How To Flip A Lawn Mower

How To Flip A Lawn Mower. In this video, I find a cheap Mountfield SP470 Lawn Mower on Facebook and let's see if I bought a decent Lawn Mower that someone can't be bothered with after trying to start it after the winter lay up. #retrorestore
0:00 Intro
0:15 Let's look at the Lawn Mower
3:37 Checking it over
6:08 Removing the carb
9:29 Possible Cutting Out cause
11:08 Tidying up the mover
12:49 A look at Project Man's Yamaha Thundercat
15:01 Removing the front wheel
15:59 Finishing off
21:24 Will It Run
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[@metoon3092]

New subscriber here from Indianapolis. Great video sir, looking forward to the next. I just picked up a red Troybilt self propelled with grass bag. the quantum Briggs & Stratton engine. cleaned the carburetor and cleaned it up all around. paid $10, will probably sell for $110- $120.

[@retrorestore]

Nice one, Good luck bud and thanks for the sub.

[@smallenginerestoration9329]

I do it every day off the week . Love doing it .

[@Alexander_l322]

What a touch getting that for a tenner! Nice job cleaning it up

[@wildefox1478]

Fixing up and flipping lawn mowers is a great way to get some extra money, I have a few mowers stored away until spring that I'm going to flip. It's currently winter where I'm at in the US, great video!

[@Alexander_l322]

It’s winter here in the uk too. I’m pretty sure it’s winter in a lot of countries.

[@martinburgess4814]

Great buy for the money all the best to you all

[@alandykes2519]

Nice job Martin and great buy quids in with that is gary trying to compete with Mick with all the mowers lol 👍👍👍👍

[@retrorestore]

Oh yes Alan lol

[@neilkennykenny4113]

I had a mount field/briggs years ago the wheels are crap but everything else is brilliant, bought a Webb 14" 2hp B&S engine dosnt need any work at all. Looking forward to seeing the difference with a cylinder blade. Thanks for the videos.

[@kkk-wp1kv]

Great stuff martin 👍

[@lewispewsey6843]

Brilliant video mart

[@gravelyman]

Great job on the mower Sir. I love the classic Briggs. Thanks for the video!!!

[@normsmowers4758]

Great find Martin good sellers them it came up looking lovely fantastic video as usual 👌👍

[@ionracer24]

Love ur lawnmower vids. Great score!

[@retrorestore]

Thanks 👍

[@kyledale201]

Another good video and job done keep them coming mate

[@derbyjohn972]

Fantastic find Martin easy little flip. Never get board of the lawnmower ones.👍🏻👍🏻

[@ricksmowers5094]

Great job Martin 👍🏻

[@haydenuk02]

Great work and thanks for sharing this with us take care

[@999thenewman]

Excellent buy. Good service. Looks clean.

[@retrorestore]

Thanks 👍

[@vdubs6068]

Great Vid Martin 👍

[@ryanrepairs6944]

Great stuff martin

[@STTC]

An absolute pleasure to watch this video Martin, really well put together and a nice profitable video too,,, 👍🏻

[@retrorestore]

Glad you enjoyed it Steve

[@matthewharmer1656]

Great video keep em coming..

[@harrysmyth1618]

Fresh wee mower 👍🏼

[@a11csc]

thats one nice flip martin

[@ronmccullock1407]

Fantastic video

[@retrorestore]

Thanks! 😃

[@nigelstevens3627]

great video as usual.....long may they last...

[@biggaspirit1]

Lovely job, good as new. Belated Happy New Year to all the family.

[@retrorestore]

You too bud.

[@AliMackMechanical]

Nice one mate good little mower runs well few quid in the bank.👍

[@harrothepilot]

Beautiful job Martin. We dont find 'em in Aus like that, for that price. That would be a $200AUD mower here.

[@loll1974]

Great job Ive been buying and selling mower mainly briggs and now i finally no what that allen keys for lol

[@stumpyssmallengines]

great buy martin

[@retrorestore]

Right place, right time. Have to be quick.

[@steven907]

Sorry I missed looked good tho just seen the end nice 1 Martin , I will watch the rest later

[@carsickness1]

You should go and pick up your lawn mowers in the Trotter van. Del Boy and Dave (Rodney) have a history of trading in used lawn mower parts.

[@petefroud5308]

Nice find Martin .Time for Bert to sort the grass.

[@edwardbroomhead4463]

Oh Martin that’s quality, an SP470 for 20 notes is like finding treasure lol 🤣

[@topconker2909]

Good stuff mate

[@retrorestore]

Cheers Phil

[@darrenmeears3912]

You need to get a van chief one with 3 wheels would do you 😅🤣😂👍

[@tonymccarthy9273]

Nice job martin , hopefully a good little earner , 😊👍

[@retrorestore]

Thanks 👍

[@DiecastPowderCoating]

Ended up with a great lawnmower Martin. I think I will have to find a more modern one sometime. Take care, Jeff

[@alanpatterson2759]

Tip would be to pick them up in Gary's car! ha ha ha

[@philipnewton7942]

Martin What a bargain mate on Facebook in my area you do no not get any mowers close to enough to go out collect in and they always pricey this a nice mower Phil in stoke

[@andyk7217]

That was a great find for only £20 mate

[@markweatherill2673]

Thanks

[@retrorestore]

Thank you so much 😁

[@fuerteventuramobilityscoot6530]

You got a old van in the corner that you could pick lawnmower’s up in. If you get your finger out and finished it. My youngest is getting married this July in the Uk. I was going to make you a offer on the van that you couldn’t refuse. 😂

[@annabellecarter6067]

New work boots, i see your wearing. 👍

[@retrorestore]

That's our dog walking boots lol

[@fiftyracer192]

Mowers must be worth less on the mainland, I repair mowers in northern Ireland and a non self propelled one of those, the hp470, is £100 all day and the sp470 is £140 all day. I don't know if it's Brexit or covid or what but if you look the price of new mowers has gone up a good bit the last year or two as well. I've noticed fewer other mowers for sale on marketplace or gumtree when looking as well. Demand is high and supply is low. All last year I asked 20-30 more for any mower than I would have the previous year, and they all sold easily. Make sure you're asking for enough money mate and don't sell yourself short. Your mowers are always nice and fully serviced, ask top dollar.

[@retrorestore]

Yes, good point, I do tend to under charge so i'll change that this year.

[@BrewabitRick]

👍

[@andypandy9931]

I had a Mountfield probably older than that one and there were far too many plastic components that kept breaking. The car was a nitemare with probably a dozen springs and I couldn't see what they did.

[@zjzozn]

👍😁

[@andycousins5016]

Happy days was the primer bulb ok 👌

[@retrorestore]

Yes it was

[@neilaaitchison4473]

Great video Martin. is E10 ok for that mower ? will it not damage the engine parts .E5 not beter for it . I think E10 is OK in Mountfield as long it dosent sit in it for more that 30 days .

[@retrorestore]

Its a basic engine that can run on virtually anything.

[@knighthawk86855]

Don't know if you mentioned it or not but those air filters need to be oiled before install, great video BTW.

[@lewispewsey6843]

Not necessarily they'll do the job without.

[@knighthawk86855]

@@lewispewsey6843 oh yeah they will, but they run better with the filter oiled.

[@fiftyracer192]

I never oil them

[@DavidJones-di9wp]

Hi Martin, thanks for the video, I'm just starting to get into lawnmower repair. Where do you normally buy your filters, spark plugs, diaphragms etc from? Thanks

[@retrorestore]

Ebay or Garden Hire Spares website

[@DavidJones-di9wp]

@@retrorestore great thanks I'll take a look.

[@loll1974]

Only use genuine briggs diaphragms Chinese ones are useless and ngk plugs only

[@DavidSmith-sz7yn]

@@loll1974 cheers, does that also go for air filters and governor springs?

[@retrorestore]

@@loll1974 Yes I agree bud

[@MARKLOCKWOOD2012]

Yea and the magnito may need replacement.

[@davidyoung6608]

Great flip Martin. I just wish where I live here in the desert I could fine mowers as often as you.

[@retrorestore]

Yes Dave, I'm pretty lucky here

[@elotus9743]

where did you get you lift/jack service table from? can seem to find anything like that around

[@retrorestore]

Martyns Bargains martynsbargains.co.uk/carbike-lifts-79-c.asp

[@Sheepy1966]

Hi Martin do you know if this E10 petrol is bad for our strimmers lawnmowers ETC as mine are struggling to start cheers pal Dave from Burnley

[@retrorestore]

The Ethanol is hydroscopic (attracts water) so when you store your tools, they attract water in the fuel systems that can cause blockages, It also is said to damage rubber so gaskets might suffer. I've not seen any difficulty in starting my mowers though.

[@Sheepy1966]

Cheers pal

[@cardroid8615]

Hey Martin I've been waiting, it seems like forever now to see you finish that antique lawnmower you started to fix up a couple months ago. What happened to it? I'd love to see that big old girl start and cut some grass!!

[@retrorestore]

I have to get the engine out. It won't be till the summer.

[@cardroid8615]

@@retrorestore ok mate cheers. I'll keep an eye out for it. I was really looking forward to seeing that start!

[@michaelrodgerson8900]

Martin what spark.plugs do you use on the briggs and stratton classic 35 engines please

[@retrorestore]

Ngk B2LM michael is the norm or an equivalent.

[@michaelrodgerson8900]

Thanks martin

[@danielclift1]

best mower engine there is still rather this than the honda engine to not a bad mower to should get £100 for that kind of mower all working ect

[@retrorestore]

Yes Dan I agree.

[@rusted2rollin760]

👍No 18

[@garyclifton2180]

Bargain Martin lubbly jubbly