I see there’s a lot of back and forth on quality matters between the Honda and Briggs. Don’t get me wrong, I like Honda engines, very reliable for many years, but Honda has NOT made ANY improvements to that engine, or addressed the common issues it was having. On both Vanguard repower videos we’ve now done, both customers are more than satisfied with the Vanguard. Especially with the fact it warms up quick (Honda does NOT), the air filter plugging up often, and also the fuel getting into the gas. In my 40+ years of experience in this field, there’s always a company on top for awhile then someone else slips in for awhile so on and so forth. It’s a very competitive market. Like anything. It’s your job as a consumer to keep yourself informed and not just blindly stand behind something that isn’t what it used to be. And There, my friends, is a banquet Dinner. Thanks fer watchin.

Do more anthony skits, he’s funny😂

I picked this video because is the earliest you have, and because it has the least amount of comments...hoping you read it. I just want to give you my most immense gratitude on these videos. You really are a huge help when it comes to DIY's like my self. You are like that teacher we all wish we had around the corner to ask for help and guidance. I wish i could shake your hand and personally thank you for your comedic and witty lectures that makes me actually want to put attention. From the bottom of my lil mexican heart...and all the way from Escondido California...THANK YOU very much. P.S.(thx to "camera man" for his great focus of picture and detail.)

It never failed to amaze me how true that skit shows how the average OPE owner never does required maintenance . I remember many a mower coming in with little oil left in the crankcase and what was looked like tar or the air filter was completely plugged !!

Thanks for the videos guys, and keep up the good work! I'm glad there are still some real small engine guys out there. Most just keep throwing parts at a problem, instead of actually diagnosing and actually fixing the stuff.!!! Rock On!!!!

I came back to thank you for helping me with my John deere D100 rider ...No crank ,had tested everything ,but never thought of blade engagement lever .. Safety switch was not lined up with lever ... I was happy as hell... I need that machine running I have some acreage . Thanks alot !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Excellent swap video. Briggs has slowly been transitioning production of the Vanguard line from Diahatsu in Japan to Briggs facilities in the USA. Just hope the quality doesn't end up going downhill.

Hi Taryl,been watching your vids for a long while now and tell all my friends about them.I work on small engines myself and see alot of the same thing that you are making vids on.You really know your stuff and we could use more guys like you in small engine business.

Was surprised at the similarity of those two units. Will keep that in mind. Great shots from the cat-cam too😆

Your the only guy I no who can kick a box down the hill and get It rolling. Like a rolling stone.

Cool That the B&S fit right on there....It is sad that their are people who treat their lawn mowers like that and then think it's the manufacturer's fault

Awesome video again!!!! Thanks Taryl! Aint nothin you guys cant fix!!! 🍺🍺

Excellent Repower video. That’s pretty much all you see on commercial power equipment are Honda’s. Every one just knows Honda. We repair tons of Honda motors on walk behind blowers and other out door equipment. Keep up the fantastic work Grass Rats Garage

Wow ...oil sump drain on both ends too. That is versatility!

Love the cat, I have a similar inspector, always helping and making sure I'm doing it right.

That vanguard is a nice looking engine

Well done,thx for sharing.

Great job Buddy! Wow, first pull, awesome 👏

I too have a Wacker WP1540 plate compactor. I am aware of the dust getting into the engine via the carberator. So, I always make a point of xleaning and if needed, replacing the air filter. However, if I eventually will need to replace my Honda 6.5HP engine, I will certainly watch tjhis video again

"It went from a straight shaft to a curved shaft trimmer"😆 I know too many people like "Anthony".

This happens so much with these plate tamps. If you don’t use water while using these machines they will generate a lot of dust. Guarantee that machine’s air filter got clogged with dust that the guys using most likely removed the filter. This will destroy the piston rings and eat at the cylinder walls. Combined with your original diagnosis of oil and gas mix then add dust. Ask any equipment rental place, these machines are often returned with the air filter that has been removed or tampered with.

Cats and Vanguard motors are 2 wise investments

Taryl Rules!

Great Video Mr Taryl!!

Great video, promoting the new Vanguard engine, Ive been getting pats from PartsDirect

Hey Taryl thanks for the info on the pulley pulling with the air hammer .

Well Hello Taryl, Glad to see Briggs Stratton doing good, smart set-up shutting off gas with killing spark. I want to say I really enjoy watching ur videoze. . . I'm thinking that with a small angle grinder and drill I could make a valve grinder making sure the valve was at a 45 degree angle to the grinding wheel. . . YUP, Honda did a good job w engines but when 1 thinks they R good 4ever, nope not gonna happen.

I was kind of gritting my teeth in this video Taryl and crew,you're the only one that I know of that will trade in a Honda engine for Briggs, everybody else wants the Honda engine and not the Briggs. Briggs used to make a really good engine but after they pulled out of Brillion Wisconsin they've built nothing but junk for the last 25 years or so.(Chinese made with plastic parts in certain models)I have one of the very last"L"heads ever built and it's on a snapper push mower,that's a 5 horse Briggs IC engine.Its a 1994 model.(Briggs pulled out of Wisconsin in 1992) I have a Briggs Vanguard 18 horse twin on an LX 288 John Deere lawn tractor and it blew a head gasket and I repaired it using copper head gaskets I haven't had any problems since,this is a very common problem with the Briggs Vanguard engine.(other Briggs types too)

Hey taryl, I'm having issues with my 3.5hp Briggs and stratton horizontal shaft engine. It only runs wide open, won't idle at all. Has the vacuum style carb I think, where the gas tank is bolted directly to the bottom of the carb. Also does not have a choke. I tried cleaning it and it still acted the same. Great video. love the channel, hoping to see the jeep back in a few vids.

You got to love it.

Hey Taryl you should have done a separate video on the counter shaft box oil change when you had the engine off.

That wacker will never do its job again like it used to with the Honda 😆😂 poor little wacker what did it ever do to you guys. You are correct about the needle leaking fuel into the crankcase I believe, it is very common for the Honda’s to leak in that way. If used in a commercial environment it pays to put a new carburetraaaator on OEM about ever other year or so. It’s hard to know for sure though how much use they actually got out of it. Customers always tend to think that they take care of their equipment even when they don’t. Who knows could have never had the oil changed since new also and from the looks of it could be some dirt ingestion too. I can tell you for a fact it’s not easy to wear one of the commercial Honda’s out that they can take a lot of abuse even after years of use.

3:55...My VERY favorite Grass Rats riff. What a treat - I’ve only heard it in about 3 or 4 vids.....

Dr. Taryl, just wondering if you will be doing anymore videos? Hope you are well!! Haven't seen you lately. Thank you for all you do!!

Blades is beautiful!

Nice job thanks

I did the same thing with my tamper. I haven't owned a Honda yet that didn't fill the base with gas. Unfortunately when other people use your stuff they just don't care

great video again

I love this one the best. "Everything is junk nowadays! It's all made of Chinesium and Chinesium is crap!" So, what about your TV and smart phone? Aren't they made in China? "Oh, that stuff is great! I think it's made of some special space-age material! Chinesium, I think it is!"

Hey taryl We have one of these units at work and feel that I may have to change it out soon. Would you happen to have a model # of the vangaurd you did the swap with? Thanks

I thought you would have to modify the cage good work.

For future video could you perform a rebuild on tecumseh push mower engines and your recommendations on cleaning and rebuild on the carb. Why are they such a pain . Love your stuff your the best.

Hey taryl still have that honda I like it I have a mill I check the bore but feel it might just hone new piston rod wrist pin and use standard oil I run in mine 15-40 diesel oil never had issue

My customers do this all the time to me finally someone feels my pain 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😄😁

great engine swap video. as for the pesky customer wanting everything for nothing. I have dealt with a few myself. just move along.

ive got a Honda Ht 3813 in australia cant find bit here for them im after a water pump and timing belt any ideas ,love you videos saved me lots of money. greeting from down under

I believe the Honda GX engine are still very good engines, with every small engine manufacturer copying their design. Honda changed the small engine Industry in my opinion. The Vanguard are very good engines too.

I have a problem with a 11.0 Honda engine you might be able to make a video on. I went to check the valves & when I went to take the bolt out I saw shavings coming out, put it back together when I checked the valves & the threaded part of the bolt broke inside now there is a rubber seal going halfway down the hole, at least that is how it feels . How can I rethread it without damaging the rubber & doing it without taking the head off or am I stuck with removel.

When he's talking about gas getting the crank case from vibration is why you should check the oil before every use of small engine equipment. I know no one does, but could save you some big $$$. Also should turn the gas off when transporting small engines. Just imagine that carb float bouncing up and down with the trailer letting all that extra gas pass by. Depending on the engine, the extra gas is going right to the crank case.

What did the air filter look like? I'm thinking that since it's covered with cement dust...another possibility would be that the air filter had a hole or didn't seal well, letting lots of concrete dust into the engine which is absolutely like sand paper to the cylinder bore... Or, maybe it had a paper air filter and the air filter got wet and disintegrated? I was always under the impression that the Honda's were bulletproof? What make the Briggs a better engine?

I put a 2 horse Briggs on my electric scooter and I bought a brand new one so to keep the newness I literally change the oil every week. I've spent over $120 in oil changes for a little $100 engine 😂. When I say brand new I mean I had an edger but used it like 5 times and then got a lawn care service to do our yard

What is the little shiny box that the oil sensor wire goes into?

i need to change the oil ?

I was guessing that cage wasn't going to fit. Kitty has grown.

That poor Honda. Where do you get the new Vanguard? I’m interested in getting one. They look like nice engines.

what is the small metal box with the wires coming out good job

That’s a good looking kitty 🐈‍⬛

Was going to comment: "All this mid-week dinner is going to make me fat." Then I realized it's Sunday. Damn... I need to quit working nights.

Taryl , I love your videos you’ve taught me a lot ,, thank you. I recently received a husqvarna push mower b&s engine ,, connecting rod busted,,(she bought it on a online auction). Reassemble with new rod and sump gasket,, she runs but as I used her on my first cut, she has trouble restarting after running,, and every now and then wanting to choke down like she wants to die , but reclaim herself with a few black coughs from the muffkin. Please help

thats a really nice engine, nice to see honda has a competitor now, GX engines used to be really good it seems in recent years the quality has gone to shit. maybe now they will come back to making good engines again.

extended warranty, cant go wrong! lol!

Had raced Husqvarna dirt bikes...best Some Brigg s I have are twenty years old still good. Close to Honda. These compactor run in cloud of dust and raw gas. the oy time they get oil changed is when they falloff truck

Nice cat Taryl!

Wacker compactor: Thanks for the new motor! I will see my way out.. 😉

Which model engine did you use for the replacement please?

Great job. People probably think Anthony is funny.... And they're right, Anthony is funny. However, Anthony is not a fictional character. Anthony is everywhere..... If you are a Tech, in any kind of industry... You have run into Anthony many times....

I have a Husqvarna and I love it, I do all the maintenance and I think it will last me for the rest of my life I also have the push mower and also love it, both machines are absolutely great.

Your the man

Awesome video as usual grass rats...👍👍👍

your cat is giveing the work a cat scan lol

What are my routes to a bad Parker pump in my Dixon Kodiak that is 12 years old and obsolete?

......Taryl Got That Game....

I hope that air cleaner on the Briggs does a good job, those compactors make and run in their own cloud of dust. Most engines can’t take the abuse those machines put out.

Can you do a video on how to fix the brakes on a zero turn mower? I cannot find if there is an adjustment or just replace them, ? Huskvarna RZ5424 with Kojler courage 24HP

Next time u do an engine swap like this try one of those predator 212cc motors I run theim on my go kart and they are awesome great videos keep up the hard work.

Taryl the super wrench man,... I've got Kohler kt175 on a Husqvarna lawn tractor with 20 hour on the engine and the Lifters are Louder than all out Hell...anything I can do to fix it..our video on the subject ? thanks

breaks and scrap 'em. lol

I'm amazed that this B&S fit under that rack that was supposed to fit a Honda.

Yeah those old cars changed their own oil. When it gets low ya just put some more in. In a year the oil is changed. Same with mowers.

What Briggs & Stratton do steal the cyclonic air filters away from Peterbilt Back in the 60s early 70s this guy had a system setup that would spin his air filters on his peterbilt with a belt setup powered by an electric motor or something I can't remember I think it was aftermarket or option or something

I reckon that Briggs will rattle itself to bits, more oil caps to loose, I reckon the dipstick will shoot out after all the vibration Wacker plates /. construction equipment is abused and works in the harshest of conditions Maybe if the operator was shown to check the oil and isolate the fuel and check for excessive oil on stick ( fuel within) maybe just maybe and engine could be saved I cannot wait for the follow up for the fertiliser spreader... think it would have been better to service the Honda and fit a new carb and maybe check the ignition coil The wet clutch reduction gearbox is there for a reason ... that wacker type clutch will struggle in certain inclines

the compactor was last seen vibrating it's way down Interstate 70 just outside Columbus Ohio

I agree with you I love the briggs vanguard's

taryl dactal i need some dinner gas in oil on sears rear tine tiller ? need another float or what ? love the video's

No mention online where the small engines are made. I assume China since the competition is so fierce. The Vanguard twin engine are made in the USA (says Briggs website). What do you think of Subaru engines? I have a OHC 14hp on my push blower (they are all made in Japan).

DARYL ! I prefer my dinner stirred, not shaken. And that character should be called "Hamphony" Kapish ! Joke...

Nice

I know a guy who had a push mower that he thought was shot. It was hard to start and all that stuff. He gave it to me and I checked the oil and sure enough there was n't enough in there. I drained what was still in there and put some fresh oil in and now it starts up one pull. I called him and told him too. He has a new mower he has occasional problems with and borrows it from me. Really since it was his mower I tell him he can keep it if he wants to because it was his and still runs by some miracle after that lack of maintenance. I have no idea what it did if anything to it when it was that low. If he did not know me he probably would have thrown it out. That just shows how much some people know about maintenance. It is kinda frightening and also sad.

Those compactors are hard on Honda engines..I've swapped lots of them

What's wrong with once a year oil change?

Inspector cat got his furrballs all over the husquvarna spark plug

Do you do chainsaws?,if so my stihl 170 has jets but cannot adjust them, ordered a new one all it has is blank spaces where the the jets supposed to be now what?

Wow in the car world Honda is one of the best engines out there. Can’t believe in small engines that is not the case

Being that that unit works in a dirty environment could it be possible it was sucking in dirt/concrete dust to wear out the cylinder wall ? How many people using small engines on construction sites run them into the ground and then just go buy another one. Do preventive maintenance. What's that.

If my PTO stops automatically, while I'm driving. What would cause that?

I need some Help ! I bought a used riding mower $50 at a yard sale. Briggs 17 twin. New items I have put on, Battery, coil, air filter, plugs, gas filter, and oil. Had the carb rebuilt an put in new reg. fresh gas. Starts up an runs great. Seems to have plenty of power. But if it stalls or I turn it off it will not start. Seems to spin over alright. After it cools off it will start up an run again.

Is that 100 John deere in back around yours or customers??

Aussies have a saying, "You silly Whacker", [not Wanker, this time]. when Taryl starts it in one pull, kinda matches this saying. Damn thing takes off!.

Everything lined up well what’s the chances of that?

Taryl, I know this video is 4 yrs. old now, but I have a Wacker compactor and I want to change it over to the same Briggs engine that you used. Can you provide me with a part number or model number so I can order one? I watched the video twice and also scanned all the comments but could not find any mention of the engine part number. Thanks