Been stuck in a military hospital overseas bored out of my mind, thank you Mustie1 for the upload, your videos bring great pleasure to us.

I love how you talk to the camera like we are standing there with you. Totally makes the videos i reckon. Love your stuff and love wrenching with you Mustie1.

As you say at the end, Mustie "I enjoyed taking it apart anyway". Me too, enjoyed watching you do it.

I like seeing videos about why something failed. Not everything has to have a happy ending. You explain things very well. Keep them coming!

I am 71 so don't do this kind of work anymore but enjoy your videos keep doing what you are doing

Hahaha, I love you man. You start out by saying how it's not worth fixin with time an labor but you end up doing a full tear down. You just can't help yourself. You've got the mind of an engineer for sure. Love the video.

I love watching tear downs and investigations on failed motors, so imagine how happy I was to see Mustie1 doing one! I'd love to see more failure investigations! :)

I love Mustie's videos. He goes in depth and explains how things actually. I have learned more watching his videos than I could ever teach myself.

Wow! Alot of expensive Snapper parts and accessories for free.

I think I learn the most from these forensics videos. Love the variety of videos, keep it up!

"Dammit, Jim, I'm a mechanical engineer, not a mechanic!" As always, thanks so much for the explanations while you're working, I always learn a lot from your videos.

You videos are very informative but are time killer. I prefer videos which are 15-30 minutes. Fortunately, yours are packed with tips and tricks which makes them worthwhile. thank you

sunday afternoon deciding what to do fixing some of my own stuff or watch someone else fix there's. Wel we al know what im doing

I love these tear downs. Always nice to see exactly what caused the damage and if it’s worth it to repair. Thanks!

No nothing about small engine repairs, but have REALLY enjoyed watching your video. I see alot of myself in you. Its not worth fixing, but want to know what caused it to fail. I am a retired electrician, and got so much satisfaction on what caused it to fail, electric or some thing else. Just wanted to find out what caused the failure. Thanks so much for keeping me on the edge of my seat. Your presentation was also great. Will now subscribe, because of your over all quality. Thanks so much for sharing. I always felt a bit of accomplishment when I found out the problem.

It's always fun tearing something apart to see the engineering involved to make it happen. Yes do more and thank you.

Good video. After watching you work on several small engines, I decided to try and get my dad's 30 year old Ariens snowblower running. I surprised myself, and got it to run. Now I just need to replace the dry rotted tires. Thanks for all of your videos. John

I think that mower came from the free pile at project farm.

It’s sad that we live in such a disposable society. Gone are the days when it made sense to fix a nice mower like that and have it for a long time. At least you will salvage it and repurpose it. Thanks for the video Mustie1. I enjoy learning about small engine repair from you.

A vent window and a cracked steering wheel. I`m glad I watched this to the end. Thanks for the memories.

Had coffee.. bacon cooking. It's a Mustie1 Sunday morning. Thanks!

Nothing better than waking up on a Sunday morning and watching mustie work you have a good day my friend take care buddy

Wow Briggs and Stratton now putting plastic cams in their engines...how cheap can they get.... love the teardown videos as much as the repair videos.

Just want to say thanks for the inspiration. Our lawnmower crapped out so I was looking to get a new one, but didnt want to spend much money. I picked up a curb alert Troy Bilt. The engine was seized, but a can of WD40 freed it up. Dumped out the tar in the oil pan. It had been run without a filter in and I dont think the oil was ever changed. Pulled the carb and cleaned as you did. Put it back together and it runs well. great video.

Enjoyed your video. Thanks for taking us along.

It’s great too see you back mustie I have been waiting for the notification love the videos and content big fan from London uk 🇬🇧 god bless

Take this as a complement. You are the Bob Ross of small engine repair.

Started watching your videos a few months back. Just want to say that I really enjoy being in the shop wrenching with you. Keep up the fun

Good morning ! These free pile finds are some of my favorite vids

Thanks for another grate post Mustie1. I always enjoy your videos.

Fantastic video. I've never seen an engine completely broken down before. I've learned a lot. Thank's Mustie for this and all your videos. I look forward for the next. ps: the awful heat and humidity has finally left Minnesota; You should be getting a break pretty soon.

Well because of Mustie1 my 26 year old Mountfield with a very good 3.5 Briggs on it has rusted out deck. Did i do what everyone suggested and throw it out? "NO" I cut the rust out with my plasma torch then cut out a patch from my old gas BBQ with a cardboard template tacked it in ground down the welds painted it with old half used rattle cans gave the Briggs its FIRST oil change EVER blew some BBQ black paint over it popped all back together and there you have it all fixed and will last another 5 years until the engine lets go. Cost me a bit of welding wire some electric and a WHOLE LOT OF FUN. ALL LEARNT FROM MUSTIE1 Thank you keep the vids coming. Steve UK

LOL, even the Satellite will haul if it's a free pile item. Would have grabbed it too..even a de-thatcher attachment! Would keep my eye out for a motor with that same shaft length, as that's a good frame, and people love those snappers! They always sell quick when you have them out w/a sign.

excellent video , mostly because this is the exact same as my own mower and my mower has also eaten an oil ring . figured I would swap engines on it because the mower is almost $700 dollars new , the way I got was somebody threw it on the curb while cleaning the garage because they couldn't get it started due to a $0.49 gasget on the intake primer ; I fixed it and ran it for 15 seasons in louisiana

While watching you channel, my seven year old son decided to grab a free mower and leaf blower, 2 hours later and some guidance from me, he had it going, it had no plug, stripped out threads, worn wheels and a lot of dirt. Now he wants to do more, leaf blower needs a new pul start and spring so cost will be finding another one in bad shape, thanks for inspiring him

I just love watching you fix stuff another great video

Free Stuff= 1. Good life lessons. 2. A treasure trove of spare parts. 3. Educational opportunities. 4. We can't promise everything will always start.

I saw the notification and about had a heart attack. Love the videos and take every bit of knowledge from each video

I've spent many hours taking stuff apart to see what broke. I enjoyed this video.

This reminded me of a small engine class I took in the 7th grade. We tore down and rebuilt Briggs and Tecumsehs lapping valves, adjusting magnetos. I loved that class. My older brother was usually assigned yard duty but one weekend he was away and the stepdad told me I had the honor. Well I yanked and yanked and yanked on that filthy thing and then went into mechanic mode. It was just a clogged air cleaner but required the top of the engine to be off to get to it. Just as I had it spread out and starting to clean the stepdad walked by and blew his top. After the confrontation was over I raced to put it back together, then wheeled it right outside his bedroom window where he was reading his dumb book. As soon as he noticed me I gave that mower a whimpy girl yank and it fired right up. Ha!

I always try to reach out and hold things for you. Keep up these great videos. You inspire me to try and fix stuff rather than leave it out on the kerb.

Always enjoy a mustie video Sunday morning

I do like these videos they show me how to work on my small engines. I have a pressure washer that is in need of repairs and you live to far from Texas so I will have to do it myself, Thank You for showing me how.

This one did not run, but I am glad you took it apart so we all could learn from it. At the end the previous owner did this to this poor machine. May it rest in pieces to become a spare part for another machine. Congrats again on your new location. Always wundered when you got to big for your own garage. Love the way you take us on your journey through fixing and learning. All with a good dose of humor. Hope to enjoy your channel for much longer.

I'm waiting for the day Mustie1 drives by Project Farm's driveway and finds 23 free lawn mowers...

Love your videos. The way you narrate what you are doing, makes me feel that I with you in your shop. Just love it, beside I do learn from you. Also love your new shop, boy lots of room By the way oil floats on water.

great to see you giving the old mopar a run , always enjoy your work Cheers Steve

Thankyou for making this video. I’ve been wanting to see what goes on inside one of these for a while. Although I understand why you wouldn’t fix one I’ve always been a little disappointed. Keep up the good work

Loved the video but that drive home at the end was beautiful. What a gorgeous part of the world you live in. Hope to visit the US someday. Thanks for another great video 👍🏼 🇮🇪

Nothing on the mower was easy. Thanks for the lesson on a break down.

Thanks for completely tearing it down. Most people don’t realize how it all works . Love your videos!!!!

The forensic teardown is a good genre to throw in the mix, Mustie. Thanks for sharing.

Those back roads remind me of Connecticut. Home for 25 years. Miss the scenery but not the winters.

Thanks for the great video. Too darn hot in the north-east today do do anything other than watch someone else work.

I've never dug into a small engine to see how it works. So, thank you for taking us along for the ride!

always looking forward to the sunday morning upload. very educational and informative vid. Thanks for letting us back in your shop.

I enjoyed myself watching because I've been taking lawn mowers apart and generators and doing about the same thing you just have a lot more master of everything that needs to be done. Thank you learned a lot

I really enjoy your video's and learn a lot from them. I actually just tore this same motor down and I am waiting for a gasket set to come in so I can rebuild it. Mine didn't come with the extra screw in the crank case though !!!

Love seeing the internals of small engines. Amazes me to see plastic cams and gears. Such clear descriptions of how things work. Fun Times

Hi just wanted to say I love watching your videos. They teach me so much. Even videos like this show you that some times there's stuff that can't be fixed. Really I just wanted to say thank you for let me wrench on some rusty junk with you every time you post a new video.

I enjoy watching videos whether or not you get them fixed, I think you could but it might not be worth it, I think you work your (MAGIC) getting most engines running and repairs done explaining what you're doing so us wanna be types can understand. lol.

The world will never be the same. Mustie1 didn't get it running.

Always an education for me, following Mustie, and it’s like standing next to you, the way you have a conversation with us, thank you 👍🙂

I found this one to be really interesting. That screw inside was quite a surprise. I really appreciate that you took the trouble to finding the cause of the failure.

Great video Sir. I inserted a drum roll for you @ 36:20 like you asked. BIG THUMBS UP

Once again an interesting video and you live in a beautiful part of the world.

I like how you disassembled that mower, we just picked up 3 mowers here during clean-up day

Very enjoyable to watch, coffee good, had to get out of here early yesterday, finished this AM!

Another 6.75 B&S should be "Easy-Pesy" to obtain! That is how I got my Snapper! Snapper with dead 3hp Briggs + Rotted Deck Craftsman with good 6.75 Briggs... 20 minutes later, I was mowing! All I had to get for it was a Mulching Plate from Ebay ($9.00 NEW). I really like the Drive System as well. 😎 Take care Mustie1, 🤓 -Thomas Western Washington State

Sometimes it's fun to tear one down, even if you have no plans on putting it back together. Diagnosing it is half the fun. Anything can be repaired, but at what cost?

I "tinker" with mowers, but learned a lot watching this total tear-down. Thanks !

Mustie1 I love your videos. I learn a lot just by watching your videos. I like how you explain why something broke or why something will not crank. Thanks for all the great videos.

Great video, really enjoyed it. I think the reason it would not start at the end of the video is because you were using your right hand. Pretty sure that is a left hand pull start... :)

Weird. Here in Australia about 1 in 500 push mowers are self propelled, and about NONE have elec start 😎😎

Excellent video !! Every time I watch, I learn so much. Thank you

Of course we like seeing you taking things apart, even if they won't start. That's how we learn! Unfortunately not a lot of discarded small engines around me area, so I am really grateful for your content!

The lever on the camshaft is the decompressor lever for easy pull start.Some others have a plastic "finger " protruding from one spoke at cam sprocket that lift the exaust tappet.

Great video Mustie1 definitely make more if them. Crazy how that little screw damage that bore

Great video. I enjoy watching a small engine being taken apart. It helps me understand the workings. Keep up the good work.

Thanks for showing us your work. I am learning a lot just from watching your work. Thanks.

I've always enjoyed taking things apart to see whats what but putting things back together tends to be another story.

A quick hone, set of rings, valve lap and valve tip grind - it would run just fine. Great videos !!

I really enjoy all your videos and I like how you talk to us like we're in the shop with you doing it together I even almost talk back to you.

Another wonderful trip down small engine mystery failure lane. Ah, the things we'll find! Thanks for sharing another adventure, and hopefully your neighbours know that anything left in the free pile at YOUR curb is beyond hope!

Another Epic Mustie. In the last clip of Mustie1 driving... is it me, or was I the only person got the Sesame Street end credits in my head.... Must be me then. Thank you Mustie1.

*Mustie1* I have that exact mower with a 6.5 Briggs and Stratton, love it because of the rear drive with differential and speed selector. It cuts really well because of the odd blade I think and is effortless to use. When mine finally goes I'm going to repower it with a vertical shaft Harbor Freight engine or small riding mower engine. Excellent video.

love these teardowns of broken machines, learn more and enjoy more .thanks Mustie.

25 Minutes in....learned something new! Love your videos, keep 'm coming.

It's been a while since we've had a resounding NO! it won't start!!

Snappers are expensive. I put a new $100 engine on my old one and now have a great running machine! Cheaper than replacing it

I love watching you work on small engines I like working on mowers and stuff like that myself thanks for uploading another great video

I too learn more from complete disassembly and conjecture and discussion as to why, what, how, and when things may or may not have happened. Thanks. I enjoyed this one.

Nice video I do this stuff all the time always great to have parts

21:00 🔑 appreciate the timing info. Always confused me. 1 minute of mustie solved many a book reading. Appreciate you.

Very interesting and informative. I always enjoy seeing the disassembly/repair of things that I encounter in my daily life.

Thanks for the great video Mustie1. Each video I watch I learn something new. Mustie1 you’re a wizard.

some little kid dropped that air cleaner bolt in there while his dad wasnt looking. pesky kids. nice one mustie.

My educated guess Cam timing jumped even plastic cams rotated on the shaft!! Two compression rings enough to run. ive seen v8's with absoutly no compression when nylon timing gear on 60's chevy, pontiac and mopar 318's would shed their teeth!

You always say thank you for watching.l say thank you for sharing with us

You are Great Mustie1. Just finished a successful operation because of your inspiration. Changed the spark plugs in my 99 Ford Escort. It still runs.