yep its how it used to be done, i took my car for service ( i used to do it myself) and asked for the tappets to be adjusted (valve clearances) the young mechanic looked at me and didnt know what i was talking about, lucking there was an older guy there who remembers that not all cars are overhead camshafts or hydraulic lifters

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I specialized in small engine carburetors for years .On the small gas engine stuff, its almost ALWAYS a needle and seat issue...you would amazed at how many people throw away lawn mowers, chainsaws, snowblowers etc because some dummy tells them it's a bad (and expensive carb) when it's just a needle and seat that cost $5-7.00

I bet you've never driven a car that wasn't fuel injected and I doubt you have ever et points of the timing of a car either. Ever change oil?

Maybe Mustie will go and check out your Willys project!

Greg Cooper EA needs to watch Jonathan W for the Willy. I know Mustie watches for that kind of content. It is a really good channel too. Mustie and Jonathan are 2 of my favorite channels to watch!

Get in line.

Dave Kauffman Like the dodge avenger i did today that another "mechanic" worked on before i got to it ..Was fun laying on asphalt in 103 degree heat yay!!!!

I've heard it called "tinkeritis," guys think they know what they're doing, but are still learning. Been there, it's how I learned how to do things right, it ain't always pretty though :-)

Amen Rob! You and our brother are awesome men!

Everybody that follows this channel has, similar "Mustie like", genetic material. We just can stand looking at something that collect dust because, it doesn't run or work properly.

Slow is the way to mow.

@mrboss fanboy Gee you think so? Thanks for your knowledge that every grade 8 auto shop student knows.

well thank you for the nice comment

Mustie1 great show as always my nephew loves watching you fix equipment thank you for being you and a enjoyable person to watch.

Couldnt agree more!

good to hear kids are interested in fixing old things

Helmut Aarts I read your comments after making my own and although many of your points I didn’t make I couldn’t agree more.

No woman around to bug the hell out of him. A bench is good enough.

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Darn,that is a good idea.

you and mustie should have a "mower off" ;-)

I find it hard to believe Q-Tips would work very well to clean up a bad seat; plus the way he was whipping that drill about with the Q-Tip/ lapping compound. He says the seat isn't available? Is that typical of the garbage they sell now--no needle and seat available for this particular carb?

I agree. LED as been and will, always be JUNK. I wonder if I'm the only one but, I find LED screws-up with my depth perception. I've noticed that, by using a LED flashlight. Everything is brighter but, there is no way I can't walk, without tripping over a simple bump on the terrain, every 10 seconds. That situation never happened with a regular flashlight.

malc dicko Absolutely right! Please don't!

Absolutely true...today's TV programming is mostly terrible...😖

i live in uk and have stopped watching tv ,but now am hooked on mustie 1..he is a real person..

hi tony i live in the uk too

I stopped watching tv about 7-8 years ago for the most part. Everything is way too overly done, corporate, commercial, and dramatized. There's no neural ground anymore. Hate this or be hated, love this or be hated, be like me or you are them, and so on. I like real people doing real things for real reasons. Mustie is easily one of the best channels on KZfaq and has been since he started.

Even on my new lawn tractor I added the fuel shut off as well...also makes it nice to run the carb out of fuel for storage.

Just for the ones that don`t know: ethanol mixes with water and when the carb is stagnant the fuel in float bowl evaporates leaving the ethanol/water to the last and forming sludge. That sludge is what plugs the jets. It`s a real nuisance.

2sheets to the wind which is why I shut my mower off with the fuel valve. After running it out of gas there's none in the carb.

Even with a gas shut off, automatic or manual, it's a good idea to get in the habit of checking your oil every time before starting... while you have the dipstick out, smell it... Smell gas, don't start it. Also if you notice you have more "oil" than you should have, when you check it, then more than likely, you have gas in the crank. In addition, it keeps you from running it without oil... I have seen where the manual shut offs go bad and leak. Even if the mower has an automatic shut off (they seem to stop working a lot), I always install a manual shut off on my customer's machines. Don't know how many new customers I have gotten, where they run with no oil or have a crankcase full of gas... If it doesn't blow up or seize up the engine first, and your mower exhaust looks like you are fogging for mosquitoes, you have gas in the crankcase. I pound it into their heads after I fix their mower... Check it and smell it, every time. Plus keep your mower clean so you can see if the engine is leaking oil. When you pop the hood to check the oil, look around the engine for leaks. Don't mow wet grass, and wash top and bottom of your deck, don't leave it parked on grass or dirt or damp concrete. It will rust faster, especially on damp concrete. In addition, a dirty mower will attract and hold the moisture and rust quicker... A vented cover leaving a slight gap on the bottom, on uncracked pavement is the best place, if you have to park it outside. Long term storage... run it out of gas with the manual shut off and then disconnect your battery ground or throw a tender on it.

I just get ethanol free fuel from the gas dock at the marina and put stabil in it. Havent had to take a carb apart in years.

Thanks. I'm going to start "forming" all my parts from now on!

Adjustments were required.. Lol

My father was a typewriter dealer who also had a repair shop. I would watch the guys ‘form’ stuff regularly. I hadn’t thought about that term in decades. Thanks for the reminder. :) He sold royal, Olivetti Underwood and eventually got into copiers, mimeograph, adding machines, etc.

Give them second app