Pull rope is tough to pull 

Oh BTW. When you unpack a new lawn mower, there are little tags and stickers all over the engine to tell you to add oil before starting. Same with any 4 cycle engine.

Interesting. No weird or over bearing (lengthy, longer) channel introduction? No loud back ground music? No bad microphone for vocals? No "not getting straight to the point"? Then this is definitely a professional channel.

hard to pull or won't pull?....take out the spark plug and then keep pulling the rope until you see the oil shoot out from the spark plug hole. when you see no more oil coming out wipe the oil from the plug and put back in. should start right up.

Awesome, clean/concise video. Great initial troubleshooting video if it's suspected that it may not just be the oil level (lubrication issue)!

You the only one that showed where to put the damn brakeline I just bought this damn thing ready to throw it away cause I thought it wasn't going to work. Thank you this was a help.

I have a craftsman lawn mower that did the same thing. It's a few years old and I never changed the oil. The last time I started it, it slowly died like it ran out of gas but I had fresh gas in the tank. When I pulled on the cord, I could barely pull it. I checked the oil and there was a small drop of oil on the tip of the stick. I thought, oh oh, but I was not ready to accept defeat. I filled it with fresh oil and sprayed seafoam in the cylinder through the sparkplug hole. To my amazement it started easily on the first pull and runs great! Just some FYI.

Agree with below. Everyone is trying to be John Cameron, or Stephen Spielberg. Thanks for getting to the point. So much talk on many RU-vids.

I spend more time pulling this damn string than I should. I'm so over this mower.. Getting a rider this week. Shouldn't be this difficult.. Its brand new.. 😵😤

Several years ago I learned a similar story. With nothing less than a brand new Alfa Romeo. By brand new I mean out of the show room, that kind of new! That particular Alfa dealer gave the task of preparing and finish the car, for client delivery. To the new kid who add been there for just a few days... an apprentice at best. Long story short. The client was still able to drive almost 150 km (not bad)! Than the engine gave up. Leaving behind a huge mess to be cleared among client/dealer/Alfa. With the middle man (dealer) trying to wash their hands out of the subject. I know for certain that the client took months to get a new car... Nowadays I'm not sure. But at that time it was common for many brands to send their new cars "dry". Oil of the type recommended for the particular market and place. Was added as part of the pre-deliver operations.

To answer what I'd do, replace the head gasket, fill it up full of ATF, get it freed up, turning smoother and try running it again. It'll probably at least somewhat run, might be salvageable, and even if you used it until it died again, can't beat the price.

Its just a mower... Put thick oil in it and send it

My mower starts when my step dad pulls it. But I am not strong enough. I was weight training for a few months before quarantine and the gyms closed. Trying to figure out a way that I can start it on my own. I hate the fact that I have to as a man to start my mower for me. I will continue my search.

Don't move the blade without disconnecting the spark plug. Keep those hands!

I have one of these, and a Bolens I got from the same guy, both are brand new, less than ten minutes run time. He had a gas can with a aftermarket nozzle on it, watered his own gas. I gave $10 for the pair, they run SMOOTH too.

God.... The sheer stupidity that runs through people is unbelievable!!!! I mean really???? There's stickers and tags that say must add oil😁😁😁

Informative,yes...encouraging, not so much.🤨

Crap mower

Spray some aluminum spray paint into the motor and see ìf the aluminum paint will fill in the grooves so it will run like new.... Just kidding....

The flywheel key could’ve been sheared

I'm having difficulties pulling mines and its brand new the string won't pull all the way

I purchased one of these recently.....and it came with a bottle of oil.

On my mower when I pull the string it makes a winey sound. Mower won't start.

Came here for help. All I got was Engine is fucked.

Why not check valve adjustment first?

Learned so much, ty!

i just wanted a tip to start mower if not strong. not an entire engine removal

your clickbait got me

You helped me ... I added new pull start, but did not release the brake bar when attempting to start.... thought it related to the fuel part. Watched your video then, when I redid my effort, the mower started. Guess I will return the new one I ordered. LOL

Agree with the other guys, your channel is professional. I really appreciate the fact you get straight to the point, have great camera work, and you have the perfect voice which is easily and clearly understood. Maybe you could get voiceover work? Regarding this top quality tin foil machine, I'd be tempted to oil up the bore etc, fill it with oil and see if it actually runs? You have no money into it and it would be an interesting video to hear the engine and see if it made power to mow. Just a thought. Would be good channel content though, people love that sort of thing. I'm from NZ, but I'm guessing that is about as cheap as mowers get? We have very similar here which are around $250 new, total rubbish.

Thank you I put mine all together and forgot to bring up the handle and it wouldn't start the blades wouldn't even turn now I know why life saver

Thanks man! Spent way too much time trying to figure this out before I found your video.

The problem with this mower is it's a Hyper Lame brand mower from Walmart. 125cc piece of sheeeyat.

I know this is an older video but do you know the model number of this engine or where to find it. B and S says 3 places but none of those 3 places have it on this engine

strange they didn't just take it back to Walmart and got a second and a third one to burn...

Dont you need special tools to put the internals back together or is that only for larger engines like cars?

Looks like a good mower. My guess is you should turn it on its side . Disconnect the wire from the plug..then try turning the BLADE. After a few times and the BLADE turns, reconnect the spark plug, set the mower upright, then try the recoil rope now. It should work now. If not..then you have a problem on your hand. It ALWAYS worked for me. Good luck.

Does this explain why it is so difficult for many people to start pull-string motors such as this lawnmower or even a gas-powered chainsaw?

Those things are so cheap that it might be totaled.

Lam.Tot Well.Done

My hypertough mower from Walmart is new. It came with oil. I put oil in the mower prior to starting. It is still very hard to start. Any suggestions? I will not buy this brand again even tho it has a Briggs and Stratton engine. Ugh! 😟 Thanks for this video but this does not help my problem.

My pull rope doesn't pull all the way. It stops

Break handle releasing the break pad from the flywheel. LOL. Good one!

Put back together with a new head gasket, add oil. Add gas, remove sparkplug, pull over several times. Replace spark plug, if it starts, let it run. Will probably seat the cylinder and crank bearings anyway.

You could possibly get by with a light hone & new piston rings to hone the scratches out. When I honed my 3hp engines cylinder out it had minor scratches in the cylinder but not enough that I can feel the scratches with my fingernail, after a light hone & new piston rings,the engine didn't burn oil anymore. Yes,I didn't get a Richards,one of them who was in my area seized the engine up in his brand new Yamaha YZ125 motocross bike engine that his dad bought him. He didn't put any 2 stroke oil in the oil tank before he rode it so that damage which was done to $6000 AUD worth of motorbike in the 1990's obviously wasn't covered under warranty !

Very obvious that previous owner would be a candidate for a Electric mower

What kind of oil would you put in this type of mower

Thank you soooooooo much worked like a charm!

I just bought one of these mowers used and it’s so fun to use!

I can’t seem to find the follow up video to this one. Was this the only one for this mower?

You’re GOOD you know your stuff! Not sure why you ANY thumbs down there should be all thumbs up 👍🏾 Thanks for the info!!!!

No kidding that's a shame on not putting oil in it....... I don't know if you took it apart yet ???? If you didn't I have a suggestion for you ....... Get a new head gasket and put it back together........ Then halfway flood the cylinder with Marvel Mystery oil and put some of the same in the crankcase .............. Turn the mower on its ass end to let the oil in the cylinder soak for a day..... Then take the spark plug out and spin the engine with a drill to blow it out ........ Then keep spinning the engine with the drill to circulate the oil in the engine..... Let that soak for a while while spinning every 2 or 3 hours......... Check compression with the drill turning the engine ...... Remember you have the ACR in that engine...... If you have at least 45 PSI you are good to go ......... I have done that a few times on the older L Heads and they did fine......... Let me know Mon Ami ~!~!

I also bought one from Wallmark a self repel. It was new out of the box. I put oil in it and it’s hard to pour just like this video. Mow great check the oil cranked up Sometimes I had had issues cranking it other times I didn’t you had to put some arm behind it to crank it. They started smoking and cut off. I’ve not messed with it cents. My next project.

I think you should keep all the spares such as covers coil gaskets springs flywheel ecc everything that wasn't damaged so you have new spare parts on hand

I know a Toro that had the same thing happen to it. oth it and yours never had a chance. people! BLESSINGS!

I am having trouble with a mower, I went to start it up because I stored it with gas, it sputtered, made a few clunks, and It's stuck, I can get it to move back and forth about 1/16 of a rotation. It's a modern Briggs 190cc engine and I'm scared the con rod let go. Please help! It's only 2 seasons old It is winter so I'm concerned the cheap plastic cam gear has something to do with it

Someone cooked it no oil not a one.

Nice video. So my brake cord or activation cord broke. Thought mine had plenty of oil on the dip stick but maybe that’s a false reading. What’s weird is I don’t see any mechanism for the end of the safety/activation lever to attach near the motor. Probably a way to totally bypass that safety feature. Really bizarre

Where’s pt2

Good video. Well done.

Those motors are tough. I would've added oil and run it. You'd be surprised. May smoke a little but that could stop. The crank and rod journals are likely scored but if it doesn't make noise run it. Rebuilding a $99 mower isn't worth it.

I seen worse , cleaning that up won't take long , seams like it's only very minor scoring , it's when the rings snap and float around is when you cry 😭.. Put oil in it , start it and put it on eBay , problem solved 😂 that's a joke .

I knew a guy that did this. He bought a new mower, never read the directions, started it up, and seized it. Amazingly the store took it back and gave him a refund. Can you rebuild this and rehone the cylinder? I rehoned a B&S from 1964 once in an engine rebuild class. It was pretty easy but that was 25 years ago.

Unfortunately, thats why i usually hunt the older ones. The fresh pallet buys (as i call them, because sellers typically buy these by the pallet from HD or Lowes liquidators. These are RTVs , or Return to Vendor because they are damaged , defective, warranty etc where they are returned to the manufacturer and the manufacturer doesnt want them and just take the loss and so they sell them super to cheap liquidator wholesale houses for a few bucks. They in turn mix these up with other RTV items, toasters, coffee makers, etc and but them on a pallet 6 ft high. Plastic wrap them and sell the pallet like a " grab bag" if you remember as a kid , and the price could be from $100 to $200 per pallet. I stay away because 85 to 90 percent of pallet buy engines were either run without oil or the 2 cycle ones were run with straight gas.

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Excellent video

why is it that people will pay hundreds for machines then destroy them by not reading the hand books or getting them serviced , still its good for business

I'm never going to get this fixed. I can never find a video that actually fixes it.

That's like the most disappointing ending since Jaws 2.

Stumbled across this video in research for my mom's identical mower. On first examination the air foam filter was saturated with oil. As it ran fine last season and she couldn't get it to start. I removed the plastic cover and noticed that the tube coming from the engine block was feeding oil into the air filter which I had a fear that the oil got into the carburetor. I cleaned as much as possible which wasn't bad. I then checked the plug and it was filed with oil. I replaced the plug and put everything back together. Now the recoil/pull rope is locked up. I'm planning on taking the recoil cover off again and plug. Plug first. It just may be in a compression lock. Hopefully it will run again.

Dirty black oil after a factory test??!!

I picked up an old Bolens mower that was rusted through mostly to get the discharge chute and spare parts from the engine, it was a 2013 model so it was the first year they made these little OHV Briggs engines, the engine seemed fine, I went and stuck it on another deck I had then it wouldn't turn over anymore, I adjusted the valve lash to around 4 thou on both rockers and it was still way too hard to pull on the compression stroke, I took the head off and it didn't look excessively carboned, it looked like the compression release was tipping the rocker in the head, I don't know maybe the compression relief was sticking or the cam lobes were incredibly worn, the oil that came out was pretty dark and it's a cheap unit with the foam filter, so it's probably just worn out, I gave up on it because I see absolutely no value in trying to open these engines up since first I'd have to get the well rusted on blade adapter off and then I'd have to open it and even if I did find a failure I'm not going to fix a 10 year old high hours one of these engines, so to the curb it went for the scrap pickers.

Hi Did you have an follow up? Mine is the same har dto pull the rope. I will take it apart and to fix the hole thing. Have an Briggs and Stratton. Thanks for the vid, please send me answer about the part nr 2-vid if you have.

Waaaay too complicated!

Clearly whomever ran it right out of the box didn't read the big warning label they put on the gas cap that states to fill the crankcase with oil before starting, usually there is a bottle of oil in the box with the mower. Sad because that engine only has a few minutes of use.

You have to check to see if the brake is engaging the flywheel with the handle engaged.

Very fascinating

I have a 2-Cycle Powermate rototiller that suddenly became extremely hard to pull the rope. When I remove the plug the engine works freely. As soon as I put the plug back in, it's almost impossible to pull the rope out about 6 inches max and that with extreme difficulty. I'm a big strong fellow and I've never seen anything like this before.

That’s too bad, Just for kicks How about putting it back together. Add some oil and do a compression test. Then try to start it if it’s compression is high enough.

I am having same problem with edger. similar engine from B&S . be sure to film the rebuild. I may need to do same.

That's a shame... another case where the previous owner wasn't smart enough to own a mower. It's a great parts engine & a good candidate for a repower. Thanks for the video 👍

Good video. Gets to the point of this one engine screwed up by previous owner.

Put some oil in it. Put Marvel Mystery Oil in it. Probably 12 oz. oil and 5 oz. Marvel Oil. Start it up

I have the same mower, the person said it comes with oil in it 🤷‍♀️ so I ran it lol

Now I wonder how the heck they forgot to put oil in the engine. The oil is literally one of the first things you pull out when unboxing. Maybe they didn't know where it goes? They should have read the owner's manual to see where to put the oil. The only other thing I can think of is that the mower wasn't shipped with oil. It's a shame this mower had died so young. It's so clean!

Unfortunately it's not worth your time or effort to attempt fixing these mowers. Complete waste of time, disposable mowers. I can get 10 more for free, fix em and sell then sell them. Hard lesson for homeowner mower.