3 HP Briggs Recoil Repair

The pull cord on our 3HP Briggs powered Troybilt Rototiler pulled completely out of the recoil when the recoil spring rotted away at the end.
Watch us repair it!

[@robertsampaulesi8472]

DOUBLE OUTSTANDING ! NO EXTRA B.S. - THANKS !

[@jeffvickers9390]

OUTSTANDING ! No senseless yammering just straight to the task. Just took mine apart yesterday and had trouble getting it to go back in. Thanks to you,problem solved.

[@Bwd-im1vf]

Great job! I had done one of these many years ago & had long since forgot, but you refreshed my memory. By the way I like your old tiller. Those old tillers were an iron horse & would never wear out.

[@DanielBoonesloggingvideos]

you are a lifesaver thanks buddy ! and to all you guys complaining about it being too fast, chill out this was to the point and was simple. literally took 2 minutes to figure out.

[@josereyeshero]

Just did my 5hp and this showed up on my feed. Was a pain in the neck lol

[@UAINTKIDDN]

Thank you brother!

[@ngl-kd7tn]

Thanks for the video. I have the same machine. I have had it for 35 now. Broke the cord for the first time today. Made a mess of everything. I had to rewind the spring from start to finish. Then feed the cord through. Everything you did in the video is what I had to do. Even the way you had to feed the cord. A great video. Cheers and thanks. It will get me back in the garden tomorrow.👍👍

[@TheSwamper2]

Didn’t like the video at first because there was no audio but after watching several others this one was very easy to follow and the most helpful.

[@chuckj7614]

Thank you for taking time to create this video on the older style of Briggs & Stratton recoil starter. I had that exact problem with the tip breaking on the spring. Just what I needed to get an old Chore Master rototiller running.

[@jwayne777]

❤ Outstanding video

[@Xqiz]

So here I am learning how to fix my started... On the same old tiller. Nice

[@lespigutcostarica8464]

gracias! gran aporte. pura vida!

[@jimb1786]

Dude, thats the hard way. Put the pulley in place and secure it with the tabs. Put the spring through the housing and hook one end to the pulley. Wind the spring in by turning the pulley, being sure to grab the end before it goes inside and hook it on the housing slot. Keep winding the pulley until it is maxed out. Let loose until the rope lines up with the hole in the shroud. Tie the knot and its done. Oh, and never use all the tabs that hold the pulley in. You only need two or three. All you are doing is wasting the tabs because they can only be bent so many times before they break.

[@brianandrew9706]

I have just used this advice to easily fix my recoil starter spring(exact same "older" type as in video) on which the inner pawl had completely snapped off, reshaping the broken end on a fine grinding wheel, And it worked like a charm, the only two things that are to be noted is pushing the rope through to knot it on the plastic pulley isnt easy...Micro line up with the pulley held with mole grips (but Gently). And rewinding the spring enough times to fully retract a long starter rope, Take care not to cut yourself on the housing edge as you wind tension in the spring before attaching the Rope. My Opinion (for what its worth) is Jim B has come up with a good alternative if you like me struggled with attaching the tang to the plastic spring retainer without the spring forcefully springing out. Thanks for posting the video!

[@tomtaylor4686]

I broke those pins that you were talking about. Do you have any ideas of how I might be able to fix that without the pins? Can’t find the housing to buy anywhere. Thnx

[@jimb1786]

@@tomtaylor4686 I am semi retired these days. Years ago a company called Rotary used to make a repair clip. Not sure if they are available now or not. It was just a L shaped plastic clip that snapped onto the housing standoff and held the pulley in. I have also seen one that someone drilled the standoff in a few places and put a long screw through it and held the pulley in. Wasn’t pretty but it worked.

[@tomtaylor4686]

@@jimb1786 Thank you so much for your reply. You really helped me out a lot with that suggestion. That company Rotary is still in business. I appreciate you taking the time to answer!

[@rynnalord1]

Dude thank you just bought an old Briggs and had to reduce the pulley your way was easy

[@tomsavasta2750]

By far the best video on old briggs

[@oscararanda2837]

Dude thank you so much, Mine came apart when I was replacing the Pull cord that was old and broke on me mid start! This is awesome.

[@47f0]

Yup - only use two of the spool retaining tabs. - The other two are meant for when the originals break off, which they do after a few times. Slightly older Briggs recoil starters had individual tabs that were screwed on - very nice - so they "improved" it to the bent tab method - saved a few bucks and charged people more.

[@OlderNotNecesarilyWiser]

You are a lifesaver, I did one of these a long time ago, but I couldn't remember how to get it back together.

[@EDB0223]

Great video! Thanks!!!

[@GonzoGobot]

You just saved my ass from throwing this thing over a cliff! Thanks!

[@JoseLopez-it1op]

We didn’t get to see it start!

[@oscararanda2837]

would you be able to show on another video how the carburetor throttle and governor linkages are setup. I have an engine just like that but I have not found the model anywhere stamped on it. But I can tell that is was once white and it is a Briggs. My engine looks exactly like that.

[@stevesmith6058]

Somebody needs to show this guy how to rewinder recoil😂

[@realsecman]

Nice man! Just nice, to the point, get it done. Cool.

[@frankovitchgrimowski4950]

Funny you got the same roto-tiller as I have, perfect!

[@meTimetraveler]

great video very efficient , i would like to mention do not bend all 4 tabs down. only 2. so you have 2 spare because they will break. the tabs do not need to be tight on the real or it will not turn and before you put the re-coil cover on dribble some oil into the little hole on the end of the starter clutch.

[@gerryb3435]

Thanks a lot men!

[@forcoffee600]

Thank you so much it worked 👍

[@helarlanchipa3344]

Dude, Thank You!!! You made it so Easy.......

[@dennisdrechsel3322]

Thank you !

[@stevesmith6058]

Doing everything the hard way but that recoil spring him

[@tk429]

I found the same tiller somebody threw out. Can you take a video of the belt setup, assuming you still have it.

[@douglaswright5689]

Thanks Bro!

[@mgomez5606]

I had to do mine twice. The rope got tangled up on first pull

[@mcfluy4233]

Good video

[@coreyphillips5564]

The video is too fast

[@casualobserver620]

These "Nervous Nelly" videos are annoying to watch but are somewhat helpful.

[@QualitativeInvestor]

Can you please tell me what is your 3HP BS engine model number?

[@tristanwwsd]

That was quick.

[@alexrobison3934]

Wish the video wasn't in ffw, this video would be huge help if I could actually see what he's doing.

[@hollis3853]

No audio for this one... Well, probably meant that way.

[@garyhaley3072]

At 4:18 he farted

[@randomnav]

What a huge waste of my time. What in the world were you thinking, running it in fast forward.

[@chris082681]

If you can't follow just slow down the video. It's a function in your video settings.

[@duckhunter8387]

Your not Jimmy Diresta so slow the hell down

[@billyswanzertheswanzeragen8382]

Single handedly the worst “how to” video ever. It’s like 10x too fast and you don’t explain anything. Poor show my man.

[@kcwizard72]

I AGREE!!! and the pauses to show are quick as crap!! Just SUCKS!!!

[@alexd9660]

Slow the video down in the settings.