Snapper Push Mower 5hp Quantum Died | Can We Fix It? Part 1

[@eddymumford4086]

yes absolutely the older quntums are good motors

[@robcole332]

Great diagnosis brother.

[@dalestanley506]

Those are some of the best lawnmowers ever built. I had a 91 model, lasted 38 years. If they still sold them, that's what I would still be using.

[@dfields9511]

those old snappers are some of the best cutting mowers I have ever used , I happen to of flipped a few of them and test mowes they cut really good and bagged very good.

[@Biokemist-o3k]

Ah...winter time....Really terrible;......,Thanks for the video!!!

[@anfieldroadlayoutintheloft5204]

great vlog thanks for share

[@pit4955]

Shucks, too bad the snapper snapped. Love how Tom always takes the Bull by the horns. In less than 45 minutes Tom had that Quantum apart and diagnosed. Also love how a metal hanger got transformed into a spring tensioner. 👏👏👍👍keep em coming

[@knighthawk86855]

Snappers are the best, gotta luv em.

[@timewa851]

It's my only walk behind mower since the 80s. What's not to love?

[@GuysPlayingWithTools]

That might be the first Quantum. Check the serial number. 🙂

[@geraldalfano5581]

Good informative video and a well done engine autopsy. That Snapper is well worth repowering with a new engine. The junk they are making now can not touch that machine. I have repowered a Snapper with an engine from Small Engine Warehouse in Indiana. They were very reasonable in price years ago, but like everybody else they have gone up. I believe they buy excess engines from mower manufacturers that do not need them.

[@timewa851]

on my third engine. Came with 3 3/4hp Tecumseh. Then a B&S Sprint 3 1/2hp. Been Quantum 6.0hp for the last 15 years. The engine was assembled April 2000. Snappers are decent. Hondas may be second or third next to Toro. My Snapper is 1984.

[@TomDobyMowerRepair]

my toro walk behind turns 40 this year!

[@timewa851]

@@TomDobyMowerRepair Nice cutter. have to check the receipt for Snapper, 83 or 84 so I guess this will be year 41 or 42. Had to redrill the deck to accept a B&S engine, longer pull rope of course. Gotta bend over to prime it but it always wakes up, 2nd or 3rd pull when pulled out of hibernation. Those final flathead Qs are works of art. Toro must have one solid engine to purr for 40 years as well. My Tecumseh OEM threw a rod through the crankcase at year 12, the B&S Sprint I bought new from B&S. 12 years then it started consuming oil at a high rate. Put the used Q on & wow, dump the oil every season, new air filter every 5 years or so, re torque the head every year & CUT & CUT & CUT. Blade as needed, check the plug gap. Cut Cut Cut. I believe most Qs will outlive their 3rd or 6th owners, lol. Built too well. I think its the governor, the ones without a throttle. The steady speed seems take the harmonics out of the operation of the engine, goes to factory spec governed speed & stays there. Super stable.

[@lyleklemm7408]

Very good tom enjoyed the video thanks

[@Big_Johns]

I sure hate to see a Quantum die.... you did all you could Dr Doby. 👍

[@louroberts5567]

Toooom Doooobyyyy!! Well, ya win some, ya lose some! Would be great to see a follow up with a new(er) engine on it. Have a great day! God bless.

[@jesterr7133]

Lol. I just spent two years fighting with an old '98 Snapper Ninja that had been sitting for a long time. I finally got it to run right and got it out of my shop a few weeks ago. I literally had everything apart on that mower at one point or another. Everything was seized, warped, rusted, or sticky. I never want to see another Snapper again, lol. I lost my ass on that job, but it was an heirloom that belonged to a friend of mine. That's why I was willing to get that deep into it. I put more time in on that mower than I have on all 14 that I currently own combined.

[@MarkMeadows90]

That's unfortunate for that old Quantum engine. Those were when Snappers were built tough and ran well. Now, let's see you find a good engine for it. We want to see this one run again!

[@dfields9511]

gr8 vid here, realy enjoyed it

[@jesterr7133]

I can't believe you got that blade adapter off. I couldn't get it off of the one I worked on, even with an impact.

[@jesterr7133]

I'm sure you already know, but if these are hard to pull, pay close attention to that self propel system. I recently worked on one with the same system. It was really hard to pull, and I didn't realize until I got it somewhat running that the vertical disc on the self propel mechanism was seized on the shaft. This one may not be that bad, but if they are a little sticky, it certainly isn't helping. I ended up having to take it apart and beat that disc off the shaft, and then sand down the shaft and the inside of the disc before lubing it up. After that, it was a lot easier to pull.

[@wayneessar7489]

Snapper "high lift" were excellent mowers until the name was sold.

[@harrydickson4575]

👍👍👍

[@jrocha6511]

Hello , can you tell me what is best size pull cord I can get off Amazon for Toro recyclers or Craftsman mowers ? Keep up the great videos !!

[@TomDobyMowerRepair]

the size i use is stens brand #4 part number 146-911

[@philliphall5198]

Yes it’s going to be a carb rebuild 😅

[@dfields9511]

the cam lobes is messed up I think it spun a cam 13:42

[@TomDobyMowerRepair]

yea that rod cap bolt came out and struck it

[@jesterr7133]

lol I'm a semi pro mechanic, and I almost gave up on that Snapper I was dealing with. I thought I was never going to get that thing going. I would go hardcore on it for a month or two until I fell behind on my other jobs, then I would take a break from it and come back when my desire to push it out to the curb and be done with it subsided. I decided that it wasn't going to beat me.

[@knighthawk86855]

That's a shame....the newer quantums don't have the bolt keepers the older briggs use to have on them, and that's the very reason right there.

[@FrankSmith-h9h]

I have a good question why does spark plugs hoe shoot flames because I was checking leaf blower to check for spark

[@TomDobyMowerRepair]

are ya saying you held the plug against the head to see if it had spark and it flamed up?

[@knighthawk86855]

That is messed up.... Was the flywheel key partially sheared?.... Or maybe the cam spun a lobe..... I've seen that on the new briggs, 8.75 and what not but never a quantum.

[@TomDobyMowerRepair]

@@knighthawk86855 in my opinion the oil was low and caused it to over heat, that's why the bolt came loose

[@knighthawk86855]

@TomDobyMowerRepair agreed... But wow, sad to lose a quantum like that.

[@TomDobyMowerRepair]

@@knighthawk86855 I spent all day today digging quantums outta the shed to find one that'll work, I'm determined to get this mower going, ain't got nothing else to do

[@knighthawk86855]

@TomDobyMowerRepair oh awesome, should make for great content.

[@TomDobyMowerRepair]

@@knighthawk86855 downloading and editting all of it now, gonna have to be like a 4 part series haha

[@jesterr7133]

Lol. I did the same thing that fella did on this one I was dealing with. When I got it running, it would run halfway decent fully choked and would surge on high speed, but ran like garbage on med speed, and wouldn't run at all on low speed. I loaded up the parts cannon and began firing. I cleaned or replaced every part in the ignition system and every part in the fuel system with the exception of the little plastic insulator behind the carburetor that I assumed could not go bad. Can you guess what the problem ended up being? When it was all said and done, I spent countless hours and put $120 in parts on that machine trying to fix a problem that was caused by a $3 part. smh I guess you live and you learn, lol. You talked about coming up against weird problems. Everything I work on has been sitting for a long time or comes out of someone's trash. I have come across so many strange issues in the six years that I have been doing this. I've learned a helluva lot though.