I'm from across the pond, and watching your channel makes me wish that I had a feasible way to import some British machines over here to play with. You guys have some really unique and beautiful machines over there. At least I can watch you work on them.
I have never seen a rod failure exactly like that one before. I have never seen a piston guide pin retainer fall out like that. Thank you for sharing this.
By far my favorite restorer! A skilled and experienced man, not only a part changer, we investigate and understand the cause of the malfunction, no stupid techno / electronic music that can cause more damage to the engine....
I am in the usa and I LOVE when you redo an old piece of equipment. Please keep doing the old mowers and other things like you have been doing. Keep restoring them and I will keep watching. Thanks.
My son and I started watching this video a few minutes ago. We stopped it and made a bet what was broken and stuck. I said con rod, he said something with a valve or camshaft. The bet was the loser has to mow the yard next time. Looks like I’m this case we were both right lol. So we are headed out to double team the lawn. Cheers from the US and we love your videos and content. 👍
You have to love that feeling of bringing back something that everyone else considered junk. I know speaking for myself it just feels satisfying by saving something that no one else want it. Great job look forward to watching more of your videos.
I have an Austract S1200 and we bought it with a conrod hanging out the side of the block. We ended up just putting a newer 15hp Brigs n Stratton in it. Most reliable thing money can buy. Love the videos, keep it up!
I think your videos are good and informative. (I repair cars, boat engines, tractors and riding lawnmowers to house needs) and also watch other channels on TH-cam. BUT yours differs in two ways to my delight. 1. You wash / rough clean what you are going to examine / repair (many others start digging around in the shit so you can barely see what they are doing) 2. The birdsong in the background that makes me think of spring. Here in Sweden, it is now 7 months of dark rain snow in front of me
Love how the birdsong carries on uninterrupted throughout all the edits when you're outside - theyre' super rehearsed! Great viddeo as always. Thumbs-upped.
I like your videos… you are very precise with your rebuilds… you use new parts and you tell us what you are doing every time… I work on lawnmowers myself… I took a few notes from you for my own knowledge… thank you and keep the videos coming …
New sub here. You're just as interesting as Mustie1 with a different take on how you go about diagnosing problems and repairing them. Excellent work habits. I attended a two year small Engines vocational training school afternoons my junior and senior years of high school and I've no doubt you'd make a good vocational school instructor. My training led me to become an Coast Guard Aviation Machinist Mate for almost 5 years. I really like it that you coated both sides of the case gasket with Permatex. So many people don't do that and don't realize how critical that can be due to possible imperfections in castings gaskets can't resolve. That's really critical on aircraft engines but small engines as well.
Absolutely amazing restore and rebuild on that engine. I was completely surprised to see that rod shoot through there like you did. Just really crazy as I have never seen nor heard of something like that myself. Job well done sir, cheers from the States 👍
Got to say. This is really useful to watch, even though I more on the end of aircraft engenerring. Its still useful to learn about different engines and vehicles
Wow, that is a seriously blown up engine! 😲 I have seen it a couple of times before, where the retaining clip came loose and got wedged in between the piston and the cylinder bore, and the result was the same as here - the conrod snapped and went out through the crankcase.
@@tiredoldmechanic1791 // 1st, it was a joke [which you seemed to have missed]. 2nd, I quoted Dag verbatim [12.07], so tell him he's wrong. 3rd, I've heard it called both [aluminium/aluminum; rabbit/rebate]. Have a nice day.
Wow, that fell apart like one of the newer Briggs engines! I’m thinking the G clip came off and caused all of that since there’s no scoring on the main bearing. Terrific job and very satisfying to watch!
Am i the only one who thought there was a follow through when that assembly lube was squeezed out 🤣 Good work on this one sir, something so satisfying about fixing a machine left for the dead
I never thought a con rod can break like that and cause that amount of damage. I'm not a mechanic but have helped a few, and this is the most interesting/unusual failure I have see.
this eng. must have bin running at 4000 when it came apart i have worked on these engs. for 65 years but this interesting!!! terrific video thank you you sound like Churchill ha ha !!
39:50 that carburetor was in really nice shape after sitting that long. Here in the states we have to use ethanol fuel and it plays hell with aluminum. I've had many carbs I've pulled the bowl off and found it packed full of oxidized aluminum and the float bonded to it or just plain crumbled to dust. At that point, I just chuck it in the bin. It's why I keep several carbs in stock at my shop
@Machinery Restorer cant get enough of watching these vids. Also i think they are way better when you actually voice over. Regardless love the vids and keep doing what makes you happy. cheers from the US!!!
Very nice job saving this one. I love watching your work. Just a question. Is there a reason that mowers don't have a discharge chute on the side of the mowers? I'm guessing there's a rear discharge on that one.
Excellent video Marty :) never seen this type brand Mower in Ontario Canada before and she did excellent job after rebuilt motor plus also rest did to it!
I've had two engines with broken con rods and both deposited aluminum on the crank journal. the best thing to fix that is to use lye, or drain cleaner crystals, dissolve in water and let soak, it will eat off the aluminum and save everything else. then you just take sand paper and polish compound and make it mirror like again.
I love your work and I think you are very talented. I wish I had your skills. I wonder about your choices of equipment to save however. I guess the lawn tractors available in England are not as interesting to me as what we have here in the states.
I'm always amazed at how you are able to repair all this equipment. I do wonder, however, what do you do with all this equipment that you managed to revive?
I love these types of restoration videos. However, the future looks like the lawnmowers will go to electric power. No more smoke and an oily mess to deal with. Just other things like keeping the blade sharp and having the body rust if it's not kept indoors.
I hate seeing one that is beyond repair, but sometimes the parts can become very valuable. I had en engine on one of my machines throw a rod, and I stripped everything that I could off of it before I scrapped it. I later had a magneto go bad on another machine that had the same engine. The magneto was no longer manufactured, so saving the one from the bad engine was the only thing that kept that other machine from being torn down for parts.
I have 3 of the same engines in the shed that I have pulled off ride on mowers. I have done the valves at various times but now they have all stopped. I would love to rebuild them and you make it look easy but I have several things stopping me. Lack of confidence and ability. Lack of the right tools. Hard to get parts in Oz and cost of. You could have them for parts but even the logistics of that are not viable. One day someone might want them.
I guess tools are an issue. The pullstart clutch socket looks fairly special and from what I've heard you pretty much need an ultrasonic cleaner to fix a properly gummed-up carburettor. A torque wrench is probably a good idea too but they're fairly affordable. Other than that you can largely get by with household tools. Various pullers can be handy though, and if you stumble across anything old enough or American you'll need metric and Imperial spanners.
Oooeeehhhh, that thing runs and mows like a charm now... (I could've used you when my OM636 seized up in my boat a couple years ago :P ) Also, with that amount of rot on the mower deck, my mate and I 'd just joke "Ah, just TIG it back up" XD
22:33 I can't help but laugh at the suction cup a bit. It reminds me of the scene in Back To The Future. 26:56 Modern cereal boxes are the same way. You can't even hold one to pour it without the box collapsing and slipping out of your hand. Plus the flaps don't stay closed. This engine must have been cranking pretty good to put the rod in the valve compartment. I wonder how long that clip was dragging on the cylinder?
Broken con rod was caused by the piston clip getting loose. 100% that huge score would destroy the engine. Engine would be very unlikely to run well if at all with damage to the bore.
Omg 😳 started first time without an extreme turn to fill the carb. This man can fix my bloody Ferrari and my Lamborghini anyday. I’m seriously impressed 😂😉
27:14 Briggs really cheaper out on all parts of their operation, parts as well as packaging. On rings, even standard, never mind, I see you checked the gaps before installing. Some are ok, and some are tight and need a bit of filing to get the correct gap
I have people calling me crazy for always cleaning the mower deck everytime i cut my grass and i tell if you don't clean them every once in a while the mower deck will start to rust out
Some mower decks still last longer than everything else on the machine without being cleaned. I once inherited an electric walk-behind mower that looked like it had never been cleaned. The deck was still reasonably solid but the motor was blown. The screws holding the motor to the deck were seized solid though.
I've had that retaining clip come loose on a moped, straight after a piston and cylinder swap. There I saw the same exact damage to the bore but the clip was straightened out and stuck in the side of the piston. Nothing else was damaged, guess the piston was so soft it absorbed most the energy.
I'm from across the pond, and watching your channel makes me wish that I had a feasible way to import some British machines over here to play with. You guys have some really unique and beautiful machines over there. At least I can watch you work on them.
I have never seen a rod failure exactly like that one before. I have never seen a piston guide pin retainer fall out like that. Thank you for sharing this.
By far my favorite restorer! A skilled and experienced man, not only a part changer, we investigate and understand the cause of the malfunction, no stupid techno / electronic music that can cause more damage to the engine....
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I am in the usa and I LOVE when you redo an old piece of equipment. Please keep doing the old mowers and other things like you have been doing. Keep restoring them and I will keep watching. Thanks.
My son and I started watching this video a few minutes ago. We stopped it and made a bet what was broken and stuck. I said con rod, he said something with a valve or camshaft. The bet was the loser has to mow the yard next time. Looks like I’m this case we were both right lol. So we are headed out to double team the lawn. Cheers from the US and we love your videos and content. 👍
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Just want to say that I love your work and I only watch Mustie 1 and you for this type of video. (at breakfast time!)
Glad you like them!
@@MachineryRestorer hope you fix that deck and patch the holes up in it
At least this guy uses the proper tools.
Taryl fixes all is great on lawnmowers and anything else he does.
@@daviddavis6291 yeah love tsrylscvideos
Learning so much! Can't say enough how much I've learned and fixed my own small engines. Always excited to watch your videos. Very educational!
You have to love that feeling of bringing back something that everyone else considered junk. I know speaking for myself it just feels satisfying by saving something that no one else want it.
Great job look forward to watching more of your videos.
It's an even better feeling when you got it for cheap and free and made 600% profit in a couple days haha
I have an Austract S1200 and we bought it with a conrod hanging out the side of the block. We ended up just putting a newer 15hp Brigs n Stratton in it. Most reliable thing money can buy. Love the videos, keep it up!
I think your videos are good and informative. (I repair cars, boat engines, tractors and riding lawnmowers to house needs) and also watch other channels on TH-cam.
BUT yours differs in two ways to my delight. 1. You wash / rough clean what you are going to examine / repair (many others start digging around in the shit so you can barely see what they are doing)
2. The birdsong in the background that makes me think of spring. Here in Sweden, it is now 7 months of dark rain snow in front of me
For an old Westwood mower, it sure came up real good and cuts beautifully.
Love how the birdsong carries on uninterrupted throughout all the edits when you're outside - theyre' super rehearsed! Great viddeo as always. Thumbs-upped.
I like your videos… you are very precise with your rebuilds… you use new parts and you tell us what you are doing every time… I work on lawnmowers myself… I took a few notes from you for my own knowledge… thank you and keep the videos coming …
I love your videos I suffer from anxiety and your videos calm me right down! Thank you your a lovely man
New sub here.
You're just as interesting as Mustie1 with a different take on how you go about diagnosing problems and repairing them.
Excellent work habits.
I attended a two year small Engines vocational training school afternoons my junior and senior years of high school and I've no doubt you'd make a good vocational school instructor.
My training led me to become an Coast Guard Aviation Machinist Mate for almost 5 years.
I really like it that you coated both sides of the case gasket with Permatex.
So many people don't do that and don't realize how critical that can be due to possible imperfections in castings gaskets can't resolve.
That's really critical on aircraft engines but small engines as well.
Absolutely amazing restore and rebuild on that engine. I was completely surprised to see that rod shoot through there like you did. Just really crazy as I have never seen nor heard of something like that myself.
Job well done sir, cheers from the States 👍
Must compliment you on the detailed close up camera shots in your video. One of the best carburetor video clips I've seen.
What a great job on rebuiding a junked engine. Runs great and sounds great.
I love these videos. I love it when people save old stuff like this from the scrapper. It gets harder and harder to find.
LOL 😂 "that's enough of reviewing the boxes!" that cracked me up. Love your channel, keep up the awesome work!
I enjoy how detailed your videos are, and how are you explain everything you are doing
Got to say. This is really useful to watch, even though I more on the end of aircraft engenerring. Its still useful to learn about different engines and vehicles
Yeah that’s a first for me the con-rod destroyed the valves. I’ve never seen that happened before.
What a meticulous restoration once again. Just fantastic and lovey to watch. Starts on one go again. Great work! Thanks for sharing :-)
Wow, that is a seriously blown up engine! 😲 I have seen it a couple of times before, where the retaining clip came loose and got wedged in between the piston and the cylinder bore, and the result was the same as here - the conrod snapped and went out through the crankcase.
At last, a machinery restoration channel by someone who knows what he's doing. Liked and subscribed 👍👍
Very thorough breakdown and assembly. You do nice work and are professional my friend. Tx for the video
*[12.07]:* "it sheared the keyway; no surprise there" *I'll bet it surprised the keyway when it happened hey?* Great video. *God bless.*
It sheared the key not the keyway. The keyway is the slot cut into the shaft and the flywheel that the key fits into.
@@tiredoldmechanic1791 // 1st, it was a joke [which you seemed to have missed]. 2nd, I quoted Dag verbatim [12.07], so tell him he's wrong.
3rd, I've heard it called both [aluminium/aluminum; rabbit/rebate]. Have a nice day.
Looks to be fairly low hour cheers from the USA
👍 Really nice "fix". That deck seems to do a nice job, even in its poor overall condition. Thanks for sharing.
Wow, that fell apart like one of the newer Briggs engines! I’m thinking the G clip came off and caused all of that since there’s no scoring on the main bearing. Terrific job and very satisfying to watch!
Nice rebuild of that broken engine. Sounds like it runs great now. Thumbs Up!
Am i the only one who thought there was a follow through when that assembly lube was squeezed out 🤣
Good work on this one sir, something so satisfying about fixing a machine left for the dead
Totally expected a "Whew!" or "Oh dear"
I never thought a con rod can break like that and cause that amount of damage. I'm not a mechanic but have helped a few, and this is the most interesting/unusual failure I have see.
I know these projects must take you twice as long but I really appreciate the camera angles you provide. Nice work 👍
Another cool and interesting project! Great job daggerwin!
Awesome job on rebuilding a junked engine. You have a very relaxing voice.
Brilliant video as always. These videos help me relax after a hectic day at work 👍
What a awesome job 👍. Even with a rusty mower deck cuts like new.
Have a Blessed One Sir and Greetings from Silverstreet South Carolina USA 🇺🇸.
this eng. must have bin running at 4000 when it came apart i have worked on these engs. for 65 years but this interesting!!! terrific video thank you you sound like Churchill ha ha !!
39:50 that carburetor was in really nice shape after sitting that long. Here in the states we have to use ethanol fuel and it plays hell with aluminum. I've had many carbs I've pulled the bowl off and found it packed full of oxidized aluminum and the float bonded to it or just plain crumbled to dust. At that point, I just chuck it in the bin. It's why I keep several carbs in stock at my shop
I learned so many things in one video.Thanks for sharing the knowledge!!
Runs good, Nice Job. Thank you for sharing.
@Machinery Restorer cant get enough of watching these vids. Also i think they are way better when you actually voice over. Regardless love the vids and keep doing what makes you happy. cheers from the US!!!
Thanks just what I need perfect for a Friday afternoon on a rainy day
I watch these videos because it teaches me how to fix a Briggs and Stratton engines and now I have a old 1970s 4HP that needs new rings
Love the engine rebuild videos! Keep them coming please! Dan down under
That connecting road crashed into the valve head like the Kool-aid man through a brick wall 🤣🤣
Hey! Con Rod!
Oh yeah! Oh... yeah well.
Very nice job saving this one. I love watching your work. Just a question. Is there a reason that mowers don't have a discharge chute on the side of the mowers? I'm guessing there's a rear discharge on that one.
Excellent video Marty :) never seen this type brand Mower in Ontario Canada before and she did excellent job after rebuilt motor plus also rest did to it!
Great video! I would have liked to see what kind of compression it had after the rebuild.
I've had two engines with broken con rods and both deposited aluminum on the crank journal. the best thing to fix that is to use lye, or drain cleaner crystals, dissolve in water and let soak, it will eat off the aluminum and save everything else. then you just take sand paper and polish compound and make it mirror like again.
Well done , it’s really Intriguing amazing work as ever 👍🏻😜🦆
I love your work and I think you are very talented. I wish I had your skills. I wonder about your choices of equipment to save however. I guess the lawn tractors available in England are not as interesting to me as what we have here in the states.
Great work and restoration, true Lawnmower Man😊
I'm always amazed at how you are able to repair all this equipment. I do wonder, however, what do you do with all this equipment that you managed to revive?
Give me a job with a sand blaster and I’m a happy camper, instant gratification. Cheers mate.
Amazing job 👍, need high skills in engine repair, always success and keep the spirit, greetings from Indonesia 🙏
I love these types of restoration videos. However, the future looks like the lawnmowers will go to electric power. No more smoke and an oily mess to deal with. Just other things like keeping the blade sharp and having the body rust if it's not kept indoors.
The oil is old as so is the machine. Some people don't listen to the knocking sound. I'd say it just got tired and pop goes the B@S. Good video.
What a great motor should run for decades.
A proper rebuild!....Well Done!!!
I hate seeing one that is beyond repair, but sometimes the parts can become very valuable. I had en engine on one of my machines throw a rod, and I stripped everything that I could off of it before I scrapped it. I later had a magneto go bad on another machine that had the same engine. The magneto was no longer manufactured, so saving the one from the bad engine was the only thing that kept that other machine from being torn down for parts.
I have 3 of the same engines in the shed that I have pulled off ride on mowers. I have done the valves at various times but now they have all stopped. I would love to rebuild them and you make it look easy but I have several things stopping me. Lack of confidence and ability. Lack of the right tools. Hard to get parts in Oz and cost of. You could have them for parts but even the logistics of that are not viable. One day someone might want them.
Sounds like you’ve got nothing to lose, go for it, invest in your own learning mate
I guess tools are an issue. The pullstart clutch socket looks fairly special and from what I've heard you pretty much need an ultrasonic cleaner to fix a properly gummed-up carburettor. A torque wrench is probably a good idea too but they're fairly affordable. Other than that you can largely get by with household tools. Various pullers can be handy though, and if you stumble across anything old enough or American you'll need metric and Imperial spanners.
Great job , I really enjoyed it . And No music was needed either
That is the nicest steering wheel I've ever seen on a riding mower.
Job well done!
Love your work!
Nice work bringing it machine back to life. It does a really nice job cutting too. Deck restore? Lol
I would love to see a full restoration of that beauty of a mower! best wishes from the USA
woah woah take it easy, think i saw half of ur head! good stuff like always, thanks!
Nice job and that looks like my yard grass is getting high
Thank you,, Nice video to watch while having my morning coffee !!!
Great video. Appreciate your attention to detail!!
Very nice engine restoration!
Nice Job, fun to watch. Thanks
Great job. Thanks for posting.
Oooeeehhhh, that thing runs and mows like a charm now... (I could've used you when my OM636 seized up in my boat a couple years ago :P )
Also, with that amount of rot on the mower deck, my mate and I 'd just joke "Ah, just TIG it back up" XD
22:33 I can't help but laugh at the suction cup a bit. It reminds me of the scene in Back To The Future.
26:56 Modern cereal boxes are the same way. You can't even hold one to pour it without the box collapsing and slipping out of your hand. Plus the flaps don't stay closed.
This engine must have been cranking pretty good to put the rod in the valve compartment. I wonder how long that clip was dragging on the cylinder?
@22:07 Hello, Henry!
I watch your videos lots, I’m always amazed at knowledge 👍👍👍👍👍
Broken con rod was caused by the piston clip getting loose. 100% that huge score would destroy the engine. Engine would be very unlikely to run well if at all with damage to the bore.
Greetings from the home of Briggs & Stratton. Wisconsin.
Another galiant steed for the mighty Daggerwin to ride into battle against the terror that is...yardwork.
Yesterday at work we had a Westwood come in with exactly the same issue 😂
Omg 😳 started first time without an extreme turn to fill the carb. This man can fix my bloody Ferrari and my Lamborghini anyday. I’m seriously impressed 😂😉
Like it rude noises as well😊 correction fantastic job
Big hello all the way from Norway!
I like your time lapse, brings back memories of Steve Austin, the six million dollar man.
Good job thanks for your time 🚜🚜🚜
very satisfying video. want to get into small engine repair as a profession.
new parts always get me giddy.
Thank you for saving my Friday night.
Lovely job. I'm guessing no-one will ever sell you a robot mower.. :)
Loved the voice over!
27:14 Briggs really cheaper out on all parts of their operation, parts as well as packaging. On rings, even standard, never mind, I see you checked the gaps before installing. Some are ok, and some are tight and need a bit of filing to get the correct gap
I have people calling me crazy for always cleaning the mower deck everytime i cut my grass and i tell if you don't clean them every once in a while the mower deck will start to rust out
Exactly, tho more dirt you accumulate there, the quicker it rusts!
Some mower decks still last longer than everything else on the machine without being cleaned. I once inherited an electric walk-behind mower that looked like it had never been cleaned. The deck was still reasonably solid but the motor was blown. The screws holding the motor to the deck were seized solid though.
Some People think that washing them can remove the paint over time and making it rust faster
@@alexstromberg7696 what i do every time i clean the bottom of mine is put a coat or 2 pf paint on it
I've had that retaining clip come loose on a moped, straight after a piston and cylinder swap. There I saw the same exact damage to the bore but the clip was straightened out and stuck in the side of the piston. Nothing else was damaged, guess the piston was so soft it absorbed most the energy.
Man. I really enjoy your video's. I've been binge watching all of them.
Excellent video. The carnage was epic.
...GOOD ONE, STAY SAFE..