wish these channels would complain to utubers. they took away the list old list new videos button .. also not all videos show up on a lot of channels.. iam gettin to hate utube
35:44 change out the headlights for large format LED high output bulbs, add tail lights and back up lights And you could also add turning signals all LED with a 10 amp charging system you have plenty of power. Then change out all 4 tires for Agro tires.
I have a dynamark sitting in my garage right now. My dad bought it brand new in 1973. 8h.p. pull start. I bought a brand new electric start 11 h.p. engine for it in 1990 when my dad was no longer able to pull the rope. Mowed with it 15 more years. I inherited the mower and took the engine off and put it on the mower that I use now. That engine has been running 33 years and still runs perfect. Knock on wood.
@@TractorMonkeywithJL 👍😊 I found mine at a yard sale. It's an old Lowe's too but I haven't a clue what year it is. The seat is ripped up and the whole thing looks like it came out of a junk yard but I knew when I saw that engine I was gonna buy it. Paid $100 for it about 10 years ago and it's still going strong. Wouldn't take love nor money for it!
Tyral, great video, thank you. We had a 1991 Dynamark rider that had a 12hp Briggs engine. It lasted for 25 years and then one of the deck hangers broke and wasn't able to weld it, so had to replace it. I replaced the second stock battery with a small automobile battery and the stock starter solenoid with a universal auto solenoid. Changed the oil every spring(good old 10W30) and lubed it every three seasons. We bought a blade for it and pushed snow with it as well(sometimes from those tough Iowa blizzards). Thanks again.
I love those opposed twin engines. I bought an old lawn tractor with a 15.5 B&S single control and got a 18hp opposed twin and added the choke to the dash. I love the sound!
I still use a Dynamark to cut my grass. They are solid tractors. I'd much rather use a back in the day tractor than today's junk. It still runs like the day it was made.
@@tomtheplummer7322 I know these ones today are trash. Last maybe a few years before they start having issues. I take care of mine and its over 30yrs old and looks runs and cuts like the day I got it. Best tractor I've ever used
I got a 94 MTD tractor. Not the best thing but it takes the abuse I give it. It's kind of the in-between of lawn tractors. Not extremely solid and simple like the old ones, but a shit ton better than the new ones. Hope your old Dynamark lasts you a while!
@@motormouth2472 Me too, I can tell ya my mother bought the tractor in 1990 and it has been in the family since. One owner. I've always been the one to do the maintenance on it. I'm stupid meticulous with my stuff, so after I mowed the grass I cleaned it well. I always drained the fuel for winter storage. I think the main reason it's been an awesome tractor is because I've never ran ethanol fuel in it, and it's been going strong for over 30yrs. I hope it lasts another 30 years. I absolutely love it
Another quality repair by Taryl. Nice job on getting it going and again showing us step by step how to get them running. My father in law has a dynamark, and they are a tough tractor. Thanks for the teachings and the videos, I can say we are all learning a lot from you.
It's always gratifying to see old equipment brought back to life. This tractor has plenty of life left. I never get tired of seeing these kind of videos. I appreciate the detailed information TD gives. He also says WHY you need to do a certain repair or upgrade. I wonder why this tractor was junked in the first place. It is well worth saving. Thanks
I just rebuilt its little brother, 8hp/36 inch version. I grew up mowing on that mower when I was a kid in the mid/late 80's at my grandpa's farm in Nebraska. Good thing my grandfather keep everything, I even have a copy of copy of the manual! Surprisingly, its still a a really good little mower.
My grandfather had a Dynamark tractor as well. He had it around them same time as your grandfather also - used it to mow his acre lawn in Grand Island, Nebraska. It was sold at his estate auction in 1991. The sight of that tractor sure brought back some memories.
I'm more of a Kohler engine fan, however, I would also be happy to own a Briggs and Stratton engine powered tractor to. Matter of fact, the older Speedex tractors always had Briggs and Stratton engines on them to.
I have had four good B&S opposed twins. Had one for 30 years, sold it as a runner. Lots of good things to say about them but they do use more fuel that the newer OH valve motors, I don't think because of age. On that model looks like it doesn't even need a fuel pump.
Good work Taryl! Don't forget to give us a part 2 on this! I'd like to see it all cleaned up and all done when it's done :) Got some good luck on your side too - most of the important parts were all in good working order! Great find! Good job in catching all that water in the tank too! You'd be surprised at how many people would have just tried starting it without even checking the inside of the tank - which sends WATER into the carb and the engine making everything even worse! Good thing you were able to find a carb and starter for this thing so quickly too!
A classic for sure! That's an early opposed twin, still has the two-piece intake manifold. They built 4.7 million of those engines from 12/5/77 to 5/3/02. Yeah, i kinda have a thing for them. 🤣
Agreed on an early machine never seen a 2 piece intake and when he cranked up the RPM to full speed was waiting for that motor to let loose of a piston. Great video
I had an old Western Auto, (1992) it was 38 inch cut the 11 horsepower engine came undone, the oil slinger came apart and went between the cam gear and the crank gear. A friend gave me an 18horse 2 cylinder, it did a great job with the 38 inch mower I liked it, it ran good, started easy had more than enough Torque for my needs. I sold it to a mower shop, he was impressed with my putting that engine on the 38 inch. I think he just wanted the engine not the whole thing but he got some spare parts with the engine.
@bertgrau3934 yea, I've tuned up a few of those,and had the motor throw a rod, and had new 30 wt oil in it,luckily I had a couple of good used engines around
I have a couple of these old opposing cylinder engines, one is on a MTD lawn tractor and one on a poulan garden tractor. But they are on the back burner until i get a few more rare tractors running first! I have a Homelite T16 garden tractor with a snowplow on the front, and a Bolens H16 garden tractor with front blade mowing deck and three point tiller and orchard sprayer. And a REO riding reel mower. And a 1953 snappin turtle. 😉
Awesome. My first tractor was exactly this model. I had the 42” side discharge mower deck and a snow plow for it. I was like 14 years old and mowed 8 lawns a week with it. This brings back some memories. That engine always ran so good , even in zero degrees. I also had an 8hp pull start Dynamark
I love the B&S opposed twin. Super quiet and balanced motor. I have 1 that I took out of a crapsman 1000, put it onto a rear engine snapper (Forest Gump style) and it now lives in a more modern Deere. The only thing I don't like about it is that mice love to make a nest under the cover every time I let it sit for more than a month.
I've got a 1967, I think, model 72 IH garden tractor. Still can cut grass, and still has the original creeper hi low gear. Was the instrumental machine that started a lawn care business for my best friend and I back in the early 90s. It's so hard to let go of nostalgic machines and this is the only one I've refused to let go sour! I'm going to "fire it up " come spring time knowing full well its been way too long and the carbertrater is not going to be happy. But what a great sound that generator starter makes while that huge 7hp krohler ca chugs ca chugs back to life!
I worked part time in a rural hardware store in the late 70s. We sold those Dynamarks by the truckloads . Literally..the 8 HP 32 inch El-Cheapo was the one we sold the most of.
i graduated high school and joined the army in 1984. it's no surprise that that old briggs still runs, they were damn near indestructible as long as you kept oil in them. you've gotta wonder why somebody sold this off for scrap. it looks too good to wind up as a washing machine. glad you saved it there taryl.
That's my tractor! I haven't watched the video yet. I'm too excited! I love my Dynamark! OK, It's a bigger engine than mine, but it's a Dynamark nonetheless. No deck on mine either. It's my utility tractor. I haul stuff around with it, pull stumps (only do that in reverse, by the way), and I modified a rototiller to mount on the back.
I still have a few of those (I think). (2) 11/36 and a 10/36 (maybe 2) & a 8/32. 1 of the 11/36 was my great Grandpa's he bought new in 81. Took the motor off and put it on the other one in 94 because the steering bushings and transmission was warn out. He used it for transmission on an 80 acre farm for 10 years.
Thanks Taryl, good mention on the gas valve. I walked into my shop today and gasoline fumes about knocked me down , tracked it down to the Honda mower. Whoever (me) that used it last left it open. Could have been catastrophic. Central California watching
Very cool vid Taryl. This Dynamark seems nearly identical to my Murray. Mine has an 18hp Breaks and also the Peerless 2300 tranmissión in it. Pretty solid machine as is. I've customized it and made it into a miniature version of an International 1468. Greetings from the Netherlands, Mark
My parents bought a Dynamark back in the 60s. I'm pretty sure it had a Tecumas engine. It had a disc type drive under the area between your legs that had a rubber ringed drive wheel for gear selection. Piece of crap. Wouldn't start easily that disc drive would slip. The one you have looks like a good machine. Well worth fixing.
That looks a lot like the 19HP Dynamark tractor we had at my old house when I was a little kid. We had it for as long as I can remember until we moved from that house. We didn't have a way of bringing it with us, so my Dad left it to the people that bought our house as a gift for the newlyweds.
I had that mower when I was kid, it was already old then, mine had a pull start on the right hand side of the dash by the key, mine was a 10 or 12 hp single cylinder
How I got that mower 🤔 when I was a kid my dad had a small lawn mowing buisness for family and friends and stuff he kept about a dozen lawns a week, his name was George and the business name was George of the Jungle lawn care, I still have some old cards, I always went with him to mow the lawns, he died out of nowhere when I was 12 my mom was poor so she sold his stuff since I was to young to drive and pull the trailer, I kept the old push mower and a Ryan brand weed wacker that had the worst carbs ever. I knocked on doors in the neighborhood mowing lawns and found that dynamrk behind a shed, I made a deal with the owner to mow his grass for free all year for that mower once a week cut. Then had a old neighbor help me get it running. Down the road I did the same deal for a New craftsman push mower for a older lady just had to mow her lawn for free and I could have the mower. Mowing was a side hustle I always had until I started another distribution buisness that pays me better lol . Now I just now my 5 acres and that’s enough.
I like that. I could use that around the property to pull 'stuff' instead of my mower. I like the swage idea. When I was a service rep, I carried the 2 barrel aluminum swages and crimper on the truck.
For those of us without ‘a cabinet full of starters’, for things like that you can pressure wash (or put it through the dishwasher) to get excess grime off and then submerge it in a bucket of evaporust to free it up. Might work might not but that’s an easy recipe most people could try at home for restoring seized up parts. I do it all the time!
Used a Dynamark back in the mid seventies to make some extra money mowing lawns. An average lawn brought me 3 bucks, which is about 20 bucks nowadays. Had to pay for the upkeep of the mower though!
@@logansylvester8093 I've seen garden tractors this same size, with same engine and same rear tires that have a small 3 point hitch on the back and will run a small bottom plow. this is the same light duty "garden tractor", it just doesn't have the 3 point hitch on the back. But it does have the bigger wheels, stronger axle and lower granny gear of a garden tractor; which is pretty cool... This thing says it's only a 16hp, but that's very conservative. Today, a 660 twin cylinder like this would be 22hp to 24hp. For example, I have a Kohler Courage, and they started out as a 540cc which was 16hp (single piston), and then moved up to a slightly larger piston to a 600cc, and now they are 'rated" 20hp to 22hp.. and this thing is a 660cc twin.. You can't really judge small engines by their HP rating; it seems like the testing has changed over the years. You're better off just comparing displacement.
I have an 18 hp that i removed from a junk Scotts and put in a Deere 116. It has a spin on oil filter and an oil cooler a Scotts exclusive .It will out live me and the next 2 owners! 46' Deck and a smooth hydro trans.A Beast!!
Most of them had splash lube. The Ones with oil filter are pressure lubed with oil pump. I had one on a ayp lawn tractor used it for 18 years on 2.5 acres. Then replace it with another briggs opposed twin . The original factory magnetron ignition was the add on unit until briggs replaced it with the integrated unit. The vertical and horizontal models used identical blocks , they interchange.
"What was I doing in 1984?" I was working 5-7 days a wk. 52 wks. per yr. as a touring Sound and Light man for THE SAMMY GOLD BAND from LANSING,MI. Great fun it was! ✌️❤ 🙈🙉🙊
I live in Canada but out of all the hundreds, if not thousands of channels I watch. Taryl is the person I want to meet the most. I wish Podunk was closer to me 😢. Taryl and Jr are hilarious.
i gor a Dyna. irs a mud mower. i put a swing arm live axle behind it. double chain drive from a transaxle . outside bearings on the transmission shafts and input shaft, it has a 490 tecumseh with a slide carb. way over jetted ., i made double chain tighteners so i have reverse my machine was made on a wide body Murry . sold at central tractor pittsfield mass
Anything near the street is fair game to them kind! Thanks 65ford I saw that one, I'm sure he will be happy to have been a help. Another thing that is easy to do , if you leave via the PA door is drill a hole in main door track and use a padlock or sliding bolt to lock door from inside before you leave by side door. Cheap security, also bolt timber across door bottom to reinforce it.
On this one, the problem was obvious, it’s the starter, don’t even need to check the solenoid. Something a lot of people don’t realize, when it comes to Briggs & Stratton starters, it’s the top bracket that defines what engine they go on, but that top bracket is interchangeable with other motors and you do not need to tear apart the entire starter to change that bracket. Something a lot of people don’t know, when it comes to changing out the starter on these engines, you do not need to remove the flywheel, if you put the flywheel in just right spot and use a 9/16 wrench you can get the bolt bolts out.
Gidday from Australia Taryl. Love ur work, especially the stuff u build from junk. Got a tip fot ur Grassrats. If u have a weak altrrnator on ur lawn tractor, get some cheap leds to replace the tungsten bulbs. They will give great light and draw hardly any current. Keep the Mini Mad Max projects coming. Onya mate.
I have problems with the coils on these moters. The other problem is the valves go out of adjustment and you have to pull the valves grind off the ends and put them back in. In 1984 I was sailing around on the gulf of Mexico every day.
The B&S 16 hp I/C series opposed twin......that engine is in my late Dad's Simplicity 6216 that he bought new in 1983 or so. It has to be their greatest twin cylinder lawn tractor motor that they ever built. Dad's Simplicity runs as strong today as it did back in the day it came home. When I spotted that familiar engine as Taryl opened the hood, I knew that beast was going to fire up with minimal fuss.
Well I haven’t seen a Dynamark tractor for a while, I think the early Westwood garden tractors here in the UK were badged Dynamarks , I seemed to remember most had the single cylinder flat head Briggs. Being a twin plenty of power, use it for towing the awkward customers of the premises. Thanks great video.
No offense but IM experience we got a new 1975 8/36 Danajunk and cut one bumpy acre for five years and the frame was cracked,the hood always vibrated against the dash making a terrible metallic sound. No possy the brakes sucked and the aluminum Briggs had no cast iron sleeve so it smoked like hell after five years! Hated that piece of shit!
Mowed with a Dynafart for years. 3 motors in one summer. Plowed for ice racing with it for a couple years. Mine had a Tecumseh to start with. 10 hp. Ended with a 12hp Kohler. May it rest in peace.
Spent many hot summer on several of those, My uncle's farm cutting acres of grass! Who needs that much yard? Man that's several generation of Mice Life!
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wish these channels would complain to utubers. they took away the list old list new videos button .. also not all videos show up on a lot of channels.. iam gettin to hate utube
I hope you don't have honta virus out there rats nests is main place people get infected
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hey taryl. does fire it up fire it up come from the movie the crow?
35:44 change out the headlights for large format LED high output bulbs, add tail lights and back up lights
And you could also add turning signals all LED with a 10 amp charging system you have plenty of power.
Then change out all 4 tires for Agro tires.
I have a dynamark sitting in my garage right now. My dad bought it brand new in 1973. 8h.p. pull start. I bought a brand new electric start 11 h.p. engine for it in 1990 when my dad was no longer able to pull the rope. Mowed with it 15 more years. I inherited the mower and took the engine off and put it on the mower that I use now. That engine has been running 33 years and still runs perfect. Knock on wood.
Those opposed twin engines are awesome!
Leaps and bounds better than the junk they make today.
I've still got one on a Lowes branded mower that I still use. I bought it new in 94.
@@TractorMonkeywithJL 👍😊 I found mine at a yard sale. It's an old Lowe's too but I haven't a clue what year it is.
The seat is ripped up and the whole thing looks like it came out of a junk yard but I knew when I saw that engine I was gonna buy it.
Paid $100 for it about 10 years ago and it's still going strong.
Wouldn't take love nor money for it!
1984 my daughter was born!!! Great video! Thanks for sharing your knowledge!!!
Tyral, great video, thank you. We had a 1991 Dynamark rider that had a 12hp Briggs engine. It lasted for 25 years and then one of the deck hangers broke and wasn't able to weld it, so had to replace it. I replaced the second stock battery with a small automobile battery and the stock starter solenoid with a universal auto solenoid. Changed the oil every spring(good old 10W30) and lubed it every three seasons. We bought a blade for it and pushed snow with it as well(sometimes from those tough Iowa blizzards). Thanks again.
Love to see these old tractors come back to life! Thanks for saving it Taryl.
Same
I used to work on small engines back in the 80s. I love your work. I have learned a lot from watching. You on TH-cam channel. Thanks Taryl fixes all
Fluffy's condo was on a whole new level! Love these old Dynamark mowers! I thought they were extinct. Nice find and resto work!
I love those opposed twin engines. I bought an old lawn tractor with a 15.5 B&S single control and got a 18hp opposed twin and added the choke to the dash. I love the sound!
Nice looking Dynamark tractor, thank you guys for the video.
These old Dynamark tractors are classics. I remember seeing these when I was a kid. Long before I graduated in 84.
I still use a Dynamark to cut my grass. They are solid tractors. I'd much rather use a back in the day tractor than today's junk. It still runs like the day it was made.
Right? Not a bunch of safety switches and electronic dash crap to diagnose every time ya try cutting grass first time in spring 🤷♂️😏🧐🤓🤨😎
@@tomtheplummer7322 I know these ones today are trash. Last maybe a few years before they start having issues. I take care of mine and its over 30yrs old and looks runs and cuts like the day I got it. Best tractor I've ever used
I got a 94 MTD tractor. Not the best thing but it takes the abuse I give it. It's kind of the in-between of lawn tractors. Not extremely solid and simple like the old ones, but a shit ton better than the new ones. Hope your old Dynamark lasts you a while!
@@motormouth2472 Me too, I can tell ya my mother bought the tractor in 1990 and it has been in the family since. One owner. I've always been the one to do the maintenance on it. I'm stupid meticulous with my stuff, so after I mowed the grass I cleaned it well. I always drained the fuel for winter storage. I think the main reason it's been an awesome tractor is because I've never ran ethanol fuel in it, and it's been going strong for over 30yrs. I hope it lasts another 30 years. I absolutely love it
@@garyalensr yeah, it probably should with such well kept maintenance. Not sure how mine will hold out
Another quality repair by Taryl. Nice job on getting it going and again showing us step by step how to get them running. My father in law has a dynamark, and they are a tough tractor. Thanks for the teachings and the videos, I can say we are all learning a lot from you.
I love this antique stuff - nothing beats the quality. Another top quality repair - nice! 👍
Antique?🤷♂️. It’s not until it’s a couple decades older than me. 🎅🏻😏🤨😆
It's always gratifying to see old equipment brought back to life. This tractor has plenty of life left. I never get tired of seeing these kind of videos. I appreciate the detailed information TD gives. He also says WHY you need to do a certain repair or upgrade. I wonder why this tractor was junked in the first place. It is well worth saving. Thanks
I just rebuilt its little brother, 8hp/36 inch version. I grew up mowing on that mower when I was a kid in the mid/late 80's at my grandpa's farm in Nebraska. Good thing my grandfather keep everything, I even have a copy of copy of the manual! Surprisingly, its still a a really good little mower.
My grandfather had a Dynamark tractor as well. He had it around them same time as your grandfather also - used it to mow his acre lawn in Grand Island, Nebraska. It was sold at his estate auction in 1991. The sight of that tractor sure brought back some memories.
That opposed twin is my favorite Briggs engine. They sound so good idling.
Smooth as a Harley 😏🤷♂️😆
I'm more of a Kohler engine fan, however, I would also be happy to own a Briggs and Stratton engine powered tractor to. Matter of fact, the older Speedex tractors always had Briggs and Stratton engines on them to.
@@tomtheplummer7322at an idle pull the choke out a little and you'd swear it was a Harley!
I have had four good B&S opposed twins. Had one for 30 years, sold it as a runner. Lots of good things to say about them but they do use more fuel that the newer OH valve motors, I don't think because of age. On that model looks like it doesn't even need a fuel pump.
Good work Taryl! Don't forget to give us a part 2 on this! I'd like to see it all cleaned up and all done when it's done :) Got some good luck on your side too - most of the important parts were all in good working order! Great find! Good job in catching all that water in the tank too! You'd be surprised at how many people would have just tried starting it without even checking the inside of the tank - which sends WATER into the carb and the engine making everything even worse! Good thing you were able to find a carb and starter for this thing so quickly too!
That might make a good snow plow tractor. Amazing that engine still runs and doesn't smoke after all this time. Nice job!
My guess the/a nest caused problems running and then it sat compounding its decline.
@@larrybe2900 definitely not. The starter was bad
@@ZeldaNumber17 starter was bad due to the fluffy nest though. they urinated into the starter and caused the bearings to seize.
Yeah that was definitely a good looking old long tractor when they still built them with metal and built them right to last I love it
A classic for sure! That's an early opposed twin, still has the two-piece intake manifold. They built 4.7 million of those engines from 12/5/77 to 5/3/02. Yeah, i kinda have a thing for them. 🤣
Me too, very smooth, a lot of torque
Agreed on an early machine never seen a 2 piece intake and when he cranked up the RPM to full speed was waiting for that motor to let loose of a piston. Great video
I have the same engine on my 1986 wizard lawn tractor by western auto
I had an old Western Auto, (1992) it was 38 inch cut the 11 horsepower engine came undone, the oil slinger came apart and went between the cam gear and the crank gear. A friend gave me an 18horse 2 cylinder, it did a great job with the 38 inch mower I liked it, it ran good, started easy had more than enough Torque for my needs. I sold it to a mower shop, he was impressed with my putting that engine on the 38 inch. I think he just wanted the engine not the whole thing but he got some spare parts with the engine.
@bertgrau3934 yea, I've tuned up a few of those,and had the motor throw a rod, and had new 30 wt oil in it,luckily I had a couple of good used engines around
That motor sounds sweet, no smoke either. Nice 👍
Sweet! I love old tractors. I have an old 1958 M-14 Tiller Steer Speedex tractor that has the original M14 B&S engine on it. Sweet little tractor.
SKOOL in seshun!
Always a good time!
I have a couple of these old opposing cylinder engines, one is on a MTD lawn tractor and one on a poulan garden tractor. But they are on the back burner until i get a few more rare tractors running first! I have a Homelite T16 garden tractor with a snowplow on the front, and a Bolens H16 garden tractor with front blade mowing deck and three point tiller and orchard sprayer. And a REO riding reel mower. And a 1953 snappin turtle. 😉
That was a good repair, love it when they come back to life without spending a fortune. Great video.
Brings back so many memories as a kid. Mine was 8hp pull cord start.
Awesome. My first tractor was exactly this model. I had the 42” side discharge mower deck and a snow plow for it. I was like 14 years old and mowed 8 lawns a week with it. This brings back some memories. That engine always ran so good , even in zero degrees. I also had an 8hp pull start Dynamark
I love the B&S opposed twin. Super quiet and balanced motor.
I have 1 that I took out of a crapsman 1000, put it onto a rear engine snapper (Forest Gump style) and it now lives in a more modern Deere.
The only thing I don't like about it is that mice love to make a nest under the cover every time I let it sit for more than a month.
OMG, wish I could find another, absolutely the best mower ever produced,.
Always great to watch you fix the good stuff that lasted forever in the day.
I've got a 1967, I think, model 72 IH garden tractor. Still can cut grass, and still has the original creeper hi low gear. Was the instrumental machine that started a lawn care business for my best friend and I back in the early 90s. It's so hard to let go of nostalgic machines and this is the only one I've refused to let go sour! I'm going to "fire it up " come spring time knowing full well its been way too long and the carbertrater is not going to be happy. But what a great sound that generator starter makes while that huge 7hp krohler ca chugs ca chugs back to life!
I worked part time in a rural hardware store in the late 70s. We sold those Dynamarks by the truckloads . Literally..the 8 HP 32 inch El-Cheapo was the one we sold the most of.
excellent idea providing part numbers...methodical method of checking for problems...thanks for sharing..
i graduated high school and joined the army in 1984. it's no surprise that that old briggs still runs, they were damn near indestructible as long as you kept oil in them. you've gotta wonder why somebody sold this off for scrap. it looks too good to wind up as a washing machine. glad you saved it there taryl.
Most people as soon as something is not shiny and or running: "Junk!!! Get it out of here ASAP!!!"
What the f dose you graduating high school in joining the Army in 1984...have to do why this thing is still around?🤣🤣🤣 are you your own hype man
I would think the deck was junk. Kind of pointless then if you need it for mowing.
@@davidaix5771 Taryl asked what we were doing in 1984
In 84 my wife and I celebrated our 60th wedding anniversary
That's my tractor! I haven't watched the video yet. I'm too excited! I love my Dynamark!
OK, It's a bigger engine than mine, but it's a Dynamark nonetheless. No deck on mine either. It's my utility tractor. I haul stuff around with it, pull stumps (only do that in reverse, by the way), and I modified a rototiller to mount on the back.
I still have a few of those (I think). (2) 11/36 and a 10/36 (maybe 2) & a 8/32.
1 of the 11/36 was my great Grandpa's he bought new in 81. Took the motor off and put it on the other one in 94 because the steering bushings and transmission was warn out. He used it for transmission on an 80 acre farm for 10 years.
Thanks Taryl, good mention on the gas valve. I walked into my shop today and gasoline fumes about knocked me down , tracked it down to the Honda mower. Whoever (me) that used it last left it open. Could have been catastrophic. Central California watching
Thank you for these videos! You are really great at making this fun and interesting to learn about. Great job with them!
Very cool vid Taryl. This Dynamark seems nearly identical to my Murray. Mine has an 18hp Breaks and also the Peerless 2300 tranmissión in it. Pretty solid machine as is. I've customized it and made it into a miniature version of an International 1468.
Greetings from the Netherlands, Mark
My parents bought a Dynamark back in the 60s. I'm pretty sure it had a Tecumas engine. It had a disc type drive under the area between your legs that had a rubber ringed drive wheel for gear selection. Piece of crap. Wouldn't start easily that disc drive would slip. The one you have looks like a good machine. Well worth fixing.
What a classic find right there glad you were able to get a hold of it before it met the graveyard…👍👍👍
That looks a lot like the 19HP Dynamark tractor we had at my old house when I was a little kid. We had it for as long as I can remember until we moved from that house. We didn't have a way of bringing it with us, so my Dad left it to the people that bought our house as a gift for the newlyweds.
I had that mower when I was kid, it was already old then, mine had a pull start on the right hand side of the dash by the key, mine was a 10 or 12 hp single cylinder
How I got that mower 🤔 when I was a kid my dad had a small lawn mowing buisness for family and friends and stuff he kept about a dozen lawns a week, his name was George and the business name was George of the Jungle lawn care, I still have some old cards, I always went with him to mow the lawns, he died out of nowhere when I was 12 my mom was poor so she sold his stuff since I was to young to drive and pull the trailer, I kept the old push mower and a Ryan brand weed wacker that had the worst carbs ever. I knocked on doors in the neighborhood mowing lawns and found that dynamrk behind a shed, I made a deal with the owner to mow his grass for free all year for that mower once a week cut. Then had a old neighbor help me get it running. Down the road I did the same deal for a
New craftsman push mower for a older lady just had to mow her lawn for free and I could have the mower. Mowing was a side hustle I always had until I started another distribution buisness that pays me better lol . Now I just now my 5 acres and that’s enough.
Another good quality fixed from Taryl bring back life to older models thanks for the videos
I like that. I could use that around the property to pull 'stuff' instead of my mower. I like the swage idea. When I was a service rep, I carried the 2 barrel aluminum swages and crimper on the truck.
For those of us without ‘a cabinet full of starters’, for things like that you can pressure wash (or put it through the dishwasher) to get excess grime off and then submerge it in a bucket of evaporust to free it up. Might work might not but that’s an easy recipe most people could try at home for restoring seized up parts. I do it all the time!
Used a Dynamark back in the mid seventies to make some extra money mowing lawns.
An average lawn brought me 3 bucks, which is about 20 bucks nowadays.
Had to pay for the upkeep of the mower though!
I love watching your shows on a Saturday night
this one sounds very healthy, great find it even has the 5 lug rear hubs.
That thing is a beast.. It has a big axle in the back and an actual transmission; This thing could push a plow or even pull a bottom plow in the back.
It would be an alright driveway snowplow tractor but it is still too light duty for something like plow work
@@logansylvester8093 I've seen garden tractors this same size, with same engine and same rear tires that have a small 3 point hitch on the back and will run a small bottom plow. this is the same light duty "garden tractor", it just doesn't have the 3 point hitch on the back. But it does have the bigger wheels, stronger axle and lower granny gear of a garden tractor; which is pretty cool... This thing says it's only a 16hp, but that's very conservative. Today, a 660 twin cylinder like this would be 22hp to 24hp. For example, I have a Kohler Courage, and they started out as a 540cc which was 16hp (single piston), and then moved up to a slightly larger piston to a 600cc, and now they are 'rated" 20hp to 22hp.. and this thing is a 660cc twin.. You can't really judge small engines by their HP rating; it seems like the testing has changed over the years. You're better off just comparing displacement.
I have an 18
hp that i removed from a junk Scotts and put in a Deere 116. It has a spin on oil filter and an oil cooler a Scotts exclusive .It will out live me and the next 2 owners! 46' Deck and a smooth hydro trans.A Beast!!
Most of them had splash lube. The Ones with oil filter are pressure lubed with oil pump. I had one on a ayp lawn tractor used it for 18 years on 2.5 acres. Then replace it with another briggs opposed twin . The original factory magnetron ignition was the add on unit until briggs replaced it with the integrated unit. The vertical and horizontal models used identical blocks , they interchange.
"What was I doing in 1984?"
I was working 5-7 days a wk. 52 wks. per yr. as a touring Sound and Light man for THE SAMMY GOLD BAND from LANSING,MI.
Great fun it was!
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Good fix'in T. That was one serious mouse nest. Between you and Musty watch out for that hantavirus !
Great "TIP" with the Cable Taryl!
I would have never thought of soldering the cable and connector...
In the video Taryl asked what were you doing in 1984 in 1984, I was growing hair listening to metal 🤘🤘
Me to, met my future wife, rolling big time in my 1978 ranchero gt 351w bored 60 over. Racing dogs all over the country. Life was good.
I live in Canada but out of all the hundreds, if not thousands of channels I watch. Taryl is the person I want to meet the most. I wish Podunk was closer to me 😢. Taryl and Jr are hilarious.
Another great video Taryl: I was glad to see that the subject tractor had the “opposed twin” as my next rehab project has a similar engine.
That would make a great restoration project.
i gor a Dyna. irs a mud mower. i put a swing arm live axle behind it. double chain drive from a transaxle . outside bearings on the transmission shafts and input shaft, it has a 490 tecumseh with a slide carb. way over jetted ., i made double chain tighteners so i have reverse my machine was made on a wide body Murry . sold at central tractor pittsfield mass
Use to have an old John Deere with the cork slide gas cap. If it’s old it’s gold compared to the junk today! Fantastic video.😎👍
Yup if it was cork, same on sno-mobiles, ya could let the gas evaporate of the cork an put lacquer on it so it didn’t get gas logged. 🤷♂️😏👍🏻🤨🧐🤓😎
Anything near the street is fair game to them kind! Thanks 65ford I saw that one, I'm sure he will be happy to have been a help. Another thing that is easy to do , if you leave via the PA door is drill a hole in main door track and use a padlock or sliding bolt to lock door from inside before you leave by side door. Cheap security, also bolt timber across door bottom to reinforce it.
Geez, I would of guessed it was a 78! Thats why when it comes to engine repair Taryl is the best 1
1984…drinking Mad Dog on Saturday night. Listening to Prince and riding my Yamadog RX50
On this one, the problem was obvious, it’s the starter, don’t even need to check the solenoid.
Something a lot of people don’t realize, when it comes to Briggs & Stratton starters, it’s the top bracket that defines what engine they go on, but that top bracket is interchangeable with other motors and you do not need to tear apart the entire starter to change that bracket.
Something a lot of people don’t know, when it comes to changing out the starter on these engines, you do not need to remove the flywheel, if you put the flywheel in just right spot and use a 9/16 wrench you can get the bolt bolts out.
Great Video Taryl
That motor is bigger than my first car's! Small Honda AN600..love the repair videos. Building a minibike with scrap motors and learning all from you.
Nice Job Taryl!
Amazing the seat was still in pretty good condition.
Gidday from Australia Taryl. Love ur work, especially the stuff u build from junk. Got a tip fot ur Grassrats. If u have a weak altrrnator on ur lawn tractor, get some cheap leds to replace the tungsten bulbs. They will give great light and draw hardly any current. Keep the Mini Mad Max projects coming. Onya mate.
Great job often wonder why good equipment is thrown away just take some time to figure out why it quit Great job
Love the bs opposed twin . Great engine.
I have problems with the coils on these moters. The other problem is the valves go out of adjustment and you have to pull the valves grind off the ends and put them back in. In 1984 I was sailing around on the gulf of Mexico every day.
Nice old tractor! Those opposed B&S engines are tough, I have an '87 Snapper LT16 with the horizontal 16 HP version.
Glad I found your channel have been watching for a few months now it's a good show and informative keep up the good work God bless
That Breaks & Scrap'em I/C twin is actually a very good engine! Best flat head they made.
The pressure lube oppies are even better although rare
The B&S 16 hp I/C series opposed twin......that engine is in my late Dad's Simplicity 6216 that he bought new in 1983 or so. It has to be their greatest twin cylinder lawn tractor motor that they ever built. Dad's Simplicity runs as strong today as it did back in the day it came home. When I spotted that familiar engine as Taryl opened the hood, I knew that beast was going to fire up with minimal fuss.
Nothing more satisfying than bringing something back from the dead.
In 84 I was a senior in High School. It was a grand decade to be young 👍
Well I haven’t seen a Dynamark tractor for a while, I think the early Westwood garden tractors here in the UK were badged Dynamarks , I seemed to remember most had the single cylinder flat head Briggs.
Being a twin plenty of power, use it for towing the awkward customers of the premises.
Thanks great video.
This project Looks right up Elksin's alley. Fire it up, fire it up, fire it up !!!
My grandpa had a Dynamark made in the early to mid 70’s. I believe the body is still behind his house
Better hope the lawn mower detectives don’t find out 😂
turn it into a race mower
Grandpas or the dynamark?
No offense but IM experience we got a new 1975 8/36 Danajunk and cut one bumpy acre for five years and the frame was cracked,the hood always vibrated against the dash making a terrible metallic sound. No possy the brakes sucked and the aluminum Briggs had no cast iron sleeve so it smoked like hell after five years! Hated that piece of shit!
@@billdowhower335 it was built on a Friday.
You the man!!! Thanks for sharing your years of knowledge.
Taryl your the best i like how you show all the side jobs. You make it look easy.
My grandparents had a Dynamark 10/32. I really miss that thing.
Mowed with a Dynafart for years. 3 motors in one summer. Plowed for ice racing with it for a couple years. Mine had a Tecumseh to start with. 10 hp. Ended with a 12hp Kohler.
May it rest in peace.
Spent many hot summer on several of those, My uncle's farm cutting acres of grass! Who needs that much yard? Man that's several generation of Mice Life!
Hey Taryl great video my friend God bless you and your crew
Taryl….you should DEFINITELY build a mud mower!!!!! That would be an awesome series of videos!!! With your creativity it would be a BEAST!!!!
Glad you saved this machine
Holy buckets that thing runs I'm glad I brought it down Great job
1984? Cutting yards during summer vacation. It's crazy to think the stuff i remember New is such old junk now 🤯
Another lessoned learned, great vid Taryl!
Thanks again missed your crew.
Enjoyed you working on the carbatrator! Lol. Watching from Ontario Canada 🎉
Another old tractor saved from the scrap yard. I love those old opposed twin engines.. Briggs or Kohler either one. They were good old work horses!!
Glad to see you finally looking at the gasoline. Looks like water to me too.
I had a dynamark blew it up. But it still ran some how!!
Yes you do make it look easy
I use a squirt bottle with 2 cycle mix in it rather than starting fluid ,starting fluid can wash the oil off the cylinder and rings.