Entertaining and informative as usual. Thanks Bruce. I love the dedication, both to looking after the little things while you are doing your repairs and to your creation of your videos to help out people like me. Keep up the great work.

I really like watching your videos. I bought an HRA214 PX mower in the spring of 1988 and am still using it regularly. I have done all my own maintenance. I even put new tires on the rear wheels this spring.

You are extremely thorough n detail tech that I could never be. I fix my own mowers Outboard motors Waverunners cars motorcycle scooters and anything motorized as a hobby.

Always a great fun to follow you! 👍

Very useful Bruce ,Thank You. You have given me confidence to clean a carburettor for the first time ever! I’m pretty sure now I have a blocked jet.

Hey! Great to see you're getting used to the trigger on the impact driver! Another nice old Honda saved from the scrap heap! Cheers my Friend! Sean~

really enjoyed the vids bruce I got the same mower starts but then dies so strip down starts as soon as my carb cleaner arrives ,il b harking back to your vids no dought lol

Hi Bruce - Greetings from Idaho! I do not want to seem presumptuous. I have a Honda HRR216 and had a problem with surging, it would run with the choke on. I am a retired US Navy Machinist’s Mate, in civilian terms, a Marine Mechanic. I pulled the carb from my mower and cleaned it thoroughly (so I thought). Replaced the carb and the surging was not fixed!! This carb has an idle mix that would adjust only 1/4 turn. So I took a chance and removed the restriction so the idle mix could be removed for cleaning. I found a tiny blade of grass under the needle!! I also cleaned out the low speed jet with a bristle from a wire brush. Carb cleaner and compressed air were also used. For this to be effective the emulsion tube was removed. When the carb was reinstalled this time, all the run problems were gone. It starts on one pull and idles, the surging is gone. I offer this lengthy explanation for your perusal and possible use. I really like your videos and have learned much. Best Regards😀!

lol ,I saw it coming right out at your first time,I like to see passion doing the work.

Haha you are as happy as a pig at the slop trough when you working on those lawn mowers! I love it!

Really nice running Honda - and great fix

Bruce: Another interesting video. It looks like we have the same " Senior moments " when working on things. You said that you were a electronic tech, l was a X-Ray service engineer for about 30 years and see the same attention to details that l have developed over a career, watching X-Ray tech's and doctors tear up what takes hours to fix. Good job! P.S. A lot of horizontal cylinder engines smoke on start up because the oil laying in cylinder seeps around the rings. When assembling a new engine you try to stagger the rings so that there is not a ring gap at the bottom of the cylinder. As the engine ages the rings walk around the piston and some times the ring gaps wind up at the bottom. Watch starting a radial aircraft engine they usually smoke for a few seconds on start up. Tom from WY

On a serious note Bruce , thanks for all the info you give on all the diff stuff you do . That goes also for many others out there like taryl , mustie , an many others . Im sure yall have save folks a few bucks here an there an i know for damn sure i appreciate it . So anyways just a thanks .

Excellent job. I've just bought one and I'm looking forward to work on it. That's why I bought it. Greetings from Denmark 😊

another mower saved, and lives on besides the smoke she runs good there bruce sir

Iam glad that I found you're videos gave me the convince to fix my mowers and helping other people with there mowers and now weed eaters keep up the good work up there Big Thanks

Love those old machines. Nice job as always. If I had dropped that little seal, no doubt it would have ended up under the bench never to be found.

Good fix Bruce, pretty easy fixes and nice you had a good coil in the parts bin. That's a lot of smoke but I see where you said that's common with these. A shame it will ward off some buyers as it is so much better than any new mower they likely could get today.

Hi, Bruce i got a mountfield mower last year second hand the previous owner said it wouldn't start until 12 they'd of the cord ! He only used it 3 times! And purchased a new mower ! So I paid him £100.00 and striped it down cleaned everything replaced filter, gaskets changed the oil gushed the ohv , only for the choke spring to be at fault..! And now it runs sweet and on the first pull of the cord my partner said I should have been a mechanic ! Keep up the good work and just a thought you should get a camera tripod saves switching the camera about .

I've run three of these commercially and that particular Honda engine suffers with start up smoke, sometimes really bad but always clears and probably valve guides. All that said they will go on running as long as you feed them oil. As a mower they are fantastic machines with good wet cutting abilities which is why commercially used.

Hi Bruce. I know a guy that had this same type mower , the drive gears in the back wheels were all gunked up and he wanted me to fix it , so I did , aaaanyway his smoked really bad and he said its been doing that for 10 years or more. It didn't bother him he just had to keep an eye on the oil is all. Good mowers

Good fix Bruce. Best mower I've ever had. Wish I didn't sell it.

good job mate. they do smoke but are a great mower.

Looks good Bruce

Good job Bruce.

Love the video! I have one of those old Hondas that I found on the curb on my channel somewhere. It's an HRR 214 if memory serves. All it needed was the coil gapped and she fired right up. I love it!!! I need to free up the throttle cable though as it has seized from sitting outside over the summer while I moved. That's wild on your mower there, Bruce. I wonder what the condition of the combustion chamber is? Regardless, it runs. Great save!! Thanks for the video! -Nick.

thx bruce stripped her down this afternoon cleaned the carb to death and guess what shes now up and runnin great shes over 20 yrs old but wot a great mower

This one had some challenges, but Bruce wins again! Hard to beat those older Hondas for quality.

Nice video Bruce.

Hi Bruce, thanks for another great video repair. Just curious, could the cylinder be scored or the rings worn? I though I heard you mention in Part 1 that the oil was ok but low. Thanks again!

very good job

Hmm thought I already commented on this video. Great video. It seems like this mower was a little naughty to get fixed and running well. But as usual you got her done. By the way, I bought some fuel lines for my weed whacker a month or so ago. Do you remember where I put them? They were those yellow ones. If you find them let me know.

👍Good repair and you also have yourself a mosquito repeller :-)

Hey Bruce what u got cooking? Honda carburetor with Methyl hydrate on top😆 Yah those older Honda carbs are cool. Yah I have lost and found stuff like that before

What do you use in the ultrasonic cleaner? I do enjoy your videos and learn some things.

I don't know if anyone else caught it, but did you re attach the governor spring?? At 19:30 its just swinging around loose. An old GXV120 engine?? They were certainly old smokers, but given some love, it will still be running in a decade. Love seeing the old Honda's coming back to life. On Gumtree, that would bring AUD $200 - $250 every day, and they are hard to find down here, especially in reasonable condition. Cheers, Mike.

Welding tip cleaners do a great, safe job cleaning jets as different size wires and mild abrasive rings on the wire.

Every thing was going good , till the Kia came into the picture . I love watching someone loving what he's doing . Nice job . Thanks

A good video from the Penderosa. "Hoss" Pender-trail boss.

That (0000) Steel Wool is good for cleaning the grime off the windshields, looking through the window will have the appearance of being new, but do NOT use on the side mirrors.

Are you shutting the gas lever off when you are done running it ..I did not see you take the gas lever out and the rubber piece with the 4 holes..Same type carb as my Honda 8 hp and my 11 hp Greyhound engine

👍 well done sir😍✌️

"so much easier the 3rd time around". BEEN THERE!

When you put the emoultion tube in, do the holes have to line up with anything? Does it matter what 'o'clock' it's at? Thanks!

Good video i didn't understand what you were pouring out on the carburetor, for the Picante jar.

Good Job! I following with interest. Unfortunately I can't pull the carburetor off the studs. Do you have any idea?

What is the purpose of that little "bowl" on the side of that older version carb, do you know? Seems to me I asked this on a forum once but I have forgotten the answer.

A little sea foam in the Crankcase oil and the fuel helps.

I started watching this at lunch. I’m talking to you when you’re getting the emulsion tube out, and when you reassembled it. My co-workers are looking at me ascanse. Talking to a video, huh? I was so carried away, like I was standing next to you. Good thing you couldn’t hear what I said, as I laughed my ass off. Get a leak down tester. I got one at HF, I think k it was $60.00. You can diagnose an engine in 20 minutes. . Bet you find worn rings. Good job.. SCORE! No matter what.

thank you nice to see sum one how as not taken it apart first john

What makes 'em smoke so bad when they're cold, valve stem seals maybe?

Bruce, where can I buy those carb screw drivers I have had bad luck using regular screw drivers ending in stripping the screw head.

i have an older briggs 3.5 hp it runs ok but no power. it doesn't have much compression, it idles fine until i go to mow the grass then it Boggs out and dies. it was made back in the late '70s and it has an auto choke. i am going to change the carb gasket as soon as i find one. i converted it to electronic ign and it fires right up just no power.

Where do you get your oil cans?

Bruce I have a toro 421 snow blower I instal a new carburetor the problem runs good on low idle when I pul up to full idle the engines dies any idea thanks

Hello there Bruce!!! Lots of little things addressed on this old girl!!! The gas leak must have been frustrating, but finding the missing fiber washer probably made you feel good. The smoking issue on start up, do you think that is normal? I wonder why it does that... Anyways, another interesting repair. Thanks for taking us along!!!

Sir where did you get that pan to clean your parts?

Which way does the jet go back in please.

I didn't see you put gaskets on both sides of the metal spacer on the choke side.

What did you use for the bath? Water and?

Bruce, I may be wrong, but it sounds to me like she is running kind of fast.

Hi Bruce. Honda still make and sell those carburettors but they are only on the gxv commerical engines. They gcv carbs are junk, and best replaced with a Chinese knock off from my experience. 👍

How did the red gas can get so faded there .. (with 2 seasons: winter and the 4th of July .. LOL)

Did the fuel leak stop?

Sounds like the governor is adjusted wrong. It shouldn't bog so hard under load, and peak RPM otherwise

Governor is set to high!

You didnt say " hey tubes " lol . just kiddin ya

Might be one you keep for yourself, if you do not want a buyer to freak out over the smoke. Or someone of limited means who would be very happy to have a good old solid Honda that smokes vs a new top dollar "Perfect" mower that will not last 100 hours.

Maybe get a hot plate or a propane coleman stove for the shop so the wife won't catch you heating up simple green in the kitchen.

Is that a Kia sephia

I'm surprised you drive a Kia not a honda vehicle 😃

thinks

I don't really see any benefit to having a clutch on the blade. It just adds unnecessary complexity and cost, but doesn't actually solve any problem. Maybe it was a "solution in search of a problem ".

Rings are cheap i did mine no more smoking

“A pretty clean shop” you could perform brain surgery in that garage. You keep a nice shop Bruce. Mind always looks like a hand grenadine went off.

Hey try getting more of what your workin on into the video, not so much a hands guy

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Dory is overweight

24:44 THE MOST DANGEROUS THING I EVER SAW YOU DO! You are such a stickler for safety but you left a running lawnmower with a blade attached unsecured on top of your work bench and walked away. That mower is vibrating at a high RPM and could easily vibrate itself off that bench with the prop spinning at waste high height. I cringed watching you do that. You cannot continue doing your videos after catching a spinning blade that rakes down your body from your waist to your feet.