My mowers are working just fine!

I used to do wet grass but it was shooting out of the side discharge. But i did clean the deck off.

By the way, I enjoy your videos, as a small engine mechanic I agree that lawnmowers and other equipment should be serviced thoroughly.

A lot of new equipment with Honda clones come with those torch plugs. I usually grab a champion or NGK and chunk the torch ones. I have heard people say they are fine and other folks say they are trash. But I sure wouldn't be sticking a free one in for a customer either.

Great video. Good videography, good pacing of instructions, good explanation of troubleshooting steps, good explanation of reasoning behind decisions. A+. Only thing I would suggest is that you share links to an online retailer where people can get parts. It could be a win-win because affiliate links could provide you with some passive income and we, the viewers, can have the option of using the same products you use.

Thanks to watching your vids last year, my mower started first pull this year.

I've been running Honda, Kohler and PowerMore engines for so long now that I have never had to adjust the valves. Two of the Hondas I own are professionally serviced each year and the same goes for the PowerMore. The Kohlers I service myself and they are of the Command Pro offering that use hydraulic valve lifters so I guess they don't really go out of adjustment.

Wow that's awesome

Thank you, I found it informative and thorough in the diagnosis and repair of this mower. Keep up the great work!

The mower I gave to my friends Son was hard to start what I did was clean the Carburetor and the jet nut. New plug and she started right up. When hot started right up. Truthfully I have never messed with valves. If I need to I will refer back to this clip of yours. Thanks HG I appreciate you

The time to fix it is simple as soon as it shows you any problem👍

Thanks for the most helpful video so far on valve lash. BTW is exact same mower too given me. The previous owner got tire of it not starting. I cleaned the cartridge in the carburetor but is still hard to start. Thumbs up for your mower hygiene😁

I haven’t had to monkey with my rotary mower in over a decade. I guess I got lucky? I did replace drive wheels and belt but otherwise routine maintenance and it’s been trouble free. I have a cylinder mower that I do have to adjust the bed knife but otherwise just pretty routine maintenance as well.

I have an electric mower. I don’t know if you have a video on this subject yet but maybe you can show us how to sharpen a lawn mower blade.

Good video. Pressure washing is great, _you_ get a shower at the same time!

Always learn something from you although Im not as meticulous about my garden equipment.. appreciate what you do... About to do the annual maintenance on my motorcycle as winter is nearly here in NZ, will do the lawnmower at the same time and drain the tank... Doesnt take much but makes a difference to the equipment and prevents unexpected problems later...

Yes, my Toro Recycler is tough to start. It takes about 8-10 pulls when cold. BUT... it's 13 yrs old, and has a flathead engine, which is difficult to adjust the valves on. Whenever I finally get the motivation to get it done, I'm sure it will crank easily again.

I have one of these mower. I was wondering what you gapped the values too?

Nice quick & easy fix. Those are best.

My 3 horsepower Briggs and Stratton powered lawnmower takes about 3 pulls to start it when it's cold because the fuel is siphoned out of the fuel tank by the carburettor under the engines vacuum but it will start first go when it's warm. It took 6 pulls to start it once which was fixed up by replacing the piston rings because I had already reset the valve clearance & lapped the valves back into their seats. With my dads Honda GSV190 powered lawnmower it tends to be harder to start if the fuel tap has been turned on.after the carburettor has been run dry of fuel after it was turned off but once the tap has been turned on for a few seconds then it will start right up !

No, I have a Quantum flat head. Starts first pull each time. Yearly basic maintenance does help. Last year did have to clean the carb and that has all it has needed in my 11 years of ownership.

I use old oil and brush it on the under deck and it does help alot too prevent rust

The stuff vibrating around on the mowing deck on the first start Up looked like bullets in a brass tumbler moving around

Thanks. Learned something new.

Thank you for the video

Ty. Have a great day.

Mine are flatheads even if one has a plastic cam. Can't have everything. The Snapper always starts on the 2nd pull and is an 85 model, the Vanguard starts on the 2nd turn nd the washer started on the 1st pull the last time it was run but will take work this time I bet. You did good.

I’ve got an echo srm 225 that’s leaking oil out of the exhaust I checked the spark arrester screen so I’m stumped

High satisfaction job.

Great video. 👍🙏👍🙏

How do you find out what clearance the valves and spark plug needs to be?

Thank you. Sir I have a situation I own a 2012 BS craftsman self propelled lawnmower I’m original owner my problem is it blows blue smoke for about 1-2 minutes and then subsides to a minimal of smoke. I changed the oil and ran it about 15 minutes and then checked the oil. It was black as it was when I changed the oil. It was black like it was B4

I've never checked the lash. Have the feeler gauge but haven't a reason to do it yet..

question for you, with the amount of just surface rust on the bottom of the deck, if you were to keep this mower or even possibly sell this mower, would using a spray paint rust inhibitor on it possibly command a higher price for sale or prolong the use of the mower if you keep it? What are your thoughts?

Get a nipple cap off a bottle of Lucas and it screws right in the oil bottle makes adding oil totally painless they also have a little blue tip cap

im just wondering what solution you use to spray on the mower to wash them?

I have a question Not about this project but I am working on a Husqvarna push mower with a Honda gcv 160 engine on it with the adjustable throttle. Where it is off choke it revs up and down but runs fine on choke I have cleaned the carb four times put new gas, air filter and everything I even put in some of that mechanic in a bottle stuff in the gas and let it run for an and still doesn't run right. Hoping you might have some ideas

the best time is to maintain a high level of maintenance all the time. lol

I have a toro lawn mower that the self propel is backwards. I’d you push down on the handle the self propel disengages. Why is this?

Engine oil flush. Do they sell small amounts for lawnmowers.

Can you do a video on a Stihl bg75 handheld leaf blower that would be great because I have the same leaf blower

At least you didn't have to replace a cable have you seen the prices they want outrageous !!!

Great video. I just don’t get some people. You were doing them a favor by going behind another shop that didn’t fix it and then wouldn’t buy a spark plug. What plugs do you like

Don't these engines have auto compression release at start to make pull easier ? If true, how do you get an accurate compression check using compression tester ?

Hey home garage idk if there something wrong with my redmax ebz8560 it’s little over a year old and today when I was using it would stutter at full throttle or when I was using it at full throttles it would just drop rpm quick then go back up to full throttle im wondering if it’s fuel related but I’m not sure

I am selling a mower with this exact same engine on it, I want to check the valve flash, but the valve cover is stuck on with gasket sealer or silicone, do you have any suggestions for getting the valve cover off without damaging it?

Carburetor was rebuilt, it ran on Monday when I picked it up, now it won’t start. Any suggestions?

Great work. Too bad the spark plug wasn't replaced. The mower would run better.

nope not mine as my 4 stroke Victa mower with the Briggs and Stratton Quantum type on a 19" (inch) Cutting Path and Four (4) Blade Mulching Disc Technology plus it,s a good mower to do a hot lap in my yard and i keep mine in good clean shape year after some good loving and i do prefer those engines and even the Vertical type ones from the good old days plus their performance is unbeatable too and the one i have is Model TMS484 and it,s the 190cc type and it,s the 625 series type too.

Hey bro, what's up? Surprisingly you didn't have to do any work on the carburetor. I believe that the repair shop who done work on this mower should have given the owner a refund since they did a poor job on maintaining this mower bro.

Craftsman mowers are just not what they used to be. I wont buy them anymore. Toro has been much better

Yep craftsman mowers have been crap since probably the 70s. Plus hard to find parts, and they made it that way on purpose...pexz

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE disconnect the spark plug prior to working on the underside of a mower. Please mention it in your video, and show on camera that you’ve disconnected it. Thank you.

I only buy mowers with honda motors b and s have become unreliable

So here is the real problem. A repair shop charges about $80 per hour to fix your mower. Your used and abused lawn mower is worth about $50. Now, you expect the shop to spend 3 or 4 hours working on your piece of chit to make it run and clean it up, then complain when you get your bill? People won't even clean the grass out, so you blame the shop for not doing a good enough job?

Do not buy new Briggs and scrap iron buy Honda the older briggs were better