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A long time ago you demonstrated a little way to pull start lawnmowers. I use it, I'm a 67 years old, I saw my neighbor, who is older having difficulty starting a mower. So your method to the rescue. Pulling the slack out of the recoil, then pull, and at the same time push the mower forward! Vavoom started right up. He was pleased, and I gave the credit to YOU! ❤

Thank you for all your help. There are some great channels on here, but, overall, I have found yours to be the most helpful and easy to understand. I’m a big fan.

The more I watch this young lady's videos, the more I like her. Clear and consise videos too!

Invaluable info about the Nikki carb. Who would have known these secrets that are crucial for fixing a huge percentage of Briggs engines??? Thanks, Chichanic!!

You can also just test these by unscrewing them from the float bowl, reconnecting them to the wiring on the mower, and turning the key to the on position to see if it pulls the plunger down.

@jennawhite5822

2 жыл бұрын

That's what I do

@rvalens2

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for saving me the trouble of having to find a 9-volt battery. Your suggestion is much simpler. 😊

@johnanthony2545

Жыл бұрын

Just did this today won’t pull it down unless you slightly touch it. Then it hold down well. I’ll try some penetrating oil in the morning. 🤞

@tonyb337

9 ай бұрын

Good info

@kebo57

3 ай бұрын

Or, once you remove the solenoid, you can just grab the plunger and move it in and out to see if it sticks. If it sticks in any position, or you push it in and it does not return to the fully extended position, then the plunger is froze up, or binding. Once i verify the plunger is not froze up, then I connect it to my 12V battery charger with two small leads and see if the plunger will energize.

Isn't it amazing when someone actually wants to do something good how easy it is Thanks Kohler for such a kit.

Okay I just found your channel and I love the meticulous nature of the way you explain each issue! I am learning so much about engines I don't even own. I do own a pressure washing company and will be visiting frequently for tips and tricks on fixing my Simpsons. Thanks!

I'm a retired auto mechanic the seat for the needle valve is plastic so if the seat gets worn then you have to replace the whole entire seat that big plastic assembly was an eagle valve goes into would need to be replaced you have a nice day really enjoy your videos

I just can't tell you how much I appreciate and enjoy your posts Ma'am. Great stuff and beats anything that's ever come out of Hollywood: entertaining, informative and has helped my get all my power toys running again without depleting my meager savings. Thanks mucho- Yuda Best Miss Chikanick!

I wish I had this Kohler part number a year ago... This info you provide is very valuable,... Thank you

This is the first time I've seen your video. How refreshing it was to watch you. Just plain easy to understand conversation and demonstration. I will be watching the rest of your videos. Great tips. I learned a lot. Thank you

I love learning about all the parts & your explanations of how, why and why not etc… is excellently explained. Added bonus is your voice and delivery isn’t grating nor distracting~ really helps me stay focused on content. Gotta say your voice would sound good as a DJ/radio . 👍

Great video very good information thanks for sharing it have a blessed day. I left my lawnmower sitting all winter and when I tried to start it it wouldn't start after a long time I found out that the coil had quit working. These tips help alot thanks again have a blessed day

Great video! My first Gravely zero turn had a dual barrel Nikki carb. Most aggravating carb I've ever dealt with. I put a BRAND NEW carb on it and it still wouldn't run right. Great info about the new kit too. I'll keep that in mind when I make my next purchase.

Before they put electic fuel shutoffs on carbs they used a brass "screw, bolt, whatever it's called" to hold the float bowl on. When I had one that the fancy electic unit got damaged, I pulled one of the old fasioned "screws" off another carb I had and ... never looked back! No leak, no shutoff to go bad! New and improved be damned!

You said it right, you will save me a ton of money. The Nikki I took apart looks to have a worn o ring.Thank You

You're the prettiest mechanic I ever seen

One of the best Nikki videos I’ve seen, we’ve all watched just about everyone on KZread, if I had a nickel for every time I’ve dealt with a Nikki carb I’d be a millionaire! Thanks Bre for this, always love your videos!

The same thing happens in the automobile industry with different manufacturers using the same parts. I once needed a replacement throttle position sensor. While looking online, I noticed that the same sensor was used in several different cars, but guess what the prices were? From $22 up to believe it or not-$150! This part is made by a large Japanese company. The exact same part numbers etc., but depending where you bought it, whether genuine dealer part or aftermarket store, the price variation was out of this world. Just recently I had to get a MAP sensor, same thing, they were priced up to $50, I got one for $25 just by checking what other cars were using the same part. So it looks like it pays to look around in the small engine market as well. Thanks for the video Chickanic, you always have good info. Cheers from Australia.

Excellent,excellent video.Your way of explaining and teaching your knowledge is appreciate.Good luck and keep the good work,from Puerto Rico.

Thanks for the info. You are so helpful to a lot of people, including myself.

I have to say that I am very impressed with you and your knowledge, skills and willingness to share not just the why it's broken and how to fix it but ways to get the right parts and for the least money. This is about my tenth video of yours and I would like to hear some of how you got started in this work and who or how did you learn so much?

Great I just save a lot. I have watched a lot of videos but this is the only one that really works for me. Thank you so much!

I needed to watch, as I bought a used riding mower and can't seem to get it running. I will check that fuel shut off solenoid. Thanks so much. Great video. Great Info. 😊

I really enjoy your videos. Thank you for the info on the nikki rebuild kit. Worst carb design I have seen in 40 years. JD Zero Turn not flooding anymore...THANKS from SC

Thanks for the tip and thanks for sharing your knowledge/videos!!I will be ordering a few of these Nikki kits!!

Wow thanks for that information about the gasket set for nikki as I need one for my mower and didn't realise that kohler done the same, cheers

Thank you so much, my fuel shut off switch just decided to keep falling out. So using your info I decided to eliminate it entirely by screwing in a bolt then using JB Weld so it never leaks again. There was no sense in replacing the carb with another junk carb when it runs fine now. I'm just going to use the manual fuel shut off now, simple & cheap. 4years ago the flywheel on my 2008 Cub Cadet 1046XL cracked & separated. New flywheels were more than $200 bucks so I JB Welded it too, still works fine, JB Weld is amazing stuff!

Went to your shop this week and you fixed me up with new jet and o-ring. Mower is working great! No more surging! Thanks so much!

@Chickanic

2 жыл бұрын

Yay!

@philliphall5198

Жыл бұрын

Would you share the shop number I fix really old engines

Awsome. Thanks for the information. I'll share this with everyone at work. I knew about the original. I didn't know about the Kohler kit. Thanks again.

Thank you Bre for the information you were right and I was wrong. You make a great info videos and now youe #1 fan.

Glad I found you , You just saved me money I like that. gonna watch as many video's of your as i can . Thanks

Just got a mower with a nikki and the Kohler kit solved all my problems Thanks

i found this video very interesting ,,the kohler hack is good to know , i have dealt with a few of these nikkei carbs and they are very reliable for the most part ,,the steel bowl Walbro carb used on the older briggs is always having issues especially with rust caused by the steel bowl drawing moisture during storage

Very valuable info, thanks much. Will help many. Some things in this I didn't know .

Really good information to have , thanks for passing this on to us . Keep the video’s coming

@Chickanic

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, will do!

Thanks! Briggs with Nikki carburetor. I did everything right, shut fuel off ran the gas out, and went to start it this year and it flooded out. When I took the carburetor apart the jet fell out and I had no idea where it went. Also thanks for the tip about the o ring on the fuel uptake base causing the flooding issue. I replaced it with a nitrite o ring from Harbor Freight and I'm back in business! Thanks again!

@hyperwebbing

2 жыл бұрын

I don't understand why these places just don't stock full-range o'ring kits in different styles from AC on down to oil and fuel resistant ones then you'll have the part you need when you need it at a super low price

Need to also check it plugged into the engine harness, should have 12 volts on the red wire. Can be checked with a volt/ohm meter or a cheap test light.

THANK YOU!!! For the info on the jet o ring & the kit part number!!!😃

This is great to know. I do wish Briggs would be more sympathetic to the consumers when it comes to repairing and replacing carbs. Thank you.

@robertthomas5906

2 жыл бұрын

Hard to get parts right now? Everyone is having that problem. If you can't get Briggs parts, it's serious. Often you can simply use gumout. I've fixed more briggs carbs with nothing more than gumout and compressed air. Just make sure you don't blow your parts away.

That damn tiny O ring has been hell on me for years, I even broke out and old creepy crawlers mold kit to modify into making it myself some success but failure in the end. Tiny specific ones especially. Thanks just subbed.

Just want to say thank you, you saved my sanity and answered a pile of questions in a short video! Lol

Great video.😊 i have just recently replaced my carb because it was surging. New carb surging as well.

Awesome money saving tip!!! I will be ordering some of those kits!!

Awesome thanks for the info. Saw you one the video with Donny and Steve you all were great.

I just paid $61 for a rebuild kit yesterday and only used half of what was included. What a joke. Wish I would have found your post before my purchase. Thank you for what you do Miss!!

This is great news! I am in need of the jet now. I will order this kit ASAP!😊

Great video I have a Kohler 24hp that needs a carb rebuild. Thanks for the info.👍

thanks for making time for this, great video

Thank you for being a good teacher you Steve a donyboy73 doctor are extremely helpful people on you tube regard Garry from Australia cheers 😊

Thanks for Nikki tip my cub cadet flooded engine and into crankcase will rebuild carb and see if this gets me running again

Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Great channel!

Thank You M'am!! Now I know where that little 'jet' fell out of!! Thank you X a Million! Julio Rodriguez

I had this fuel cutoff solenoid die in the middle of mowing on my 48" tractor - the solenoid went open circuit and the engine stopped. I hacked the plunger so I could finish mowing and thankfully my local small engine shop had a replacement on the shelf!

Cool videos keep them coming love all the simple tricks and advice

I bought an O ring kit that has a variety of sizes in it. Cheap, and useful. Harbor Freight.

Hi Bre I’m happy to find ur channel thank u for posting all that info

Prefect 😊thanks hope fixes my surging issues 21 hp 2011 craftsman tractor

Thank you for that information. I have one of them leaky carburetors.

I know this is an older video, but thank you very much for the information!

Awesome ! I've been active on youtube for about a year a now and I only have gained 21 subscribers by far ... But my channel revolves around electric fans radios and other , but I'm happy to see a woman with a drew driver in her hand , not too many of those out there , keep up the good work! 😃👍👍

Thanks for the shout-out Chickanic!

@Chickanic

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for making awesome content!! Love your videos!

Awesome videos Chicanic, only just discovered you, very informative, great tips too, and you make it seem so easy:) Got a few questions! So I had to take the bowl off as it was full of varnish goo (after I removed the solenoid, also not working, at he bottom of the bowl goo came out), upon further visual inspection noted build up on a port so took it apart and blew carb cleaner through all ports. Gaskets appear to be in good condition! Float spring works! Reassemble. Give it a few cranks (with choke) and still will not fire, check the bowl and bone dry! Check fuel line and free flow fuel from tank and filter! Fill carb manually and fired right up but as soon as the fuel in the carb ran out it cut out. Remove solenoid and bowl is dry! Which way should that jet be facing when reinstalling? If I placed it in backwards would it stop fuel from filling bowl?? What else could be the issue! Please help and thank you for what you do, keep up the great work. DIY as much as you can Matt

Great video brie keep up the good information coming

I Enjoy your Information on the Carb.

Wow!! I’m about to work on one of these and you trenched me about these

Love how you share some ways to save a buck. It helps

You rock! Thank you for gor this tip! Just ordered the kit.

You're right about Eliminator performance he shows how to fix parts like you are here instead of replacing them , and yes I tested 9volt batteries like that for a long time till I figured out hey there is a tester for that.

Thanks for the tip. Might come in pretty handy. That fuel shut off solenoid failed after about a year on my new Husq mower. Funny, I have messed around with small engines for 60 years and we never had to have fuel shut off solenoid, ever! So, I ground the tip off the plunger and away we went. Just to be sure I don't fill the CC with gas, I put a shut off valve in the fuel line. I "usually" remember to shut it, but I have had no problems since I did that. I suspect there are a lot of them modified in this manner. I know, you can't recommend it.

Thank you for all of this valuable information.

On my 24hp (vertical shaft) Kohler I had a amount of white plastic pieces in the elbow of the fuel inlet. When I flushed the system I found several more. I have a stainless steel final fuel filter on the line. I purchased the unit, (Cub Cadet Z-Force L 48) new, so the carb had never been off. It was bad enough the engine only ran at about 40% RPM. I ended up using an O-Ring on the fuel bowl and had to replace the inlet needle and seat. A silicon will swell up if exposed to any petroleum product, so the best choice to me was the cheap old Butyl Rubber one. So far no leaks after 3 years. I still have no idea where the plastic came from. I am a experienced tool maker and mechanical engineer, and I do have a lot of experience with O-Rings. My best tool for O-Rings is a very old button hook. It never catches or tears them. Love your videos! Thanks you for taking the time to do them. Smiles!

thanks you help me alot i did not know where that jet went

I was fighting with one of these earlier today. As soon as the owner said he put a new carb on, I cringed. I'm glad he kept the original. I was able to clean and rebuild it and get it to work. He got one cut off of the aftermarket and it never ran again.

Greetings Chickanic You seem to have missed out on the one point which I need most! What is the proper direction to put the jet back in? I dont know when you posted this nor do I know if you are still receiving comments to this page?? Love your lessons! I have actually learned a lot more from your videos than from all the others I have watched.

I asked myself the same thing about the kit having the throttle adjustment screw...just adding it to stock.

Thank you! Gas flooded my smapper Briggs and Stratton engine this winter. Learning the hard way. Bummer.

Unbelievable you just made my day thank you so much

Good video! Back when I was still active,if the cust would swear on a stack of bibles that,he ,was the sole operator of the unit,I would unscrew the solenoid on carb, and,replace it with a honda bowl nut. no more sticking plungers! Also,if you take the mn jet o-ring to a car parts store,who has an assortment of metric o-rings,you can get that o-ring. FYI.

@JM-yx1lm

2 жыл бұрын

Why change the bowl nut? Just cut the plunger stem off with a pair of side cutters.

You are doing a great job as always. Keep it up.

@Chickanic

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks again Del!

@delseckora5327

2 жыл бұрын

@@Chickanic Please know I didn't mean to criticize in the earlier post. Just have run into the shut off solenoid not getting power from the machine. I added that to save time and frustration.

Thank you Bre,very very helpful info

Wow great advice I have a niki carb and am lookinjg into this part

@ben-me9jy

10 ай бұрын

Got it to work thanks!

Great video! Thank you for sharing 👍🏻

Could not, for the life of me, get the new primary jet to pop in place inside the new transfer tube that came in the kit I purchased. Very frustrating. Had to use the old transfer tube with the new jet and o ring. Passed a pressure test. I wish you had taken the time to show that procedure and show if that primary jet is suppose to be flush with the tube. Thank you, you're the best!

Man, that was awesome video Chickanic. Thanks.

Thank you so much for the info, you have been a great help, from Australia.

Love her videos really helpfull imformation for all my equipment

Thanks for the tip and the part number your a saint

thank you for the helpful information. be bless and love

In the navy we had a 54v battery smaller than most drill batteries. I don’t remember what it was for, but I had a friend that decided to test to see if it had any voltage and knocked him right to the ground.

Realize this is an older video but I just watched it. Several years ago my neighbor blew the engine on his older Murray tractor with a Briggs Intek. I grabbed a bunch of parts from it for my Nikki Intek MTD/Briggs Intek tractor, one of which was, lo & behold, a Walbro carb. Sure enough, the Briggs parts listing shows both a Walbro & a Nikki. So I swapped his Walbro for my Nikki & have had fewer problems with the Walbro, in fact none. Most folks don't know that an aftermarket Walbro (don't think an OEM is available anymore) is readily available online for under $15-$20. I agree, aftermarket can be iffy but not always. Anyway, the Walbro # is LMT 5-4993 As Chickanic warns, check to make sure the fuel hose barb lines up for your model.

Really good tip,thank you!

Very helpful your a legend saved me from pulling my hair out

i really enjoy that video u did save me a lot of money ty

Bre - a suggestion if I may. Would you consider doing a piece on carburetors? Not just the maintenance which you have already done for specific models, but somewhat like a dive into the top 5 or 10 carbs used in 2-cycle applications. As I deep dive into the carbs used on my 2-cycle equipment, I find the carb on my Ryobi blower, is seemingly used on Sears, MTD, Echo, and a plethora of other blowers and trimmers, and they all seem to have different model numbers but look similar enough to nearly be the same. Walbro? It's hard to know if I'm being lead astray by the "net" as to what fits what. I find trying to find rebuild kits for specific units absolutely mind blowing, and the case is even worse with Sears as they use their own specific part numbers only searchable from within Sears. I found a rebuild kit for my Ryobi blower carb and it seemingly fits, I kid you not, over 50+ some odd carbs that obviously must have common parts. I've just found trying to find specific parts for specific carbs very frustrating.

As soon as you brought out that 9v battery my tongue started tingling 😛 Ugh, it's Still Buzzing

Thank you for the Kohler kit tip.

As always, good information 👍

Great video’s like always thanks