EASY FIX Briggs and Stratton has a spring problem lets fix it. 

The abuse a mower engine can take and still come back to life after a bit of tinkering. Cheers Mick.

I'm shocked,a spring replacement video where you actually touch the springs. Thank You

A very good explanation of the working of the caburator.

Good Day eh!!! I always find the throttle cable and spring arrangements cause me issues especially after someone else has worked on it. Nice job getting that straightened out!! Take 'er easy!!!

Nice job Mick, did the same on a Briggs 3.5hp this past week.

Even after all you did to it the mower still sounded like it had a bit of a miss or had a slight surge.

Nice job there Mick sounds real good

Lol I started dancing to the music so I had to rewatch that 1st part haha got distracted to that jam

I noted my friend there was oil in gas tank the way it came and the governed spring in the wrong place good job

Another good show. Poor machine had a rough dirty life.

Cheers mick like watching your vids very in-depth and il try see yuh live on early sunday morning aussie time and a big hello to our main man riley boy 👍👋

That's good, another winner from that batch.

That worked out well.

You are a great problem solver Mick really cool. I enjoy watching your videos so much.

Awesome video mick thanks for the shout out glad u got the sticker mate hope your keeping well

good job.... sounds good

Helped with my issue, thank you.

Great fix again mick 👍👍

Great job!

Good job there mick stay safe mick

I always spray my carb spray direct into air intake after removing air filter. Great video as always.

Love the music 🎶 🎵

Thanks Bro im having all these probs ATM

Thanks Mick.

I think it would be a good idea aiming your camera exactly at the part you're working on - it can be difficult for your viewers having to guess what you're doing. Somehow you managed to do the opposite - filming from the "wrong" side.

Governor springs. That bracket catches.

Lots of oil being burnt out plus there alsway parts like you say micks so it save money

Another winner there mate. .

Good video.

Great Banjo music!

Glad you got the old girl running and sounding sweet. You appear to have invested a lot of time and effort not to mention cost with the new governor springs, diaphragm and gasket, oil, spark plug and especially if it needs a new dead mans cable. How do you decide what’s viable and when it it is time to call it a day. Keep up the great work and the videos coming.

Boom boom lol Banjos it's rubbish lol. But you have great Mower skills Mick Mowers rofl. I spilt my coffee lol. That springs are rubbish lol my one is a bit lasy on my mower. Its always pays to have spares.

Hopefully people like you will be able to upload lots of good videos to keep us all entertained now everything is shutting down.👍 Quite evenings ahead now. Plenty of work to do and jobs on the syndicate shoot at weekends. Given up on the deer now, venisons worth nothing!

Great fix again. Hope youtube does not get on you for playing that music. Great video.

Hi mick have you come across another Briggs classic engine with a slightly different set up on the carb, also a qualcast but a bigger one

Great vidéo! You should have a free mower from qualcast!😉 Stay safe

A great video Mick. I have an ancient Mountfield that I am working on that someone has been into and same as you the governor springs are not original. Poor thing revs it’s nuts off. It is a labour of love I can tell you. I refuse to let it beat me though. Fantastic channel Mick, I am hoping to join the live session in the next week or so. Keep up the great work 👍🏼

Playing all before bed

I'm new to mower engines Mick, and I replaced my carb before taking a look at these springs and the new carb didn't really fix any issues, ready to make this fix but I'd really appreciate if you could comment on what these springs exactly do? do they move that arm to regulate how hard the mower is running? my mower seems to rev up and down in surges and I'm thinking this is why

Another question, how does the throttle work and the connections.? Thank you for the primer fixing.

Hey Mick need help, I have a 1978 briggs and Stratton that pops and splatters with the air filter but runs as it should without it, air filter isn’t blocked how do I fix this problem? (edit , never mind I’ve found my problem filter holder thing was pushing down on the spring making it just idle and barely run)

Just the muffler cage to tighten up now Mick and all is done, also Mick, where do you get your long socket bars from for your drill????

Hi Mick, seems like it’s got a slight little miss on this at the end of your video. Is this normal? Mines doing the same every now and then slight little pop / miss. I’ve changed diaphragm & gasket Briggs & Stratton genuine one, £15 quid on new governor springs, adjusted coil air gap with a business card and it still produces a little pop now and then is this normal ? Thanks bud all the best.

Thank you for the excellent video. I have successfully followed your instructions to service my Mountfield SP470. One problem I still have is that the primer bulb gets sucked in after about 5 mins of running and the engine cuts out. If I pull the bulb back out and prime again, the engine starts and runs again for another 5 mins before repeating the cut out. any ideas what the problem could be? I have tried loosening the fuel cap in case that is the problem but that doesn't help.

Great video, how much would sell this mower for.

What size is the bolt holding the tank on? The smaller one on the front of the engine. Working one one that didn't have it and can't figure out what size thread it has.

First time watcher! Excellent job and now I'm ready to fix my mower. From the US!

Mick my B&S lawn mower has a different configuration on the governor as it passes around to the back of the mower on the same side as the carburetor and has no place to attach the bigger spring on, where does this spring have to be attached? the lawnmower starts and idles but does not pick up revs to cut the grass?

Great vid. The small adjustments you are doing whilst it's running and you take the air filter off, is that you bending the small plate at the end of where the small spring attaches?

You can wash out them airfilters with petrol and re use mick

What size of compressor do you use for your impact gun, looking to get 1 but want to make sure compressor is big enough to run the gun.

Hello Mick I have BRIGSS & STRATTON lawn mover 500 SERIES the primary was not working so I decided to tack the carburettor apart to clean as well to check the primary ...it was blocked put every think back and it started after a few pull....BUT IT STAYS ON THE HIGH REV ALL THE TIME the accelerator cable moves free forward but nothing changed I do have a spare lawn mover it is almost the some except the governor is different the rods where the springs connects is near the aluminium paper rather the 500 the governor rods goes straight turns 90 the greed and connects with something in the motor ( I hope I have given you an idea of what traying to to say ....I should have said that if the governor where the some I would have copied from the other one . Thank you

I also have this classic engine and after I had no spark and it was the coil it now goes at top speed and surging. I see the governor flap moving a lot. I guess my new springs are too tight as well but why surging as well?

Hi a little question, recently i got a free lawn mower with briggs 35 classic engine (i think it is similar to the one on video). It wasn't running at all, so i installed new carburetor, springs, air filter, spark plug and cleaned fuel tank. Now it runs ok, only thing im wondering about is the 'popping' sound (from muffler?) from time to time. The same sound can be clearly heard on your video, especially from 28:00 your mower did the same 'pop' sound twice. Also in my case the spark plug turns black fast (its dry). I heard that these are old school engines and were never running super smoothly especially on idle, so maybe it is normal and i just should ignore it (furthermore my mower is probably from 2005 and i dont know it's service history, so the engine might be already litlle bit worn out) or should i check something more? Thanks in advance for your reply.

My mower lost power after getting stuck under some pine trees. I took all the screws apart and found a spring that was just hanging on to one side and not the other. Its too dark so ill fix it in the morning.

Great video🎉 i just cleaned my carburetor and replaced the diaphragm but its surging now. What do you recommend?

Are all the nuts and bolts on the Brigg's engines imperial thread's?

Hi Mick, I have just referbed mine but when it's starting it's over reving how do you adjust the idaling on this mower

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Grass needs cutting lad ..lol

Was this mower kept in a lake?

I have a Briggs motor 3.75hp Sprint with adjustable throttle on a pressure washer. Can’t get the motor to turn off When I slide the throttle control to “Stop.” It almost seems my springs are too long to push the Governor vane. How do I solve THAT problem? Overall, a good video!

Ive got the same engine, which is surging and overrevving. Have changed the gasket and diaphragm, new springs and it is still over revving and surging. Do you know what else i can try?

Mick I have the very same engine the primer won’t prime the fuel into the carb, I’ve cleaned the carb twice now & everything looks good but still the same problem doing my head in any advice mate?

Silly question but is there an easier way to change the oil other then tipping it upside down?

How to I replace the red primer bulb?

good video thanks. I'll have a crack at fixing mine.

Tell me you are not messing with a gas engine next to a heater?

why is there no throttle cable on this setup? seems odd

should have changed the primer bulb

Hi Mick, another great video. Can you help me, I sent you an email on the 22 May any advice would be greatful. Thank you.

He never even checked the oil before starting the engine!!!

21 minutes in, and then you check the oil? Isn't that like a given first thing you check? Oil and gas

Mick my mower smells like the end of Joe Westerman's nose. Could it be a fungus?

Engine too slow at the end.

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Never put mower's on there side

Attempted kidnapping aduction

Lots of great info. Take the music OUT of the video ! Let the camera run normsl spped when you break the carb down and repair and the biggest thing of all is SLOW DOWN when you talk. I cannot catch half the words you are saying... it is like one long word . You talk like a machine gun !

I cannot understand this guy

Unsubscribing I can’t understand this guy .

If you’re not a pro, why do you videotape