Coffee and a mower repair video from Bruce. Good way to start my day!

Bruce; I was telling you the plug wire was off but you could not hear me.

Runs great when blade isn't falling off LOL.

Don't feel bad Bruce! It happen to me! And I had an audience (my grandkids) I did my tune up at the beginning of moweing season. I forgot to plug the spark plug, my grandkids were laughing their heads of. Great Video! Cheers

Nicely done as usual, here is a little trick. On the 3.75 HP engines when you replace the diaphragm B&S says to score a little line with an Olfa type knife on the tank between the farthest appart screw holes. This little bit of resistance helps to prevent the diaphragm from getting sucked in a little the way they tend to do. Just an FYI. Keep up the great videos.

Yikes, that could have been dangerous. Good catch and the Brute lives on!

I like easy fixes to bad noises like this. Glad it didn't turn out to be a broken rod!

Yes, I laughed because the video showed the spark plug wire disconnected while you were trying to start it! Good job!

Hello Bruce. My sister had a WeedEater 22 inch push mower that has the 10T802 Briggs & Stratton engine that seemed to go through the diaphragm & gasket periodically. The engine has been maintained as it should and does not use any oil. When the mower was purchased new; The sales associate alluded to the fact that Briggs & Stratton had issues with the carburetor diaphragms going bad. Recently when the mower started acting up this time around- It had a tremendous amount of crud that had accumulated around the carburetor gasket area. I cleaned the carburetor externally and removed the five screws to remove the carburetor from the tank. The pulse port in the tank contained what looked like rusty water and the screen and pickup tube also had a fair amount of crud. The o ring & retainer stayed onto the intake pipe when I removed the carburetor from the engine. So I proceeded to clean the carburetor and tank in which I installed the new diaphragm/gasket - Also replaced spark plug with a new J19LM Champion. Bruce, I had the engine running great at my place- Just like it’s old self. So after I delivered the mower back to my sister; She called me a few days later complaining that the mower was running even worse than before. The engine was surging up & down with the black smoke and was drinking gas. After all of that ordeal, I ordered an complete aftermarket gas tank with carburetor from eBay in which I had to drill out the linkage hole and remove a screw where the air cleaner screw threads in. The front mounting tab had to be retreaded where the 3/8” bolt goes. I also replaced the foam air cleaner just for good measure.The engine starts and now runs as it should. Have you encountered any of the OEM Briggs & Stratton tanks causing issues like what I have been describing?.

Glad you disconnected the spark plug when you were working on the blade. I've forgotten reconnecting it as well many many times.

It look better and sound better after you work on it great job.👍 Bruce

I was saying spark plug ;-) I m wit you. The sonic cleaner is a great tool. Cheers Dave

After the 3rd pull I was thinking what the hell? Then I remembered the spark plug. Then I started the timer on you. 5 second rule applies here buddy. You were fine. I did chuckle a little. You just proved it happens to the best. Me, Im ALWAYS forgetting switches on blowers,saws etc. My tired arm will remind me to turn it to ON. Lol. Good job as usual and many thanks.

Bruce, I was yelling, the plug wire. I'm glad you spotted it. Love ya man.

Hey Bruce, nice video! I like the auto choke, but I also don't. I like the auto choke because it is something less to clean because of no primer bulb. But, one stuck piece of mulch can make that vane stuck. I've done two this summer. P.S. I like the big old Sears compressor. Still using ratchets myself. Take care.

Bruce I saw on Steve's Small Engine Saloon where he put his carburetors in peanut butter jars full of water and cleaned his parts, savin his parts cleaner solution. Same result as directly in cleaner. it works in glass or plastic jars.

Bruce!!!!! You forgot the spark plug! I forget that EVERY SINGLE TIME I work on a lawn mower and tip it on the side... one would think you might learn after doing the same mistake 30 times in a row 😂

Another great video, thanks Bruce. Have you ever leaned a lawn mower over on that lift and had it fall off? Every time you do that I cringe... I just think that platform needs to be a bit wider... Keep em coming.

Bruce, if anyone ever figures out where you live, you’re gonna need 10 mowers for a big fix fest! Sounds like fun or me.

Nice save, Bruce. X2 Bolt and spark plug wire.

How's she goin'? Watching this video was great tonight!!! I have a mower identical to this one and I always have troubles with it starting when it was hot. You mentioned the automatic choke and I think that is the cause. When it's warm the choke is open and then it floods. Thanks for posting this video. I'm going to check this out first thing tomorrow!! Great video BTW and take care!!!

A question, the blade was loose and was tightened a tuneup oil change carb clean, great. What happened to the blade sharpen and balance, is there an underlying reason the blade came loose such as a missing washer or bad threads, is it worth investigating?

i don't know how many times the Plug thing has happened to me lol!! You'd think I'd learn haha!

Quick and easy fix eh!! Don't feel bad Mate!! I almost forgot to put the plug wire back on once!!☺

Most people do not change the oil or air filters in their mowers. Then they curse the manufacturer for making "junk". A good wash does wonders, top and bottom. Cleaning the fins on the cylinder does wonders, too.

That rainingsound is no good for my bladder😀😀 love the videos you do👍🏼👍🏼

I was gonna say spark plug wire lol great video as always

Bruce, I swear that every single time I go to start something up, I pull until my arm is numb before I realize I forgot to connect the plug wire.

A loose blade will do it everytime! Glad to know I am not the only member of the old guy club....I have no trouble remembering twenty yrs ago, just don't ask me about twenty minutes ago....I gotta get me one of those ulstrasonic cleaners...

Auto-Choke > Primer Bulb. That's the correct equation answer :) Great video again. I couldn't see that blade very clear, did it have a little sickle/samurai shape thingy on the end. I have a Brute and thought that was hilarious little gimmicky touch.

can't count how many times i forgot the plug wire!

We all have those moments. I made coffee the other day three times before I figured out there was no coffee grounds and filter in the pot. lol

I just got free Toro Recycler. It might a noise. Turned out the blower house wasn't seated right.

Damned I've forgotten the spark plug wire so many times, I had to chuckle

I was going to get the plug wire, but I was holding the camera for you.

Bruce, I'm 51, and always forget to put the sparkplug boot back on so don't fret.... Lol.... It's because your hurried, doing video and all.

7 am central time and I am here I am not fuully awake but at least I am not late for class lol

Thank you for not singing . Lol love your stuff

When you were pulling on the cord without the wire plugged in I was t laughing at you. I was laughing with you. I do it alot too...Enjoy your videos here in Chicago!

Several channels sell T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc. I’d like to suggest you sell shop coats with your name, logo, etc. Just an awesome suggestion from a white haired, obnoxious, gimpy old geezer from Nebraska.

lol i didnt see it at first when u pulled the cord ,then i saw the plug wire i was saying also the plug wire was off, good video i needed that laugh

Have you ever tried an oil extractor? I just bought the Top Sider oil extractor very handy on engines that don't have a drain plug like Honda. It's also good on larger Briggs Equipment that are just too heavy and awkward to tilt or get to the drain plug.

Hey Bruce, I just love your video's. I too was yelling for you to check the spark plug wire. Bruce the wire. Probably to much distance between us for you to hear me. Never heard a blade come loose like that. Good catch. You should put on a local workshop to show how its done. You could charge or not. Free for single or divorced women. Does your premium gas have ethanol in it? Ours does.

Tell me something, why does Briggs & Stratton make engines with the carb on the right side on some models and on the left on others? It seems so arbitrary.

I had a mtd dumpster find. When i test started with carb cleaner it made noise. Star on blade adapter stripped. Was uncommon 1" shaft. After buying adapter and blade I never got it started again. Concluded low compression due to scored cylinder. Not sure why it started on my test.

With the spark plug on on startup lawnmower makes knocking sound from motor but without the spark plug no knocking sound what do you think it might be? When lawnmower starts it sounds fine.

Those great Quantums are slowly becoming scarcer. Checked Home Depot online; all Toro models are either Briggs or Kohler OHV's (or battery powered) with the plastic carbs. Maybe they will hold up over time, maybe not. But I got a 2004 Quantum recently that runs great even though I could tell by the condition of the deck that the mower was not maintained. For sure I'm hanging on to it for future use. BTW, this has been a "Murray" week or two for you; both the Deere and this Walmart-only Brute were made by that now defunct manufacturer around 10 years ago.

Yes thank Bruce there all good I replace kasket in the carburetor

Lol the wheels are at different levels to incase you miss that too .. great job by the way

That’s a nice lift that you have, where can one find one of those?

On those engines I cut away some of that tank flap to make room for a shutoff valve.

Carb cleaner just makes my nitril gloves bubble out.

3:42 pull pull lol i cought that i have done that one time it took me two days the plug was under a cover

The yellow top piece kinda looks like a mask....lol....good fix sir, she was sounding pretty ratty

I always forget to hook the plug back up too.

You should be a weather forecaster. How did you know it was going to rain here?

Can't laugh at you on that one Bruce. I think we have all forgot to plug back in the spark plug. Especially when you get excited thinking we have found an easy fix.

I don’t mean to be an armchair critic but it appears to me if you’d ff to the end you could see what the problem and fix is thereby saving you a great deal of time.

I was shouting at you to put the plug lead back on - your hearing must be going!!!

What solution do you use in your sonic cleaner.

mine sounded like that and thru a rod

I hear yah on the knees. I got a mechanic seat from HFT that has helped me a lot www.harborfreight.com/mechanics-roller-seat-3338.html also the mat like you have helped as well

Bruce musta hid his truck...🤔

I have done that too forget to plug it lol

New that was from Ace Ventura lol

Picture to dark . Nice job

I didn’t 😂 laugh snicker 😂😈