A Full Day of Epic Troubleshooting and Repair at My Small Engine Shop!

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My name is Bre. I took two years of small engine repair at the local college. When I left school, I fell into a wonderful job at a local small engine shop where I worked the counter for a couple years. In 2010 my husband and I opened up our own small engine shop in central Arkansas where I am able to work alongside my family and best friends. We see over 2,000 pieces of small engine equipment every year, and answer 1,000's of small engine questions. We specialize in brands such as Briggs and Stratton, Kohler, Echo and Shindaiwa, but work everyday on MANY other brands like Stihl, Husqvarna, Honda, Craftsman, Remington, Red Max, Troy Bilt, Scag, Bad Boy, Hustler, World Lawn, Poulan, Mantis, Etc.. Hopefully, my experience I share, will save you Time, Money and Frustration in the future!

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Although very informative, these videos are for entertainment purposes. Please use all possible safety precautions when repairing and operating your small engine equipment.

[re]

I am 73 yrs old and enjoy your posts and learn something new everytime.

[kenbrown]

those DIY fixes remind me of Red Green; "If it's not broken, you're not trying."

[TheWabbit]

That was a good video, sometimes it's nice just to sit back and watch a professional do their job.

[smkymtnguy]

Being retired, I always relieve some frustration watching someone work. Especially someone who works as hard as you! Now I'll take a nap.

[BudTheDrummer]

I owned a Simplicity Landlod 2012 42" Garden Tractor, a Ryobi riding mower, 3 Homelite Super 2 Chainsaws, 2 Poulan Wild Thing Chainsaws, a Husqvarna 55, a ROOF Chipper/Vacuum, Stihl straight shaft Trimmer, Murray 21" mower, Troy Bilt 24" two stage snow blower and a I absolutely loved repairing and maintaining my small engines! I would fix machines for others and rescue machines from the Landfills or junk picking as a hobby. The main reason I love watching you is for the variety and your expertise. I live vicariously through your videos as I am no longer able to be a Mechanic. We love you! Thank You!

[robertwatford]

It is known that if you want to keep an audience you must entertain, you do that well. Ans as an added bonus, you DO know your stuff!

[GaryT]

One of your best Bre...please do this again...I learned more about troubleshooting in 20 minutes than a mornings worth of searching . It's all about eliminating the simple solutions first..thank you for sharing your knowledge

[Raptors_Talon]

You consistently inspire me to keep fixing my own machines. As frustrating as it can be at times I do enjoy working on them. To make something non-working work again is a rush and a large sense of accomplishment. Keep up with the great videos. Thank you.

[rodneycichon]

Love your videos, I’m 80 years old and like putting around with my lawn equipment, keep s me and my mind occupied. Thanks your a great mechanic

[Rolog]

Yep. It was cool to come along for the ride. Thanks.

[trcass]

great segment. your repair abilities absolutely amaze me.

[michaeldixon]

I learn every time I watch your videos. Thanks for posting such informative content.

[waynegroves]

I'm 70yo, and come from a long line of mechanics; I've built many V8 engines and manual transmissions, and even aced a college-level small-gas engine course some years ago; but this project had me a bit stumped. I had to dive into my Wizard rider that conked out on me late last year - it just suddenly lost power and began backfiring, and I barely made it back to the garage. Fast forward a year, and I decided to take a look at it. This rider has the B&S Intek 17.0 engine. Thinking it may be a timing issue or valve problem, I went online and stumbled across a fellow with the same problem with the same engine on a YouTube video, who found that it was actually a valve issue. Watching him take the valve cover off and describing what he encountered, a very loose rocker arm, and how he fixed it, convinced me to take a look. It took me three tries at adjusting the rocker clearances for both the exhaust and intake valves, because the exhaust valve just wouldn't take a lockdown and would just immediately come loose after pulling the feeler gage. Well, on the third attempt, I noticed that the rocker arm stand/riser was itself loose! I tightened it up, reset the clearance, buttoned it up . . . and it fired right up and ran just fine. I was really worried that it would be something worse, and I would have to take it to a repair shop. I've been repairing and maintaining my neighbor's Pony rider for the past few months, so it looks like I'll have to set myself up a small lawnmower repair shop soon, since I've been acquiring the necessary tools to take care of my own.

[caveweta]

Love watching you diagnose the self help repairs gone wrong.

[inthedogghouse]

There is something so therapeutic about watching things get fixed.

[lqqkout]

Thanks for sharing and spending time for editing this video👍💪

[oldfartsgarage]

Love the explanation of the diagnosis. Very helpful. Thanks

[kbjerke]

I'm addicted to Chickanic videos!! The only downside is that I'm supposed to be doing yardwork, not watching my favourite mechanic work miracles. LOL 😍

[firemedicjm]

Watching these videos, It is not difficult to repair these small engines but the lack of attention to detail on the DIY repairs is astonishing...lol! It just takes a little extra attention. Then again, people fixing their own stuff and not paying attention does keep you in business.. :P

[znvpque]

It’s 8-1-24 are you still out there helping people? Really like your what you’re doing, Thank you so very much for helping people out there ❤️