Excellent video. Although I be one of them thar college edjumacted mechanical inguneers, you cracked me up and I couldn't agree more with your extensive slamming of my brother cohorts.
Ive used a large ziploc bag and put it over the filter and un-twisted the filter half way and let the oil drip out into the bag…Little extra strep but still annoying
Thanks for your video. I had to replace the element as well, so I was able to get a bit of room to work. The biggest win was keeping the "war dept" happy as she now has hot water........😉
Mine has a blue flag connector and a white connector (not flag shaped) It doesn't matter which prong goes to which wire? Thanks! It popped off before I could note what goes where.
Well got the carb fixed up. starter was sticking . Took off starter .cleaned and put back together . Now i have no power to starter . Took it apart again to make sure brushes we're right. Still nothing. i tryed going to starter directly from battery with jumper cables. Can't get it to do anything... I'm a failure lol.
This is now 3years old and looking at this machine ,just like the car of the rod era the machines were more robust and better built! Possibly because they were made in America! Simpler to work on and modify! Less intrusive complications!
Thanks ! Great Video ! I just picked one up thats been sitting in garage for 3 years. hoping to get it going. Starter is doing the same thing as yours. Also gas is pouring out of carb ? Havn't got much further than that yet. I'm no mechanic but going to try.....
Was wondering is the regular quacker oil good for a 5.7 because i did a oil change last year and then got a ticking noise and misfiring on cylinder 8 its been down for forever trying to get the money up to fix still but im thinking the oil i used wasn't full synthetic.
Straighten two paper clips, bend each like a horseshoe. Slide them behind your brushes while holding them fully into the holder. Assemble then remove the clips.
Doesn’t matter how much you change Fram oil filters the problem is they have a tendency to clog up and when that happens and you don’t know it you can fry your motor do your research
For 1. Quit using Fram oil filters. They are the worst oil filters you can ever use. 2. Buy yourself an oil filter relocation kit it’s worth every penny..
the real test is see if it can take a load? then what's wrong with it? I cleaned everything from the gas tank to the carb and it starts hard and wont carry a load
This unit was relatively new and worked under load with the choke on, if I recall correctly. It just needed a good carb cleaning to function properly without the choke on.
one of the worst engines out there. the bucket engine lol. plastic camshaft gears, bolts come loose under flywheel and crack the block. I have a pile of some good looking cub cadets, troybilt and toros out back with blown up kohler courage engines
Use a gallon zip lock bag to takeout the oil filter , first loosen the oil filter, then cover it with the ziplock bag and remove all the way ,you may have a bit of oil drip but it helps
Toyota has a drain plug housing for the oil change Works well , just connected one of those small clear hoses to the plug all the way down to the used oil conditioner, there’s gotta be a third-party design housing with a filter for easy drainage!
These predators are awesome in a modded project, I imagine they hold up well in stock form. Gonna be swapping out a tired tecumseh for one of these on my MTD this summer. Thanks for sharing!
@5 Bees Garage - How far away is that repower video? :) I'm wanting to do that to a slightly smaller craftsman that's original engine had a cam shaft. I had the pulleys I needed in my amazon cart but haven't pulled the trigger yet because I can't get the drive gear off the shaft to flip the transmission around. Ideas?
I'm getting too old to shovel so I went old school and bought a 24" Ariens 10M4 from 1966 and that thing is a monster, lol. Once it's in gear and I let out on the clutch I don't even have to follow along until it needs to be turned around, it'll just eat the snow and pull itself along. Originally, where yours separates, it was meant to do that for different attachments. The back half was the "tractor" and the front half could be a snowblower attachment, a cultivator, a mower, etc. Mine still has its old Tecumseh engine and it still fires up but at 58 years old it's starting to get tired (But heck, I'm 55 and I'm getting tired too, lol). Been thinking about putting on a Predator 212.
Thanks, by watching the video it showed me how far out the wires came. Before I watched it and was fighting with it I thought surely the wires can't be this short so i came in and found your video. Thanks
@@5beesgarage I picked up a 21" 212cc powersmart on black Friday for $200 so I was looking at single stage blowers to get an idea what to expect. I had been watching for a used 2 stroke to fix up but no luck.
If you are going to make self help vids, then you should list data - such as drain plug size, torque spec, filter model number, oil type, etc. Too many people making vids that can't think of common sense items.
Thank you for the comment. Is it the creator doesn't have common sense or is it the consumer that is lacking? I make videos of what i am doing, not necessarily a how to. I am a creator not a teacher.
I do but have not used it this season as I have had 3 different surgeries between march and august, 2 on my spine. That is why there have been no videos.
No, the fuel bowl will not run dry. The fuel tank will simply develop a vacuum and the engine will stop from the lack of flow, not emptying the bowl as air flows into the bowl.
@@5beesgarage it's literally at like a 45 degree upward angle, and you have to turn your wheel all the way to the left and reach through the wheel well. you also have to take off the skid plate every single time. it's horrible. i'm surprised no one has created like a 3d printed thing to put around the ram's filter so the oil can flow into a catch can or something. i just bought a 21 RAM a few months ago and am about to change the oil...
@@5beesgarage After further inspection all it was the connector from the main harness to the headlights was unplugged the Mower was completely gone thru and refurbished before I bought it, they tide off the wiring to the headlights just forgot to plug it back up they work great
