Turning Shop Trash into Treasure. Will it run? Briggs Engine Swap. Restoration Repair Fix
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My name is Bre. I took two years of small engine repair at the local college. When I left school, I fell into a wonderful job at a local small engine shop where I worked the counter for a couple years. In 2010 my husband and I opened up our own small engine shop in central Arkansas where I am able to work alongside my family and best friends. We see over 2,000 pieces of small engine equipment every year, and answer 1,000's of small engine questions. We specialize in brands such as Briggs and Stratton, Kohler, Echo and Shindaiwa, but work everyday on MANY other brands like Stihl, Husqvarna, Honda, Craftsman, Remington, Red Max, Troy Bilt, Scag, Bad Boy, Hustler, World Lawn, Poulan, Mantis, Etc.. Hopefully, my experience I share, will save you Time, Money and Frustration in the future!
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As a DIY person and an long time engineer, I enjoy seeing someone take pride in his or her work! Nice job! Subscribed!
"It started!" Been there, and it never gets old! Good for you!
And I Bow to the Great Lawnmower Queen
That was awesome. You turned a bad mower into a good running mower. You should try to get $1,500 for it.
Love the transformation, in NZ a reasonable 2nd hand ride-on would be $1000 to $1500, with a new one approx $4500. Really enjoying these trash to treasure videos.
No way. It's a poulan
Maybe 600-700 used
@@chaseshurtleff3699 in perfect shape lol
Fantastic! If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes I wouldn't believe it. I am so impressed with your knowledge and your patience to do a great job. It looks brand new. Love watching all of your videos, so much knowledge you share with us. Thank you.
Great project. One less machine in the trash heap. Job well done, Thanks
I love bringing discarded equipment back to life. I'm envious of your boneyard full of projects.
I'm always building tools to help me restore Coleman lanterns. A 9/16" bent wrench is needed to loosen the burner frame nut. I also had to grind down a 15/16' deep well socket to remove and reinstall the valve from the fount. Cheers from eastern TN
You did a great job. It's good to see people restore things like these!
Great video on restoring this old Poulan riding mower. Trash into treasure is a great idea. I am sure there are lots of folks who like this type of video.
Thanks 👍
I was glad to see that you installed a fuel shutoff valve in the fuel line - this is so important on any mower that has the fuel tank above the carburetor. I've lost track of the number of these engines on which I have seen both the needle valve in the carburetor, as well as the anti-backfire fuel cutoff valve at the bottom of the bowl, both leak ever so slightly, which can result in the cylinder filling up with fuel which then leaks past the rings into the oil. I had two neighbors who both lost engines due to this.
Oh, also I would suggest transferring over the engine air intake shroud which helps keep the engine from recirculating hot underhood air, from the dead engine. I'd sell it for at least $650.
Great video! Love watching a true craftswoman troubleshoot these cantankerous 2-strokes.
Also enjoyed seeing your four-legged sidekick, Kittanic.
Keep up the good work!
Outstanding! People that can work with their hands are rich.
Mower looks fine. Reduce, reuse, recycle. wash, rinse, repeat and you have a clean, used mower to live/mow another day.
That mower turned out pretty sweet
I love that grey kitty!
You can't find such treasures in Belgium....Happy New Year! I love these videos
Can’t find in Texas eather
It looks great and would be worth around $700 out my way. I am very jealous of your boneyard.
Chickanic: One of my favorite, the act of Cannibalizing. Now, we don't usually put the mowing deck back on, an just use them as towing tugs in the wood yard. So Happy New Year to you & your partner, catch you on the next one!
Trash to treasure videos are awesome.
Excellent work. Price of new and sacristy of new and new motors made with plastic
Hey Girl I hope you plan more of these Trash to Treasure videos. Really enjoyable to watch and view the end result. 🙂🚜🐻 Bear. Happy New Year. Love your work.
Thanks Greg! Happy New Year!
Why didn't you show us you chasing the fuel tanks round the yard with the pressure washer? 😂
A little advice for an angle grinder with a wire wheel, use a grinder with variable speed set to slow if you can, if the wire wheel suddenly grabs it nearly breaks your wrist and throws the wheel out of balance making it vibrate like crazy until you get numb hands and throw it away. Yeah! Been there, done that! Lovely job once again 👏👏👏
I'm keeping all that for a blooper reel! LOL!!!
What a way to spend your vacation!
Great result Bre! That’s the best thing about the AYP tractors. You generally have another similar one lying about to steal some bits of them 😂💪🏼
Bre, you have such a nice shed there. How about lining the "trash" up under the roof and catalogue them, mayber put a mezzanine up there so they dont sit out in the weather. Here in France, this mower would be worth around 12 - 1400 euros.
Looks brand new
What an amazing transformation!! Great video and interesting end product. Not sure what you can expect for a sell but show the buyer the work you put into this mower and that alone would justify your asking price.
Super interesting to watch the whole process. Very gifted and determined young lady!!! 👱♀
Thanks so much!
Awesome job young lady!!
Hi Chickanic; this video was very informative to people like me, that are interested in fixing their own equipment and saving some money.
One less mower in landfill. Such a rewarding project.
I love to see tools or machines refurbished. You do a great job.
Amazing transformation!!! I hope you do more junkyard revival videos, they inspire me to do more with my junk pile, LOL!
Wow great work chickanic. A big difference like new.
Thank you! 😊
Dang fine job there young Lady!
Bre, i see $100 bills in your future! I would say $650. Nice trash to treasure series. Happy New Year to you and your family! 🎉🇺🇸🎉
Thanks Roger! Happy New Year!
Fun video to watch! I like the shop trash into treasure videos. What a great way to make money during the winter! Used riding mowers in my area that are in the same condition typically go for about $400-$600. Nice work!
I was going to guess $400 to $500.
What year is Poulan riding mower. You are in Arkansas, and I am in Missouri. Around here about $500 bucks with everything working properly. You see mowers listed all the time like this for $600-$850, but do they actually sell for those prices?
@@mikespain8655 Out in my neck of the woods (literally) we get about 450-500 for the cheapy walmart mowers. For Cub Cadet, John Deere or anything that looks as good as this, we can get 700-800 easy. Of course, every place is different.
I've been working on lawn mower for about 15-20 years I have never seen a old drain spout like you have will you tell me where I can get me one of those I make a mess when I'm draining the oil out of engine love your shows watch everyone and I have subscribed to them you are a very good mechanic I learned a lot from you just go to show you nobody knows everything thanks for putting your videos out so we can see them from the watermelon capital of the world Cordele Georgia
Like the back ground music, good job.
Looks like the shop cat is allowing you to work at his/ her shop.
Wow Bree! Did you actually think that it wouldn’t start? You just made garbage into money.You’re an awesome mechanic.
Nice save. One thing I would add that I always do with this style mower (mid mount tank, rear battery) is pull battery and box and blow off and wash hydro. Check if fan is still in place. 9/10 times hydro cooling fins are completely packed with grass and sludge.
Great redo, as always!!! Thanks
Its amazing what a little high-pressure water can do.
One of the best videos I've seen. It is not only been informative but very entertaining. Definitely better than anything that you would see today on television. Keep up the good work. It is nice to see that you're enjoying yourself, especially with the big smile you give while doing your projects. I love your TH-cam channel especially when you turn these Trash into Treasures. Just amazing work and you make it look so easy. GREAT WORK!!!!!!!👍👍👍
Awesome job lady!!
I’d think you could get 750 easy!
what a world of difference cleaning your equipment does. just washed my 8 year old poulan pro 2 stage snow blower. Looks almost new ;-)
I wax most of the ones I sale and it helps
Looks matter alot
As is $800, with a warranty, $1100. Looks great, job well done.
i got a cub cadet 1525 and it had never been pressure washed the oil and grease was built up so high around the oil filter it was super thick but my pressure washer cut through all of it and looks brand new again it awesome how a pressure washer can make a nasty mower look brand new again
Hell yea! That's how you do it! Junkyard wars!👍😎
Good afternoon miss Chickanic I love watching all your videos they are all very educational I've been working on small engines since I was about 15 now I'm 64 and I work on lawn mowers in my backyard for friends and family I would like to know where you got the old rain from only Poland you is draining the oil out of I subscribe to your Channel about 8 months ago try to watch all of them thanks again for your videos
Enjoyable - makes me want to go out and work on my junk. In my area, N Texas, $500-600 would sell in a day.
Nice job, Old to New
Love that redneck winch with the 4 wheeler. Guilty of rednecking a winch too!!! lol
Looks good. Not sure how old it is or how old the engine is but I'd think it would fetch $500-$700 around here.
Very satisfying to watch.
I go to the pawn shop! You can pick up sets of wrenches sockets whatever you need for pennies on the dollar
Nice to see you were well supervised!😉
Around here in Lexington, SC. it would sell for $750-$850
How Kool was that! A few new parts, a pressure washer and some sweat equity and you got a gem….great start to a great new year…
Easy $1,000 especially once spring gets here
Nice job Ray looks good
Good video ! the wrench you ground down for the fuel solenoid can be used to remove the one bolt under the flywheel for starter removal on opposed twin Briggs !
Good tip!
It looks brand new 2 thumbs up
You're awesome....great mechanic! Or Chicanic.
Great video of making the mower Great again
Out here in my neck of the woods (literally) we'd ask about 700 for that. I'd love to know what you actually ask/get for it when you do sell it.
Great seeing a mower made and not just trashed. Thats a $700 mower around here or $1000 dollars if you just want it sit around for sale until the carb needs to be rebuilt again.
Happy New Year!
Thanks Johnny! Happy New Year to you!
Looks great, excellent job.
Looks like my back yard.
Feels good to make something junk work and look good agin.
I love that Yamaha 4 wheeler that's nice.
againi, its poulan as in poland the country. love ur skills.
I can see a lot more trash to treasure videos coming up. Bring them on.
Keep on on fixin!
First thing I do is remove seat and cover engine in heavy plastic and close hood or cover it up
Well Done!! Why don't more people try something like this?
Well worth what you ask for it . It went from trash to treasure enjoyed the videos 👍
Great job hun, ❤
Love your vids,thank you for making this on your vacation. Happy vacation 😀
Thank you! 😃
Would love to see a tear down video of the old engine
With the cost of new mowers these days (both push mowers and riders), going the "repower" route is getting to be an attractive option for mower owners who have bad engines on good decks -- but you may have problems if you change engine brands.
In my own case, I had an MTD/Bolens push mower that I purchased in the year 2018 whose original 140cc Briggs & Stratton engine failed due to compression loss after the engine's air filter and its cover fell off while I was mowing with it and the engine probably then took in too much unfiltered air. So, wanting a quick replacement for this failed engine, I went down to the Harbor Freight Tools store in my area and purchased one of their 173cc vertical shaft Predator/"Chonda" engines, and though it bolted right onto the old MTD/Bolens mower deck, the crankshaft of this new engine was about ¼-inch longer than the one on the Briggs & Stratton engine it was replacing, which put the mower's blade uncomfortably close to being below the mower's housing.
So I had to do that engine swap job over again; this time putting rubber spacers between the new engine and the mower's deck, and I also had to add an engine throttle control cable to the mower's handle (about $11 from Home Depot) because the mower's original Briggs & Stratton engine didn't have one --- and now we'll see how this new engine performs with the new mowing season!
Great job! I love to see how to maintain and repair things.
Great job. Turned out looking good. 👍🇬🇧
Thanks 👍
Loved your supervisor at the first of the video. Every shop needs a cat.
Cute mechanic..good video
That is awesome. I swapped an engine off of my 20 year old mower to a newer mower with a bent crank
Awesome completely awesome great diy tips and easily understandable . Awesome channel
Tip: use bed liner under deck in a spray can last a very long time ⌛️
Nice looking piece great job just did a bs from 18 to 19.5
1000.00
You could get it here right now, can't find any mowers here.
I love looking at ur videos u teach me a.lot. please keep them coming. I have a lot of lawnmorvers I don't know f they should be trash. U teach me a lot
Great job. I think these videos are great. Happy New Year!!!!
Happy new year!
Enjoy these videos, for sure ! 👍🙂
Cool! Great fix! 👍🏻👍🏻
Great video. Thanks for the detail.
Clever chicanic
Happy new year
Great job young lady.
Great job