BRUTE Briggs and Stratton 725ex Mower Repair...Found in Trash, Wont Start

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Жыл бұрын

I found this mower on the curb on trash day, headed to the landfill. It would not start. Let's see if we can diagnose the issue and get it running again. It's model 7800886. It has a Briggs and Stratton 725ex 190cc engine.
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@garylenius4181 Жыл бұрын

In the mid-sixties someone gave my Dad a gas mower that wasn't working. With some work he got the motor running but the shaft was bent so that when this thing ran it jumped up and down about 6 inches. So he took the gas engine off and mounted a washing machine motor in its place. We had the first electric lawn mower in the neighbourhood! That sucker ran for more than 30 years. Nice work rescuing these machines.

@Fixologist1 Жыл бұрын

Excellent!

@nellayema2455 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant re-engineering.

@SteveHacker Жыл бұрын

SO glad to know you didn’t leave KZfaq completely, and that you still have videos here for the rest of us! Great stuff! Educational and inspiring! All of it; amps, mowers, whatever… … Being constantly bent over and crouched down gets old after a while, and it makes me want to not work on stuff at all. You may want to go back and get that custom wood table in the beginning of the video, just to have as a work bench for stuff like these mowers…

@Fixologist1 Жыл бұрын

You’re right about that! Crouching is messing up my knees and ankles.

@brentstewart59 Жыл бұрын

Yep gas powered Leslie... the world is ready for this

@Fixologist1 Жыл бұрын

It's time. Cutting edge technology.

@graxjpg Жыл бұрын

i love these kinds of videos. long form, on the boring side of the spectrum, but because it’s brad i always feel like my older step brother is showing me things my dad never did.

@mackflinspach7515 Ай бұрын

Great help, my 675 Brute was missing the vane spring, which I learned from you, is a vital part of the ready start assembly. So, 6 bucks from amazon and I've got my mower again. Thanks a million!

@davidmolina3520 Жыл бұрын

Glad you mowed the lawn ☺️

@crosswalklarry Жыл бұрын

Time to start Linzy's Lawnmowers. Open from 10am to 1pm on Saturdays at the Garage. 🙌

@Fixologist1 Жыл бұрын

I like those business hours.

@gregshadoan4049 Жыл бұрын

Garage Sale title: Brads used guitars, amps, and mowers!!!

@nellayema2455 Жыл бұрын

I'm amazed that someone would send a perfectly good mower to the dump, instead of selling it for $100 or at least trying to recycle it. If someone's worried about the environmental impact of a gas mower, take it to the scrap yard instead of sending it to the dump.

@jamesschupbach5166 Жыл бұрын

It was the "Sexual Chocolate" T- Shirt that did the trick!

@phil2756 Жыл бұрын

Saved the best restoration tool for last... The hose. XD

@Drzingo Жыл бұрын

Nice work man.

@Fixologist1 Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@hershelshochter4703 Жыл бұрын

this is why i don't bother taking apart mowers without properly cleaning them. at first they get hosed down with wd40, then pressure washed intensely everywhere to blast out all dirt, then wd40 again. after that you can take it apart and clean the insides.

@Fixologist1 Жыл бұрын

A degreaser spray would be good, or maybe even oven cleaner?

@fiddlix Жыл бұрын

Great name for your channel. It gives you endless opportunities now to explore your many talents my friend.

@Fixologist1 Жыл бұрын

Exactly. Leaves it wide open.

@bertgrau3934 Жыл бұрын

Good job young man 😊

@scottsymonds6717 Жыл бұрын

Hey Brad, Really enjoy this. Like the Amp and guitar Chanel as well.

@tankthelord1178 Жыл бұрын

Nice one Brad, The Lawnmoweroligist.. cool.

@ElektroCuration Жыл бұрын

Fossil fuels power the world and will for the foreseeable future

@lifehealth489 Ай бұрын

many believe fossil fuel is a myth and crude oil pockets , around the earth constantly are created.... oil deposits deep within earth are forming all the time , but people are abusing the use of it and its resources /products ~ wasting it for like its water on non essential purposes, car driving addiction s etc ,

@jacobdowler1 11 ай бұрын

Not to sound condescending but your lawn needs some help. hope you can get it fixed up someday, it is quite a bit of work but worth it once you start seeing results. spring and fall care is important to creating a nice lawn and is more satisfying and rewarding when you cut it. a good place to start is aeration and dethatching over seeding and fertilizing!

@Fixologist1 11 ай бұрын

I don’t have a passion for lawn care so much as a passion for fixing broken equipment.

@JimmyCasket02 10 ай бұрын

I’ve got one of them brute lawn mowers and I have to say it’s a tough little bugger I’ve been figuring it’s on it’s last legs for the past 6 years or so it has rod knock so It’s been “replaced” with a Honda but it refuses to die I’ve been using it as a little brush hog and I’m impressed idk if it’s purely the old flathead Briggs or it’s actually well made or both either way it’s been through hell and keeps trucking along it owes me nothing I’ll actually be kinda sad once it does let go

@magdieldiaz4019 2 ай бұрын

Damm, good video, even in 2024

@philliphall5198 11 ай бұрын

I like your attitude, your gifted and you can for sure build a great business if you want to 😊😊 Good luck young man

@Fixologist1 11 ай бұрын

I appreciate that!

@jstro-hobbytech 10 ай бұрын

Build a FrankenMower Brad. Use one to build a way to pull them all along in parallel. It could be a way to make a quick buck making short work of giant lawns hahaha. I kid buddy. They would be easy to flip for a buck. My small mower was found on a curb.

@Fixologist1 10 ай бұрын

It's a novel idea, at least. :D Thanks for the support!

@LightningDogg Жыл бұрын

Wow this video ran the entire spectrum from a Buc-ees tee shirt to a Randy Watson Sexual Chocolate tee shirt! I dont think youll find a more comprehensive repair video anywhere😁👍 (nice job on the mower too)

@Fixologist1 Жыл бұрын

Thanks man. Just trying to save some stuff from the dump.

@Blue_Ridge_Ranger 10 ай бұрын

Have Motortrend channel on, volume on mute, watching and listening to you wrench on another lawn mower! Am I crazy!?

@marlobreding7402 Жыл бұрын

I'm betting that the Honda has a broken automatic Compression Release.

@johnbilyeu1460 Жыл бұрын

Great finds! I thought *I* was a mower pack-rat. BTW with those Honda 160 engines you check the oil NOT screwing in the dipstick. Yours is a tad low if looking full after screwing it in. I'm sure there's a joke there but I forgot what it was.

@Fixologist1 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tip. I did not realize that.

@andrewsmith1520 Жыл бұрын

Take a wire brush to it!

@Fixologist1 Жыл бұрын

Great minds...

@darrellkelly7614 Жыл бұрын

Them chickens gotta be hating that mower

@Fixologist1 Жыл бұрын

They can't complain until they start giving me eggs

@toddosterhout9866 11 ай бұрын

Great video but a few things. You can take the coil off and check it with a voltmeter using the resistance(ohms) setting and if your around at least 4-5 ohms your good. You didn’t have to take the top cover off again just get the bolt off the choke arm and leave the choke arm under the cover. Never spray parts cleaner in the needle seat because it will make it swell and then it’s no good. On the quantum engines there are two thing bad with it. 1) the bowl nut or main jet is clogged and 2) the needle and seat might be bad. Definitely going to subscribe because nobody knows it all and I’m sure i will always learn something new.

@Fixologist1 11 ай бұрын

Measuring continuity of the coil wont tell you if the magneto will work.

@toddosterhout9866 11 ай бұрын

@@Fixologist1 well I take them off the engine and measure them for resistance all the time and never failed me yet. Sometimes easier than checking to see if there is spark

@Fixologist1 10 ай бұрын

@@toddosterhout9866 The primary coil is just one part of the magneto assembly. There is a primary coil and a secondary coil, then there is a trigger coil also, which has a couple transistors and a resistor in a little circuit also. So when you test continuity from the spark plug terminal to, say, the ground lug on the magneto, you're really only testing the continuity of the secondary coil, ignoring all the other stuff inside there. Here's a video that might explain it better: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hLScjMWnqb-aoH0.html

@toddosterhout9866 10 ай бұрын

@@Fixologist1 ok I’ll check that out. I’m definitely willing to admit if I’m wrong. It was just that way had always worked for me

@Shawnee.Hills.Small.Engine 10 ай бұрын

In a no spark situation, disconnect the kill wire from the coil. If it still doesn't spark, the coil is bad. It's a good idea to sand any rust off the flywheel, and clean the laminates with brake cleaner.

@philliphall5198 Жыл бұрын

I never see them in our town but if I did I would get them all and fixem if possible

@joebrock9784 10 ай бұрын

I have never pulled the thread that I don't want to know if I overtighten them I just tied on the aside so I can get them I don't need them in there but they're tight because the heat overuses will losen them app if you've ever noticed the ones by there on one them does blow the head gasket it'll be by the way 1 port usually there where the exhaust is

@almolloy5817 8 ай бұрын

Dirt and debris build up under the shroud and between the fins, blocking cooling air flow from the flywheel/fan. The engine overheats and a valve seat pops out of place. Common problem.

@jstro-hobbytech 10 ай бұрын

Self drive push mowers are a waste of money. I sold mine when i found a perfectly good lighter one on a curb. Just needed a plug.

@bretthibbs6083 Жыл бұрын

I don't know if I told you this Brad but I got a free mower about 11 or 12 years ago for free and at first I thought it was rod knock but it was actually the engine itself was loose on the mower deck and that was making that sound and the air filter wasn't as bad as the one you showed but pretty close it was either oil or fuel saturated and I put a new filter and a few other parts and it runs like new and I'm still using that same mower 11 or 12 years later.

@TheGuitologist Жыл бұрын

Some air filters need to have oil in them. The spongy type need to be soaked in oil before installing them.

@bretthibbs6083 Жыл бұрын

@@TheGuitologist Oh I know:) I had the paper filter on mine and I've had the foam filters too on my old mowers that I had in the past.

@jerryhatrick5860 Жыл бұрын

That doea need a blade though.. The lift to make it fill the bag are pretty much gone.

@Fixologist1 Жыл бұрын

You mean on the Troy-Bilt?

@jerryhatrick5860 Жыл бұрын

Doea a mower shaft have the same size as a preassure washer motor? Will they exchange?

@Fixologist1 Жыл бұрын

I don't know, but I would assume so. If, for example, you had a Briggs motor on a pressure washer, it should just be a standard motor used in other equipment with an impeller of some type attached to the shaft. Never worked on a gas pressure washer, so I don't know.

@jerryhatrick5860 Жыл бұрын

Idk how mamy times ive had people ask me to get their stuff running it wont run and the gas is turned off. Ludicrous.

@KilaKrumpira Жыл бұрын

I take fine air nozzle on a compressor and blast that gunk out of my mower every once in awhile

@Fixologist1 Жыл бұрын

Especially with these self-regulated throttle engines, cleaning them out is a must.

@joebrock9784 10 ай бұрын

So you know you take the end of a screwdriver and ground the edges off and if you look Down in there there there's 2 pieces to the Jet Go through the center of those carburetors and You thread the pieces out if You can't get a mile Then You stick them in the outer sonic and Then pull them out later but You have to Be Careful with those to wear You Don't strip them

@jacobdowler1 11 ай бұрын

I love that Sexual Chocolate shirt!😆

@pedroleal7118 Жыл бұрын

Well done Brad. People don't realise the 'zero Carbon' thing is a scam...

@bertgrau3934 Жыл бұрын

Just think if EVERYTHING was electric, the amount if carbon just to generate enough for everything to operate. The Tesla semi takes enough electricity to recharge as a standard size house for a month, that's just one recharge.

@ArchieBl3h 11 ай бұрын

@@bertgrau3934 not if you generate that electricity with wind and solar. you could power the entire world with solar panels covering just the state of arizona. that's how much wasted potential there is.

@bertgrau3934 11 ай бұрын

@@ArchieBl3h If that's true then why have solar panel companies gone bankrupt? Even the state of Arizona doesn't have enough solar power to supply their own state.

@ArchieBl3h 11 ай бұрын

@@bertgrau3934 tariffs, oil subsidies(corporate welfare) tipping the scale of supply and demand, alternative facts

@bertgrau3934 11 ай бұрын

@@ArchieBl3h If we went to all electric today and did away with all oil production, there is no way our country could survive. The Tesla truck can only run 100 miles on a full charge, then takes 10 hours to recharge which it uses as much electricity in 10 hours as a normal size house does in a month. How long would it take to move a load of produce from southern California to NYC? would it even still be eat able by the time it gets there? You think we have SUPPLY CHAIN problems today, it will be devastating if that ever happens. Obviously no one has actually thought about what can go wrong.

@Cleofizoid Жыл бұрын

Looks like you need to watch a few James Condon videos...

@davidanderson2523 8 ай бұрын

also, Kobalt battery mowers you cannot buy replacement parts. Basically JUNK!!

@donaldkline8162 Жыл бұрын

I guessed first pull

@Fixologist1 Жыл бұрын

You guessed correct. I couldn't believe it.

@crosswalklarry Жыл бұрын

Me too!

@ejtakach Жыл бұрын

I can't stop seeing that yellow face! 😮

@kingdommusic5456 10 ай бұрын

now you have the motor running on the brute , swap it on the toro recycler , as its the same type engine and toro is a better mower .

@ericzajac5237 Жыл бұрын

Open it back up and "peen" around the valve seat.

@philliphall5198 11 ай бұрын

It’s all about buying and government collecting twice the money than before, people are plain Stupid 😅

@jerryhatrick5860 Жыл бұрын

Proboem. Is the batteries cost more than the machines they rilun thats why people toss em. Literaly cheaper to buy a new one with a battery hahahaha.

@Fixologist1 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, the economics of part replacement is upside down these days.

@crosswalklarry Жыл бұрын

Thanks for telling us what Brad already did. 👏

@jerryhatrick5860 Жыл бұрын

I bet the amount of foasil fuel used to charge that battery for 2-3 years exceeded 5 gallons of gas hahahaha. Or worse. Nuclear.

@jamietoro8373 9 ай бұрын

You are a real story teller too bad its all make believe. You don't what your doing.