Lawnmower Carburetor Restoration Briggs And Stratton

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5 жыл бұрын

I PUT THE GASKET ON FIRST AND IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE DIAPHRAGM. JUST TO CORRECT IT IN THIS VIDEO.This is a Briggs And Stratton push to prime carburettor that is in need of a full stripdown and restoration. In this video, we also fit a new gasket and diaphragm and gasket, a new air filter and a new primer bulb. We also clean the carb and fuel tank and re paint the tank with rattle can paint and a 2k lacquer. A list of the parts are listed below. This carb is fitted to many Briggs engines namely the 3.5hp Classic and Sprint Engines.
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Briggs And Stratton Carb Gasket & Diaphragm Set amzn.to/2VHa4zS
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@Crashoverride1234 5 жыл бұрын

Wow I literally took the exact same one off my broken lawnmower today. Great restoration.

@cabdriveruk 5 жыл бұрын

Great vid Martin, another great restoration. Look forward to seeing the motor restored. Cheers, Jeff.

@RetroHax 5 жыл бұрын

Cheers Jeff, its going on the Trotter mower.

@bdaddyjames011976 5 жыл бұрын

The heavy breathing on time lapse sounds crazy lol

@mattstubbington8805 5 жыл бұрын

Can't beat the old classic Briggs engine, simple and always reliable! Proper job on the restoration! Myself and my little helper Riley have just finished a complete strip clean and rebuild of mine and is now purring perfectly ready for the next season! Riley is loving the vids more now as he views you on a 44" screen!!

@RetroHax 5 жыл бұрын

Haha nice one Matt. Cheers Martin

@LFBsmokealarm 5 жыл бұрын

Lovely job, Martin. Looking forward to the next bit.

@sidthescenic09 5 жыл бұрын

Like brand new. So satisfying to watch these restoration videos. Top Job Martin. 👍🏻

@garymucher9590 5 жыл бұрын

Great work as usual. Never disappointing to watch any of your videos. Thumbs Up!

@davidyoung6608 5 жыл бұрын

Great job on Restoring B&S carburetor. I rebuilt a few of those carbs before.

@Brian-vc1oy 5 жыл бұрын

Nice job! One more step you can consider is were the screen goes on the bottom. You can pop out the center and clean that. Looks great and can't wait to see what you do with the motor!

@attilaelekes5534 5 жыл бұрын

You are a wizard with that paint gun. Loved it.

@Georgeolddrones 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video love All you do 👍🇬🇧

@martinhew981 5 жыл бұрын

Nice job Martin. I must do at least 4 of these each week as run a mower breakers down here in Devon now. Surprised that a couple of experts below haven't heard of a plastic carb lol. Oh well. Looking forward to the next one. I specialise in restoring these engines for resale and hope that maybe i can get a few tips. always interesting to see how others do it. Hope your shoulder gets better soon. All the best. Martin

@RetroHax 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mart and good luck bud.

@edmarkham2632 5 жыл бұрын

Very nice job on the lawn mower engine. They sure are simple.

@billygarfield5520 5 жыл бұрын

Very good and filmed very well!!

@baldanddangerous1572 5 жыл бұрын

nice job as usual martin ,nice of you to tease us with the next one lol lol ..........all the best ............dougie

@hassanal-mosawi6049 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for showing how & sharing that

@tanathos0414 5 жыл бұрын

Once it was cleaned out it already looked pretty nice. Wasn't actually in such a rough shape as one would be lead to believe by the initial dirt on it.

@robertedward9456 5 жыл бұрын

Nicely done ✅

@guaranino 5 жыл бұрын

Top work. It is amazing what a little bit of paint can do to an old and tired carb. If I had to add just one thing, I would have removed the black paint from the white plastic tube where the bulb is located.

@WolfOfValhalla903 5 жыл бұрын

Martin please tell me at some point in your life you were a mechanic there's no way you self taught yourself everything about mechanics if you did teach yourself about it your a genius you are a genius either way I saw your vid on the lawnmower in the bush for 5 years an instantly subbed idk why but your vids relax me after a long day

@RetroHax 5 жыл бұрын

All self taught. Glad you are enjoying the vids.

@WolfOfValhalla903 5 жыл бұрын

@@RetroHax u taught urself mechanics o.o you are a genius o.o self teaching mechanics don't happen easily o.o

@vdubs6068 5 жыл бұрын

Great vid Martin 👍

@SCOTTISHPREPPERVARIETYCHANNEL 5 жыл бұрын

its like the old scotch tape adverts instead re-record no fade away its repair restore for another day as p[er usual very enjoyable and informative good one martin

@Thelegend-gt5lb 5 жыл бұрын

The parts cleaner restored it good enough for me

@RetroHax 5 жыл бұрын

Yes, normally that's all I would do but not on this channel lol

@davidvickers9029 5 жыл бұрын

nice job Martin

@mickey533 5 жыл бұрын

Nice save!

@user-dx6pt9oo6h 5 жыл бұрын

Good restoration 👍👍👍

@davelough8889 5 жыл бұрын

nice one martin great video. you must no them better than the factory by now lol

@johnnewton2949 5 жыл бұрын

Another corker mate. Cant wait for the next one.

@999thenewman 5 жыл бұрын

The parts and proceedure are the same for the 3.5 to 3.75hp engines. If it made you feel better to paint it, then good on ya. Gotta rag that tank out good!

@gerbutt 5 жыл бұрын

Nice!

@georgepretnick4460 5 жыл бұрын

Great video production. Love the fast speed.. Thank you for not making us listen to a long winded monologue. Please make more.

@RetroHax 5 жыл бұрын

I have bud.

@beingsneaky 5 жыл бұрын

What?? no oiling the filter first? before putting it in?

@lyerlyman 4 жыл бұрын

I just found your video. I see you were using a Harbor Freight paint gun. Those purple ones are very good. My supplier went out of business recently and I was wondering where you buy your diaphragms and gaskets if you don't mind telling. Thanks in advance. I really enjoyed your video. I subbed and clicked the bell.

@RetroHax 4 жыл бұрын

The spray gun is a Devilbiss SRI Pro bud. I'm in the UK so my supplier wouldn't be much good to you I think. Thanks for the sub.

@johnblackburn7673 5 жыл бұрын

Hello Martin Great job very professionally done. Only one question, how come you didn't take the jet out to check/clean it? Is there a reason you didn't? Just curious. The reason I asked is because I recently bought a lawnmower project and it was blocked. Took me a while to figure it out lol Fantastic channel look forward to watching more, better than the tele lol

@RetroHax 5 жыл бұрын

I soaked it with carb cleaner and blew it out with the air line. These carbs don't have tiny jet holes and I have never had one of these blocked and I have done hundreds.

@johnblackburn7673 5 жыл бұрын

Trust me to get a blocked jet on my first restoration. If it's going to go wrong it will happen to me lol. Thanks Martin

@dodgydruid 5 жыл бұрын

Wow you make it look so easy m8, I am tearing down my ancient Aspire engine finally and quite enjoying it as its an Italian made Tecumseh job that I want to make into either a generator or a petrol powered air compressor or maybe both as dunno if its possible to build it into something that with a flick of a belt can drive either :)

@RetroHax 5 жыл бұрын

Good luck with your build Ian

@vespamorelli7090 5 жыл бұрын

Top drawer as always Martin, with the award for Best Supporting Actor going to young James 😁 Loving this theme of video from you lately, still like the “ talkies “ tho on your other channel 😁😁Any chance you could do a vid on compressor set up for spraying? Santa was good to me but unfortunately Rudolph must have eaten the instructions for what equipment is required for spraying !! Kinda outta my depth !! BTW, Where’s the Hoff ??? All the best. Tom ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

@RetroHax 5 жыл бұрын

I do have vids on that on my other channel Tom, mainly in the direct bikes vids

@vespamorelli7090 5 жыл бұрын

RetroHax thanks Martin, making steady progress through your back catalogue, just starting on the piaggio series now. ⭐️

@homeyshlitz 5 жыл бұрын

Hey Retro, why would they make the carburetor out of plastic? Every one I've ever seen were metal.

@nandom3 5 жыл бұрын

Great job!! Next? :-)

@adamgc73 5 жыл бұрын

What web site do you buy your diaphragm gasket kits from and are they good quality ...cheers martin

@RetroHax 5 жыл бұрын

Garden Hire and Spares bud.

@MalcOfLincoln 5 жыл бұрын

Must admit, when I first did mine I was intrigued by how it integrated in the tank. Oh just sold the engine a while ago, so it will 'be seen again'. This was the first project just to make video. See playlist 'the engine project'. Was inspired to do this by my friend Roadking in the US.

@pigeonworldforum3869 5 жыл бұрын

I`m guessing this Carb & Tank, and the Engine are going to be fitted to the Trotter Mower...? Nice Job, good to see You back doing Videos.

@RetroHax 5 жыл бұрын

Haha, Yes they are.

@davidhamm5626 5 жыл бұрын

True that !😎

@johnfithian-franks8276 5 жыл бұрын

Never been inside a lawnmower carburetor before, I thought there would be more to it (don't know why I thought that just did) n ice job

@barbarawiddowson635 5 жыл бұрын

Is this from one of the mowers you had out in the poly tunnel Martin? Spotted it wasn't you doing the lacquer and you've answered the next question I would have asked lol! Keep well Martin.

@RetroHax 5 жыл бұрын

This is going to be for the Trotter mower Barbara.

@barbarawiddowson635 5 жыл бұрын

@@RetroHax Ok, up to speed now Martin (brain now engaged lol).

@stephenr6427 5 жыл бұрын

Chears for the video

@gibmelson7628 5 жыл бұрын

pretty good work. no, very good ...

@terryatkinson3182 5 жыл бұрын

Didn't realise I wasn't subscribed to this channel, I am now. How much for the spare parts used and would regular sponge do as a filter if I'm too mean to get the original type.

@RetroHax 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the sub Terry. Parts were about £10.00

@kevinrayner1663 5 жыл бұрын

Cheap to buy on EBay but delivery takes a while from China

@Jim-ie6uf 5 жыл бұрын

Nice job, you forgot to oil the filter.

@markward251 5 жыл бұрын

Is it really necessary? I've often wondered. I'm told these old B&S are bullet-proof. Anyway, I never oil my face mask! 😊

@truly1676 5 жыл бұрын

Who was painting? Didn’t look like you. I hope you are well. I know you were in hospital for a bit. Best tidings to you.

@999thenewman 5 жыл бұрын

Sometimes his son helps with lawn mower parts.

@RetroHax 5 жыл бұрын

My son applied the lacquer

@truly1676 5 жыл бұрын

RetroHax cheers.

@edmarkham2632 5 жыл бұрын

Ditto, also.

@yqwgjsg 5 жыл бұрын

From personal experience. Bad move getting carb cleaner on your hands while wearing a ring.

@MultiAronD 5 жыл бұрын

Divorced eh, its tough.

@davidhamm5626 5 жыл бұрын

Why add the lacquer? The originals were a matte finish

@RetroHax 5 жыл бұрын

It's pimped up now lol

@MultiAronD 5 жыл бұрын

I deliberately ran over a diaphragm with a ordinary clothes Iron to see what would happen, the buldge dissappeard. I used it again, it works like new. Just a thought

@davepomerleau7250 5 жыл бұрын

Lol take it apart and soak it on gasoline to clean it then dry and put back together. I have done like 3 of these

@DavidPlass 5 жыл бұрын

Darth Vader, I am your father.

@dfgggfg 5 жыл бұрын

OMG! It is a plastic carburetor? Even in China carburetors are made of metal))

@beingsneaky 5 жыл бұрын

hmm nothing wrong with this plastic carb its been working fine for briggs for years TELL em Martin

@dfgggfg 5 жыл бұрын

Hmm, interesting) And vibration, gas and temperature did not affect plastic? Thanks))

@AtomicReverend 5 жыл бұрын

Briggs went to a plastic body on some of their engines back in the mid 1980s, I think about 1987 or so, the engine you are watching being restored came out in I believe 1958, originally it was designed with an aluminum carb... I think California emissions caused the redesign. Personally I prefer the metal carburetor as opposed to the plastic but both do work well.

@dfgggfg 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! That is another fact I did not know))

@sweedishcarrot3901 5 жыл бұрын

One time I had twenty dollars in my pencil case to buy lunch with.I was only 11 at the time and twenty bucks was a lot for me.Any way we had science and I was doing a worksheet.I was at a table sitting with my 2 friends.There was also another boy who wasn’t really my friend but he got moved to our table for talking.Any way halfway through my worksheet I caught the boy(whose name was Dylan) taking my money out.I thought it was just a joke and I took it back from him.After I finished my worksheet I started to pack up for lunch when I realised the twenty was gone.I knew it was Dylan but he Denied it.My other friends could have never taken it cuz I would’ve saw.I was facing them.The bell rang and Dylan just ran out the door.I searched everywhere there was no chance of me dropping it.For lunch I starved because I didn’t have any food.Ever since I just avoided Dylan.I knew he took it.Looking back I should’ve put the twenty in my pocket but I didn’t.I even thought about taking my money back from his wallet he left on the table a couple of times.But I couldn’t.I didn’t want to be thief and make someone else starve either.Its almost 3 years ago.I don’t know what to do

@thomaswhitten2537 5 жыл бұрын

Oh, don't you try to tell me you didn't squirt yourself in the eye with that carb cleaner!!! I know you did!!

@RetroHax 5 жыл бұрын

Oh no I didn't lol

@kevinrayner1663 5 жыл бұрын

Thomas Whitten Stings like a bugger doesn’t it?,🤣🤣🤣

@thomaswhitten2537 5 жыл бұрын

@@kevinrayner1663 yep!!!

@AtomicReverend 5 жыл бұрын

Man that hurts like hell.

@hopebolen1353 5 жыл бұрын

24 horsepower briggs and stratton just put new fuel pump, fuel filter, lines, carburetor, and air filter on it all brand new and still have to prime to get it to start what wrong

@chrisssmallengines3456 5 жыл бұрын

You put the gasket and diaphram in the wrong order. I thnk you saw this , probably already know .

@RetroHax 5 жыл бұрын

Yes I did know, I put a note in the description. I've done hundreds of there too lol

@beingsneaky 5 жыл бұрын

yeah he knows he did it backwards even put it in the description.. BUT? Who really reads those? should have just did the diaphragm part over again... it is a video after all.... it's an edit job.

@charlesarnold4963 5 жыл бұрын

Very nice but you didn’t paint the carburettor!

@RetroHax 5 жыл бұрын

It doesn't come painted so I didn't bother.

@ralphmills7322 5 жыл бұрын

@@RetroHax Not tempted to paint it silver-gray to make the next bloke think it is cast zinc alloy?

@forevercomputing 5 жыл бұрын

lol "gasoline" - obviously just make the same thing and send out to other countries that don't use the word "gas" Was that your lad applying the lacquer?

@RetroHax 5 жыл бұрын

Yes it was bud.