Low Compression Crisis! This Easy Fix Could Save The Day! + A Shop Update! Spring Is Coming!

[@Chickanic]

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[@lbeliel4128]

You don’t need to apologize for turning trash into treasure. We all (at least most of us) understand the cost to customers for repairs. Your labor time is free to you and not to your customers. You’re in the business to make money unless of course, you don’t need to eat, pay bills…etc.

[@Aussiekym]

I do it all the time. I can't believe how people carry on. It all goid for us because we are learning

[@mikehrdlicka8635]

2 days ago I bought 3 toros 1 awd Husqvarna and another from my guy. Paid $ 140sounds like a lot. Can get it all back sale of one. Rest profit after some parts.

[@TheWabbit]

Nothing wrong with what you're doing, anyone with common sense knows your labor is subjective when fixing things for yourself or to sell and parts are at costs.

[@thisisyourcaptainspeaking2259]

It's incumbant on all of us to turn trash to treasure. Waste-not, want-not, right?!?

[@haneyoakie14]

@@thisisyourcaptainspeaking2259 it is environmentally friendly to save the equipment from a landfill by making it run again. Today’s mowers are “disposable”. That is a shame.

[@jimhill6586]

The ultimate recycler. Fixing what could end up in a landfill. Then preventing someone from buying an electric idiot machine.

[@TheOnlySgtRock]

As a homeowner, I learn stuff from you all the time. Thank you.

[@kbjerke]

You seem to regularly come up with the perfect fix for the most obscure problems!! I learn something from every one of your videos, Bre! And spring *does* seem to be coming! Our local Groundhog said so, too! Best wishes to you!! ❤

[@RDAmidwest]

Sweet! 😮 Lesson: Do not beat the snot out of your mower. 😊

[@diverm2371]

Dam the valve cover... really. Dam schooled again, starting to think your AMAZING.

[@DaivG]

When your shop is fully open, it would be a great place to host a week or two small engine repair workshop where you register and invite locals to come in and teach them the troubleshooting workflow and process using all your stockpile. You invest in your community by teaching them some skills, they (potentially) help you reduce the amount of dead inventory and convert it to sellable goods. And potentially you hire some discovered talent to expand your business.

[@larkinoo]

Bree, You is a small enjin' genius if ever I sawd one !!!

[@tjansson8481]

"Could you tell me what the issue is?" I busted out laughing because I had just removed the flywheel from a Kohler K321 and found one of the magnets was loose. Thankfully it was only one and not all six like on the Exmark. The compressed dust basically held it in placed. Bre, your vids always bring a chuckle. Thanks. We too in northern NJ are finally enjoying a warmish sunny day with no rain.

[@steven.h0629]

I'm happy you're no longer play whack a Mole with the spammers. Your disclaimer is perfect. 👍😎✊

[@badbob]

Wow, I never would have figured that one out. Learned something again. You the small engine Queen. Thanks again.

[@billygarner8318]

You got it going on girl!

[@onceagain77]

It's good to see shops like your's and Taryl's expanding. With the way things are going these days, I think more people are going to consider repairing their older equipment. Rather than buying new or electric.

[@johnnycashbenham1192]

I'm just here to say i love my old exmark metro hp with kawasaki engine, still purrs like a kitten and makes me some cash. 👍 she's a sweetheart

[@billburkart9087]

Forget the groundhog I say first sight of some daisy dukes says it's going to be spring soon.

[@PaulHenreid]

That sigh of relief at minute ten is not acting, been there and that was real. My rickety Tecumseh has low (under 24psi) compression and is needing another deep dive. Probably a German chickanic. Thanks

[@RandomStuffWithBill]

LOVE your channel, learned so much, man I went thru EVERYTHING I could think of on my Toro 22 Recycler, but the very last step pulled the head and the connector rod broke no wonder i couldn't get it going, not really worth fixing the 15 year old mower but thank you for helping me learn so much and even though it was a failure on fixing I learned a lot for the future!

[@Randy245850]

Love ya Bri!!

[@boonecountygenerators3052]

It's hard to believe you didn't notice the smashed valve cover when you swapped out the engine. It's easier to believe you left it on there so you could make a video about it. Which is fine.🙂 I would like to see how you glue those magnets on the flywheel. Please make a video on that. Good luck with the new shop. It'll be awesome when it's done.

[@hardnaaklife]

Had a similar situation with the valve cover on my Honda HRN mower. Bumped the rail on my trailer. Barely pushed in, but enough to open the intake valve and cause all kinds of backfiring. Popped it back out and it's been a good as new!

[@d.t.4523]

Thank you, now take a coffee break.

[@timdavis8154]

Great info on the valve cover. Thanks

[@markwhite6782]

Worked on my mowers and others for years and never heard of that one. That's great info Chickanic.

[@thisisyourcaptainspeaking2259]

I've epoxied flywheel magnets back into place before, it works a treat!

[@robert.brokaw3829]

Now that is a new one to me - I was helping a neighbor with the same problem and the shop told him was going to need new rocker arms. Glad we didn't go that route. Easy peasy fix. Stay safe.

[@dave-uf8ir]

Excellent tip why ty cheers 🥂 😊

[@happyfeet231259]

i saw it instantly, the cover of the overhead valves😜🤩😘

[@happyfeet231259]

actualy you could re bent it in to is original shape with a hammer and a piece of wood or brass😜

[@jrpritchard1622]

Thanks Bre thats a awesome tip on the valve cover be safe have a great weekend

[@DonDegidio]

Hi Bre, Guess with all those mowers to repair before Spring, you have job security. 😄 I noticed that dent in the valve cover right away, but didn't think it would interfere with the rockers. Nice easy repair.

[@Chickanic]

I thought I wouldn't be so busy when we closed our storefront, but we are busier now. LOL! I'm sure once we get everything built and organized it will be better, but everything's just a little too chaotic for me right now. I HAVE to get these parts organized. Digging through boxes every time is getting time consuming.

[@colinweir5807]

Another fix where it's all in the small detail. 🐯

[@general5104]

I JUST LOVE YOUR CHANNEL. One thing I see you doing is you let your power driver screwdriver starting your screws. I'm an old machinist. I learned a long time ago to HAND START all screws bolts and nuts, to verify they don't cross-thread. You are a VERY ASTUTE mechanic. You have very few flaws. I learn something from you every video I watch of yours. Please learn that from me. MUSTIE 1 has a channel like yours, but you're prettier. I watch you sometimes and him sometimes. THANK YOU AGAIN !!!

[@timothymilam732]

Sweet, just shows what a little common sense, and paying attention to the little things right in front of you

[@earlfreimuth5799]

Thank You for educating us down home owners 👍

[@elwynsmith5092]

WOW-amazing T H A N K S ! !

[@patrickarmstrong427]

I'm sure it's on the list, but you guys need a small table lift. Love the channel!

[@shinaiandbogu]

I like the wire shelves setup in the background when you were starting the chainsaw. I love those shelves on wheels they save so much space. You shop is going to be so nice when you are finished!

[@michelecrown2426]

I do hope you are going to show us the building of the loft and doing the yard work.

[@georgew.5639]

That’s an incredibly easy fix for a pair of stuck valves. They were stuck. But because of the valve cover. I like these videos where you explain an easy fix. 😊

[@beeenn649]

On that zero turn, if possible, I would put the flywheel back on w/o the magnets and install a Delco Remmy starter generator. You'll never have to deal with it again.

[@gillgetter3004]

Somehow my sub got erased? Back on now!! What a great tip for us DIY people. Looked at mine it’s not dented but is scratched. That’s a easy doable job at home👍😊

[@rickthelian2215]

Nice replacement of the engines and yes that valve cover was squeezed in.😊

[@tadeuszmichaelwlodarczyk3120]

Your one hell of a mechanic 💪💯. I'm from Melbourne AUSTRALIA 👍🤠

[@billybrown1979]

good work on lawn mowers. hope you get the shop working better for ya'll. be bless SAVANNAH TN.

[@haneyoakie14]

8:00 no one had that concave valve cover problem on a Briggs Classic Flathead. I got a nice Honda for $20 that a guy gave up on and I learned from Steve Small Engine to check that cover. Cha Ching!

[@xenaguy01]

10:00 In a million years, I wouldn't have thought of that.

[@SPXNO]

Suggest to offer excursions to your new empire ! And guess it will be fun and instructive. I'm first to buy a ticket 😊😊😊😊

[@ToddLandholm-ch2ng]

Thanks for the heads up crazy.

[@davepatti2296]

That's an awesome tip on the valve cover holding the valves open!

[@whodoneit218]

In the time it took me to watch this very informative video, YOU GOT 200 VIEWS! Good job, Bre!

[@13ChevyGSvette]

WOW, never would of thought the dented cover would cause this.. thanks s much..

[@tylerbarrett6652]

I hope you plan on recording the loft build. I'm sure I'm not the only one who would want to see that. Thanks for sharing these projects with us.

[@joesixpack8305]

That bashed in cover might as well be a tornado siren alerting everyone where the problem is. :)

[@BobE.Dancho]

Good good and good.

[@murphymmc]

I live about $10.00 worth of fuel from any parts house, I'd massage that valve cover to straight and call it good. Of course, there's online shopping, but it'd be fixed before the order was processed. Great tip, thanks.

[@markcdeyoung3118]

Ain't nothing like spinning That straw into gold baby 🤑

[@bobbynash282]

Thanks for the tip. Always great content with much needed help. Grass cutting season will soon be here. Someone will need this. Alabama is a big fan.

[@mtwseneca]

I have a JD Kohler that had the same magnet issue. Then found out thru Teryl by chance, that the magnets are EITHER north or south polarity. I had glued them in with silicone and had one magnet wrong- it would only do 9 volts or so and was baffled- until I saw that vid. Mike

[@4Truth4All]

Sweet fix!

[@scarsstitches6387]

That was great information ! Thank you !

[@bobbygaskins7505]

I think that the magnets on that engine flywheel have a North and South so they will have to be in the right order

[@dudekanic]

Great call on that. I dont know of any that aren't N/S N/S, but I haven't seen all of them.

[@joem807]

Omg! I learned something new again today! Thank you! Keep up the great work you are doing.

[@REDLINERUNNER]

Great advice! There is one more issue that sometimes happen to cause "no compression"... Sometimes if engine didn't run for years one of valves get sticky and doesn't close all the way so compression escapes...

[@Snowman-33]

Another win with that simple fix. I was glad to see you have your hair up in this video. Your last one I was distracted by you having your hair down. I've seen you do that before. I get concerned because I once worked with a woman that was scalped by machinery. Thanks for all you good work and help. Mark

[@fartsackjack7081]

ill be so happy when i can get back to work ,,,,

[@twocyclesmoke]

Found a cheap snapper with a Robin 2 cycle engine… had low compression. Piston wasn’t bad, probably had stuck rings. The guy said “You know it’s mixed gas right?” I said yeah, that’s why I took a 12 hour round trip. I soaked the piston & cylinder with 1/2 a bottle of marvel mystery oil for a day while the carb was soaking in gas oil mix. Cleaned the jets & reassembled it, started 3rd pull & ran it for over 3 hours on 16:1 mix with red armor & VP 101 race fuel… Big ol smoke show 🤣 eventually it cleared up. Started 1st pull the next day. I also found an old pre EPA Shindaiwa T-27 in like new condition not far making the trip even more worth it.

[@robertrabhudsonhornet5869]

Me I would just hammer it back out that's if I hit something but all my life i have never hit the valve cover on my mowers. But thanks for sharing this to all of us

[@frederickbooth7970]

Just goes to show that the old side valve in block engines were more able to handle obstacles & rough areas. No external valve covers to hit.

[@56PapaBear56]

An easy fix, thanks for sharing, and about the turning trash into treasure, I used to bring home mowers left on the curb for trash pickup, most times they just needed a new plug and a service and they were good to go, I would sell them to my neighbors.

[@Chickanic]

It's crazy what people will throw away.

[@dbeelee8564]

Might feeling for rocker hitting the valve cover help? It's unlikely to hear the hitting, but feeling the cover might help diagnose the problem. Will need someone pulling the cord if it's bad enough not to start. Any marks on the inside of cover matching rubbing marks on the valve train?

[@AltonRowell-gb1lb]

Thanks for the tip. Now I know what to do when my wife won't me to mow the lond. I can say sorry hunny it won't start.

[@juliannewman2557]

I've had a few Kohler engines shed the flywheel magnets. Cleaned up and re epoxied they've gone on for years.

[@Chickanic]

We see it most on the Kohler.

[@inkydoug]

And with the flathead mowers the spark plug would bonk into obstructions and the wire would come off.

[@Vibe77Guy]

My 30x40 shop has 10' walls, and maybe a bit more pitch to the roof, but I built a 20x20 loft in the back corner and am moving a ton of stuff off of the shop floor. I have an electric chain hoist that has made getting stuff up and down a breeze. Actually thinking of putting one of the DIY elevator designs in place as well for a more permanent solution. At 67, I'm not exactly a spring chicken any longer.

[@stevepelino5986]

Love these videos. Malto Bene !!!!

[@kevinsoney3051]

That's crazy that that cover with even the smallest dent can cause, but a very good thing to know. And that McCulloch sounds like the standard chainsaw sound used in movies and such. It's makes the sound of a chainsaw that I hear in my head when I think of chainsaws.

[@tomsmith3045]

I guessed a stuck valve! But not a jammed up rocker. Close...and cool fix/find. Glad the new place is coming together, congrats!

[@matthewwearsch242]

I like the X mark zero turn that's a good brand for commercial work and the Toro Recycler is like brand new and it's more desirable with rear bagger.Keep up the good work 👍

[@Jeffrey-t8g]

Beat on an engine part😮 NO...OK, you talked me into it 🔨😁👍.

[@philliphall5198]

If they can fix them it’s fine with me, I’m not sorry I can fix them 😊😊😊 There’s plenty to do every where… Have a great weekend

[@gordsmith7708]

Hi Bre cheers 🍻

[@rozco1978]

I picked up a snapper with a 700 series B&S for free because the owner said it had no compression. The mower was in really good shape, and i thought well maybe I'll just swap the engine and have a nice mower to use. Took it home. Sure enough, it had 0 compression. Took of the plastic intake and found that inside a part of the intake broke free and was stuck between the intake valve and seat. Ordered a new intake and removed the broken piece. And it's up and running like new. I know with the Honda 160 valve covers, you can order a 190 non stamped cover that won't dent in. Just remember you have to order longer bolts with the heavy-duty cover. Good video

[@diegovd7215]

Love the content, you rock lady! :)

[@ronevans852]

That’s so cool would of thought. Well done.

[@craigsmith8217]

Last week we had three days of sub freezing temperatures. Now I have green grass and daffodils. / Little Rock

[@disturbedmaynard3873]

Been there. Wife was mowing with our John Deere push mower, and one of the front wheel brackets broke off the frame, and went under the deck, and it bent the shaft so bad, I just parted out the engine, found another mower, and swapped out bad parts. Have a working mower again, and she doesn't have an excuse for not mowing. And she is one of those people that just shoves the mower under trees and other stuff not being careful of what you may hit or get the engine parts caught on.

[@Gearoid35]

Bre you are a genius well done

[@lonhoschar1943]

Great tip!! That new shop is looking pretty good. Anxious to see the top floor put in. That will be SOOOOO much better. 😁

[@jaxflfreebird]

I love this channel. You have a sturdy, not bad at all looking blonde woman, mature -- not vain and silly. She's so smart. She's very real. She's a wife and a mom. She entertaining. The whole operation is entertaining. We see the husband jumped in and welded the frame on the Sears Riding Mower. The wife hadn't noticed the flaw yet. So, there aren't battling egos between the husband and wife. There is so much we could learn about BUT they have a business to get back together so we only see snippets. It's an inside look at a small engine shop and we get to look at s nice looking blonde instead of some dude. Who says a woman can't be mechanical. This lady sure has years and years of experience. And even though I'm a guy and a lot older than Chickanic, I still don't have a pimple of the can-do that she has. So, this is mostly just entertainment and I watch thinking, 1) If I had those parts, 2) if I knew what to do 3) If I had some small engines to play with. I brought two mowers home years ago. I had a nice commercial Toro. When I finally took it in the guy found the mower in his database. They had serviced it before. They told me the engine was blown. Otherwise it was a killer sturdy commercial self propelled mower. So, I donated that mower to their big parts dumpster. I also had a Honda and it wasn't worth the money to fix. On this channel I get to see somebody salvaging some of those parts. That Toro was so solid. I have one, my 3rd Toro commercial mower and it cost over $2,000. They doubled in price since I bought the second mower. Our money is becoming WORTHLESS and that is a REAL problem. Our Justice and Legal system is going the same way. Anyway, LOVE these videos, especially salvaging stuff. Also, Chickanic has COMMON SENSE. She has know how. She is down to earth and very matter of fact. She doesn't have dreamy ideas of a utopian society. She would be a very valuable person to know if the "shit ever hits the fan". She might not be a survivalist, but she's going to have a lot of common sense. So, her husband could do a lot worse. She sure isn't sitting at home keeping house trying not to break her nails.

[@jaxflfreebird]

So could she "Skin a buck and run a trot line"? Could this Country Girl Survive? She'd be a Mad Max female driving some strange vehicle down the road looking cool.

[@Chickanic]

Aw! You're too kind! Thanks for noticing! And between us, I'm a bit of a prepper. Just don't display it much, since that isn't what my channel is about. But if SHTF, I am the chick you want to run with. 😂 Thanks so much for your support!

[@jaxflfreebird]

@@Chickanic I can clearly see you are a common sense person who isn't going to be lost in the bullshit if this country falls apart. That seems to be the goal of much of the powers that be. It's pretty crazy and very depressing. Good luck to you and your family. I like what I see, good down home decent working people!!!

[@frankstavalo5788]

We used to have to epoxy the magnets on the flywheels that were used on salt spreaders we never had any issues just clean them up and epoxy last for years.

[@randallcarver6950]

That is crazy that the cover is the issue

[@michaelmaruzzelli2522]

Hey Bre. Love all your videos. Can you please do one on starting an engine with a drill instead of pulling the cord. . I’ve seen a few but would like you take on it. Thanks

[@crashland5711]

In the 90's I had a Murry with a 5 hp B&S. About every 2 years I would have to take the head off and the exhaust valve out and clean the carbon off of it because it would not close.

[@ronaldtubbs9674]

Heck yeah 👍

[@oldtrkdrvr]

I had a similar problem, but with the float bowl. The owner thought that if it wouldn't start, the float must be stuck. So, he tapped it with a hammer, after a few years, the bowl was so beat in I had to replace it. The float was stuck.

[@majorlook]

Wow Brie thanks for the info

[@ronpon1975]

Awesome video 👍

[@ns4wsm]

That’s good info Bre! Thanks

[@stephenreiner1523]

Thanks for the update. Great channel even though I do all my own engine work. It's really very cool that you do this for people. Thank you.

[@floydwilcox2640]

Your so awesome! Thank you for all the info you share in your videos. 👍 Do you have a video showing how to adjust the two D screws on a leaf blower? Thank you

[@MitchellPack-zw4vu]

Awesome video, I am glad that you are getting the equipment running so that you can sale it, I am looking forward to seeing the land improvements around the new shop that you mentioned

[@charleshenderson1174]

Thanks beautiful