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.
@Maybe1Someday4 ай бұрын
These things are tricky, really makes no sense, you should be able to start them in neutral
@nickbrockelman4 ай бұрын
I feel like I got a mower repair lesson from Napoleon Dynamite
@Maybe1Someday3 ай бұрын
Tots?
@ImSrry4BeingWhite3 ай бұрын
LMAO
@caroltokoi2 ай бұрын
i could feel all the struggles but did appreciate the detailed discussion. Thank you very much!
@Maybe1Someday2 ай бұрын
@@caroltokoi thanks for watching
@philliphall51986 ай бұрын
These are really dependable and cheap to operate if you do your own work, seems they all need new tires or just install tubes😊
@Maybe1Someday4 ай бұрын
Its got oil and gas, it runs. Life is like a box of chocolates… 🍫✅
@mechantics2 ай бұрын
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
@mechantics2 ай бұрын
Fuel cap? (I'm commenting as I watch)😅
@mechantics2 ай бұрын
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
@jacopodenicola2 ай бұрын
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.
@EarnestKegler8 күн бұрын
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!!!.
@nyjett32184 ай бұрын
Great find. Hope you enjoy.
@andrewchristiansen-Detroit2 ай бұрын
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.
@ImSrry4BeingWhite3 ай бұрын
Good job bruh 💯
@danielborth7753Ай бұрын
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
@NutmegThumper5 ай бұрын
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.
@Maybe1Someday3 ай бұрын
Your mom taught me how to work on these
@NutmegThumper3 ай бұрын
@@Maybe1Someday What?
@Maybe1Someday3 ай бұрын
@@NutmegThumper Imma be honest, I dont even remember making that comment
@Maybe1Someday3 ай бұрын
@@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.
@BradyBooth-j4q2 ай бұрын
Great job.
@nickbrockelman4 ай бұрын
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.
@Maybe1Someday3 ай бұрын
Its sometimes hard to get these old mowers running right
@REVNUMANEWBERN5 ай бұрын
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.
@Maybe1Someday4 ай бұрын
Mower ran perfectly, sold it for a deal. Do you watch the videos?
@bleachmultiverse7 ай бұрын
Cool is runs looks like a excust leak though but could also be oil building up
@Maybe1Someday7 ай бұрын
Flange didn’t sit flush with the head. Ran good though
@bleachmultiverse7 ай бұрын
@@Maybe1Someday cool I work on snappers too. There great mowers.
@nyjett32184 ай бұрын
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
@Maybe1Someday3 ай бұрын
Amazon scammers
@nickbrockelman6 ай бұрын
It's so loud because the bolts to the exhaust are loose and it's not going through the muffler
@Maybe1Someday4 ай бұрын
Flange is rusted oblong not holding exact pressure
@Reicker19546 ай бұрын
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.
@Maybe1Someday4 ай бұрын
Thanks man I never had one of these mowers. One of my favorite. Thanks for watching
@m.g.5402 ай бұрын
If you don't try working on stuff you never learn anything until make mistakes,
@reedandersen52366 ай бұрын
Never mentioned the safety seat cut off switch .. I was thinking that was your problem maybe.
@nickbrockelman4 ай бұрын
I don't believe it has a safety on the seat at least mine doesn't.
@Maybe1Someday3 ай бұрын
Nope
@danielborth7753Ай бұрын
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
@danielborth7753Ай бұрын
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
@jaybrahmbhatt719711 ай бұрын
is it for sale?
@millytopshotta7 ай бұрын
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
@Maybe1Someday3 ай бұрын
I sold it for $500. Thats about the going rate for any year snapper
@rweaver9122 ай бұрын
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!
@fogmonkey772 ай бұрын
It is the original motor. I have the same mower and I love mine . It looks just like a clone of mine .
@REVNUMANEWBERN5 ай бұрын
Could of saved much work & been better off if you converted it to propane