This ride on lawn mower is rusty and rotten. It has been left in an open fronted shed for decades. The engine won't turn over and the whole thing looks like it's ready to be scrapped. Will it run? Thank you to my Patrons / daggerwin
I prefer the narrated version. With other, non-narrated videos, it seems like I am always trying to guess what they are doing. I watch these for the tutorial as well as entertainment value so I like to know what someone is doing and why. On a side note, I clicked on this video totally by chance and immediately recognized the voice from one of my favorite simulated farming related channels. When I double checked to see if I was right, it turns out I had watched your restoration videos before but did not recognize you because it was one of your non-narrated versions. You produce some very good, entertaining videos. Thank you!
Dude. I'm so totally not into gardening or lawns in any way whatsoever, but I do love it when people restore or re-use things that can be saved, especially in this disposable society we seem to exist in. I also thoroughly enjoy watching someone with real knowledge and skill do their thing. You are convincingly competent, cool, calm and a joy to listen to. Thank you and keep 'em coming 👍. My two penn'orth - I would replace that drive belt, sort the charging, maybe repair the rot-spots, and then totally leave that glorious machine ratted up 😁. Just rub it down a bit as is and clear coat it. Wasteland ride-on 😁 👉👉👉. 😎
thankyou for giving good lighting and clear details on your work, and its a nice thing to hear you tinkering and speaking of what your doing or working on. thank you very much for your good work :)
I like all your videos, narrated and silent. Keep them coming!! I had an old 8 hp Briggs, flat head. Couldn't get the flywheel screen off so just cut a round hole in it and then spun started it with my half inch drill by squirting a little gas into the spark plug hole BEFORE doing a bunch else to it!
This is awesome.. i love seeing old machines run again... i restored an old gas pump thst had been sitting in my backyard for 50 years.. i just got it working back in April...
There's always a high degree of personal satisfaction when resurrecting an old neglected piece of machinery like this, no matter how many different times you've done it, you inspire people to want to give it a try themselves, congrats on getting it to work, makes more sense to reuse it rather than scrap it 👍
I will never understand how some people can leave a perfectly good piece of machinery out to be ruined by the elements...rust weld and glue weld....two new terms for my vocabulary! Excellent work and the narrative does provide context, detail, and a much needed human element of understanding as well as a priori reasoning. Be well and stay healthy.
I've got that beat. My older brother left many hundreds of family photographs and slides out in the weather to be ruined. The whole photographic record of our youth is gone forever.
Great format for your videos. I love these so much. Just really talented mechanic work every time. Funny, but you've taught many of us so much. I've fixed a couple lawnmowers just using the knowledge you share. Thanks for the videos and the help over the years of watching your channel.
I have a similar type and been having a problem getting the throttle linkage right but looking at yours I may have the solution. Glad to see it wasn't trashed. Great video.
It amazes me that I could sit through the entire video swearing to myself that I could move on at any second. You are a master at what you're doing and the way you do it. The work is very good as well.
I love your commentated and silent videos equally; they're just different types of video. The restoration vids are soothing and entertaining to watch, but the narration like this is fascinsting, explaining what it is I'm seeing! Feel like I've learned a lot
A perfect video of restoration. I like the narration as you get more information. Although it's not a Westwood, it's helped me to restore mine. (I have 9.)
Machinery restorer another great video yes you inspired myself to save scrap lawnmower and get them going I have five Briggs and Stratton ,a tecumseh and a Mountfield push on cheers
That mower is almost exactly like the one my father mowed with for years, including the rust. The decal said "Murray 8", but it's the same mower. We used it in our lawn care business with the original engine, but we switched that for a 12 HP Briggs. It got new deck bearings, and it's blades ran as smooth as I've ever seen. We never painted it, and I always thought it was funny that a mower that looked that rough could do so good of a job.
Bukk Willdd , the biggest problem with these machines is that the steering eventually gets really bad and the machines tend to wander all over the place. I have an old MTD with the two cylinder Tecumseh engine that works great but nobody will work on it. I did replace the bushings and that helped a bit but it will still give your arms a workout on a yard as large as mine. I bought a new Craftsman which is a 42" cut just like the MTD and even though there are many years difference in their ages and body design, underneath they are basically the same mower.
These videos are great! The silent, mysterious black- gloved mechanical restorer genius was very intriguing to watch.. but narration and occassional orange gloves worn is also ok.
i really enjoy you leaving commentary it really shows you want to entertain and you want us to understand your thought process, unlike other restoration videos i don't know why they do what they do sometimes. thank you for taking the initiative cheers mate!
you'd think that brand name (briggs and stratton) screwdriver made specifically to remove carburetor jets would be made of sterner stuff... wrecked by a brass component lol
We had one of these when I was a teenager (quite a while ago) helping out at the rv park my family had. First time seeing one since, thanks for bringing back the memory.
Well done Mate! Love the old Briggs L-heads! Ran my Grandfathers Montgomery Ward's 10/38 for years and he bought it used. Never gave any issues at all. BTW, my Wife is from Hayes/Uxbridge area. :-)
Great video! Just started my own restoration/tune up, first in a few years: an agri fab leaf vac from the late 80s early 90s. It runs but still needs some tlc. It has a weird 5hp (12.5cuin) horizontal shaft briggs - governor, throttle, and shutoff are all entangled with the gas tank and gas tank mount. Realized I haven't touched a horizontal shaft Briggs in probably 6 or 7 years, and that one was old enough I used the briggs "antique" manual (then it broke a con rod I suspect) - what a goofy looking engine this is! Thanks for the video!
Oh my god I just realised that your also the guy from daggerwin channel, I thought that you sounded familiar and so I looked at your channels page and now I feel so stupid. I love! Your channels and have been subscribed to daggerwin for almost like 2 years now!!!
I enjoy your talking videos alot more! It helps to follow along better and explains questions you have. But either way, whichever you choose, I will still watch both :)
OMG we have the Sears/Craftsman version of this....My dad got it from our scoutmaster almost 25-27 years ago. First project me and my dad really worked on together. We fixed the engine, the deck and then repainted it. To this day it still runs and is used at my parents second home in NH. I believe we still have the belt part numbers written on the wall in our shed. The 10HP motor will never die.
Narrated most definitely preferred. This is the first one I’ve seen with you talking. Would much rather you explaining it. Really enjoyed it. Thank you.
I watch these at work when I'm feeling overwhelmed. Thank you for making these, they really are calming! Also helping calm my butterflies of getting married in 3 days.
Exactly what I was looking for...great explanation of each process! I have a Dixon 3303 ZTR, which is in really great shape (body, tires) and I thought I could just put in a new battery, do an oil change, etc., but the B&S 10.5 hp engine flywheel will not move. Hopefully, after replacing the circuit breaker, getting the gas out of the system (oil smells like gas), replace the gas shutoff, I can get it started. Really hoping I don't need a new engine. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
I’ve been watching a lot of toy restoration videos and once you got the engine running I was half expecting you to start sandblasting the body in a blasting cabinet! Excellent video, Sir!
Actually...a "how to" series would be awesome! Covering some of the most common issues and/or servicing would be very useful. If you're Lincolnshire way on, I have a few bits & bobs you can demonstrate with lol
I'm pretty sure this was labeled a craftsman sold by Sears back in the early 80's.i would imagine finding a mower deck that is in one piece nearly impossible. I have a feeling this tractor was sold under many different names and retailers. Nice video.
My dad bought one exactly like this in the 80s except it was sold under the Murray brand and we used it for 15 years, it still ran like new when he finally sold it for his first john deere.
No way!Can’t believe I’ve found you Dag, I’ve been watching loads of this channels videos but without the commentary ( love the commentary by the way) and was a very long term subscriber, without even knowing it’s you!!! And then saw this video and thought it sounded familiar since I watch all of your other channels videos such as let’s play, Dennis vlogs etc, I can’t believe it!! Awesome job you must be so busy with all these channels and videos to keep recording them and uploading, keep it up!
Love watching you breath new life into poor neglected equipment. I hope you'll be able to get this one running again withou breaking the bank! I'm also surprised that transmission belt held up!
Excellent recovery. I have never had to undertake a rebuild this involved, but if I had and the engine fired right up like yours, I would feel a very happy sense of accomplishment. You did two things that I think are great ideas. First, you only did what was essential to get the mower operable, thereby avoiding a larger expenditure than necessary, and second, as the process went along and more confidence in the basic integrity of the engine was gained, you converted to electronic ignition. I did this to my older Briggs and Stratton, and was glad I did. Your commentary offers more useful information. Congratulation on a great job. Respect from the USA.
Thank you soooo much for making this video! I just bought the exact same Murray for $25 and I’m fixing it up. Mine has a “Lawn Star” sticker on it and not much rust. I will be using your video to work on it!
This project inspired me to get my old lawn mower tractor and get it running. It's running now and i want to paint it in ford style and thanks for all these videos
Most people would have just thrown this poor tractor into the clapper and that would have been the end of it. But the Machinery Restorer is ready to give it a go!!
That was awesome. Hey the how to moment was appreciated, I would have never known that. I watched this whole video no breaks, good job, wonderful video!
Felt like watching a true professional! Splendid video. As a beginner in mechanics I would've loved to also see how you did the wiring. I'm having some problems with that on my Gilson super-8.
I'm now sat here while the wife has fallen asleep on the sofa watching your video and really enjoying it whilst drinking a glass af very good single malt whiskey, please keep these excellent videos coming and with you talking on them, I really do prefer it, sorry to those who don't but just being honest. 👍
lol we had one of these in the 90's. Nobody wanted it so I think in the end it was left outside to die when replaced with something bigger. It's engine rattled in exactly the same way yours did at the end of the video. Nice that you got yours going again.
This was fun to watch. With the old mowers I usually check the oil, turn it by hand to determine if it has compression then take the air cleaner off and give it a shot of carb spray to see if it will "fire". If it doesn't then check the ignition, if it's the the old points and plugs like this one a good used solid state ignition coil then try the carb spray again. That will usually get them firing for a bit. I'll keep it running with the carb spray long enough to make a decision if it's worth going on with further repairs. Mowing with an old mower I've gotten running is much more satisfying than buying new one and mowing, no challenge in that. . I'm sure you've seen the videos of what we have to deal with here in the states with ethanol gasoline and fuel systems.
Prior to this I’ve only previously seen your 60 year old blue mower video where I don’t remember you talking. It’s without doubt an excellent video and and your written explanations were very informative. However, for me, who is totally ignorant about anything mechanical, I like your narration and explanations. You also have a good clear voice, not like my Lancashire accent. A very enjoyable video thank you.
That was a very cool video 😊. I like the you told us what you are doing. A lot of videos I watch like this they don't say anything. I will be watching more of your videos so thanks .
Wow that's kind of wild to see. Before this I wouldn't of known their where gray import lawnmowers of all things. It looks to be a rebadged Murray from around 1978-1985
I love that transaxle. My sears 10/36 has that same 600 series transmission that ive modified to have a single solid axle shaft and its super strong! Plus the H patter is fun
Dagger I have to know, what’s you’re day job mate? I’m a huge fan of SR and machinery restorer! You make my day with every episode sir! Thanks for everything.
I enjoy watching your videos which are very informative. It would be most helpful if you do a short video on the governor/choke/spring connections on this tractor which common to other machines and which are hidden behind the throttle plate.
