As Scotty says, "Oil is cheap, engines are expensive" Ivan clearly showed what happens if there's poor maintenance.

That lift was a lot easier to diagnose than that GM truck with reduced power... Thanks for the video!

Basically a neutral start switch to the control module with the potentiometer for your graduated forward and reverse going through a foot safety interlock so there's no way it will move. Good find, hope it's fixed and no come back.👍 you're right without the scanner that would have been a pain.

Yep at work they would let the scissors lift set outside in the rain. It definitely was not good on the controls! Good find!

That Briggs & Stratton reminds me of an old Fram(?) TV Commercial: "Pay me know or pay me later,,," 😜

It's not often you see those engines completely snookered but you have a good example of what can happen

Ivan, Great video, diag, and fix - thank you. You are the scissor lift king! God bless Paul (in MA)

The amount of vibration that those lifts endure make connection issues a reasonable place to start. Well done Ivan. Thanks!

As you know or are finding out, there's a lot of platform lifts out and while they're well made and go for years trouble free the service market is all yours Ivan. " and it couldn't be in better hands " very few people work on these machines, I'm very happy seeing you put your skills to good use

Good job on the lift! John Deere doesn't want anyone other than the dealers to work on their equipment.

Thanks for the video Ivan, that JLG diagnostic tool has certainly paid for itself. And don't forget to change the oil 😬

I watched a video of a railroad engineer giving a tour of the largest diesel locomotive engine ever used by Union Pacific Railroad. I was surprised when he said that they never changed the huge amount of oil in the engine. He said it used a lot of oil, so they just kept adding gallons, and changing the 2 giant oil filters every so many hours of running time. Looks like someone thought that would work with the lawn tractor, leaving out the filter change part too.

There is a reason that the large rental companies sell manlifts after 5 years.

Watched this and thought that like his other jobs on these, the bonus footage would be he had other problems.To my surprise,Ivan gets an easy one!!!!!👍

Awesome how basic data output from scan tool can make things so simple. Love these vids!

Ivan your a champ at these, nice little earner as i'm sure almost every one of these out in the field has various faults. It's a tough machine exposed to rough handling in hostile environment.

Ivan, you must be getting quite a good reputation with the local construction companies!

Gotta love a judiciously applied wiggle test solution

Awesome! The equivalent of a park/neutral switch gone bad.

Hey Ivan, that Briggs & Stratton engine just needs a good steam cleaning. Dump all the pieces out, steam clean it and let it air-dry, it's a very important and a crucial step to let it air-dry! If you don't let it air-dry it will not work once put back together with fresh oil "no parts required". You're welcome!

That JLG diagnostic scanner has more than paid for itself. The "caretaker" of that Briggs needs slapped.

Always love your Videos and the bonus footage's and that motor is just grenaded lol. Hey Ivan try some JB weld on it you can fix it lol.

In aviation we have a saying, treat well your machine & it will treat you well too.

welcome back to pine hollow auto diagnostics and scissor lift repairs... (if it gets any more common, Ivan will have to open with that)

Ask them if they had a problem with it turning over. Briggs and stratton had problems with compression release coming apart. Note: Briggs and stratton filed for bankruptcy protection 2 weeks ago.

That pot on the joystick just looks like an ordinary type, i would of expected a sealed industrial type on such a machine. Speedy fix ivan :-D. The motor could also have been run too fast and too hot, eather way " It's worse than that it's dead jim...Err ivan " :-D Not even the ledendary russian fix can fix it lol.

Compared to the rest, the joystick potentiometer module seems to be newer. No rust or anything.

That crank can probably be saved. I’ve done it before. Drain cleaner/muratic acid will eat the galled aluminum off the crank journal. Then a light polish, mic it to make sure it’s still in spec, and Bobs your auntie!

Wow, that Briggs let go every which way! Lube failures usually result in the big end seizing, then breaking, and you get what you have here. Surprised it didn't come out the side! Nice easy one compared to that GM truck throttle body and APP sensor nightmare! Looks like that scan tool has already paid for itself - those guys will keep you busy! Well worth whatever it cost. You'd have had to test every wire in that thing - would've taken forever!

Maybe I'll call you Ivan the scissor lift whisperer!! Hahaha, great simple fix. That scan tool is a must for the lift jobs!! Great video!!! Pity about the briggs engine. That engine is shot!! What it came from?

Very nice video, thank you.

Your gonna need to replace the platform harness cable, it's got water in it. Seen this problem many times

@5:33 "I swear I just had it." You might as well have said "I swear the fish was this BIG" 😁 j/k, your targeting is on the money! Nice repair. 😉👍

I’m going to use that quote next time I see evidence of poor maintenance. “Looks like it was taken care of by a couple of girls on a horse farm.” 👍😉

Ya, 90 degree temps, and a lack of oil makes for a bad combo and engine failure.

Hard hat and high vis.....what is the world coming toooooooo. ;-) Stay safe, stay seen.

Well Done Ivan..

Never hurts to check solder joints of connector on flip side of pcb for some added assurance. Btw, I bet there's a lot of Nittany fans up there having withdrawals with the season scrapped. :(

The latest Brigs I bought says no oil change ever required..... Yes it does.

Wow man that thing is done

A co-worker asked me to look at his 3 year old lawn mower that was making a "banging" noise. I arrived and checked the oil. "When was the last time you checked the oil???" (Empty) his reply, ""you have to check the oil in these too?". LOTS of kibbles and bits also...

I think those Briggs engines are noted for camshafts breaking. Lots of carnage there, hard to say what broke first the cam or the crank. It's was one of those important parts, lol.

Great video

Thanks a heap mate for the video good information

Your channel name should be "Pine Hollow Auto and Scissor Lift Diagnostics"

Phfffffftttttt.... a little superglue, that motor will run like new!! My grandfather once told me that those little engines work very hard. If you don't take good care of them, they won't work at all. I change oil and filters in my John Deere riding mower once at the start of the mowing season, and about mid-summer. And I use Amsoil 100% synthetic small engine oil in all my 4 stroke engines. Have had the John Deer mower for about 16 years. Runs like it was new. It is surprising how some people criticize me for doing this, like it is a waste of money. The JD has a water cooled V-Twin Kawasaki Heavy Industries 38 horsepower fuel injected gasoline engine in it. It has a PTO and a 65 inch mower deck, swinging 3 blades, and a fully hydraulic transmission. You tell me if I spend too much money to keep it purring like a kitten.. And when I mow, it is FULL THROTTLE. Never has complained, never thrown a rod, never given me a second of trouble. I ran the valves this year, and only one needed a small adjustment, about 3 thousands out of adjustment. And flushed and re-filled the cooling system. Take care of your equipment, and it will take care of everything you ask it to do.

Ivan, I hope these construction folks pay you in cash as soon as the job is done. Not sure how smart it is to be building that much new housing in a college town the way things are now. I also live in a college town and the housing market is not good right now.

Good job!

Cheers for the video

Pretty soon you'll know that lift like the back of your hand :-)

Well Ivan. The scissor jack was easier than the last Ford truck.Lol Artie 😊😊😊

Nice diag Ivan.

I have two of these for sale one gas one Diesil. Both have outrigger Jacks and 2003 and 2007. Older JLG before 2003 didn't have diagnostics and were much more difficult to troubleshoot. JLG uses a square wave generator to vary hydraulic flow to function s. JLG is John Leslie Grove of Grove Cranes from Pennsylvania now Manitowoc cranes using Krupp and Manitowoc cranes National boom trucks. The best! 24/7 crane care hotline support free service parts books. All made in America except for Krupp AT GMK cranes of Germany .

Briggs looked like your Nisan belt transmission insides. Harbor Freight replacement engine, I would.

I have a 26hp Briggs & Stratton extended service life engine that had just over 4000 hr., it was the power for a Scag commercial mower. I replaced the old engine because it was starting to burn oil and I use it nearly every day I need the mower to be reliable. A new B&S 27hp engine cost two years ago around $965.00. I was surprised that B&S lasted 4000+ hr. whereas a water-cooled 29 hp Kawasaki engine, I had on my other mower only lasted 2780 hr. and it cost $2300.00, go figure. It can be the governor out of adjustment, that can cause the engine to rev higher than intended.

Maybe change your name to Welcome to Pine Hollow Scissorlift Diagnostics....😁😁😁

that's a full flow oil filter on the briggs. with the cam twisted off in the sump and the scored crank and broke rod i'd say it was a plugged filter. bad thing is the placement on those for the sender is on the pump side not the engine side of the filter so the pump was just relieving all the time, nothing was getting oil.

that v-twin smokem if ya gotem

the good with the bad....

thats what I call easy money

That's the factory oil on that Briggs.

Ground control to Major Ivan...get those contacts cleaned and put your hard hat on.....😃

Excellent diagnosis....Once again the Crusties stop another piece of outdoor equipment....Would it be counter productive to remove all the connectors in that box,spray them with Deoxit and finish them with dielectric grease? It might prevent a return to that unit, but a loss in a repair fee...

Manlifts are all problems and OSHA ridden issues, we rent equipment in large scale construction because of these issues.

Strange, wonder would that cause the machine to creep forward/backwards once the engine is running and the pedal is pressed.

Did you notice the chunk missing from the right cylinder skirt??

At the end, John Deere version of “reduced engine power”... ( not blaming JD. just a little joke)

Great video’s mean From Aleskyfinis

Just curious, what was that single orange wire dangling loose that was not connected? It looked out of place! Wish you could have shown how you repaired the wires in that 4 plug connector. Good video.

On the mower engine, "Taryl fixes all".

Looks like the repair on the Briggs is go to Small Engine Warehouse and buy a replacement!

Need your help. I have a JLG 1930es that I bought from an auction, but while it sat until I picked it up, the ground control, platform control and wiring harness were stolen. I need to know what wiring harness to get so that I can get it running . I bought a platform control, still looking for a ground control.

Good

Engine is for parts only.

What if I want to swim naked...😂👍

Hi , I owns a s400 JLG /07 , I have a turtle signal activated all time , the machine slow now , what do you think it’s the problem? Thanks

Hello, how much do You charge for this repair? This is the only part of being a mechanic that I don't like. Thank you for sharing Ivan.

On the Briggs I can think of another reason for the carnage. I recently had to replace my cam because I wore the lobe off. This cam is my 3rd one and I think it's because I use my rider to cut an extreme bank in front of my house and probably starve the oil pump. Do you know how this engine was used?

Like #892 Thanks for the video!

Oil? I thought filling the gas tank was maintenance

probably better off getting a free one off the side of the road for the briggs motor they are pretty common

technically if it first read negative 8 percent you could infer which ref was high resistance, -ve percent was 2.5 to 5 volts so to elevate the voltage the extra resistance would have been in the ground wire, if it had been +ve percent the voltage would be lower than 2.5 volts due to resistance in the 5v ref wire. does that make sense?

So ... when are you going to get trained on hydraulics and HD diesel engines ?

10:03 --- a John Deere GT225 is a small tractor.

Where did you learn to diagnose equipment?

you should look at video Taril fix all on small engine he is very funny.thanks for sharing

Moral of the story: JLG lifts are finicky junk. $ for Ivan though.

That's because the oil wasn't changed enough in lawnmower engine

you should forget cars and work on construction equipment.

To much oil in container. 😂

Too much nitro.

If you are going to destroy and engine, do a proper job! lol

Some WD40 and she will be fine.

huh? girls on a horse farm? not sure why they wouldn't just let the horses eat that grass?

Briggs and Stratton .Over the years ,worst motor ever made .That is just my opinion.Cheers.