Barely Under Warranty - I CAN'T Believe This Happened!

[@TarylFixesAll]

We got those E-Z Wurkz shurts as seen in the video here: tarylfixesall.bigcartel.com/product/new-e-z-wurkz-tees-med-5xl

[@jerrydespaltro4023]

I bought a used 1974 Toro 11/32 snowblower about 10 years ago for $75 bucks it starts in a couple pulls and works fantastic! You can't beat old equipment ! I learned i won't spend the money on new equipment.

[@TheOzthewiz]

Same here. I bought a 1980 Honda HS55 for $325 three years ago. The machine is a BEAST. Starts on the first or second pull (no electric start), even when it's below zero. Also, Honda uses bearings NOT bushings for the auger and drive.

[@WherestheKaboom-g2p]

Tip: Use a zip tie or string from the key to handle. To prevent losing it in a drift or snow bank.

[@Viewthischannelnow]

Hey Taryl do a video on this interesting topic. Look what A.I told me. Yes, the insulation on some wires, including those in cars, can be made from peanut oil, a plant-based material. Other plant-based materials used for wire insulation include rice . Wow so they know the mice will tear the wires up and you will be spending more money on their crappy lawn mower junk. 😮Awesome channel as well sir!😊

[@Mike1614YT]

"Is it built to last?" lol, that's so last century 😝

[@scotthousman7807]

Always love seeing skinzz. He's awesome!!!!

[@JonAndrews-uy9xu]

Ok got the coffee made. Now for the best part of my week!

[@TarylFixesAll]

Liquid breakfast - with Dinner 😋

[@dilwyn1]

@@TarylFixesAll Great Vid ... Just had Three fingers of whiskey. Afternoon tea in the good old UK !!

[@Richard-or2km]

@@dilwyn1 I had spiced rum (the Benny Hill two-finger)😉 with my coffee this A.M., 'tis the season, a little early but...

[@dilwyn1]

@@Richard-or2km LOL!

[@williamb3323]

Ariens Deluxe 30 platinum. 4 years now. I live in the snow belt of western NY. Zero problems. Had it out 10 times already this season 1.5 hours each time. Love this machine.

[@melgross]

I bought an Aries 24” blower close to 40 years ago. Used it until it pretty much stopped snowing here in NYC several years ago. Gave it to a guy who is a super for an apartment building a couple of years ago. He cleaned it, adjusted it, and is very happy with it (not that it really snows here these days).

[@jerryleejohnsonjr1377]

Merry Christmas to all in Podunk!

[@chubbyjohnson5480]

If I made junk like that, I wouldn't own up to where it came from either

[@wallybruns4035]

Chubby. You must be 120 yrs old by now. 😇

[@chubbyjohnson5480]

He was my favorite actor as a kid

[@thyubernoob]

A friend just asked if I'd come over and make sure her snow blower would fire up...its an all steal 40 some year old 2 cycle...hasn't run since last winter..turn it to run, 4 pushes of the primer, pulled the rope and it fired right up 1st pull👍 love the old stuff!

[@mike.4277]

Today's Briggs and Stratton engines are garbage 🗑️

[@independentthinker8930]

Yea, the old flat head engines were bomb proof, then it went downhill

[@Miner-49]

Does this fall into the “it’s all in the way you take care of it”?

[@mike.4277]

@@independentthinker8930 yes! I have a 1981 8hp Briggs and Stratton snowblower. It's still in use

[@mike.4277]

@@Miner-49 I've worked on many of today's engines to know what I'm talking about.

[@mandolinman2006]

Seems like a lot of things have gone downhill. I know I'll never have another Kohler motor.

[@thetoolman5380]

Good ole butter bolts. 😂

[@Wayoutthere]

Its the same issue as with boeing and most other manufacturers these days. We are at a disastrous crossroad of incompetence and carelessness. No one cares anymore, and we PAY MORE FOR IT.... insanity.

[@pascalrhins3770]

Maybe it has to do with all the "quality procedures".... It seems everything works on papier nowadays. You fill the paper form, and it works like magic ! No more common sense, No more thinking, just paper... 😂😂😂. But I'm a grumpy old man...

[@COlson-rh3dg]

Iv'e worked for several manufacturing companies. It all boils down to useless incompetent management. Never once would they listen to the people who actually worked on the product and when a crisis came about they couldn't be found because they were off taking a two hour lunch break or sitting around picking their teeth. They also had no trouble lying to customers and passing blame off on others. In the rare event a good one got hired they wouldn't stay around very long. This country is in trouble.

[@patjohnson3100]

There used to be an old timer who would show up in the display area of our regional pioneer power show with a display trailer full of B and S engines. He would drop the sides of the trailer and have an instant display. He had dozens of engines, many very rare, which were either original or restored. I don't know what his background was, but he was very proud of B and S engines, and really loved them. Sounds like the company needs more of that loyalty and care today, based on what I read in the comments. One value of TD's channel is to help pressure power equipment companies back to better products and service.

[@davef.2329]

My late dad talked of a small generator in the rear of the bomber airplanes he flew in WWII that was used to power the emergency radio and instrument buss. He said it had a small B&S engine in it and the whole crew was trained in how to start it. Times sure changed... must have been really well-built back then.

[@MUUKOW3]

The problem happened because the companies all sold out to investment firms . The families that owned them cashed out, usually the kids .The investors buy the name and don't give two bleeps about the product anything of value is stripped and the name sold again. The customers only buy a label. The small company still making a quality product tends to cost more and has zero name recognition so it doesn't sell. What has to change is the consumer to quit buying the crap and demand better.

[@ripperace]

Or the companies buying out their competitors and spreading themselves thin… Take MTD for instance… Not known for producing quality products back in the day, and they wound up buying out other reputable names (White, Troy Built, Cub Cadet, etc etc etc)… Briggs has followed MTD’s lead, and bought up others only to have quality across the board suffer. In the marine realm, OMC (who once manufactured Lawn Boy) went on a buying spree buying up boat companies, only for quality to tank, and within a decade, the entire company went belly up. Then Bombardier bought up OMC for Pennie’s on the dollar only to fold outboard motors back in 2020. As long as there’s no care, and no quality control, products suffer, consumers wind up pissed off, they end up going to Hobo Freight to buy a Predator in place of a new Briggs. I checked out on Briggs when I seen engines with mostly plastic camshafts in them. Throwaway crap!

[@ripperace]

The way Briggs keeps going, they’ll wind up like OMC did unless they get their shit together.

[@richardwoolsey4586]

I play at a shop up here in Canada, change a lot of those belts on different models and brands, found if you can twist the belt to go past the friction disc, the belt will feed through without loosening the auger housing. Great content, really enjoy your content, and making it enjoyable to watch.

[@JohnSmith-pl2bk]

Can you wrap a string around the belt, feed the string through the gap and just gently pull the belt up into place?

[@marcuslenoir3761]

What I learned today is don't assume my new equipment is setup for success. Meaning give it a good lnspection and don't be afraid to lube and do things to protect your investment in a machine. Thanks for your videos and Merry Christmas to you and your "Grass Rats."

[@steve2736]

Absolutely correct. Recheck fasteners, cables, and critical torque specs.

[@BearE9090]

Thankfully, his warranty was still valid. Plus, luckily, they have the part in stock. Fortunately, if I needed a pulley or something like that, I could just go to the shop and machine one, but if you're not a machinist, you would be screwed.

[@leschab]

"You're not trying hard enough" is so real. Cheers

[@weathermannax416]

I still have my father's Snow King snow thrower. Powered by a 10 HP Tecumseh Snow King engine. I started it up last week getting it ready for another winter season. The engine has 186 hours on it and still runs great. Even idles like a new engine. Only replaced the auger belt several years ago.

[@santaclause2875]

Great episode, Taryl!!! And a cameo from Elkskins !!!!!! That's awesome !!

[@thomashowlett8295]

As he was opening up the box with the new pulley, I remarked to my wife that it would be ironic if the new pulley was the same as the old one. I choked on my breakfast when Taryl pulled it out and it was! Great joke! This is why I watch this channel 🙂

[@mjg263]

Ha! With snow blowers built like that it’s a good thing it doesn’t snow anymore!

[@jackieliner3812]

Taryl you rock, love watching your repair videos, Merry Christmas 🎄🎁

[@garysgarage.2841]

I payed $1600 for my simplicity 10hp24" 20 years ago. Only problem I had in 20 years was with a maze looking oring gasket in the carb that got hard and the engine was surging up and down. Cheap easy fix always starts first pull it's moved a lot of snow in 20 years can't complain.

[@danielflack7902]

Companies were once interested in their products and service, now it's shareholders and profits.

[@natebiller2987]

This is why you gotta hold onto and keep your old equipment/cars/motorcycles running because none of this new garbage nowadays will last...

[@bucketsgarage]

Good morning everyone 😁 happy Sunday

[@kman0146]

Hopefully Buckets doesn't get the EZ werkz face tattoo.🤣

[@bucketsgarage]

@kman0146 🤣😆🤣

[@markoaks8694]

I was the warranty clerk at the shop where I spent twenty years working after retiring from the USAF. I ‎have dealt with Briggs' warranties many times, as well as HOP warranties, Snapper (before B & S owned ‎them), MTD warranties, and warranties for several lesser brands. I remember some the things I went ‎through when watching you deal with warranties on your videos. I am now also retired from the small ‎engine shop where I worked those 20 years. I am definitely a Grass Rats fan of yours. I have some of ‎those cool engine stickers you sell.‎

[@hestheMaster]

My grandfather bought a nearly identical sized powered snow blower from Sears ( Craftsman) in 1975. Winter was rough in Chicagoland back in the day and this beast could handle it. Don't remember if it was tough to repair but my mom sold it in 1990 and it did still work. It was nowhere near the hassel this modern POS was! Probably should replace those bolts with graded ones. Good PM practices shown by Taryl! Don't worry the big one is coming, one of these Winters! LOL

[@Ottie193]

I have this same exact model of blower, picked it up for free earlier this year because it had been sitting outside for years. Slapped a carb on it and it ran. Found out why it was left abandoned when I took the PTO cover off and found the auger belt thrown off and shredded. Got a new one off amazon, it immediately threw that one too. Found out that the auger PTO pulley was too long from the factory, so it wasn't lined up with the lower auger pulley correctly. Pulled it off, ground it down some, and so far no issues. Waiting for it to snow here so I can properly try it out, though. Just another example of bad quality control

[@Cravz69]

The beginning guitar riff is back! 🤘

[@harveysmidlap]

Once the tariffs are implemented, current prices will likely appear inexpensive. Therefore, it would be wise to make purchases before they take effect.

[@thyubernoob]

Great ending btw...😆

[@richardwernst]

Really glad you put the anti-seize on the axles, and yes, I was thinking of that as you put it on the belly pan bolts... :)

[@Mike-rf3kl]

Being close to christmas thought maybe you just might fix the surging. I get it though. The things I like about you is your knowledge and honesty.theres your supper

[@philiphoule7170]

We all know that quality control is job #1! Thanks for another fun video.

[@princenaz23]

Hey Taryl! I just finished putting back together an old Husqvarna HBV 132 hand-held leaf blower and it ran for a minute or two then started "hunting" and stalls out if I don't constantly adjust the choke lever. It may be the old carb that has been discontinued so I didn't want to pop it open and ruin anything just yet. It could be I didn't tighten down the 4 intake manifold bolts or the 2 bolts that hold the carb on place tight enough idk, but it's a neat little machine that has pretty much been forgotten. There is a walbro rebuild kit that might have all the gaskets and hopefully the diaphragm that they sell online and at the local repair shop, Cooper's out of Jacksonville, NC.

[@michaelotoole1807]

try adding some seafoam to the gas. if its a varnish deposit it should smooth it out.

[@mikejerrett7354]

I learned how to replace my auger belt from this video, thanks taryl 😊great video

[@stevensnyder5332]

Good morning all, from Louisville Ky.

[@chubbyjohnson5480]

Good morning, neighbor! I'm north of you and south of Taryl

[@TarylFixesAll]

Top o the mornin to ya 😊

[@Clarkbarsc]

Your channel really helps!!!

[@McBain-qe2jh]

Thanks for the entertainment fellas and for the Elk Skins channel suggestion, I didn't know he had a channel.Make that Sleazy Werks guy wash and wax your truck.

[@service1956]

Merry Christmas to Taryl and all the grass rats!!

[@Bagooda]

Good video guys. We had a batch of king pin kits from Mack Trucks missing parts. Probably the carriage bolt guy!!!

[@GeorgeKennedy-u4r]

Good tip on the surging issue Mr T. I have a 208cc Briggs & Crapp"em that does that also.

[@rogergambrel7936]

Merry Christmas taryl fixes all and crew God bless and have a safe and Happy New Year

[@andyhamilton8940]

MTD has bins of stickers at the factory that say, TORO, Crapsman, TroyBilt,John Deere and Cub Cadet.

[@ISLEOVUE]

Jason Wurkz for Podunk MAYOR; such a fine sack of political promise 😎 HAPPY HOLIDAYS to the Podunk community & thanks to Elk Skins new town budget chief💩 That was a neat video. Always easier to work on clean & new stuff. Even if there was room for mfg improvement.

[@jay7264]

That drive pulley reminds of the power smart snow blowers

[@elsdp-4560]

Thank you for sharing.👍

[@Wheel_Horse]

"Oh my Wheel Horse!" ha ha ha...

[@johnb5519]

That knackered pulley would have been a good test for Taryl putty.

[@gerardcousineau3478]

Taryl this is a very nice machine now. 👍😊

[@kevint6672]

What I learned Taryl is my 2008 Crapsman snowblower hasn't changed at all from this 2021 B&S snowblower..identical. Merry Christmas

[@wallybruns4035]

First thought in my head. Someone calls them breaks and scrap'em. Then realized it was you. ha thanks for the videos.

[@johndenver8574]

As they say in the movie "Home alone" Crowbar's up. Haha

[@m9ovich785]

Thanks Taryl. Have You ever Taken a 826 1976 Gilson apart ? I can not get the Auger/Impeller Shaft out.. Does it come out the back or Front ?? I have the whole back end apart and can not pull it out the Front. it seems there is a stop on the shaft for the Bearing not letting it to come out the front. Mike M.

[@DanRogers-m9u]

Elkins is in charge over there now LOL

[@agentsmith7745]

My new neighbor last year had the Amazon truck show up and they unloaded the E-Go I told my neighbor to send it back and I'd go with him to Big Blue or Big Orange and get him a 2 stage gas unit. He passed on it and now is looking to upgrade to 2 stage gas. It's not normally the driveway, but the present the plow drivers leave at the end of the driveway. half frozen muck. Does this procedure on the belt work on MTD? I split my machine apart last time. Same neighbor, in the middle of getting the sewer line replaced. So we got about an inch of snow last night and the city thought it was enough to send the plows out. 6am I hear the plow coming then KAPOW! Plow hit the steel plate covering the trench and sent it 15ft down the street and the front tire went into the trench. My entire house shook

[@DAS-Videos]

Have to shop around for snow blowers. Right now Home Depot has a Troy built 26" two stage 208cc(6.5hp) for $749.00. It does not have a headlight and the chute is plastic. It is listed as a special buy, says it was $1,000.00 so the low price is limited.

[@willyck948]

Wish I recommend the repair on an antique mtd snowblower. Auger cable broke and is NLA. I modified a used pushmower cable with the same spring end to work and attached it to the old cable with 2 clamps.

[@sgnt9337]

Great video. Nice camera work too!!

[@nottoday62]

Brian from Ma.Great video always laugh and always learn Besafe

[@newsnowriversidesgtrock]

$15.00 water hose attached to your hot water tank. Perfect job every time no hard labor, no gas, no replacement parts and best of all , no trip to the local Taryl, uhh..., repair shop. The hose breaks, a hose coupler is cheap or even a new hose.

[@BigBlock-wf3mh]

Good job, good video. 🎥

[@chubbyjohnson5480]

I've been looking forward to this one

[@TarylFixesAll]

Even includes a cameo from the Fire It Up guy himself 😉

[@chubbyjohnson5480]

Elk Skins!!!

[@Jeffrey-t8g]

Elkskins joined the EZ-Works Cult. Next he'll shave his head, beard and hand out literature in airports.

[@dirkmcghee1604]

NICE SPYDERCO!

[@modoc852]

Been around four years more than TD and have seen a lot of apathy from every generation since ours and it’s not getting any better since smoking your lunch is legal now.

[@FreshEyeGuy]

I worked on yes thousands of Briggs and Stratton engines during my career. I was always amazed at the abuse their engines would take.

[@andyhamilton8940]

Hmmm, why did the price suddenly go up in the last three years? Strange.

[@jeffreyyoung8727]

Biden harris

[@johnharrison6745]

I LOVE Menard's.

[@Big_B1-e]

Good morning taryl and junior hope you guys have a great day

[@allenwiltrout6816]

We need to get off our behinds and get our snowblowers ready for the season.

[@davef.2329]

"Cuawll the maynajah, cuawll the ownah, I want my money bayck!!"

[@newsnowriversidesgtrock]

Gatz is located in Kansas by Kansas City. My sister used to work there She contracted asbestos cancer.

[@josephpuchel6497]

Hey OMG A carriage bolt If had been something special you needed it be another 3 weeks. I wonder how many of those pulleys made it in other machines Always excellent content.

[@robduffy9879]

Hey Taryl, Its snowing in NJ right now! 12/15/2024. Bring that snowblower and get to work! I'll have some Hamm's for you!

[@KarlUppianoKarlU]

Lily Tomlin said, "I worry whoever thought up the term "quality control" thought if we didn't control it, it would get out of hand."

[@jeffclark2725]

Thumbs up,great video, yea the warranty hoops you jump through, sure they paid to install the kit,but all the other time spent on it ,broke even I am sure

[@briankemp5206]

Great video!

[@Testing-123]

If we get snow in eastern Mo, it's rare that I need to shovel. Maybe twice/three times a year. It would take me 30 to 50 years at a cost of $20 a pop to pay someone to shovel for me before I reach $1000

[@absolutesean]

I had the crapsman version of this Ijust took apart and saved the wheels and axle from for a wheelbarrow.

[@Dstromb232]

Nice video. Merry Christmas.

[@GeorgeKennedy-u4r]

I bought a Murray 10hp snow blower in NH 15 years ago and it's been great. Older stuff is better.

[@nicoleison9253]

Love ur video and im learning im trying to build my small engine repair shop were would u suggest were to get catalogs for parts tks

[@Cripleclarence_1948]

That blower is almost identical to my 24" Snapper except mine has an electric powered deflector. Bought in 2014 from my local dealer since I was tired of shoveling my 100' driveway by hand. I doubt it has 10 hours on it since we seemed to have stopped getting heavy snows here in SW Ohio soon after I bought it. It gets run out of fuel and stored under a cover in the garage at the end of the season. Cost? $950 from my dealer. Cha Ching!

[@Kabong-d9e]

This is what we've ALL come to expect in this new, enlightened age of Slo Joe and the Ho!

[@RickaramaTrama-lc1ys]

Hey that's a good one~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jamietoro8373]

Good video learned how to get belt on.

[@andyhamilton8940]

Those bolts….grade F!

[@DavidPotter-k1d]

1972 was the last of the good cast iron B&S engines. Now they're just BS. My 16 HP B&S from 1967 runs great.

[@aaronjackson9882]

Today I was working on a leaf blower and just when I was trying it out, it wasn't starting, come to find out I forgot to reinstall the float needle, long story short I took it apart, put the float needle back in, reinstalled the carburetor & plastic components, it fired back up, can't believe I did that 😂🤦‍♂️

[@Miner-49]

Briggs and Stratton…where the blind lead the blind.

[@raymonster55]

Thank you, Sir Dactyl. By the way, we have a BS pressure washer with no compression and one rocker arm is not moving. Do you have a video on that? It's a 190cc vertical shaft. Should I just scrap it?

[@astroboy5137]

Bent push rod.

[@raymonster55]

@@astroboy5137 They are both straight.

[@stan1027]

clickety clack clickety clack that's all. Good job! Thanks!

[@Showboat_Six]

I learned to live in a warm climate!!!

[@bruceferrero8178]

Makes me sad every time I drive past the empty Snapper factory in Mcdonough....breaks and scrappem strikes again

[@rbrtgreenland6786]

Years ago I worked at a place that made transformers and we would send parts to Mexico from Tempe az for final assembly so the parts for that snowblower could be made any where for final assembly in china

[@ruben_balea]

14:00 That is the BS, I mean B&S warehouse employee trained to their 2024 standards: "What is a metric threaded flange bolt? Oh, the bolts on this tray have some kind of flange around their square heads... and I can measure them with a metric tape too, yes those must be metric flange bolts!"

[@timtweet8149]

Mornin from central Texas yall.

[@johna.s.3847]

Bolts not graded. Standards have all gone down the drain. Even in the aviation industry with counterfeit bolts and hardware with counterfeit marks on them.