The details are so important, the needle hole in my carburetor blocked blows me away on why it would not start, I took the carburetor apart 3 times, your video explained it awesome, god bless you, you are such a beautiful person, be safe

5 years later and this video is still relevant. Thank you for the guidance!

We just followed this step by step and started our digger that had been sitting since 2014 and it started right up on 2nd pull. Thank you so much for this video ! ! ! !

Great video. I borrowed my dad's same model tiller, same symptoms. I new it would be something clogged in the carb, but your video made it a 2-3 minute job to remove the carb. Mine was much cleaner inside, but same completely blocked jet. A a little carb cleaner, compressed air and a few minutes to put it back together, and I was tilling soil.

I had the same start up problem. I watched this video and felt confident I could do it my self. I'am by no means a mechanic and have limited tools. I did exactly what the video instructed and my Bronco runs great now. Thanks for the video, it was very helpful.

Just got one of these for free actually, the recoil pull string assembly was busted, so I replaced it for like 20 bucks, cranked it and it wouldn't start. Plug had spark, so I figured it was the carb, followed this video and 10 minutes later it's running like a top. Thanks so much for this!

I removed the bottom bolt plug of the carburetor, sprayed in to the small hole Penetration oil + carburetor cleaner 4 repetitions then put everything back , stared weak then got better and better. Thanks buddy. GR8 video clip.

Finished up a carb clean twenty minutes ago. This video was excellent for a tutorial. Thanks for posting!

My Colt FT would not start this year and I had promised to till a sister in law's garden besides ours. I looked at a few other videos but this was the winner. You provided real step-by-step instruction. Going in, I knew what to expect. Right down to the dirt and gunk. Obviously this is not my line of work. Thank you for posting this video as it gave me confidence to dig in.

EXCELLENT video. THANK YOU! We have the same exact Troy Built Rototiller but haven’t used it in a couple of years. Just like yours ours looks brand new because we only used it 2 seasons and put it in the shed. This year we’re doing a project and I expected to just start it right up! But no. Same symptoms as yours. I followed your video in the exact way you did it and sure enough that nozzle (orifice) was clogged. You said something about a wire to open it. I found that one strand of twisted electrical wire ( I untwisted it and cut 1 tiny strand) worked perfectly. I couldn’t get that lower nozzle/orifice you showed out but I got that wire through there and reamed the upper nozzle I did get out and it WAS plugged up. Cleaned everything really well, put everything back together following your excellent instructions and WALA! IT STARTED RIGHT UP! Gee maybe fixing small engines isn’t so difficult after all! I just finished tilling the 20X20 area we specked out. It ran strong and effective! Do you recommend draining the gas out of the carb for storage? To prevent it from clogging again?

Very helpful!! My carb was filthy!! .. you gave simple helpful instructions.. my tiller came right on.. thanks a lot man!

Thanks for this video. 2+ years later, it's still helping people. My first time taking a carburetor apart...thanks to you!

I have a Troy Bilt FT Tiller with the exact same engine and thanks for making this video. My carb was a bit dirty and I cleaned it up and it runs now like it's brand new

Great video! Thanks! I got my won't start Troy-Bilt running on the first pull thanks to your instructions and walk-through.

Awesome! Same situation exactly. My neighbor brought theirs over to me and I had no idea what to do but a first pull start after cleaning the carburetor! You rock man!

I’m proud to say that I fixed my own rover tiller by following these instructions. Thanks very much.

Like others who have comments, a mechanic I am not! Things were going very well removing the carburetorha until the very last task of pulling out the valve. I simply couldn't tell what kind of screwdriver to use. It was difficult to look down into the hole. I decided to give its a good shot of cleaner and hope dit would work. There was a lot of crud in the bowl which I cleaned out as well. I gave it a pull and with a surprising backfire it indeed started. I wish I could I could have pulled the valve out but was afraid I would break something by forcing to much. All in all, though, I was happy to get it going. Thanks!

This video was extremely helpful!!! Never worked on any tiller. First time ever. Was able to open and put it all together with the help of this video

This video still saving the day in 2022!

Perfect, saved a lot of money and if i would have checked this before, A LOT of time. Thanks Great Job

Thank you for posting this. I have an earthquake tiller and it is very similar in design. I followed your method and it had the same issues. After I cleaned the carb it started up on the first pull.

thank you for being so detailed in your process! helps a not so mechanically inclined person like me to tackle a task like this!

Three days of trying to fix this and you are a savior super easy to follow steps

I know this is an old video but it was so helpful! I have the same model tiller with the same problem. I followed your video and am back up and running in no time. Great video!

Thank you so much. Your video helped me rebuild the carb on my Troy-Bilt Tiller. I got it from a relative and it was sitting around for 9 years! Totally filthy. Wouldn't start. Like the one in the video the jet was completely plugged. Video was a great help to me. I never rebuilt a carb on anything so this was an encouragement for me to try and fix it. Tomorrow I give it the test 'field test'.

I had the same problem with mine and the same tiller. Followed your video and fixed it up perfect. Thank you!

My turn to thank you! My Huskee tiller would only start with gas in the air cleaner and then die. Luckily it has the same carb as that Troy-Bilt. 20 minutes after I watched your video mine was running again. Hard to believe it was that simple after I'd struggled with it all day and was ready to set fire to it...heh.

AMAZING! haha! It's actually running now. so much simpler than I thought it would be thanks to this video! You're awesome!!

Thank you so much for the information on how to do this repair. With your help I was able to fix my troy built rototiller that had a gummed up carb also. It runs just like new now!

Thanks for your post, I picked one of these up yesterday. Wouldn't run the people I purchased it from said it had sat over a year and half. Sure enough the jet was plug and then I found the filter inside the fuel tank was dirty. Runs great now!

I need a neighbor like you!!!!

This video helped me so much on a bronco tiller. Thanks!!!

If you made a 2 hour movie, I would watch it. Outstanding.

Exactly my problem. Thanks for the video. A tremendous help!!!

Thanks for the video. I followed it and was able to get a Troy Bilt Super Bronco going after sitting for years. It was totally clogged up. I would add to check that the the float valve works before reassembly and a tip to get a stuck jet assembly is to put a flat blade screwdriver into the barrel and push the assembly out.

This was just what I needed. THANK YOU!!!!

Thanks for the video! I believe I have same problem, only runs when squirt starter fluid in carb.

Great Video! I took a chance a used non running tiller just like this one. I followed your steps. It had the same problem. I had it cleaned and running in 20 min. Thanks,

I watched a few of these videos on Honda type carburetors. Your was excellent. From the other videos I did manage to get my carburetor cleaned properly properly. I wish I would have seen your video first. I don't know if you're up for doing any editing of your video, but I did encounter a problem during my rebuild. Perhaps others can learn from it. After I removed the primary jet, I had difficulty getting the longer nozzle out of the center of the carburetor. It was stuck with corrosion and wouldn't fall out. Using a screwdriver through the throttle plate I was able to push it a little bit like a 16th of an inch to clear the carburetor throat, but it would not come further. I went and got some monofilament fishing line and I was able to clear the obstruction inside with an large needle. After I was able to clear the obstructions in the longer atomizer I used a piece of monofilament fishing line from my salt water gear. I fished it down the hole and through the body of that atomizer and then tied a big fat knot on the end of that was exposed in the carburetor throat. The knot was large enough to not fit back through that hole so by pulling on the opposite end of the fishing line with some significant force I managed to pull it out of the carburetor body. After I got it all cleaned up my machine started on the first pull. I have another piece of equipment that has the same carburetor that has some starting issues, now I have confidence that I can get that pressure washer working. Thank you for a most excellent video. For the first time I subscribed hit the like button and shared your video. Well done sir, and thanks for helping your neighbor. That's missing so much nowadays. 👍👍✌️

Great Job! I've found that storing my equipment with no fuel saves this. Also, the local Marathon station has a pump that sells "RV" fuel. It's a 90 octane fuel with no alcohol. It's more like the gas I remember back in the 60's and 70's. It is more expensive than auto fuel, about $1 a gallon more, but runs very well and stores better. Keep up the good work....

hay thanks a lott I just got my tiller running again due to you video

Really great video the close ups and details.

Thanks for the video it helped me fix one I just received. I cleaned the carb but didn’t clean the jet well enough

I'm glad that I watched your video. I had the same problem. Great Great video!!!

Thank you for the video. Very informative and now I know what I need to do if this happens with this tiller. I have the same one. :)

Looks just like the replacement 'Predator' Harbor Freight engine that is on mine. The 'needle valve' on the carb is a bit tricky; 1/4 turn at a time to hone it in. Also the small gas intake tube up on the gas tank cracks easily and leaks air. I put tape around it so far and it works.

Great video. Thanks for sharing

Excellent video - thank you!

This is an amazing machine Cliff.

Thanks for this video. I have the same Tiller that's been sitting under shed for 3 years. Won't start. Was hoping new plug would help but no. I'm going to attempt to do what you done and see what happens. I live in the south so if I don't soon get it running it will be to late for a Spring garden. Seems not many shops want to work on any thing you start with a rope anymore. Everyone just wants to turn a key.

Outstanding video.

Thanks for your help 👍

Sure helped me out today...thanks bud except I did not remove carb..just the bowl and nozzle/jet/float tube and sprayed carb cleaner on whatever I can get to cleaned the nozzles/passages with a loaf of bread wire (took plastic off and left bare wire)....and it started like a champ

Most helpful!! Thank you

Your neighbors must love you Cliff! This machine makes it a lot easier than using a hoe or a horse with plow (as long as you don't run over your leg)

Excellent work

GREAT VIDEO! You probably saved me $100.

Ty this video was very helpful

I'm going to tackle this tomorrow ! 🙏👍🇺🇸

Excellent, I have that same machine with a different label. No more hauling it to the small engine shop!

Pretty massive machine if I can ask who’s making the engines for those now

SO, I have a CRT troybuilt, newer model, about 5 years old now. Worked great first 3 years, then 2 yrs back had the carb rebuilt. THAT cost me a about 300 bucks, this year it wouldn't start again! So I took it upon myself to try and save some money. CLeaned out the bowl jet and that insert behind it. Still won't run. It's not getting fuel into the carb is my best guess. I suppose I'll take it down again and see if maybe I screwed something up. Im NOT taking it back to a SER again.. this sort of helped, but even tho this one "looks" a lot like my pro line, the engine is a B&S on mine...lots more hose's and crap attached on it. Oh well guess I will try again... good video man. BTW I say not getting fuel, because it will start if I feed a little into the top of the carb, runs until that's gone then dies...

Great video! I have this exact model and have been suffering through the exact same problems. I even bought a replacement carb ($68), but just cannot keep it clean between seasons. I tried to disassemble the carb to clean the jet, but I just could not get the jet screw to loosen up and come out. So I thought that it was pinned into the carb body, but it does have a slot for a screwdriver. I was able to run a small wire through it without removing the jet screw and that worked once, but not on the second try. I will try again to unscrew it because rebuilding is definitely cheaper than buying a new one! Any advice for keeping it clean over the winter? I run it dry, but that doesn't seem to help much. It still looks like the carb in your video, i.e. clogged. This machine has the "no-name engine" and Chinese ("huayi") carb. The carb seems unusually prone to fouling. I've had the machine for 5 years, using it just in the early spring to till my garden. I am on my 3rd carb. I hope that I can get one of the clogged ones apart enough to clean it. Thanks for the GREAT VIDEO!!!

Thank you also for the walk around of this machine.

Great video. Thanks for posting it. I have the opposite issue. When I crank it over, it fires right up then loads the cylinder and then shuts off after white smoke from being rich. That's with a brand new carburator. The needle valve does seal as I tested it. Any advice would be appreciated.

thanks, works on new craftsman as well.

Great video

Thank you

Really nice looking machine. Its a bit disheartening to know that Troy Bilt has gone to using "no-name" engines. I've heard that they are now made by MTD. That doesn't mean they are junk. It does mean that that machine probably won't last as long as my fathers tiller. I guess that's our new reality across the board. Thanks for sharing.

I didn't see where he replaced the gas with new fresh gas. After all, that's what got this tiller in trouble last fall!

Good job, what do you think about treating tank fuel with sea foam, that material seems to help keep my old motors running smooth, also I never use ethanol gas, However I have heard some areas you can no longer buy non ethanol gas, Those look like great tillers, never was able to afford a tiller like that,

Thank you.. do you think it would be possible to turn the machine on its side and take the bowl and everything off without having it take that carb completely off

Good job getting that one working. I wonder if that Engine is a one of those MTD Powermore Chinese Honda Clones. The Carb kind of looks similar carb on a powermower engine I attempted to get to working on a trash picked lawnmower. It needed a new Carb ($50) and primer ($10) and wasn't worth it.

thanx

I did fine up to the point where the video paused, then restarted and you said "the hardest part was getting that fuel line off" but didn't tell how you did it. Mine's really stuck and I'm wrestling with it and twisting but it's starting to crack and split. Any tips? Wiggling wouldn't do it, the line was fused to the connector, used a small flathead screwdriver all around to work it loose. Got it all cleaned and reassembled, cranked right up! Lot of smoke initially until the oil burned off the exhaust. Thanks for the video, very helpful.

One thing I've learned with this fuel that has ethanol or what I like to call corn syrup, sta-bil fuel treatment & sta-bil fogging oil for long periods of storage

everybody that has one of these machines has the same issue .if they sit for a few months ,they will not start until you clean everything up inside the tank and carburetor. Mine was only used once last yr and it still wouldnt crank this yr without doing the same darn thing..

I have one a year old just like they discontinued the recoil starter I had to rebuild the one on this one .

Where did you spray the carb cleaner after 5 minutes? Into the hole below air filter? thanks

I just need to know how to crank it while using the buttons and switches. I'm old, and my few IQ points are dying off. Since I don't run it very often, I forget how to use the choke. There needs to be a video for old folks like me who keep trying to do things for themselves.

Guess I’ll be pulling the carb and checking the spark tomorrow

YUP Freakin' good machine. Got my Dad the 7 HP job with a Kohler engine. Never had trouble till 25 yrs later. He thought it was the carb altho he always turned off gas a few min. b4 shutting down engine, same as I do with a 91 Sporty 1200, shuttin gas off a few blocks from home to not leave gas in the carb.Turns out it was the magneto. made enough spark to run about half throttle. After that, ran like well u know. he put in a new carb, still w same issue. I hookt up reg. car ig. coil thru battery and engines points. ran perfect. took the battery out an hookt car coil between the wire from magneto low voltage winding, other side of coil to the points. The magneto is a step-up transformer as is the automobile ignition coil. 200 turns medium wire to 20,000 turns much finer wire. The reason a coil will not work good is either dampness which can be sometimes fixt by putting in an oven at lowest setting for a few hours, altho Mom was not pleased at all. or a bad condenser. The magneto works by induction of mag field. Anyway Magneto coils do go bad, they arc over internally reducing 1,000's of volts to plug. AND not knowing a mag can get weak, one thinks it could be the carb. Got ?'s I'm at bikerguygarafano@gmail and I hope my experiences can help you. Sincerely Bikerguy

Thanks for the video, wish it actually showed you putting it all together rather than saying what you were gonna do and skipping to when it was done. But still appreciated.

Outstanding video. Very helpful. I have the exact same tiller giving me the same problem. Question about the choke...once its running, does the choke need to be wide open?

Mine's a 2008, these tillers hasn't change much. Mine use to run good but now only runs on half choke, must be carb issue. I just like to know why theres no fuel filter on Troy-Bilt, motors need clean fuel to run right......

I have one just like that. It sat for 4 yrs. I tried to crank it a wk. ago and still working with it. I got the carb. off and cleaned. Noticed the gaskets did not have any seal on them so I left it like that. Put it back on and carb. leaks. Bought new gaskets and put them on, still leak. I then ordered some gasket sealer and put it on. The thing still leaks. What am I doing wrong???

That is a "CHonda" Chinese clone, I think it's a sign of the times of manufacturing to stay competitive. Every one that I've repaired work great.

Hey I have the same model and white smoke comes out of mines when I crank it up

Also check valve lashes

If it’s not the carb, then it’s the carb!

when it cycles up and down like it is the low speed jet is still not clear totally.

Nice video and help But you do not have to take everything off to clean this Carb. Just ubder this carb u have two screw and oone on middle take out and clean hem easy for two mins. Only.

Most walk behind tillers have the same problem is...won't start easily

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Have the 2008 model. Troy Bilt Super Bronco Troy Bilt no longer carries the Carburetor bowl gaskets. You have to buy a new Carburetor. Where can you find the gaskets by themselves?

Change the fuel filter around once every year or so

IT APPEARS YOU ARE USING A STANDARD SCREW DRIVER BUT YOU SHOULD DISPLAY THAT TOOL FOR FUTURE REFERENCE.

Sounds just like mine

the tines are backwards. the ones on the left side belong on the right and vice - versa....

I just put a new Cole-pack on and it will not start on a 2000 Troy