$100 Old Snapper Mower Sitting 6 Years - Running and Mowing Again?

[@jodygoodwin1691]

I just got a snapper riding mower today for free, and was messing with it to get it to run. Your video solved the problem of not starting. The parking brake wasn't set. Lol.

[@Maybe1Someday]

These things are tricky, really makes no sense, you should be able to start them in neutral

[@caroltokoi]

i could feel all the struggles but did appreciate the detailed discussion. Thank you very much!

[@Maybe1Someday]

@@caroltokoi thanks for watching

[@nickbrockelman]

I feel like I got a mower repair lesson from Napoleon Dynamite

[@Maybe1Someday]

Tots?

[@ImSrry4BeingWhite]

LMAO

[@Staygoldfarms]

😂

[@philliphall5198]

These are really dependable and cheap to operate if you do your own work, seems they all need new tires or just install tubes😊

[@Maybe1Someday]

Its got oil and gas, it runs. Life is like a box of chocolates… 🍫✅

[@mechantics]

Thar qr cleaner isn't for carburetor, carb cleaner is ideal, brake cleaner too aggressive. But, based upon the contents of the bowl, I hope you pull the carb and clean out the float needle valve seat, jet, and all ports. That dissolved outer air cleaner mess was a Precleaner, they're maintained with oil and work great. Don't rely upon the air cleaner paper element alone

[@mechantics]

Fuel cap? (I'm commenting as I watch)😅

[@mechantics]

It'd say the shifter in the carb inlet screen is the same shot that was in the bowl: crystallized ethanol. Next time, blast the crud out from the inlet to the bowl with carb cleaner, don't stab it into the screen. The problem through.much of the time is the breather on your fuel cap needs to be OPEN during use

[@jacopodenicola]

God bless you man! Just got this little baby and couldn't find any info anywhere. I am going through the same exact sequence of messupdness :) Still trying to get spark but I'm close. All the rest has been fixed up and ready to go.

[@danielborth7753]

Don't forget to look for all the grease fittings and tip it on the 10:00 and look at the differential make sure the boots are screwed up but then you want to grease your axle maybe even change the differential fluid

[@nyjett3218]

Great find. Hope you enjoy.

[@EarnestKegler]

It looks good. My daughter has one but I can't get it started. It doesn't have a battery., it must have some kind of internal voltage producing system. Could you go through the starting sequence? Thanks!!!.

[@andrewchristiansen-Detroit]

0:54 If you edge your driveway it drains the puddles. Edges are like gutters for driveways and walkways. I dig mine deep and wide with a shovel so it takes a whole season to fill with stuff.

[@NutmegThumper]

The bars on bag do hold the bagger but are also to stand machine up for maintenance. Surprised yours doesn’t have a battery! I had ordered a new carb on Amazon which works great. I’ve seen people use ultrasonic cleaners but with the gunk you had in bowl I’d have just bought a new one for $20. Very easy to service this machine - been using one for 8 years now.

[@Maybe1Someday]

Your mom taught me how to work on these

[@NutmegThumper]

@@Maybe1Someday What?

[@Maybe1Someday]

@@NutmegThumper Imma be honest, I dont even remember making that comment

[@Maybe1Someday]

@@NutmegThumper Listen Im mega sorry you typed a thought out comment and I did some blackout drunk response. I do care about my viewers thats why a majority of my videos are DIY and how to videos. Not even asking you to watch anymore of my videos. Just know my response was dumb and I apologize for the ignorant response.

[@bleachmultiverse]

Cool is runs looks like a excust leak though but could also be oil building up

[@Maybe1Someday]

Flange didn’t sit flush with the head. Ran good though

[@bleachmultiverse]

@@Maybe1Someday cool I work on snappers too. There great mowers.

[@nickbrockelman]

So here's what's happening.... as you let it sit, the fuel fills up the bowl and there's enough gas to get it to almost fire up and run, except for there's just not quite enough. So at this point 23:20 you know it has spark you and know it's getting some fuel, but it just won't stay running. What I would do is to take the air cleaner off and put some brake cleaner in the carburetor and see if it will run for just a second, which it would. That tells you it's not getting fuel and that means it's the carburetor. The end, right? Well maybe.. you see, on top of the gas cap there is a little screw, and if it's turned all the way down where it's not allowing air in, you can also have the same failure that way. I worked on mine all day one day only to find out I just needed to open that screw a little bit and then it worked fine.

[@Maybe1Someday]

Its sometimes hard to get these old mowers running right

[@nickbrockelman]

It's so loud because the bolts to the exhaust are loose and it's not going through the muffler

[@Maybe1Someday]

Flange is rusted oblong not holding exact pressure

[@BradyBooth-j4q]

Great job.

[@ImSrry4BeingWhite]

Good job bruh 💯

[@REVNUMANEWBERN]

BEFORE you do ANYTHING with it, find the Serial plate decal on it, it will be on the frame, it will have the Model number Series on it ALWAYS use that for parts and work, I worked at the factory from 1972 till 2015 and one of the BIGGEST MISCONCEPTIONS is that they all are the same and you can swap any part from any Model & Series, and adjustments are the same, this is FALSE, if you watch ANY so called youtube expert on these mowers and they NEVER tell you WHAT MODEL or Series they are working on then be VERY leary about any further instructions they give.

[@Maybe1Someday]

Mower ran perfectly, sold it for a deal. Do you watch the videos?

[@nyjett3218]

If you really wanted to save money you could have just bought a carb kit on the Big A. It comes with the carburetor, spark plug, air filter, fuel filter. It’s between 25-30. No need for parts cleaner on new parts

[@Maybe1Someday]

Amazon scammers

[@reedandersen5236]

Never mentioned the safety seat cut off switch .. I was thinking that was your problem maybe.

[@nickbrockelman]

I don't believe it has a safety on the seat at least mine doesn't.

[@Maybe1Someday]

Nope

[@danielborth7753]

You shouldn't have blown the dust out from the air filter you should have taken a vacuum cleaner and vacuum it out what you did is most likely blow the dust right into the carburetor

[@danielborth7753]

To clean up all that grease I like to try gasoline in an old paint brush scrub a dub dub then wash it off with the hose

[@Reicker1954]

A perfect example of a video of a guy who works over an hour on something and he has no idea what he's doing.

[@Maybe1Someday]

Thanks man I never had one of these mowers. One of my favorite. Thanks for watching

[@m.g.540]

If you don't try working on stuff you never learn anything until make mistakes,

[@jaybrahmbhatt7197]

is it for sale?

[@millytopshotta]

Just got one for free when I bought my trailer for my landscape business the old man said if I could lift it in I could have it just needed a new carburetor

[@Maybe1Someday]

I sold it for $500. Thats about the going rate for any year snapper

[@rweaver912]

I don't believe that is the original Motor. Prices? BIDENOMICS! Vote Harris and see what happens! Try a carbonizer on the rust. This will be the most dependable mower you will ever own! Learn the basic and be friends with a shop till you do!

[@fogmonkey77]

It is the original motor. I have the same mower and I love mine . It looks just like a clone of mine .

[@REVNUMANEWBERN]

Could of saved much work & been better off if you converted it to propane

[@Maybe1Someday]

It runs on nuclear energy now