for plastic welding, I use strips of milk carton and a spoon with a torch. heat the spoon and use the spoon for melting the plastics together... fixed many a fuel tank that way.
Don't be afraid to mix and match motors either! I took a 27HP Kohler off a Craftsman GT5000 that had a 1 1/8" shaft and replaced it with a 22HP Briggs and Stratton that only had a 1" shaft. $20 to Amazon and I got a sleeve with oversized key that converted the smaller shaft engine to the bigger. They also offer a 3/4" to 1" adapter as well.
That tractor needs a Farnicastaff kit on it.....and will bring in an extra 100 bucks.......again great vids.....keep em coming.That one comment ....show what happened to the dead motor....and show why its unrepairable.
I wish we were neighbors, I'd probably be at your shop all the time....LOL I enjoy working on my own stuff and occasionally other people's. I've watched a lot of your videos and you are down to earth and I like your common sense approach to repairs. Thanks! -Allen (Big Al) Cox
A metal fish plate to fix the plastic damage on the front cover. Have the metal in the back. So from the front you would just see screw heads and washers. It's much stronger. I fixed my cracked plastic snow shovel that way and it's stronger than new. I was a welder/fabricator/industrial mechanic for over 25 years. I even have done professional plastic welding when installing a new steel bottom in tanks in oil refineries. We had this cool plastic welder to weld the water tight plastic that was laid before the new steel bottom it would weld a inch wide weld. One of the coolest tools I've ever seen or used.
Brother did something similar except the motor was a single cylinder and he swapped a V-twin on instead. I was amazed it worked but it really also improved the performance of that lawn tractor. The donor tractor got the old engine and put in to a local auction.
Cmon, it was funny when you dropped the deck and got it stuck on the lift...good burnout! Overall, I’m thinking about swapping a mower engine and this video gave me a bit more confidence. Thx
I like the plastic welding technique. I once used a similar process to fix a hole I accidentally drilled into a brand new lead-acid car battery I had just bought for my car. Used black zip ties on the black plastic of the battery. When I was done you could barely tell there was ever a hole there! :)
Regardless if there was a bunch of small issues, you would never in a 1000 years see a riding lawn mower that will start up and run with a free sign on it around here (Elgin Ontario) lots of free stuff on the side of the road, but never a riding lawn mower, i wish :-) i love fixing engines
My dad used to make some type of plastic glue by chipping it up then putting it into acetone and then he'd put it on there, and it'd melt itself into the plastic, then it'd evaporate and leave behind a nice seam.
Hi Mustie, when plastic welding use the same plastic, you have plenty of tha stuff, now you just mentioned ththis yourself, same plastic always works best. Great programme keep well.
i recently found this channel and i absolutely love it. I enjoy doing the things you post on this channel. keep up the good work. your videos are entertaining and informative. not many channels can pull off what you do here. you are a wealth of knowledge.
I use the harbor fright... Lol.... Plastic welding tool along with cut up sections of gallon milk containers it melts the quickest with the least fumes... I use it on cracked fuel tanks on mowers.
Hello mustie1, My wife and I saw U on rte 93 going north yester day Fathers Day (19 june 2017) I think we saw u just after the merrimack river bridge. I recognized the lettering first then your VW truck.loaded, well as we passed u I beebed the horn in my Toyota Rav4, with big Army decal on my spare tire cover. cheers
From watching your channel ( you have a interesting and good channel ) I recognized that old VW truck. My wife and I were going up to Salem N.H., it was nice seeing the 59 VW close up. have a good day.
Nice work. I've also heard that taking a paper clip, bending it in a zig zag, then heat it with a propane torch and sink it into the plastic will help re-enforce it. I have not tried it but it certainly makes sense.
Yeah, there is a professional system similar for car bumpers that uses heated staples that press eithe side of the break. A paperclip would work though, although I have used metal mesh before
I have a Toro, Wheelhorse, 16hp,38" deck, just like the one you swapped the motor out off. Would you be interested in selling me the headlight assembly, I'm trying to sell it but it has no eyes to see! Thanks for you videos.
My thoughts on the backfire while in the old chassis is because the coil was still producing spark after the motor stalled and fired off the residual gas. Motor stalling in old chassis possible loss of compression due to valve sticking open due to stale gas and cruddy oil. Pop back thru intake in new chassis due to valve still sticking some but cleaned by fresh oil remediating the sticking. I would have used red soda bottle caps for hood repair; matching color and better quality plastic than zip ties. Or rather than cut up the hood you were keeping, scavenge material off the donor tractor. Altogether very interesting video.
I cut heavy duty paperclips to length and melt them into the plastic across the break in several places. Make sure they are covered with plastic. That seems to work pretty well.
Sounds like the hydro trans was low on oil. I replaced axle seal on a transmission like this on a Cub Cadet changed fluid and it worked great. Depending on hydro trans, able to use Mobil One 5w50 or 15w50 depending on what the hydro trans takes.
never been able to work on a mower with busting a knuckle. Job's never done until I shed a little blood, a lot of sweat and a few tears... oh and a choice word or two.
Always, whenever you work on a rider especially, they have to extract a little blood, a bruise at least, before they are satisfied ;) Mustie1 Brain is such a good friend, hope you slip him some equipment he needs to keep that homestead of his going too!
Mustie1 you should do a teardown of the blown engine on camera to see exactly what happened to it. You may have spare parts enough to do another engine build with no extra money into it. Just a thought. Keep up the good work and have a nice day. Rick
It is not worth it to rebuild a 16 horsepower engine. You would have a fortune in parts and labor. Just get another one and put it on it. It costs $800++ to replace the hydrostat transmission.
If you remove the end of the soldering gun, you can put a piece of mechanics wire in that loops from one end of the gun to the other. It heats the wire up then you can press it in to the plastic and let it cool. Then loosen the screws holding the mechanics wire to the gun and twist the ends of the wire together. It holds better than new. Hahaha works great on snowmobile hoods. And if you do it on the inside of the hood you don't see the wire.
when u been cooooppppeddddddddd uppp tooo long lol... u know everything he is doing as you do it self. yet fun to watch the 1st time. now after 20 times lol .. omg warm weather pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee......... hahaa
Just for future reference, the stator wiring usually in that engine type has one wire to to battery and one to run headlights,there is a rectifier diode to convert AC to DC in close to the connector plug easily identified,the other wire is for lighting,so no need to change stators over.Great videos though Regards
Very nice swap out of the engines! Surprised the base plate and mag ring bolts all lined up. Busy time for you, so know you were in a rush to get it done and uploaded, Thanks for doing so.
Old wound guitar strings are good for reinforcing plastic welding, just chop into small stripes and press gently into the plastic with the end of the iron. Or pieces of metal mesh can also work well
*Slather* on tire gel (Maguires purple) on the entire cowl, let soak couple hours, paper towel off excess. It will remove fade, shine, and UV-Ozone protect, make like new.
a rolling chassis is 200 in europe and a running mower like this is 600+. find anything from a know brand like honda or john deere its all +2k for a running one.
Remember that when trying to climb a ramp the mower deck should be in the fully upright and locked position. If your soldering gun is too hot just use a lamp dimmer with it. Also welding a small plate to an old tip makes for smoother welds. They actually make one like that. Mike (o\!/o)
After nineteen spinal surgeries I need all the help I can get as well. I have a nice workshop with the motorcycle lift electric and gas welders etc.. But I also have two electric winches mounted of the rafters of my garage ceiling. I just mounted a full time 80 amp switching power supply in the attic to run these electric winches. I uses these cable winches all time since my tired ass can't lift much either these days. I use a few long nylon straps and several snatch blocks and I can move anything just about anywhere I want. I spend allot of time in a power chair and can't get into the attic since there is stairs to get there and I'm certainly no good on a ladder. I actually set up a harness with a seat so I can set my ass in it and use my snatch blocks and winches my half crippled ass right up into the attic. I can only do this in one or two areas of my attic, so I have to ask for help once in awhile myself. These electric winches at Harbor freight are pretty cheap and I have found this system very useful. Since I don't get out very much I don't really have allot of people available when I need them, so I try to set up my workshop to do as many things for myself as I can.
Hey buddy. The 15 minute issue was probably the lid off the gravity fed fuel tank being faulty. When the vent in the lid no longer works properly, it stops the fuel from flowing down into the carb.
Mustie, is there anything you can't do?? Lol. there isn't! your videos are awesome as always! love watching this kind of repairs. great video! look forward to many more of videos!
I've been watching quite a few of your videos the past few days and they're addictive as hell ! I love the channel and subscribed . I bet your wife isn't one of those women who complain they can't get their husbands to fix anything aye ?
Harbor freight has plastic welding rod's you use a soldering type iron that feeds the rod into your work, haven't tried it. Plan on doing it but Just don't want to buy one until I need it hope I don't. Heat welds with a soldering iron never seem to hold up and fiberglass won't stick to plastic. There are differnt types of plastic a wire tie might work might not same with coat hanger plastic. but the harbor freight kits comes with differnt types of rod to pick from If I remember correctly.
The one tractor with the bad transmission could likely be fixed with a partial rebuild of the transmission. If it is a tuff torq model trans as most are, they seem to be pretty easy and reasonable to get service parts for. I really wish they would put axle bearings that have rolling elements in the transmission rather than using sleeve bearings and having them wear out and fail so quickly. I know that in the end, it is down to a time and money proposition for these things.
Mustie....Love your wisdom and your videos...I do have a question about your squeeze gas bottles. Do you do them yourself or get somewhere? Gotta get me a couple of those ...!!!
