Don't Make This Mistake On A Lawnmower Carburetor

There are several things that will make a Briggs square plastic carb not work. Here is another problem that I have discovered. Easy error to make and I show you how and why to solve it!

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[MegaVortex]

Sometimes they're loose, and sometimes they're tight. I'm 40 years old and I can't believe I just learned that. lol

[miltonwilliams]

Milton here, a good instructor will share mistakes, understanding, correcting, and able to break this down to someone else makes the difference between a teacher and a story teller. Thanks.

[chrisblum]

You are my hero. I have been fighting the lawn mower for over a year and nothing else worked. This was exactly the problem. Can't believe it took so long to find someone who knew this and decided to share it. Thank you!

[ronwatson]

Clicking that thumbs up is the first thing I do. I've watched Steve enough to know that I can trust what he says.Thanks again Steve.

[stevewilliams]

As a mechanic, I learned something new again.Thanks for the great tips and admire you admit you learned after working on it and passed info along.Its how we all can keep sharp on our skills.

[bluebug]

Hey Steve, Just wanted to say thank-you for posting vids on these carburetors. I went through all three and they really helped! I like to play with the antique stationary gas engines pre-1930s as a hobby. These modern ones have quirks that the old ones don't, so its really nice to have a preview guide before working on one of these modern engines. They're a real time saver and really help to prevent making silly mistakes. Got my surging mower fixed in less than an hour! Thanks for all your good work!

[kenleppek]

I've been through quite a few of these carburetors and haven't had this issue yet, but I'll be sure to check for this from now on. I have had issues with the cartridges popping back into place I think I've just been lucky enough to have the sleeves push back in the correct orientation. Thanks again Steve.

[tzylqoe]

Yep. This happened to me once. Glad you are covering this. The other big "miss" is not checking that o ring on the back side of the adapter the carb slides onto.

[robrogers]

Just Cleaned one of these out yesterday (per Steve’s earlier vid).... put back together, ran flawlessly.
Many Thanks. Cheers 🍺!

[nativeartcherry]

Steve, you're a life saver! Thanks for all that you do. I saved a bit of money fixing my mower because of your videos. Thank you

[Tom-qxnl]

Steve, your channel is the BEST!!!

I just ran into that plastic bushing problem.

The mower was not running . I took the carb off, cleaned and enlarged the jets with a torch tip cleaner wire files and when I put it back together and it was running rich with the choke not opening. I took the carb back off, pulled the choke flap out and the choke shaft and sure thing, the bushing was not in place correctly. I installed it correctly with the notch seated on the plastic inside the barrel of the carb, put all back together and it runs like brand new.

Thanks so much for sharing your wealth of useful information.

[BuckMeister.]

Steve, thank you ever so much for your videos. You have been a huge help for me especially on this video about the plastic ring in the throat where the jet cartridge went. That was exactly my problem as the choke butterfly wouldn't open fully. Now it is back to normal. I did find an easier way to get the new jet cartridge in place by putting a thumb on each end of the cartridge and wiggling it back and forth and it will inset a whole lot easier. I will try to start the mower tomorrow and I decided in the future if I have any trouble, I am going to put in an inline fuel filter and try drilling out the main jet to about 0.013 like you had in another great video. Thanks again for your videos!

You're the best Steve . Short, sweet, to the point and easy to understand . I don't drink anymore, but, I'm a regular patron of Steve's Small Engine Saloon !

[LarryKapp]

There is always something ! Glad you got it figured out and saving lots of other people the headache ! Thanks

[bobmcl]

I have not yet been faced with one of these plastic carbs, but now you have triggered me to watch the rest of your videos about them. I'll educate myself so I can show off when a neighbour brings me my first one. Thanks, as always Steve. A fellow Canuck from Carp Ontario.

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[dj]

Hi Steve. Perfect. I actually figured this out myself. At one point I was cleaning out the carb did not realize this piece actually fell out. I had no idea where it came from or where it went back to. I looked at an old carb that I saved for parts and saw it. I got lucky. So this video was perfect. It will save someone a lot of trouble. Again, Thanks

[jasonfarnsworth]

Happened to me a couple of times I figured it out on my own, but I can see where it could be an issue. Thank you. You’re a wealth of information and I really appreciate your show brother.

[joeyg-smallengine]

I had this problem a while ago. It was a pain in the ass trying to figure it would. I finally got it though. Wish I could have seen this video last year lol.