd" a bit I guess
you may have ripped off the mans weed wacker as his teenage son left it there as he was using it LOL
Or the teenage son saw Mustie and thought "yes I can get out of chores and let Mustie take it away and claim it was stolen"
Yeah, the kid ran out of cord so ran back to the garage to get some only to return and find they'd been Mustie1'd...🤣🤣🤣
@@generaldisarray The weed wacker pirate struck again, attention all units ! :) Mustie starting his own crime wave lol
that's what i was thinkig.
@@thepsychonaut3007 Some people wait for a free pile pick... Mustie1 makes his own...
Ya'll wonder how he finds all these gems, there ain't no "finding" involved, he's the small engine bandit...🤣🤣
Nice!
At the end, that fancy chrome Gas grill... Movers won't touch those. So, lots of them end up in the free pile, with nothing wrong with them.....
Your free piles are a lot better than mine, holy cow... That table & chairs at the very end?? Ugh! Killing me. I need that....
DID I OWN THAT THING...
Frustrated and threw it that is a classic.
Thank you soo much for being so entertaining and informative. i was able to get a snowblower running, that noone could figure out. the primer line was dryrotted and you could not get the carb primed. then i was able to successfully tune the carb in and she "purrs"
Steals guys weedwacker fixes it then sells it back to him for 50 bucks. 😂
Another great video mustie1 you're amazing like I say it's a pleasure watching you work please keep it up thank you very much
Thank you, I will
Wish they did that over here. I would never need ebay again!
Thank you. This relaxed me and made me mellow so I won't choke nobody out today.
some people have it coming to them
Guy just put his trimmer down to go take a pee. Came back and it was gone. Lesson here take your trimmer with your when you have to pee.
Dad: I thought I told you to weed eat the front yard!
Son: some old guy drove off with it.
Dad: you're grounded!
you could do about 1000 of these every spring
thanks for the video I always learn something from you .
17:52 "Hey come in, come in, welcome to the meeting. The reason I've called all 275 of you in here this morning is that we need to make the high and low adjustment screws as jacked up as possible. We want them to have to buy $10 in tools just to turn them. Joe, just how f'd up can we design this thing?"
Mustie: You be da man! Keep on wrenching it. In quarantine in the Hill Country of Texas.
Dad I went in to get a drink and when I came gut it was gone honest. HAHA
I've had the same Ryobi for 27 years. Every 8 years or so the fuel lines disintegrate and I replace with fresh ones. They are a metric size which can be a pain in the US. I did have to replace the magneto once but the little Walbro is still singing and it has flat blade screwdriver H/L adjustment thank you. The RC airplane guys call that little filter/weight at the end of the pickup line a "clunk". Though weed whackers don't do Immelmans, they do change orientation often.
Back to your roots on this channel I see. Haha good job.
Always fantastic entertainment watching a Mustie 👍🏻
Ahh, the weedwacker. Ruiner of weekends, destroyer of men. My lifelong enemy.
Have you tried the electric ones? Diabolical.
Hey Mustie1 😎. Thank you for the time you put in your videos. I like the fact that you also fix small engines too. Keep on doing what you do. I will be looking forward for the next video 🤙
Chinese junk plus American Ethanol... a match made in heaven ! 😂
Wrong place
lmao, so true
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