There Was A Lot More Wrong With This Weedeater Mower Than I was Told 

“I was able to see his fingers but I was unable to see his toes because he had his shoes on”😂I’m sure you didn’t go into this blindfolded like myself I see a name brand and my thoughts are “I’m taking it “ you made it presentable and it’s running 👍we need to know when to hold and when to fold, this is where I walk away. 👏👏love that torch tip making the plastic looking good, thx again for great info.

In case you run into needing a brake again, the Classics and Newer OHV Briggs use the exact same brake part. They are interchangeable. I just worked on that exact same mower over the weekend. Mine had a hole in the rear of the deck (2 actually) and I was going to scrap the deck. Had a rebuilt newer Briggs (swapped a crankshaft from one with damaged rings, into one that ran with a bent crank) that I put on it for testing after removing the classic . After testing, changed my mind, and used some JB Weld Steel Stick and covered the holes. It sold today, as a cheap mower to help someone out. Figured this was originally pieced together from items that were gonna hit the scrap yard originally. Would never get back my time's value, but it was a learning experience and way to save usable materials from the scrap yard while helping someone with a low budget.

I swear we had that same style of mower back in the 1970s. That's the style of mower I learned on. I can't recall the last time I saw a muffler like that on a lawn mower!

This is a good mower motor and it's not smoking and fixing the carp issue is very easy so it's a keeper, i have the exact mower from 2013 and still going strong, Over the years i did change some parts including the brake wire, air filter and spark plug, This year i changed the bulb and fuel tank. one thing you have to check from time to time is that every bolt is tight, ( vibration can make things become lose) And Before the mowing season i spray the brake line with WD40 from the top of the handle and i leave it for sometime, then it will be lubricated all the way to the bottom and easy to move and it will never brake. The Air filter can be cleaned but you can also buy them in bulk for cheap. If you plan to keep it, i would spray paint the deck to keep it rust free. As long as you do the basic maintenance this mower will last you a long time.

These old machine is worth to fix. They don’t make them like they use too. 👍🙏👍🙏

Those old Weed Eaters are sturdy and worth it

Nice looking mower, as old mowers go. Also…the humor in this video, as understated as it was, was hilarious. Outstanding.

I've got that riding mower that I told you about with the bad flywheel and stator. When I determined that the engine was not locked up, I decided to repair it instead of parting it out, since the rest of the mower is in near perfect condition. As I began digging into it, I found the two broken posts for the stator, the fuel filter was plugged and the lines were collapsed, bought a $60 carb kit for a Nikki carb and also used some parts out of my stash, found that the starter was seized, tore the head gasket breaking the engine down to diagnose it, and all of the inner parts for the gas cap were in pieces in the bottom of the tank. By the time I found everything, I was already committed to fixing it, so I'm just gonna keep going. I'll have probably $250 in parts and about ten hours of labor in it by the time I finish cleaning it and reassembling everything. It wouldn't be a big deal to me if I was not working on two push mowers and a another riding mower simultaneously. Too many projects, lol. It would bring about $400-$500 in my area, and it will look great when I am done with it. It's worth it to me. It is a nice mower.

Tough call. Usually when I’m looking at a mower I’ll try to add up the parts that it will need in my head. If it has bald or wobbly wheels, is missing parts like a handle bail, needs a recoil starter etc. I’ll just pass it by unless it’s free and I have at least some of the parts on hand. The worst is when I don’t notice all that stuff and pay too much for something that needs costly parts. I’ll usually make up for it on the next one though!

A lot of people don't realize that you need to oil these foam filters. Even in the manual it says to do this. I've seen so many people damage their motors because even though they changed their filters, they didn't oil them.😢

I would have probably done the same thing you did mom we were kids always on our lawn mowers we just had a off and on switch. My dad just told us don't put your hands where they don't belong I still got all all my fingers and all my toes. Up Buffalo New York we used to cut grass to make money with a brand new Toro lawn mower in the 80s me and my brother cut lot of grass As far as I remember we had off and on switch THANK YOU FOR THE VIDEO

I’d most likely fix it. Here in Australia, parts for mowers are usually easy to get and not too expensive.

Answering your question, I wouldn't spend too much time on these older Weed Eater brand mowers because of how cheap they were brand new back then. As long as it runs okay, and you need a mower out of desperation, then what you did in this video was good enough.

I just got rid 0of Tecumseh stuff. The Brigss ran like Swiss watches along with Kawasaki's. Happy week

I would have fixed this up like you did. One reason is I have never seen a Weedeater mower in my part of the country. I would have kept it around for light duty, as well as a conversation piece. Good you had a parts mower to rob from. I believe it was imperative to replace and repair the brake parts as to me that is a huge safety issue. Thank you for making the video as usual!!!

i could have sworn i heard over my shoulder...... bevis saying fire.... fire.... fire...

I mean to me, that's why I have parts things. Help prevent having to spend real money. Always have to consider which is the best of the two to consider, which becomes a parts machine, which becomes the fixed up machine.

I recently did some light inspection on my recently passed great aunt's lawnmower. Added some oil to the recoil and oiled up the foam air filter, after i saw some dust in the air intake. Now i need to change out the engine oil, bc it's all black in color and i need to check the spark plug bc it's somewhat difficult to get the engine running.

Good video as always! Would have worked on it with parts mower on hand; as a small engine hobbyist/flipper, it blows my mind how often that brake handle is always missing on these “free curb mowers”; it’s like what are these previous owners doing with these levers Lol. Then of course trying to find one of those handles on eBay always seems pricey for that piece of metal.

many years ago i had a flat head briggs powered pusher w/no kill wire . i'd turn it up on its side till it starved of gas to stop it . worked like that for years . those flat heads were tough .

That is a great idea to clean up the mower before you go to work on it 👍

Without a parts mower, repairing this one would be a no-go. There were way too many thing wrong with it. It would become a parts mower for the next project.

Probably not worth it from a time and money perspective. But I think for you it's a hobby. Small engines are fun to work on and satisfying to get running well

It seems like they may have had some type of issue with the kill system. I have a similar problem on a similar mower that I can't figure out. They probably just disabled it and ran the mower without so they could use it. Everything that is missing is part of that system. It is a wild guess, but it's the best one I have.

Put a small short screw in the primer bulb hole. Its the wrong type.

WE DEMAND A TOE COUNT ON VIDEO with previous owner!🤣

A lot of mowers I find are missing brake handles

Hello, how are you? This mower needs two springs for governor. And the primer bulb is wrong model, no hole model needed.

My mom's Husqvarna BT130 has a foam air filter. Someone else changed it the last time it was changed, and it was not oiled. Shouldn't it be?

You forgot to change the oil.😊

It has the wrong primer bulb

130 lbs. Is plenty for these engines! What do you expect for a curbside mower?

Hey inside house garage I have a craftsman basic push mower I just got running not to long ago I was wondering if you know of any good cleaning products for it and any other way to shine the plastics up better than fire

Hi I love ur vids

Curious as to why you did a compression test? Was it just for the video? Not only did you have it running but it also was over revving which showed it had more than enough compression

If I had the parts mower, I'd fix it, but if I had to buy all of the parts individually it's definitely not worth it. IDK about you, but where I'm at that's a $50 mower if it works.

Your missing a spring on that throttle causing the overrevving.

I mean I would be determined to fix it and try to sell it to at least break even.

I'm only here for the drama.

You have the wrong parts. Primer and regulator springs.

hey mate i love your videos i have a husqvarna 124c trimmer in need of some parts do you have any parts for this model??

They bypassed the brake because they didn’t want to spend the 30$ on a mower worth $50. I tend to remove the spark plug boot and bend a small piece of sheet metal and bolt it under one of the head bolts. Then you can push the tab onto the plug to short it out and kill the engine. Saves you having to put the plug wire back on all the time and wearing it out. Unless you have small children around or an iq below 50 most people would never have an issue with missing digits lol

With a parts mower, you paid (0) zero for the parts. That's pretty good in my book.

How can you possibly make anything fixing and selling push mowers? Even if you got it for free and it only needs a $20 carb kit and an hour of labor, seems like it’s going to be hard to make anything off the job when you factor in the time required to find the mowers and then sell them? I cant see anyone paying more then $100 for a used mower Ike this considering how cheap a new one is. Riding mowers and zero turn mowers are probably worth flipping if you can get them for the right price, but push mowers?

What speed should it be running at?

As I always say if it's got compression it's worth saving. Throw away cultural is NOT going green.

Last night i sold my free mower for 40$

I would have fixed the Primer first. Looks like you have all the parts from the Parts one. Not much Value in the Machine

Why would anyone buy anything that looked like that?