I bought this mower new last year and had the EXACT issues you described in this video. Thank you so much for the detailed instructions. Job only took about an hour and only cost me $7 for parts cleaner instead of $50 on a tune up
My brother, I just bought a Craftsman m110 from marketplace and in the description were no issues with the motor, however, when I went to pick it up I found out that it has set for 2 years and it wouldn't crank up. So the husband told me instead of $100 give him $75 for the more in that I will have to get it serviced... Well I'm so proud to say that for the first time in my life I followed RU-vid and had taken the carburetor apart and got it started by the grace of God myself! 🤗 I thank you so much for your layman termed video and may God bless you further in your knowledge! 🤗
Thanks for taking the time to make this video. There aren't many people that would dedicate their time to going step-by-step and explaining theory of operation for some of the pieces. My mower cranked on first pull after following your walkthrough. Thanks again.
You're welcome Austin, and thanks for the feedback. I frequently get complaints from folks that I talk too much and take too long...from people who then go on to say they already know how to do whatever it is I'm showing. It's like "why are you watching then?". Haha. Thanks for taking the time to comment
OMG ive been having the same issue with my mower, and your the only video that showed to disassemble the jet and clean the holes with a needle, would you believe i did that to my mower, and SON OF A ...... the thing started right up...made my day alot better
Big thank you from South Dakota! We bought this lawnmower last year and stored it over the winter never running it. I took it apart checked everything and it started! Thanks brother!
Went to mow my lawn today & mower would t start. Almost dropped it off at local shop to have them figure it out. Then I came across this video, followed it step by step & sure enough mower fired right up! Thank you sir!
Worked like a champ. My mower was brand new and I cut the yard once. The next time it would start but die immediately. I knew it had to be the carburetor. The video helped figure out how to get it off. One thing to careful of: the sediment bowl o ring will swell when using Gumout. Take it off first. I was able to get it back in but I had to work at. I found the brass jet had tarnished sitting in the box from the factory. Great video.
I truly appreciate your time to post this video. I watched it from start and finished. I worked on my Craftsman mower the way you showed us and it actually worked. God bless you!
Thanks for the awesome video !! Was able to clean and flush out my Florida flood mower from hurricane Idalia and brake down and clean the carb. Works great now. I told my wife see, all these video's I watch on RU-vid university pay off. LOL. Signed, wish I was a small engine mechanic. LOL Thanks from Weeki wachee Fl.
Awesome! I tried to follow a bunch of shortcut videos that didn’t work. Came back to your video and got it knocked out. It took about 4 pulls and it cranked up like a champ. Thank you!
Thank you for this video!!!! I watched the video twice then attempted to clean the carb myself (my friends know I have zero mechanic skills). The fist time I put it back together it didn't run, so tore it apart again and within 15 minutes she was running on the first pull! Appreciate you and the video.
So glad I found both of your videos! I often read the comments of most videos and was glad I purchased Mechanic In A Bottle along with the carburetor cleaner. I did almost all of your steps, except for the float needle disassembly. I put about 3 ounces of the Mechanic In A Bottle in the empty tank. My mower sputtered but didn't start. Pulled a few times nothing. Took the air filter back often and sprayed some carb cleaner and starter into the assembly. Again the mower started, but stalled. Used the carb cleaner again and the mower finally started! For the first ten seconds it didn't sound like it would it stay running. I tried a strap around the auto shutoff handle so that I could add some fuel before the Mechanic In A Bottle ran dry. I added less than half a tank and lower it idle and adjust itself for about three minutes, until it was no longer surging. Then I cut the grass until I ran out of gas. After adding more fuel the mower started right up. Thanks again everyone. I think this is my third season with this mower. I thought I ran out dry at the end of the season. I'll be adding with fuel stabilizer or the Mechanic In A Bottle at the end of the season to the fuel that used too run the tank dry. Also, you have a new subscriber.
Thank you Eric, I am humbled. I am grateful for subscribers like you that take the time to leave detailed comments like this...it makes the whole video and process better. Thank you!
@@jcx2bby it's awesome that you take the time to reply to every comment. I wish I had that dedication. People like you that have the know how and willingness to share with others it's what RU-vid is all about! Again thank you for the high quality recordings and good luck to your family with Zumba and school. There's another RU-vidr that I have to add to my DIY playlist. Need to replace the auxiliary battery in my hybrid and minor disassembly is required. Thankful for people that allow others to gain new skills while saving money. (Ford C-Max so that is not a vague posting.)
@@MacGyver1991 Well I try...as you see sometimes it takes me awhile to get back to the comments. And sometimes RU-vid doesn't notify me that a new comment has posted so I miss it completely. Thank you for the well wishes; I am truly glad that the virtual zumba classes are over because the super-loud latin music was about to drive me insane. Appreciate your comments, thanks again for watching and commenting!
This worked like a charm. We bought the same mower on the 4th of July last year after finally giving up on our 25+ year old 1994 Craftsman mower, which I rebuilt the carburetor on and gave a complete tune up on to no avail. I used this new mower several times last year with new good gas, the mower wasn't left out or anything, but it wouldn't start this spring. So, I referred to this video and cleaned out the carburetor with carb cleaner, then rinsed it with water, dried it well, and also used some starter fluid as he suggested, and it fired right up on the first try.
@@jcx2bby - It's funny because it's not something I really ever had to do on the old mower until just very recently, but it finally quit on us. I may still take it apart again just to give it a chance since it is our old mower and is the same one we had from when I was a teenager. You can get parts for the old mower anymore, though.
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Hope I’m not the only one that blew on it like he did. Got it running immediately after watching this! Bless you. Sucks this is happening to so many people.
Dude!! This was an amazing video. I’ve been having issues with my lawn mower not turning on for about 2 months. I watched the video like twice and decided to do it to try it out even though I was nervous of the tedious steps. My dad is disabled handyman so I wanted to find a way to fix it myself without having to pay hundreds of dollars to fix it. I followed each step then rewatched it backwards to put it together and IT TURNS ON NOW.! Thanks for sharing!
Great video big guy! I wanted to try one last ditch effort before I started breaking everything down and cleaning it. I bought a $6 bottle of mechanic in a bottle. Emptied the old fuel and mixed with some fresh fuel. Sprayed with staring fluid like you recommended and it has been running ever since. Thanks!
Thank you sir for posting this. It ended up being the same issue you had. This helped give me the confidence to complete the job and fixed my mower. Keep up the good work!
I did this today, new mower (from last year, I borrowed my friend's mower the rest of the summer) only ran 4 times and then wouldn't start. I had that white crusty stuff at the smaller hole, cleaned all places with a needle and blew thru it. I didn't remove the float but I did a visual check to make sure no gas was inside the floats. Mower started right up! I let it idle a bit and turned it off. It only took about an hour to do but I didn't rush. Thanks sooo much for this. I also have another "new" mower that only started 3-4 times, that one is self-propelled. I didn't feel like messing with it back when it stopped starting so I bought a cheap mower which is the one I just fixed. I will definitely fix the self-propelled and use that one. Crazy how they both did the same thing.
You sir had me rolling at the 7mm vs the 8mm bolts 🤣🤦♂️ Took the words right out of my mouth but you said it a lot nicer than I. We just got this used and here he told me just needs a new spark plug lol. I'm almost certain i'm going to be doing this to get her to work! The starting fluid deal, cant even find words for that diagnosis tool, but it's completely logical... 💯Thanks for this video.
I still can't figure the need for different sized.bolt heads when the fasteners are that small but what do I know. Good luck with your new mower, and thank you for watching and commenting on my video!
This made my lawnmower start on the first pull! Thank you so much! I didn't see anything in there really, but I did all you said and VROOMM! Started right up! Subscribed, thanks again.
@@jcx2bby I needed your hilarious commentary on the sheer randomness of briggs and stratton bolt sizes. I was sitting there getting peeved at it and watched your video and laughed HARD! That made my day.
Thank you for the time you put into making this video on the next one. Take me about a half an hour start to finish and in the end the lawn mower started on the first pull. Liked the video and subscribe as well
Thanks, man. I am a small engine noob. The details like socket size were amazing. I did everything like you showed and it wouldn't srart until the sixth pull. Exactly what you showed in the video. Thanks, again
I have a M320 but the carburetor is the same and after watching this and another video to clean out my gas tank I got it going on the first pull! Thanks.
Nice job, and you're right about not bending those metal rods. They are super important to how well it runs and starts. But you got them backwards in the description. The first one you grabbed, that goes to the front of the carb is the automatic choke. It holds the choke closed and as soon as the mower starts the air coming off the fly wheel pushes it away and opens the choke. The other rod is the governor and controls engine speed.
Thanks took it step by step even on the part 2 video everything worked I was scared to break it down but I managed and it work with no cleaning spray I just rinsed the plastic stuff in the carburetor and put it back on it worked thanks so much
After I cleaned mine out and tried to start it... it wouldn't start either... so I just primed it with starting fluid and it hit once, sputtered , then fired right up... think it just needed priming!! Thank you so much... I've never torn into a carb., so i was hesitant... but you made it easy dude!! thanks!!
Thank you for this!! I got a new mower late February and I've yet to get to to start or even make a sound(city girl, first lawn). I'm going to try that spray and see how it goes.
@@jcx2bby I just got back in. Went to get the starter and sprayed it where you showed. It's making a rubbing sound now, almost like a low honk but it still won't start and it's literally new out the box. Do you have any idea what it could be? Thanks for your reply 💟
@@Sisa_Limpson there should be a warranty, go trade it in. make sure you use new gas can and fresh gas if you get new mower. As for rubbing sound make sure there is no blade obstruction.
@@Sisa_Limpson adjust your handle. It may be blocking the blade. If you turn the mower over and see that the handle is too far down and blocking the blade just unscrew the handle and bring it up to the next notch
Fan-effin-TASTIC. Followed step by step til' I got to the carb(since you said the bowl it sat in seemed to be the problem). Then reassembled it! Boom, works!! A neighbor was going to throw this away, I asked if I can have it. I feel bad that it was this easy to fix but they already had a new one so 🤷🏾
Amazing video! Thanks for the step by step process. Greatly detailed and an amazing walkthrough. Totally gave me the know how and I was able to fix the mower right away. Thankyou!!!!!
Great video! Best advice was at the end... “if it doesn’t work, do it again”. Unfortunately, I had to do it twice and the only thing I changed was the second time I waited to put my tools away until it started. It did. You the man! Thanks.
DUDE!!!! Thanks so much!!! This worked for me. I have the same exact model. It didn’t run the first few pulls because it had to get the fuel back in the system, I guess but it started right up after a few tries. I didn’t clean it with any sprays but just wiped it down. So Big Thanks.
Just used this to get my pos M110 running. I guess I'll be looking it up next year too. I should see if I can find one of these on marketplace. It would be a nice flip. I took it slow and easy so it wasn't what I'd call fast but it wasn't brain surgery either.
this thing has been giving me a headache for a week or so I took everything apart cleaned the carb multiple times and nothing. I lifted the back of it and manually turned the blades with my hands a few times and BOOM starts right up. Hope this helps!
Thanks for this vid - very good. They made a toy lawnmower now one winter season later I have to learn the ins and outs of lawn mowers to cut my grass again.
Thank you so much for your video. I was almost to the point of burning this mower lol. Thankfully I saw your video and took everything apart and cleaned it and it's working like new.
Excellent it work just like you said did exactly how you said and when I pried the lil middle piece loose them 3 lil holes 2 of them was stopped up. I believe from the manufacture cause its brand new and like the holes was not all the way open on 2 of them stuck the needle on both sides I was able to blow threw felt all 3 holes air came threw put everthing back together and walla pulled a few times it caught and been mowing my half of acre lol thanks
Awesome video - this solved my issue. I bought this mower last season - literally used it twice would not start this season. I called Craftsman they told me I had to bring it to a tech - I paid $400.00 for this brand new last season - had a tech look at it - couldn't get it started. I'll never buy a Craftsman product again. Great video and thanks so much.
David, sadly your experience is like so many others. I know that the main problem with these carbs gumming up is the ethanol fuel we use BUT. The manufacturers should be held accountable to find a carb that isn't succecptible after just one season.
I have the same model and it's been barely 2 months but won't start. Even though I have the tools and the expertise to fix it(thanks to your video), I will return the lawnmower. Would rather spend a few more $$$ and get something more reliable that will at least last a whole season.
Magneto clearance! Got one for free. Seemed pull start was normal. Fresh fuel. Would gradually start with multiple pulls but even then it would stumble on very low rpm for several seconds then get going. Once it started, it ran good. Spark was good. Compression good. Very dirty filter. Carb had been molested so I bought a replacement. Same prob. Checked valve lash and adjusted. Same prob. Decided to take engine cover off to see if there was a problem in there. Noticed the magneto looked too close to the flywheel. Used the business card trick to adjust. Fired right up. I guess the incorrect magneto clearance was from the factory.
Hey man thanks for the video. Bought one off OfferUp and they guy said it was only used one last year. Got home and it didn't crank so I thought I was had! However followed these instructions and it worked!
Great video! Thanks for making it. I had an opportunity to buy this mower (used only 4 times) for $30. After watching I realized its a piece of junk. Even if I fixed it by watching your video, chances are it would just break again in 2-3 months. :-)
That second linkage is for the automatic choke. The Other end runs to the muffler. As the muffler heats up the bimetallic element pushes the linkage and opens the choke.
Hey dude, watched this video yesterday and decided to tackle this project today. Thanks to your video, I disassembled it, cleaned everything, put it back together, and it literally started on the first pull. How much do I owe you?! 🥲
@@kitpalencar5165 I tend to agree. While I can see that manual chokes on these little engines aren't entirely necessary, not having a primer makes things difficult sometimes.
This is a great video, and is very informative. However, the first thing I would recommend to start with is just spraying a little more starting fluid in upon initial check. My buddies wouldn’t start and had only been used one Indiana summer. I was totally prepared to take this apart and clean all the ports etc, but before I did I tried having the wife pull it while I sprayed the starting fluid. Once I got it started and it ran off the spray for 2 seconds, it was fine. Again, the video is great, but potentially save yourself some work and try this first.
I'm torn on landscape vs portrait mode when I make these vids now. When I look at the metrics for my viewership, so many views come from mobile phones, that I've begun to film more and more in portrait because people are using their phones to watch when they are working on their mowers. Landscape shows more detail, but since youtube supports the larger portrait mode now , I've begun to abandon landscape. Sorry 😐
My mower went from being completely dead to cranking on the first pull. Thank you for the video! My advice to all who have used this technique and don't want to have to repeat: If your mower will lay idle for months, let it run until you burn every drop of gas. That's the root of the problem.
Bro, this and the part 2 video saved my ass and my parents possibly some money and definitely some time today. They wanted to take it to Lowe's to have it looked at, I think k its still under warranty.
Nice! Glad you found the video useful! It would most likely have been a waste of time to take it back, Lowes after sales service is pretty dismal. Good job!
I should have bought the mower I had to prime. This is BS! This video I will save for my son to fix. Thinking your getting the most for your money. Read the fine print. I'm so done. Two hours later: I got it started without the breakdown. I cleaned the filter vacuumed the filter area, drained the gas out and kicked and shooked it. Came back two hours later and it started. Hallelujah!
Great video! Got the same mower. Last of last year's mowing season, it would start first pull every time. Sat in the garage over winter, first time trying to start today, and it wouldn't. Spraying starter gets it to turn over but it won't keep running. So, something in the carb, likely. So, what it the PREVENTATIVE takeover that might avoid this - is it draining the gas before storage? Using only non-ethanol gas? What? Thanks!
I think the best prevention you can do is to store it inside somewhere if you can, and drain all the gas out. If you can't drain the gas or don't want to, run ethanol free gas in these things. It's the ethanol especially when mixed with just a little bit of moisture, that causes all the stuff to build up in these carbs
Thanks much for your response. Did the cleanout procedure in the video. Mower is like new. Would not start afterward. BEFORE the cleanout, using starter fluid got it to turn over but it quickly shut off. Did the cleanout (no obvious dirt or sediment in carb), but no start afterward, tried starter again, and this time nothing at all. Last of last season, it worked PERFECT, started within 1-2 pulls. Also, drained all the fuel out, filled back with ethanol-free, and installed a new sparkplug. Nothing. Weird. Very frustrating. BTW, this model has no primer button. I even tried the trick of tilting the mower on left to help gas flow into the carb - no luck. Any thoughts? Thanks!
I have this exact same mower that was having this exact same issue and I solved it in 30 seconds...and this guy could have done the same thing. Modern gas has a fairly high detergent content and doesn’t usually gum up these little carbs much unless they’ve really been sitting a LONG time. All this guy had was a sticky needle valve-you could tell because it hung up before falling out. Sometimes the float can stick a little as well. Before you go taking anything off and start tearing apart the carburetor unnecessarily simply take a screwdriver handle and give the bottom of the carb bowl a few firm taps. This usually is enough to jar the float and/or needle valve loose. I did this and it started right up. Work smart, not hard. To prevent future issues put about an ounce of Seafoam in with the gas. Problem solved.
@@jcx2bby I didn't say your way was necessarily "wrong"; I merely pointed out that trying this before tearing down a carb makes more sense, especially on what looks like a low hour engine.
