It doesn't matter if it's a video about old TVs, radios or lawnmowers. There is always a plethora of useful information and knowledge in them... thank you for your time! :)
With this video, I can see the head of every environmentalist bureaucrat explode... with the blue smoke, the black oil, the varnishy gas... the oil on the concrete... it's lovely... I loved every moment of this video... you're a man after my own heart...
It would probably be more polutive to create a new, efficient mower then to keep using the old one. Remember kids, manufacturing is intensive on the environment!
Awesome video. As kids, we adapted the Briggs to power homemade go-carts. We raced them up and down the street and really pissed off some of the neighbor ladies. Mom wasn't too thrilled either, but dad even took a turn riding once in a while. Today, the cops would show up in an instant. I'm shocked that your pump diaphragm still worked! My early 2000s mower needs a new one about every 4 years. Thanks again for the memories.
My dad had that exact same 1970's mower and edger. We used to go to the McLane factory and showroom in Paramount CA to get them serviced. We only lived about 4 miles away from there. I wish I still had them. I currently have an 80's McLane edger and a 90's mower and they both work great.
Just when you thought the exposed chain and open reel lawn mower was dangerous... Shango presents exhibit B, the edger! That was the best interaction ever between you and a telemarketer... he actually went along with your game, instead of just hanging up.
I absolutely love shango's delivery on making videos. I love the commentary, and the process of attempting to figure it out. Truly a 1 of a kind. I also love the no-nonsense method of making videos.
Years ago I worked for a shop that repaired golf course machinery. The "mowers" golf courses use on the greens and fairways are the reel type and called turf equipment. The reels shear the grass leaving a clean edge and healthier grass compared to a rotary mower which flails the grass and leave a ragged edge. The blade should be sharpened (professionally) and back lapped with grinding compound for best performance. Truly a keeper grass cutter and exercise equipment. Nice find.
Congratulations on learning the fuel pump from the main tank into the small bowl. The small bowl maintains a constant level for the short pickup tube. The main mixture screw is usually 1 and 1/2 turns open to start. Heavy varnish in the metal tank can be cleaned with warm liquid drain cleaner (caustic) for about an hour. A handful of 1/4 inch steel nuts added and shaking around to provide abrasion/mixing.
Looks like mid sixties Briggs engines. The alien language at the end had me laughing! The machines have been resurrected to cut and edge another day! Bravo!
The bigger jokes are all of the idiot adults that take a 16 year old girl seriously, and not just a normal teenage girl but an autistic one as well. You should have seen the garbage that her and her entourage left behind in their Tesla after their grand tour was finished.
That's a pretty awesome mower, a real find. You should have a mower shop sharpen the blades and adjust it correctly, get it working like new. You'll probably never find another. Make your neighbors jealous when you mow your weeds down every early sunday morning, letting them hear the magnificence of that powerful motor, and allowing them to experience an old sound of early morning mowings gone by. You'll have the best looking mowed and edged yard on the block!
Excellent, excellent video!! Great description of the operation of the fuel delivery and the speed general using the air vane. You are so fortunate to have lemons growing in your yard! And thanks for the great tip how excellent lemon juice is to clean fouled fuel system components. No lemon, avocado or palm trees here, just cold, ice and snow. :( "Our machines were designed with your children's safety being of paramount importance."
I love vintage mower items and vintage electronics. Stereos, amps and hifi items always interested me as young kid . Now at 60,I wish i would have taken classes to learn how to do what you do. Instead, I became a musician and a auto paint and body tech LOL . Keep up the great videos! LOLOL you have to run behind that bad boy
I too am an old radio guy but a former small engine mechanic. These mowers are still made and cost a fortune. I worked on a LOT of this same vintage of Briggs and Stratton and IMHO they are the BEST small side shaft engine ever made: They will run forever, are stupid simple, easy to work on and parts are dirt-cheap.
They both clinco-twerculate well for as old and sitting that lone nice job a good and useful save from the Recycler. Thanks for the foray of small engine repair.
Hey, least you have a lawn to mow. In our state & country, we have nothing because of the drought. No rain for a long time & now our country, Australia is burning away with horrible bushfires everywhere. Love you shango xoxo
Hi Shango. Love your channel and never thought I’d see you tackle a piece of power equipment. Just a note regarding the carb gasket, kits are still available. I have a Briggs about the same vintage I’m going to rebuild with my son to teach him about engines. Just go to the B&S website to look up the parts catalog for the engine and then hit-up your local dealer or eBay. This is definitely worth the time and expense to restore.
damn man i really needed this video haha small engine is my forte im glad you saved those they run great i found new old stock parts for a 1960 model engine from a flea market
Take some random nuts and bolts drop em down the gas tank and swish it around a few times,add carb cleaner and roll it around some more and it should loosen most of that crap.If I was local I'd get that thing running for ya.Some of those tanks have to have the cap on .Hahaha Good luck.👍Also dump half of that oil in the crankcase or till it barely comes out of the motor.You got way to much. 👍
Good job getting those vintage engines going! I had to know that the edger blade would be going into a TV cabinet, somewhere along the way, in this video! I'm still laughing!!😁😊 I see this device being used in a future EOL video!😊😉 Also cracked up listening to the solicitor call at the end!
22.05....thats that magic that I love about shango, that eureka moment, man you're a clever guy, the world will sincerely miss this type of mind , a dying breed for sure.
Gas Tank is lower than carb! The diaphragm is the fuel pump and if the membrane is hard or cracked it will not pump. Put a chain in the gas tank and get the whole tank rotating or rocking. It will clean it up well. No need to replace it. That thing will run like a top if you get the fuel system functional. Also, check that oil level on level ground and let it drain to proper level if it is too full.
Both the mower and edger are great working beasts. Don't use the mower on anything but St. Augustine. Only thing it's good for. Kills the sod type grasses. The edger is just phenomenal. I had that front bucket here for sale for months. Ended up tossing it. I miss the mower and that type grass.
That square rubber diaphram is the fuel pump. Those go out frequently and need replaced. They aren't expensive and you should be able to pick one up at any small engine shop, or I think NAPA sells them. 😎
Shango, that is a great find! I had one just like this, and they cut grass better than today's mowers. Hopefully Gruesome will "allow" us to water and mow our lawns...
I have a similar vintage reel mowers (Victa) which also makes me run to keep up with it. They must have had less free time back then so they made them mow as fast as possible.
Yikes! I remember those from the sixties when I was a child, especially the traction wheel in the back of the mower that you drop with the lever to make it go forwards.
The long spout pumps gas into the chamber then the short spout sucks the gas out of the chamber and feeds the engine. The diaphram is the pump that pulls the gas thru the long tube.
Greetings: My dad got one of these after 1956. Post 1958 divorce I became lawnmower man all summer in New York. Our unit had a centrifugal clutch on engine output shaft to engage both the reel and drive wheels. I endorse your idea of using citric acid to clean the gas tank. I would add some loose hardware (nuts and bolts) as well as shake the hell out of the tank to help dislodge clumps of detritus from stuck surfaces. Clean exterior with simple green or similar cleanser. An ultrasonic (ie jewelery) cleaner is ideal for cleaning the carb. After disassembly, you should poke s stiff wire of appropriate dimensions through the various holes that allow fuel to flow through them to mix with air for combustion. I think that you are correct about the ball that provides a limited flow upwards. Later units had carburetors with float bowls. Scotch bite is good choice for manually cleaning dirt off those pickup tubes. Not sure if the second tube is for an air intake to make up for used fuel. Just a guess, but loosening the engine mount in bolts on the frame may allow the engine to move rearward tightening up the chain which has loosened due to wear.
This sure beats my plastic Flymo from the 80s which stopped working after about 5-6 yrs. The blade hit a piece of metal and the plastic canopy exploded. I would love to fully restore one of these with paint and then modify with a collection bag or box if possible.
You can clean rust out of a steel tank by putting sharp gravel and a little new gas in the tank. Shake the heck out of it. Empty everything out. Rinse with new gas. You can strain the gas through a coffee filter to re-use it for other cleaning projects.
I have exactly the same edger. I bought it at a estate sale too. It’s missing the pull cord housing. I restored the edger and painted it John Deere color scheme.
The other thing is I remove the 7/16 nut the mixture screw threads into so I dont have to re adjust the mix and I take a bread twist tie and peel the paper off and use that to poke through the small metering jet behind the mixture screw. First carb I ever rebuilt was like that
Thanks for the video. You helped solve my problem. I have a similar model engine but all the throttle and governor springs and rods were missing or in the wrong place. I was not sure what the proper configuration should be. The only difference is mine also has a rod that holds the choke closed if I pull the throttle all the way back.
All those gaskets all those diaphrams and the pick up tubes are all readily available anywhere they sell Briggs and Stratton parts. That's called a vaccu jet carburetor and was used well into the 80s.
I was just watching an episode of ADAM 12 and a little ole lady was mowing her yard with one of these exact mowers. I googled it just to see if I could find it and this was it, same handles and everything
