Had a problem with my engine on my cement mixer revving on and on. Stripped it down to find the butterfly valve retaining screw had come adrift and was sat in the inlet port. Phew ! An easy fix after all. 👍
Thanks for Watching .....I have worked on Briggs engines since I was a kid ..In the early 70's my brothers and me worked on our mini bikes and go -karts and rebuild engines ..It was a great era to be a teenager
Nice clean up bud ! Got a good tip from an other tuber for cleaning carbs and the small jet holes; Snip one of the wiggly wires off a wirebrush. Shove that in the tiny holes. (With a pair off plairs). The curves in the wire will rub the gunk of the sides of the hole and make it shiny again without doing any damage to it...
Just use Diesel people. It costs less than $3.00 a GALLON. Will last for years cleaning small parts. Carb and brake cleaner will EAT those plastic parts people. Use a bread tie with the plastic stripped off. Leaves you a nice fine wire. Don't use welding rod tip cleaners. Those are like mini files that remove soft aluminum and brass like mad. Talking about cleaning jets here. Use an old paint tray and a throw away brush to clean the carb like new.
There are 4 screws. One is under the linkage connector on top of the carb. I almost destroyed my tank trying to pry the carb off the tank. Once I removed the screw it came off easily. Also I wish you would show the actual cleaning. I’d like to see you actually clean the jet and other places.
What did this come off of? I picked up a McLane edger and it has a 3.5 Briggs. I took apart the Carb to clean and the tank was nasty with old gas. Having trouble starting which LED me to believe it's clogged. Problem is I can't get the body to detach from the tank. I did notice what you are calling the cup, makes sense now lol. How the hell is it supposed to detach? am I supposed to pry it loose. The 3 screws came out with no problems
Thanks for a great tutorial. The only part missing from this B&S 3.5 series that I would like to see is how to separate the tank from the carburetor as that's where I'm having difficulty at the moment. I've taken off all of the screws and yet it seems like something is holding the two parts together from the inside that I can't find. Otherwise a very nice presentation.
If it looks like my engine it should come apart after removing the screws ..same as a lawn mower engine ...You may have to Carefully pry it apart with a thin putty knife if the gasket is holding it
@@perrydear The complete holding of this full carb has one nut underneath the tank and this one nut is whats holding your tank onto the engine, unscrew this one nut (you'll find two nuts, it's the one nearest to the pull start that you want off) do this and the tank will come off and you'll be able to work much better at removing the complete carb that is mounted on the top off the engine, much more space to work at getting the two parts seperated ie tank for cleaning out and removing carb from tank, "try it it is only one nut.
Bruce Pender It is neat how theese carbs work compared to the old days when they had a float bowl and gravity fed gas tank !!! they are a fun project to also work on
I accidently found you on the Bill Goudy channel and saw you are from Iowa too so I thought I would come over and sub to show support for a fellow Iowan. :-) Plus I do find your channel interesting. :-)
When you removed the top screws from the carburetor separating the tank from it...did u need to pry them apart from each other? I was waiting with baited breath between videos hoping to see u separating the carb from the tank, much to my dismay you had already done it off video. My question is do the two units separate easy or do you have to semi-forcibly pry them apart? Please advise thank you
First off...thank you 4 making videos to show people how to do things the right way. I want to also thank you for replying so fast. I have a similar carb and tank to the one ur demonstrating. My problem was I am having a hard time separating these two units from each other.It seems it milled need a prying to free them, have you heard of this being needed in some of your experiences??? I don't want to warp it and or ruin kit if there is a fastener inside I am not aware of. Thanks again!
Use a thin putty knife and pry carefully around it ..Someone may have used gasket sealer I had to seal one on a 5 h.p I also have a video on the 5 h.p briggs
