This was a fun one! Bent blade replaced, clogged air filter, sticky cables, new plug, timing off - sheared flywheel key, oil change... And I see you have your very own magic hammer 13:14!
Great video Bruce. Just came across this one. In the past when dealing with a stuck flywheel like that, I've wrapped a nylon ratchet strap around the bottom of the mower and the flywheel to keep things from "flyin! - just an extra bit of safety. Nicely done.
Love working on mowers to. New project of mine old lawn Boy brick style mower. Love the slow Mo on the flywheel popping loose. Think you jumped just as high as the flywheel did. Lol! Runs like a top now Bruce.
That was quite a show when the flywheel popped off. If you use a piece of wood to hit on against the crankshaft, use a piece of hardwood . That pine took all of the shock instead of the crank. Of course you don't need it with your air-hammer. Good video Bruce
Thanks William (Bill?) You know it has been a very social thing for me as well as an education on all things about online video. I have met (on line) many interesting folks. From all walks of life, young and old. Thanks for the great note. Bruce
Man that was the tightest one I’ve seen. Owner is lucky crank wasn’t bent. My Briggs electric start curb find ran a little lumpy. Searched hi and low, finally, slightly sheared key. The key way is where the key goes, the key is what’s sheared. No sheared keyways! Good job! From s Fla where its77 F, partly cloudy and 52 %humidity. Wish you were here to hang out.
I love your videos. I have a 4.5hp bolens briggs and stratton. It was have the same issue hard to start. It would run. It had a miss too it. It's a trashed picked mower. I didn't keep the deck because it was rotted. I keep the motor handle bars and wheels and whatever else that could be unbolted from the deck. I found the flywheel key was sheared. The shaft isn't bent It's still stright and true. Just a pretty ding in the blade. Still balanced... I just need to buy a new key and remount the flywheel.. Thanks for your videos...
I had a mower that ran all summer, when spring came it wouldn't start, took it all apart, found same problem as the one you just worked on. Flywheel key sheared and flywheel had shifted over just that width of key to cause it not to run. Took me a while to figure it out as it had run right up to putting it away for winter. When you said it hit the curb, my thought was I wonder if key sheared. LOL! good tip about heating the center of flywheel. Thanks.
That flywheel didn't want to come off but when it did it sure did come with a bang!!! Nice repair BTW!!! And I agree with you, the mower started pretty good with the key displaced by that much.
Hi: Just found you on TH-cam 👍 today, good stuff. Working on my old Honda HRM215 not starting this spring. Like your “Lift Table” , wish I had one.. Thanks
Great fix Inspector. Interesting that it started and ran with the key sheared. That is first one I saw sheared that much and ran. I have had a few Briggs and Tecumsehs with ever so slightly bent and they wouldn't run or have the rope yanked out of your hand. I will try the heat trick on my next Briggs flywheel pull. Thanks for the tip. You might need a hockey mask for the next one. Stay safe my friend.
When ever I come across a mower that has had a blade impact, I first check to see if there is a bent shaft and second would be to check for a sheared key.
Wow excellent video Bruce I don't think I ever seen a flywheel pop off a lawn mower like that also very nice to see it in slow motion LOL but all in all good repair 👍👍👍👍
Looking back on some old ‘ Doc Mower ‘ vids, and I think when you first tried running it, Bruce, and you took the closeup of the throttle assembly, if you listened carefully you could hear the engine knocking or pinging from the advanced spark/broken key. Interesting. Looked like there was 20+ odd degrees of advance with the broken key/ flywheel positioning. They’re a pretty tolerant engine. Cheers from downunderneath where we are finally getting some cooler weather, Mike.
Great Job as always Bruce. One thing I like a bout your work is that you always clean the mower I can remember a few years ago I took my Dads Kubota lawn tractor to the shop for a problem it had while there he said have them go ahead and clean the mower deck and sharpen the blades. well they sharpened the blades but did not clean the mower deck and I said to the guy when I dropped it off Clean the deck and sharpen the blades I hate it when a shop does a job half way and this was the Kubota dealer. You take pride in your work and I like that thats how everyone should be. I'M not a fan of the front wheel drive self propelled push mowers They don't work that well compared to rear wheel drive self propelled mowers. I notice bruce you don't work on riding mowers do you? Have a great weekend. God Bless!!!
It is my age. Working on a lawn tractor means laying on the ground. I do about 5 or 6 a year. I do film a few but being "not young:" they are a challenge. They are like a car, working on the ground most of the time. You know as well, I like to work on clean equipment. Once you get onto that is just makes sense. Although at -20 they have to be wiped down. The outside hoses are all frozen so the pressure washer is of no use.
I can under stand that even at my age it is getting more difficult for to get up and down working on my own equipment zero turn and large commercial walk behind mowers I have a back issue and arthritis in my right hip.
Another great video Bruce. I reckon people from all around the globe jumped when that flywheel popped off, i know i certainly did. Ooh, is that a Honda i spy in the to do que??? Looking foward to that one. Cheers from downunder where we dont have any snow lying about, and are in the middle of a quite pronounced drought. Mike.
That was an interesting job...lots of things to investigate. I bet the owner was well pleased, it must be like having a new mower considering all of the issues it had.
Another happy lawnmower. That funny one little part could throw you off checking everything else but not flywheel key and yeah it nice to have the right tools for the jobs
@@BrucesShop No sir, not Canadian, but I am aware that Monday is Thanksgiving in your corner of the world. Just giving thanks for all that you've done for us 'Tubers.
Nice fix! Front wheel drive best way to go for me. I got rear wheel and much prefer front cause when it's not under wheel engagement or even if it is ,,,, it is so much easier to maneuver the mower
Jump start your heart! That's one way to do it. It's like cranking on an old Jack in the Box, knowing it's going to pop up, but still being startled every time it does. Great repairs! Did you think to use the cable lubricator I sent you for the cables? They really make short work of the job. Cheers my Friend! Sean~
Yes I do use it a lot. It is a bit hard to fit on the end with the clamp. I used it on a cracked one last weekand the fluid came right to the crack from both ends. Not the best repair as I used a cracked cable but saved money on the cable.
Great video bruce .... how wide is yr lawn/snowblower lift . Im looking in to buying something im killing my back on the floor and i get alot dirtier aswell . Let me kniw thanks #smallenginenation #keepwrenchin
Flywheel key .. that was a big blade hit .. I have to use my OTC “Hub Grappler” to pull the flywheel .. give the drive screw a few cranks, the tap the flywheel with plastic hammer .. repeat .. .. the heat works great too.
Your Diagnostic abilities were apparently thrown off by by not fastening both straps of your overalls. This is an often overlooked mistake by the finest repair men.
Loved the video and had the same thing happen to me with a stuck flywheel tried the wedge didnt work then the 3 jaw puller and never though to use heat and it broke in half but had a spare and next time i will use heat so thanks for that Bruce
Briggs is one of the few that will run with a completely sheared key, I even had one that had diesel in it and it ran , not good but it ran. ! :-) And as the one viewer said about the blade that's a sure bet on a sheared key .
At the very end you took the gas cap off after priming it and it started. Whenever I do that it won't start. I have to re-prime it. I don't know why. Very good video, Bruce.
Bruce, please do your work from the far side of the mower. You were standing in front of the camera when putting the flywheel back on. I know how to do it but other people who haven't seen that done will appreciate it. Thanks for closing the garage door. You are getting the hang of lighting. :>)
Yes but then I am working with the mower in front of me looking into the camera. It is harder to do than you think. All I can say is that I challenge you to make a video and edit it with Movie Maker. Then revisit this video. I am working on this issue but when i get into the problem mentally the problem becomes more of an issue than the video. I realise it is my bad.
I understand. It's hard to stay out of the way when you have to focus on something. You're also trying to plan ahead at the same time so as not to waste a bunch of time AND not make any mistakes. It's like juggling four tennis balls!
aka GrincheyOne. Fine job as always Bruce. I see you use an "ezzy pour" spout on your gas can. It seems that every restocking season at Walmart, The "no spill" spouts changed (and never worked for very long, if at all).
Really enjoyed you finding and fix the key way , also when the fly wheel went for your throat..ha ha .. Excellent repair ?...... Oh can l ask you, a question ,.... Can you Whistle !........ BECAUSE You sure can't sing ,?
Surprised the crank seal is still good... Smacked a tree root once at the end of the mow and put the mower away,minor vibration, so I got another blade,next time I went to use it, there was a puddle of oil on the floor. So much for the new blade...never installed
By the way; it took me three days to find a way to loosen the blade adapter which was heavily bent when my father in law hit a hydrant head which was hidden in the grass.
cool video i guessed the key on the first start lol i know those are no pron to shearing as the old ones but they do its cool that it started with that key sheared is the snow gone or is this an older video you looked warmer lol
We still have some on the ground. Our Canadian Thanksgiving is this weekend. I still want to cut the lawn but some of it is under snow. We have an early thanksgiving compared to the states as our weather goes bad before yours does Thanks HD.
I sweep with a wide course broom, then I blow the dust out the two big doors with a leaf blower. About 3 times a year I use a pressure washer to get the crud??? out of the corners. I need a clean floor so when I drop small things (which i do all the time) I can find them. Plus all my major tools are on wheels so i can roll them around without catching little obstacles. . Thanks for noticing James
Are you certain you used a ten MILLIMETER business card (20:38 in the video) to set the air gap on the coil? I normally go with a .010 inch card myself! Lol Gettin' old ain't fer sissies, is it, Bruce? I know ...I do those things myself!
yes. In my last video in which I did this. I measured the exact width of this card and It came to .0010. In the following video at 5:40 in the attached video below (not the one above).. I have had the gap to 1/8th of and inch they and still run. th-cam.com/video/h3T02rSXMZk/w-d-xo.html
To get all my flywheels of I use one of the metal fins on flywheel and have it against the coil metal holes part then I put nut on end of crankshaft and pry underneath and use brass hammer on top of nut and it comes right off.
I use a wood splitting wedge, strategically placed under the magnet area on the flywheel. I gently tap it in, then gently tap the crank snout. I haven't broken or bent anything yet.
great job on the repair bruceyour reaction to the flywheel coming loose was awesome,i liked that compression trick you showed,i did not know that,did you use the cable lubricator to lube the cables
great videos. i have a craftsman mower with electric start., neighbors dog chewed the wires to the electric start . it had a 40amp fuse . how do you rewire the electric start?
You should be able to follow the colour of the wires Take in a sample of the wire to a good hardware store and splice them back up. just do one colour at a time.
I was thinking maybe drilling a small hole through the side of the plastic cable tubing and injecting white lithium grease through it would work better than lubing only the ends (?). Then plug it with putty or clay... It's an idea anyway.
I have a cable lube injector. This is it. Did you see the flywheel come off at 16:00 That was the reason for the video. www.amazon.ca/cable-oiler-lubricator-clutch-KiWAV/dp/B009YEYL0I
Hello Mr Bruce ,from Thunder Bay ON. yesterday I got a machine same as that one, I thought will be easy to fix cus got a bend blade, has spark clean oil, clean carb, even blade looks new, but does not fire at all, what would be the problem ? motor ,or valve? when is the key cranks, but this not a sound.
@@BrucesShop I did stupid thing ,I busted the nut that holds the flywheel,I used impact gun,I hope I will b able to put a new nut with smaller size,ya that key looks broken.
Looks like you got all discombobulated when that flywheel came loose. 😨 Fun to watch, but not so great to experience. I bet the broken key was acting like a wedge, giving extra tightness. I saw a guy smack his 3-jaw puller (with a rawhide mallet) when he used it like you did. (I wonder if he's had to replace the puller yet.) Yuh did good. 👏
Yes! Harder metal. I got me a textbook from 1998, "Small Engine Technology," by William A. Schuster, that indicates, if you were to retrofit an ignition coil with a Briggs & Stratton "Magnetron (R)" coil, you also have to replace the flywheel key with a harder key. So, I assume newer B&S engines all have a "Magnetron" coil (or a newer generation of same) and, therefore, have harder keys than would be found on a Tecumseh engine. QED . . . or quid pro quo, or et in Arcadia ego, or some such Latin phrase.
That WAS scary. I'm going out and buying a face shield tomorrow, just to wear around the house! Was that one of the pieces of key that flew off and landed on the deck, to the right of the Danger sticker? Impressive instincts, with both the face shield and the heat!
I've seen bent blades before but WOOOOW that was bad. A lot of people lose there minds over the "engine /motor " thing and I get it but why then is Detroit the motor city or motorcycle or even motor vehicle. Anyway awesome fix my man
Better be careful laying over, the large back wheels aren't engineered for supporting the weight sideways and those SOBs can cost over $60/ea. if you can find them that cheap. The front ones aren't cheap either. I've got a close cousin of that mower, identical but for paint and labeling.
Dear Bruce, it was you who taught us what to do first 😂👍 How could it happen that you missed to check the flywheel first. Never mind, you are still my teacher. Have a nice weekend! There’s no snow anymore in your surroundings, right?
This was a fun one! Bent blade replaced, clogged air filter, sticky cables, new plug, timing off - sheared flywheel key, oil change... And I see you have your very own magic hammer 13:14!
I do have on just like Roadking but his is special.
16:01 great reactionary skills you got there Bruce! ☺ Good job! Easily my favorite part of this video!
Great video Bruce. Just came across this one. In the past when dealing with a stuck flywheel like that, I've wrapped a nylon ratchet strap around the bottom of the mower and the flywheel to keep things from "flyin! - just an extra bit of safety. Nicely done.
Another great video, thanks Bruce. We all learn so much from your experiences. Great job!
Thanks Mark
That was a tough one. Nice work. I enjoyed watching you fix this one.
A simple thanks
Those sneaky flywheel keys! Good tip on using the heat. I liked seeing it pop like that.
Well it made me jump
Loved this one Bruce!! Thank you from Bristol Virginia!!👍
Thanks
Love working on mowers to. New project of mine old lawn Boy brick style mower. Love the slow Mo on the flywheel popping loose. Think you jumped just as high as the flywheel did. Lol! Runs like a top now Bruce.
The owner. (he runs a volunteer organisation) was pleased.
That was quite a show when the flywheel popped off. If you use a piece of wood to hit on against the crankshaft, use a piece of hardwood . That pine took all of the shock instead of the crank. Of course you don't need it with your air-hammer. Good video Bruce
It has been a while since i saw this video but i remember trying everything.
A LIVING LEGEND!! MR BRUCE PENDER. IM THANKFUL FOR HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO KNOW YOU HERE ON TH-cam IM SERIOUS TOO
Thanks William (Bill?) You know it has been a very social thing for me as well as an education on all things about online video. I have met (on line) many interesting folks. From all walks of life, young and old. Thanks for the great note.
Bruce
watch a lot of videos on the web and many are poorly explained. Yours are clear and precise and in an understandable language ...
Well thanks so much.
Man that was the tightest one I’ve seen. Owner is lucky crank wasn’t bent. My Briggs electric start curb find
ran a little lumpy. Searched hi and low, finally, slightly sheared key. The key way is where the key goes, the key is what’s sheared. No sheared keyways! Good job! From s Fla where its77 F, partly cloudy and 52 %humidity. Wish you were here to hang out.
It snowed here yesterday. thanks for jumping in.
Bruce, time for a winter place, St lucie County has lots of new very, very nice communities. Maybe even come for a visit to s Fla, skip Disney.
We do go south for a bit just to get a break. Email me at bthversion1@gmail.com
Everyday is a great day when i have a new Bruce video to watch thanks for making videos for us to enjoy have a great day mr Pender
Thanks again EB. I always say that.
I love your videos. I have a 4.5hp bolens briggs and stratton. It was have the same issue hard to start. It would run. It had a miss too it. It's a trashed picked mower. I didn't keep the deck because it was rotted. I keep the motor handle bars and wheels and whatever else that could be unbolted from the deck. I found the flywheel key was sheared. The shaft isn't bent It's still stright and true. Just a pretty ding in the blade. Still balanced... I just need to buy a new key and remount the flywheel.. Thanks for your videos...
Enjoy the job and good luck with it.
I had a mower that ran all summer, when spring came it wouldn't start, took it all apart, found same problem as the one you just worked on. Flywheel key sheared and flywheel had shifted over just that width of key to cause it not to run. Took me a while to figure it out as it had run right up to putting it away for winter. When you said it hit the curb, my thought was I wonder if key sheared. LOL! good tip about heating the center of flywheel. Thanks.
Great comment G
l felt that jump all the way to New Jersey. Nice repair . Nice job .thanks
Right on
That flywheel didn't want to come off but when it did it sure did come with a bang!!! Nice repair BTW!!! And I agree with you, the mower started pretty good with the key displaced by that much.
That almost made me not check the key.
You did good Bruce. Fun to watch!
Thank you Bill
Hi: Just found you on TH-cam 👍 today, good stuff. Working on my old Honda HRM215 not starting this spring. Like your “Lift Table” , wish I had one.. Thanks
Welcome aboard!
Great fix Inspector. Interesting that it started and ran with the key sheared. That is first one I saw sheared that much and ran. I have had a few Briggs and Tecumsehs with ever so slightly bent and they wouldn't run or have the rope yanked out of your hand. I will try the heat trick on my next Briggs flywheel pull. Thanks for the tip. You might need a hockey mask for the next one. Stay safe my friend.
Thanks Raymond. Always a pleasure.
When ever I come across a mower that has had a blade impact, I first check to see if there is a bent shaft and second would be to check for a sheared key.
I know as I said below
I know but the mower was running and Briggs motors seem to take a little more abuse. I knew someone would mention this.
Wow that flywheel pop off should be put on the guiness world of records that was pretty cool.
It made me jump
Wow excellent video Bruce I don't think I ever seen a flywheel pop off a lawn mower like that also very nice to see it in slow motion LOL but all in all good repair 👍👍👍👍
Thanks John. I enjoyed having the event on film. Sometimes something like that happens and I think ARGH I should have had the camera on.
your welcome
Looking back on some old ‘ Doc Mower ‘ vids, and I think when you first tried running it, Bruce, and you took the closeup of the throttle assembly, if you listened carefully you could hear the engine knocking or pinging from the advanced spark/broken key. Interesting. Looked like there was 20+ odd degrees of advance with the broken key/ flywheel positioning. They’re a pretty tolerant engine.
Cheers from downunderneath where we are finally getting some cooler weather,
Mike.
they are forgiving. That is why i like them They are good in dust and all kinds of situations. I still see 4 a week.
Great Job as always Bruce. One thing I like a bout your work is that you always clean the mower I can remember a few years ago I took my Dads Kubota lawn tractor to the shop for a problem it had while there he said have them go ahead and clean the mower deck and sharpen the blades. well they sharpened the blades but did not clean the mower deck and I said to the guy when I dropped it off Clean the deck and sharpen the blades I hate it when a shop does a job half way and this was the Kubota dealer. You take pride in your work and I like that thats how everyone should be. I'M not a fan of the front wheel drive self propelled push mowers They don't work that well compared to rear wheel drive self propelled mowers. I notice bruce you don't work on riding mowers do you? Have a great weekend. God Bless!!!
It is my age. Working on a lawn tractor means laying on the ground. I do about 5 or 6 a year. I do film a few but being "not young:" they are a challenge. They are like a car, working on the ground most of the time. You know as well, I like to work on clean equipment. Once you get onto that is just makes sense. Although at -20 they have to be wiped down. The outside hoses are all frozen so the pressure washer is of no use.
I did the belt on my 180. Lots of this to disconnect.
I can under stand that even at my age it is getting more difficult for to get up and down working on my own equipment zero turn and large commercial walk behind mowers I have a back issue and arthritis in my right hip.
Yes in your sixties there is something for everyone.
Another great video Bruce. I reckon people from all around the globe jumped when that flywheel popped off, i know i certainly did. Ooh, is that a Honda i spy in the to do que??? Looking foward to that one. Cheers from downunder where we dont have any snow lying about, and are in the middle of a quite pronounced drought.
Mike.
Thanks. The Honda was last week. Here is part 1
th-cam.com/video/ygVsGxXIbpI/w-d-xo.html And Part 2
th-cam.com/video/6Dv3LCWpK2c/w-d-xo.html
That was very interesting ...thank you Bruce
Old guys ruled back in the day when flywheel keys didn’t cost as much . Nice job young man 👍
Thanks. The puller put a lot of force on the flywheel eh!!!
That was an interesting job...lots of things to investigate. I bet the owner was well pleased, it must be like having a new mower considering all of the issues it had.
Good thing I don't make a living at this.
Another happy lawnmower. That funny one little part could throw you off checking everything else but not flywheel key and yeah it nice to have the right tools for the jobs
Yes. As the mower started the idea of changing the key was not front and centre.
Well done. Happy Thanksgiving, Bruce.
Thanks Richard Are You Canadian as you know about our Thanksgiving?
@@BrucesShop No sir, not Canadian, but I am aware that Monday is Thanksgiving in your corner of the world. Just giving thanks for all that you've done for us 'Tubers.
Dang, that made _me_ jump and I'm a couple of thousand miles away! LOL!
Nice repairs Bruce, that mower was overdue for some care.
Once again Thanks Mr Lawyer.
You had some fun with that one mate. That flywheel was a challenge...Made me jump. Great job.
It made me jump too. It was a good shot popping off like that.
I'll bet you take the pressure off of the puller before you heat it next time, eh?
Nice fix! Front wheel drive best way to go for me. I got rear wheel and much prefer front cause when it's not under wheel engagement or even if it is ,,,, it is so much easier to maneuver the mower
I agree. Tilt the front up and turn.
Jump start your heart! That's one way to do it. It's like cranking on an old Jack in the Box, knowing it's going to pop up, but still being startled every time it does. Great repairs! Did you think to use the cable lubricator I sent you for the cables? They really make short work of the job. Cheers my Friend! Sean~
Yes I do use it a lot. It is a bit hard to fit on the end with the clamp. I used it on a cracked one last weekand the fluid came right to the crack from both ends. Not the best repair as I used a cracked cable but saved money on the cable.
Just learned a new way to take a fly wheel off ( carefully). Thanks!
Yes the face shield came in handy.
The rear end looks higher than the front. The adjustment levers are different too.
Yes I think I adjusted it the next day. Not sure though
Great video bruce .... how wide is yr lawn/snowblower lift . Im looking in to buying something im killing my back on the floor and i get alot dirtier aswell . Let me kniw thanks #smallenginenation #keepwrenchin
The plywood top is 3 feet by 4 feet long. Some guys add a slightly bigger plywood but I need storage room too. Thanks
Flywheel key .. that was a big blade hit .. I have to use my OTC “Hub Grappler” to pull the flywheel .. give the drive screw a few cranks, the tap the flywheel with plastic hammer .. repeat .. .. the heat works great too.
Yes. This one was real close to breaking. Thus the mask. thanks for the tip
Cat like reflexes right there Bruce.
Thanks. haha
Your Diagnostic abilities were apparently thrown off by by not fastening both straps of your overalls. This is an often overlooked mistake by the finest repair men.
I saw that. I should have been on the old show Hee Haw
Skewed his judgement briefly!
Hey Mr. Bruce, what's for supper? LOL
Loved the video and had the same thing happen to me with a stuck flywheel tried the wedge didnt work then the 3 jaw puller and never though to use heat and it broke in half but had a spare and next time i will use heat so thanks for that Bruce
That is great. Heat is my new tool too.
Briggs is one of the few that will run with a completely sheared key, I even had one that had diesel in it and it ran , not good but it ran. ! :-) And as the one viewer said about the blade that's a sure bet on a sheared key .
I feel that the Briggs keys are tougher to split as well
At the very end you took the gas cap off after priming it and it started. Whenever I do that it won't start. I have to re-prime it. I don't know why. Very good video, Bruce.
Thanks Dan
Thank You for wearing a face shield.......You never know what can go flying at you ...I jumped too when it popped off !!!
SO DID I.. haha
Bruce, please do your work from the far side of the mower. You were standing in front of the camera when putting the flywheel back on. I know how to do it but other people who haven't seen that done will appreciate it. Thanks for closing the garage door. You are getting the hang of lighting. :>)
Yes but then I am working with the mower in front of me looking into the camera. It is harder to do than you think. All I can say is that I challenge you to make a video and edit it with Movie Maker. Then revisit this video. I am working on this issue but when i get into the problem mentally the problem becomes more of an issue than the video. I realise it is my bad.
At 16:00 in I am working from the other side. I am trying.
I understand. It's hard to stay out of the way when you have to focus on something. You're also trying to plan ahead at the same time so as not to waste a bunch of time AND not make any mistakes. It's like juggling four tennis balls!
Thanks Cliff
aka GrincheyOne. Fine job as always Bruce. I see you use an "ezzy pour" spout on your gas can. It seems that every restocking season at Walmart, The "no spill" spouts changed (and never worked for very long, if at all).
Yes I don't have any of those new ones.
Really enjoyed you finding and fix the key way , also when the fly wheel went for your throat..ha ha .. Excellent repair ?......
Oh can l ask you, a question ,....
Can you Whistle !........
BECAUSE You sure can't sing ,?
I guess that is why i make You Tube videos. So I don't have to sing.
nice job brother Bruce!
Thanks. Fun to watch that flywheel jump off.
Surprised the crank seal is still good...
Smacked a tree root once at the end of the mow and put the mower away,minor vibration, so I got another blade,next time I went to use it, there was a puddle of oil on the floor. So much for the new blade...never installed
Seals are fairly easy to fix if the crank isn't bent. I have even straightened cranks with a big mallet.
Almost dropped the iPad when that came apart. Hard to believe that it would still run that much off in timing. Tricky little devil!
Thanks. I was off a bit making the spark plug white.
Yumpin flyveels Bruce, that was a first for me to see, you too? Happy Halloween and Columbus day up there.
Yes it was a first. But not the last as it worked so well.
Nice work,Most of the time I work with the old way's.Bet you glad the flywheel never snapped back on you.
Right. For some reason the Briggs are more forgiving than the Tecumseh's. Maybe because the key doesn't slip as far.
By the way; it took me three days to find a way to loosen the blade adapter which was heavily bent when my father in law hit a hydrant head which was hidden in the grass.
They can be tough to get off.
That was textbook use of heat. Good job.
Thanks Maddox
I always thought of the aluminum key as a sort of " fuse ".
Good point
Good work as always. I fix and sell mowers myself.
Rabbit feet-Business cards and four loaf cleavers are all known to be lucky objects
Fun stuff
The face shield is now standard practice when removing a flywheel, Bruce! :-)
Yes. Maybe not a Tecumseh as the flywheel keys are not as hard.
cool video i guessed the key on the first start lol i know those are no pron to shearing as the old ones but they do its cool that it started with that key sheared is the snow gone or is this an older video you looked warmer lol
We still have some on the ground. Our Canadian Thanksgiving is this weekend. I still want to cut the lawn but some of it is under snow. We have an early thanksgiving compared to the states as our weather goes bad before yours does Thanks HD.
always wondered why yours was earlier thanks for the video
Nice job on pulling that flywheel.
Thanks John
Bruce, how do you keep that garage floor so clean? What do you use to clean it? Thanks in advance..
I sweep with a wide course broom, then I blow the dust out the two big doors with a leaf blower. About 3 times a year I use a pressure washer to get the crud??? out of the corners. I need a clean floor so when I drop small things (which i do all the time) I can find them. Plus all my major tools are on wheels so i can roll them around without catching little obstacles. . Thanks for noticing James
Are you certain you used a ten MILLIMETER business card (20:38 in the video) to set the air gap on the coil? I normally go with a .010 inch card myself! Lol
Gettin' old ain't fer sissies, is it, Bruce? I know ...I do those things myself!
yes. In my last video in which I did this. I measured the exact width of this card and It came to .0010. In the following video at 5:40 in the attached video below (not the one above).. I have had the gap to 1/8th of and inch they and still run.
th-cam.com/video/h3T02rSXMZk/w-d-xo.html
To get all my flywheels of I use one of the metal fins on flywheel and have it against the coil metal holes part then I put nut on end of crankshaft and pry underneath and use brass hammer on top of nut and it comes right off.
I have never pried from underneath. Good idea.
I use a wood splitting wedge, strategically placed under the magnet area on the flywheel. I gently tap it in, then gently tap the crank snout. I haven't broken or bent anything yet.
Another job well done. We sure could have used you at the shop.
That is a compliment. I don't move that fast anymore though.
Good idea to hear that up. I'll use that one.
great job on the repair bruceyour reaction to the flywheel coming loose was awesome,i liked that compression trick you showed,i did not know that,did you use the cable lubricator to lube the cables
Not on this one ad the clamp is too close to the end.
'Taught that flywheel some manners, didn't ya!
I got some respect for it too. haha
great videos. i have a craftsman mower with electric start., neighbors dog chewed the wires to the electric start . it had a 40amp fuse . how do you rewire the electric start?
You should be able to follow the colour of the wires Take in a sample of the wire to a good hardware store and splice them back up. just do one colour at a time.
@@BrucesShop thank you
Had the same thing happen to me once also on the flywheel key .
Have you ever tried putting the flywheel on then put the key in the slot?
Yes on Briggs only. Tecumseh's are to weirdly shaped.
I was thinking maybe drilling a small hole through the side of the plastic cable tubing and injecting white lithium grease through it would work better than lubing only the ends (?). Then plug it with putty or clay... It's an idea anyway.
I have a cable lube injector. This is it. Did you see the flywheel come off at 16:00 That was the reason for the video.
www.amazon.ca/cable-oiler-lubricator-clutch-KiWAV/dp/B009YEYL0I
Hey, thanks for the cable lube injector info.... Very engaging video, as always (good thing you remembered face protection for sure!
Enjoyed your video.
Hello Mr Bruce ,from Thunder Bay ON. yesterday I got a machine same as that one, I thought will be easy to fix cus got a bend blade, has spark clean oil, clean carb, even blade looks new, but does not fire at all, what would be the problem ? motor ,or valve? when is the key cranks, but this not a sound.
Do you have a spark at the spark plug?
@@BrucesShop. yes has a very nice spark,but crank at all
not crank at all,just dead
@@luilui03able Flywheel key under the rewind?
@@BrucesShop I did stupid thing ,I busted the nut that holds the flywheel,I used impact gun,I hope I will b able to put a new nut with smaller size,ya that key looks broken.
Looks like you got all discombobulated when that flywheel came loose. 😨 Fun to watch, but not so great to experience. I bet the broken key was acting like a wedge, giving extra tightness. I saw a guy smack his 3-jaw puller (with a rawhide mallet) when he used it like you did. (I wonder if he's had to replace the puller yet.) Yuh did good. 👏
Thanks Ron. Briggs keys when they are sheared are harder to get loose than the Tecumseh's.
@@BrucesShop Harder metal?
I don't know. Tecumseh's have a strange shape. Not square.
Yes! Harder metal. I got me a textbook from 1998, "Small Engine Technology," by William A. Schuster, that indicates, if you were to retrofit an ignition coil with a Briggs & Stratton "Magnetron (R)" coil, you also have to replace the flywheel key with a harder key. So, I assume newer B&S engines all have a "Magnetron" coil (or a newer generation of same) and, therefore, have harder keys than would be found on a Tecumseh engine.
QED . . . or quid pro quo, or et in Arcadia ego, or some such Latin phrase.
Well there you go. You can't beat the old manuals eh!!!! Buy the way that may be why once in a while Briggs motors spin the gear on the cam.
You are the mower Master. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
That WAS scary. I'm going out and buying a face shield tomorrow, just to wear around the house! Was that one of the pieces of key that flew off and landed on the deck, to the right of the Danger sticker? Impressive instincts, with both the face shield and the heat!
Something made me put on the mask. i don't usually wear one.
Spray a little pblaster around the crank shaft and flywheel key, and let it soak for about 5 minutes ..... good job.
Thanks. Those Briggs flywheels are harder to get off than the
Tecumseh's eh!!!!
I've seen bent blades before but WOOOOW that was bad. A lot of people lose there minds over the "engine /motor " thing and I get it but why then is Detroit the motor city or motorcycle or even motor vehicle. Anyway awesome fix my man
Thanks Dave.
Partly sheared flywheel keys are even more annoying. Great "action" video Bruce. I'm glad you didn't catch it with your face.
Me too. Something just told me to put a mask on.
That's why they call it a flywheel, that thing really wanted to take flight I guess...lol
Somehow i just knew I need a face shield.
So true, you can never be too careful.
A little anti seize on that shaft?
Thanks
Better be careful laying over, the large back wheels aren't engineered for supporting the weight sideways and those SOBs can cost over $60/ea. if you can find them that cheap. The front ones aren't cheap either. I've got a close cousin of that mower, identical but for paint and labeling.
Thanks for the advice
well at least you tried a new spark plug first,lol. that mustve woke him up when the blade hit the curb
Yes it must have stopped cold.
Maybe thats what wrong tecumsuh.? Revs really high even with adjustments
I am thinking governor if it runs high rpm . With a flywheel key it wouldn't rev like that. Check the holes the arm from the governor is in.
Check the shear pin For timing
Thanks that is what I did at 16:00
Dear Bruce, it was you who taught us what to do first 😂👍 How could it happen that you missed to check the flywheel first. Never mind, you are still my teacher. Have a nice weekend! There’s no snow anymore in your surroundings, right?
I know but the mower was running and Briggs motors seem to take a little more abuse.
Bruce your good! 😉
Thanks I hope :-)
Interesting situation! So cool to see the flywheel pop, and good call with the face shield! Thanks, Bruce!
Thank you Andrew.
Easy flywheel key replace = one flywheel key and a change of underwear later, you're good to go. 😀👍✌️🖖🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
great job thanks bruce
Top work.
Thanks a lot Pete
You’re the best!!!!!!!
Well I have had fewer views on this video. Am I boring my subscribers?? haha
Lucky card, rabbit foot, not so lucky for the rabbit ? lol
You got a rabbits foot too...... LMAO
(Not really) but i put the idea out there. haha
Thank you for this upload Bruce! Thumbs up and a sub from me... Stay safe... Rico
I would jump too! :-)
I did jump didn't I
nice
When you see blade bent that bad you should know the flywheel key is bad.
I know but the mower was running and Briggs motors seem to take a little more abuse. I knew someone would mention this.
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