Briggs V-Twin Intek Engine Running Badly? Fix It! 

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Cameraman deserves a huge bonus for the excellent work on covering the detail in your videos. Awesome!

Got my dinner with my overheating B&S V-Twin! Bent push rods. Prior owner didnt watch Taryl, leaving the engine cooling fins covered with boogers. They even switched the Choke and Throttle cables. Poor girl was dying and I didnt even know. Thanks TARYL & Co!

Thank you Taryl. Thanks to you my husband and I were able to fix our 22 horse poser lawn tactor. This is the best description of setting the valves that I could find on youtube. We also dismantled and cleaned the starter gear. Great videos, and the comedy is also great. So Funny.

I have a 2017 Craftsman that was given to me with only 75 hours on it. It has a 24 hp Briggs twin. Nobody, including shops could figure out why it ran so crappy. Turns out, after watching this video, that if you completely remove the cooling tin instead of leaving the hard to get to screw and bending it, that there was a undetectable mouse nest completely blocking off the bottom cylinder fins! Thanks, Taryl!!

Love it Taryl when you tell the viewers that it’s a lawnmower and we’re not flying this thing to the moon 🌙... best video yet. Freakin classic...👍👍👍

Plan on tearing into my intek this spring and going thru it and the mower to get ready for the season. Once again, an invaluable and FREE education brought to us by the fellers of the Grass Rats Garage! Thanks Taryl!

I've learned a lot about small engine repair and laughed my ass off! These videos are gems! Thank you Taryl and everyone else involved in making these videos. You guys rock!!!

This video was such a huge help that I cannot thank you enough! I had never tried to do this job before, but with your video I tackled it like a pro! You made it look easy. Your video quality and attention to detail were phenomenal and your in-depth explanation for each step and the reason were solid throughout. thank you for helping me change a head on my mower.

I appreciate the irony of tareyl , I been working for a small engine shop for this past summer, I was a mow crew leader and the chief mechanic for a landscape company in the past so I was familiar with the basics of the equipment we used, but i have learned a lot by trial and error and my research, your videos are spot on... it's very sad mower shops aren't taken more seriously, people bring in a 5000 dollar piece of equipment that has been abused and not maintained, expect quick cheap fix, or a fix for free....and act like we are just dumb lawnmower mechanics, the truth is they don't know the difference between they're ass or a hole in their tire......keep up the good work, and thank you for the tips and experience your sharing . There's YOUR dinner....👍👍👍👍🛠🔧🔩⚙🗜🚜🚜

I made a repair to my own personal Intek as a test using Loctite 620 that is heat rated to 640 degrees, penned the boss surrounding the guide, flattened the peen marks, then tick welded the valve guide top and bottom with tiny welds to interfere with the ability to move and I'm 400 hours into the repair. I would NEVER do this repair on a customers engine, but I wanted to see if it was possible to get any life out of what would be considered a lost cause. Thanks for this video! Cheers! Zip~ Oh, and for the haters that say you're hurting the crank, bearings, flywheel...they don't know what they're talking about.

this is the most amazing and entertaining video I've ever watch. I was looking for something different and stayed watching all the way to the end. AMAZING and learned a lot!!!!!

been watching your videos for a long time.Ive seen a lot of different people trying to do what you do but baby you are the best. I do small engines here in Napa Calif and you helped me start with your videos many times. I just got my crankshaft straightening jig. A lot of bent cranks lately.Started out in my garage and this thing turned out to be a monster.Bad gas,90 percent of time.I love getting carb spray in my eyeballs and gas soaked clothes.and oh yea dropping something and can't find it.You say here is your dinner I say it eats my lunch.All kidding aside I enjoy doing it and have no problem when they hand me some cabbage.Keep up the great videos and screw the critics.

Mr. Taryl Dactyl, I love the fact you do not use a puller when you remove a flywheel. And I really love the fact you tell folks that probably never removed any to "SHUT UP", when they tell you to use a puller. Keep up the down to earth videos Mr. Dactyl! Informative and easy to follow.

Taryl, I do understand why you replaced the heads rather than repairing the old ones since it was a customers mower. I had exactly the same scenario with my mower. I pressed the valve guides completely out, chucked them in a lathe and cut a fine groove in them at the head height, I reinserted the guides and penned the head material around the guide into the groove. The fix has lasted for five years of mowing on my acreage. (lots of mowing). I helped a friend of mine do the same to his mower. He lives a far distance from me so my lathe wasn't available. We chucked the guides into a drill press and used a hacksaw to cut the groove. this process has also worked fine without a subsequent failure. PS, I had to crack the case open to retrieve the pushrod also. I love your channel and have learned a lot from you. Plenty of laughs also. Keep up the GREAT videos.

Love your stuff Taryl. 220 inch-pounds divided by 12 = 18.3 foot-pounds. But this ain't the space shuttle. :)

It ain't the space shuttle for crying out loud !!! Love it. Your exactly right. Common sense still prevails in the real world. Thanks for all of your informative videos and fantastic humor.

keepsake push rod keep bud.. love every minute of it. still learning at 70.

Whhhhoooo whoo. There's your dinner! Tarryll s awesome. Makes me laugh after getting out of my shop at the end of the day

i taught chrysler, gm, and toyota engine systems at a community college and say youd make a good instructor. great communications skills

Love the SOUND effects, especially the toilet flushing, good vid. Got me a flat surface from my nephew, works at a counter top place, granite, a sink cutout, works GREAT . I got me a "Magill a cutter " off Amazon, works great. You're amazingly knowledgeable and funny. Thumbs up to the cameraman on following you. Had the same issue but it was the rocker bolt that had come out a good 1/4 ". Liked to NEVER found it, and that was just by accident while cleaning. LOCTITE. Thanks dude

Daryl have you ever heard this one? I've seen a old man very oldskool he took a piece of old fuel line and a drill to lap the valves in he put the valve in and put the gas line on the stem end and use a small pipe clamp to hold it in place put a bit in the drill put the gas line on the bit and slowly lap the valves in with a drill . It worked great. Love your vids keep up the good work.

I know why Taryl calls them carb-a-traitors. Was working on a old Wisconsin engine today - got it running and all of a sudden gas comes out of the bowl vent! I was betrayed by my traitorous carb-a-traitor! hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!! Keep up the excellent videos Taryl!

This skit had to be one of the funniest ever. You keep up the great content. We want more comedy. Anyone who wants more funny, hit thumbs up!thanks Tayrl.

I put a gas additive gas mix with marvel Mystery oil, Lucas fuel conditioner in all the fuel used in my property mowing engine. At 525 hrs on the Intek 26 hp engine. So far so good. I hope it has been lubricating all those places to keep it running well. Had to use ST-205 in the oil because of the gaskets and valve seals. Fixed it right up. Taryl, you're the best.👍🙂

40 yrs of fixin small equipment(just like me), I admire the enthusiasm you still have for the stuff

I have broke flywheels useing a puller. That is why I don't use them anymore.I have been working on mowers for 60 years,good job TAYRL

Thanks to Taryl , This guy has taught me more in 5 minutes than 5 hours of "professional information " videos

The way you pulled that flywheel is exactly the way I pulled them on outboard motors for 30 years, I have broken too many puller bolts off in the flywheel by using stupid time wasting pullers, good mechanics find ways that work, you're right it don't hurt anything.

Had same thing happen. Used paracord and packed in cylinder and held valve shut. Removed valve spring keepers and tapped guides back in. Staked the guides and reassembled. Have been mowing 2 acres once a week now for 3 seasons and guides still haven't moved. Staking is worth a try and i had great results with it.

I have fixed many of these heads... By pushing the valve guide back down into place and putting a two spot welds on the valve guide on the valve side and two on the rocker arm side of the valve guide... I have never got a repeat repair back after doing this... Saves having to buy heads... Most of the time the cam gear is also broken... I do both heads regardless if it has slipped or not... Saves time in the long run...

Boy that guy plays a good drunk. And you’re hilarious just crazy funny, love the video

Hi Taryl. I watched all your videos and and I've learned so much from them I got my own equipment running and some of the neighbors saw it so now I've got a lot of the neighbors bringing me their stuff and most of it of course is gummed up carb-i-traitors but I've been able to get their stuff fixed and everything so now I'm getting paid to do it for them and they they keep bringing me their stuff so I thank you for all your videos there on the learning experience and I especially enjoy the skits. Thanks so much!!!!🎚️🇱🇷🇱🇷🙏🦖👍

Thank You! I learn little tidbits of info every time I watch your video

As I sed in other adventures of Taryl fixes all, any guy who likes to work on engines should have Taryl as a brother, NOT just 4 his mechanical expertise but 4 being a great guy as well !

Your videos are the best, I love the sarcasm towards the critics.....best part of the videos.

Just finding out small engine repair is a new passion of mine. Love learning from your videos

I was really struggling with how tight to make the bolt in the center of the rocker. Thank you so much for covering that.

I dig the more involved repairs. Keep making vids!

You the man- your dog wont bite the hand that's feed him I know I got one just like him HA -a man can learn a lot watching you and that's a compliment THANKS

I learned a trick from my father for lapping valves I chuck it up in a cordless drill and run it back and forth nice and easy Works excellent

I had the same thing happen to a friend’s intek v-twin. I think the carb gets plugged and makes the engine run lean, which causes the overheating and loose valve guides. I had to open mine up to get the pushrod out of the sump. I tapped the valve guide back down, and staked it in place. So far so good!

I've been removing flywheels this way since the 70's as well and never had a problem. Sometimes a smack on the side of flywheel opposite side of the magnets works as well, be careful not to hit or break any fan blades.

Because of your videos on this motor I did it rebuilt twice already got a lot of years of service thanks

" You're all ate up over there". Love these guys.

THANKS Taryl !! Absolutely Awesome!!! An hour well spent with the master. Very often, I wish I could turn to you for advice on some bizarre problem, and then I remember..."The Best Tool You Have...Is Your Brain!". I truly hope one day I can repay you for your excellent presentations. Mr. Brown - North Central Florida

I've been my own mechanic for over 35 years. I don't usually work on other peoples stuff, but I try to help out when I can. I've done a few car and truck engine replacements for friends. But not much lawn mower engine work, other than breaking them down, to scrap it.

Appreciate the effort and sharing of tips and tricks to help out a doers out there! Love the editorial comments as well it helps me not take failure or miss steps too seriously.

The Briggs and Stratton V-Twin Intek Engine, Imma scratch this one off my list of "must have" engines.

220 inch pound = 18 foot pounds..27 foot pounds = 325 inch pounds.. 1 foot pound to 12 inch pounds...my friend who works on marine engines told me this.. also googled it and he was wright.. had to do my sump seal that leaked today....I got a crack case gasket kit ...thanku for your one video on doing that..was scared to do it because of that governor....now I'm not scared to do that job thanks to u.

This is awesome. I just got a mower similar to this free because it was smokin and barley running. Did everything myself. Now I have a good riding mower and I’m only in about a hundred bucks. Valve job took a while to get right. Thanks for the video man.

I run my own shop but always watching to maybe learn something new, it my continuing education. I’ve had an oddly large amount of bent pushrods this spring, one was a Briggs single cylinder where the aluminum pushrod wore so thin on the plastic guide it just collapsed , the others seemed to be just caused from a little rust seizing the valve. Gotta love Arkansas, it’s like living in a swamp most of the year, everything rusts. I got another Briggs single off a jd that again was worn thin and collapsed but the lifter isn’t moving, gonna tear into that one to find out what happened inside

That was a lot of work, Taryl! Thanks for all the hard work. That was one of the best ones yet! 👍

Thanks for all the info on the Briggs twin. I watched all of your videos on the subject and you did good. My old Briggs 25 hp bent the pushrod on the right side ( looking from the front ) exhaust valve. Mud had filled in all of the bottom of the head by the exhaust and no air could get through. The valve guide moved and you know the rest.The set screw saved me on this one. There is no way to clean that part of the head without pulling it off. I'll stock up on gaskets and make cleaning that a part of my maintenance from now on.

Curious design that would allow parts to fall into the lower block necessitating opening the block. As for your work, nothing beats the benefit of experience (for thoughtful learners). Beautifully edited video, and "just right" out-loud description. Most useful and welcome. Significant carbon on the piston top: running rich ? And that is preset at the factory, yes ?

"oh you're gonna ruin it Taryl you should never do that... SHADDAP! I've been doing this for 40 years I never had an engine fail" Best line in the video! lol! Yeah if it were my mower i'd do it myself. i've been doing small engines for 20 years for myself, but the average person out there? no way. Great vid Taryl!

When I replace the oil seal, I use the old seal, flipped upside down to tap the new seal down. Just gotta be careful to not seat the old seal to the point that you can't grab onto it to pull it back out.

The best part of this video is I get to watch you do this before I have to! How can we prevent bent connecting rods on v-twin Intek motors? P. S. You can machine parts with a pice of glass and sandpaper, glass is always flat.

Taryl thanks again, i bought a metal folding chair and replaced the drive belt on my 1996 murray with it on it's side !!!!!

I own my own mower repair business but I want to work at your shop just because you're hilarious.

Im glad I found this, I'm trying to get the flywheel off so I can change the starter. thanks for the detailed video.

Best tutorial I've seen on here for the B&S V-twin. Awesome!

I like the way he describes how to do it start to finish

In a few of the machine shops that I worked in the "Hillbilly Machining" was billed as "Light Machining" and the cost was $70 an hour. We would get old cylinders, or any old part in, chuck it up in a lather, grab a box of sandpaper, clean it all up and bill it as light machining.

I watch because your entertainment is crack me up funny taryl. I have been running a small engine shop for 2 yrs and it's my passion I've rebuilt several engines and sold close to 50 tractors. Keep up the great vids your the boss

Outstanding video! Appreciate all the hard work you guys put into these videos. The skit was funny as hell too!

I learned a long time ago that it helps to put a dab of grease inside the keepers to hold them in place while you release the tension on the spring.

"It moved cuz it's a piece of crap (sound of a toilet being flushed!) Good work Taryl!

This is one of the most informative of your videos yet!!!! Great work! Thank you Sir Taryl

I've seen that before a lot of times, most of the time it is the cooling fins that get plugged up but sometimes it's from lugging the engine under load. If it's not ran up to speed it'll get hot just the same

As an recovering Alcoholic, I'm trying to see the funny. No bad words here. Keep doing what your doing.

Well done my friend, I've done the same job many times less cracking the engine open to retrieve push rod. I enjoy your videos

Thanks for all the videos, A wealth of knowledge, nice to see folks doing a job that they did not learn out of a book, keep them coming

I don't own a mower or mow my own grass but I still watch your videos. To answer your question if I would do it myself... Yes I would. I rebuild automotive engines so I am sure I could get it done.

Thanks for making these videos. Got me a used Craftsman with this motor and it's fouling the plugs with black and smoking a bit when you first crank it up. Gonna tear her down and check out the heads. Done me a few 350 Chevys way back in the past. Should be able to do a V-Twin, lol. Nice to see the details up close before I rip mine apart. Did IT work for 30 years and got the same attitude you have, What, You gonna do it? Well, it's a lotta work. Looks easy cause I done seen it all.

thanks Taryl for all your great videos. You and Mustie 1 are the BEST guys on RU-vid !!!!!!

Slippers deserves a raise

This Ain't the Space Shuttle, it's a lawn mower...We're not going to the Moon...😆 Classic!

Hello from Pennsylvania! You done really good, and thank you for sharing your knowledge with us inexperienced dudes out here. I hope I never have my recently installed new Briggs and Stratton V-Twin Engine suck a rod into the crankcase like that one. WOW! First time I seen that.

This is awesome. It'll come in real handy this spring. I made the mistake of borrowing a neighbors V-twin Intec Husky riding lawn mower last fall. Was fine when I returned it. A month later, he says it was running rough and blames it on me. I said I'd take a look at it, it was definitely only running on one cylinder. I took off the cam covers and one of the heads rods were bent all to hell. Guess I'll be referencing this video to fix the dang thing, thx Taryl!

The Willie kid is a comic genius!!

Love the longer videos so awesome

I love that you say "I ain't gonna look it up for ya".man you really should idle down your engine before shutdown to avoid backfiring and shearing your flywheel key. I've noticed you doing this a few times.

the show must go on more long video taryl awesome!

Thank you for the longer video Taryl...I really enjoyed watching it. Also I appreciate your awareness of your British fans too...please keep it coming my good man.

Hey taryl, I got a small engine shop here in a little town called Hollister NC, I just like watching your videos

Good video. I’m pretty sure 220 inch pounds is just a fuzz over 18 ft lbs, not 27

you have great videos and I am learning a lot from you,even at 56.lol Thanks and keep them coming.My 2005 craftsman 18hp has a bent push rod And I did not know how to fix it.My neighborhood small engine repair guy was 2 weeks behind in getting me in.So I bought another LT2000 for 300 bucks and now thinking I can maybe,just maybe fix it myself.

This video hit a home run!

only 37k subscribers for the best channel on youtube, a shame

Gracias maestro Jorge Bariillas d Texas 👍👍👍👍👍

Well worth the wait!!!! Thanks Taryl and gang!!

I love your commitment to character. I like the video, ive been meaning to tear into one of these now i can follow this video and do it! Thanks

use the old seal to hammer the new one in !!! dude, great vids and thanks

done this repair many times. push rod usually wraps around the cam like a candy cane. fix the valve guide by driving it back down into head and using a punch to brad the head around guide. then put a zip tie around pushrod, trim excess and that way if it comes off the zip tie is large enough to keep push rod from going thru hole into engine again. it aint no space shuttle! it's a lawnmower,

This is a funny little video, old Willie and the gang, camera man makes it funny..Nice job..

Glad you found that pushrod!

glad to see I'm not the only one that fixes small engines the hillbilly way. Thnks for the video

Taryl, I have used brake spring pliers to release the keepers on the valves with success also.

We love all of your videos. Thank you so much for taking the time to make these. I am cracking up too!! lol