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It's 2025 now. Can we please get color photos of parts diagrams? Too much to beg for? This Crayola stuff is nuts.

Does it look like a new front tire? Does the new tire come with flat surfaces? Is the mega mower parked for long periods of time causing a flat spot on the tire? Post a picture of said tire on here so we can SEE what you are describing.

It lets us all post pics. If yours are too large, resize for free in Windoze 11 Photos app thingy.

I use this. Non hardening sealant designed for oil, gas, grease, aviation and automotive. Made for valve cover gaskets and oil pans. Does not require a jack hammer to remove a valve cover later LOL. (y) The number 1 version has a faster setting up time.

Those are the worst. I have one of my own I couldn't get off with gentle persuasion. Guess some caveman tactics are in order.

I'm all eyes. Please elaborate. 🍿🍿

I never buy a clickable setting torque wrench. Like StarTech said, you must dial back to 0 when done. I just buy the old school beam style jobs that work for decades. Pick them up at garage sales or facetrash market place for cheap.

Did you get this fixed dana a?

Gary has left the chat.

If you can't find the specific bolt, make one. If you have a grinder....... Bolts are cheap.

How about cleaning some cooling fins every year? I've heard that is a must "to do" thing on ALL mowers.

Don't know how many valve covers I've tried to remove. Globs of RTV all over the engine. End up bending and replacing the valve cover because it's "stuck on Band-Aid brand". Soon as I see RTV, I think to myself, here we go. The entire mower now has to be gone over and inspected.

Yes sir. Head and block. All around the engine. Videos below.

Pull the top engine cover off. Use your eyes to make sure the carb linkage is working properly. About 3/4 down on the throttle, should be a detent. That is where the choke plate starts to close. Throttle lever all the way down is full choke. Good job on using the fuel shut off valve. While...

Think about this one a bit. Pull the oil dip stick out. Use that thing on the front of your face. Still need help? :geek: Sorry I had to.

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Please think, of the next guy, that has to remove that cover. Use the OEM paper/rubber gasket if at all possible. Or a sealant that doesn't fully harden. RTV is amateur hour in my book. Red is the wrong color type for oil anyway. Your mower, use what you like.

Hire a lawn crew. You will come out much cheaper in the long run. Sit on the couch drinking a cold one watching the game......... Won't have to store 2 huge machines. Fuel for both and maintenance items $$$$.

Ha, we have the State Fair going on now. Triple deep fried butter bacon and so on. It's hard to find a slim person around here. All the gyms like Gold's and so on go bankrupt.

If you want real fuel injection and oil cleaners, get 505CRF and 505CRO by ATS Chemical. Approved by Scotty Kilmer. https://www.atschemicals.com/505-pour-ins/

Check valve lash per your engine manual.

Did you get this running or not?

HA-HA-HA!!!!! Not in Oklahoma. We have walking diabetes all over the place here LOL. (y) :p:D:geek:

Were all the valves closed when you did the leak down? All must be closed (TDC). Continual smoking is piston rings/bore slash sealing.

Used they go for roughly $350.00 in OKC. There is one with the Kawi FJ-180V in Stillwater for $380.00. That one is cherry clean. I have two Commercials but looking for more. Personally I would stay far away from a used Toro. They are not near the build of the old Snappers. Especially the...

No regrets at all. I mowed with it for about 3 or 4 seasons, Chinese carb installed.

Take it back immediately.

I too don't use the red 150 mics. Not enough filtering as mentioned above. Nothing but a window screen inside it. The white 75 mics are okay on push mowers. I prefer the cellulose or paper filters on gravity and fuel pump engines. Still wondering if the bronze filter media snow blower or...

We all did LOL.

Yes. Read this entire thread about how I made it work.

Trash in the fuel tank. Or failed interior fuel lines. Or clogged fuel filter. Dirty carb. Make sure you have a solid fuel flow AT the carb inlet.

Duh, tell us something we all, should know LOL. An old real Snapper will do the same. Got a couple from the 1980's that still cut like a laser today.

Now, figure out WHY it happened. You are not done yet.

Old post but..... Yes gentle circles or X patterns. Let the paper do all the work. Do not push with any force on the head or block area. Use your open fingertips while holding the head. Open fingertips are two ways to lower contact pressure. Really warped ones I start at 220 grit wet/dry paper...

Dude ghosted us.

Did you get this fixed?

Amen to that. Works every time.

Post a video on youtube and link it here. We need to hear it.

I agree, good running plug.

That is trash slash debris in the fuel tank. Pull the tank and flush out like a new one. Bet there is all kinds of bugs, leaves, dead grass, dirt dobbers and so on in there. And that red filter is like a window screen. Not much filtering going on. Look inside the fuel filter for yourself. You...

Sound about right. Check your engine manual as some engines take a 0.020" gap.

Waste of time. Installing a new fuel line is a good idea. They rot from the inside out.

No. The position the valve is in is fully open.

It's not just Toro. It's everyone else too. Got to make more profits for those CEO's. They got to have that fourth summer home in Figi you know....... They are all trying to cut costs and charge more. And the customer is paying for it all.

Chinese Scamazon or Fleabay carb? You do know that pulling your credit card and buying any new part, that part requires TESTING. New does not mean new.

WD-40 works good as a so called cutting oil on aluminum.

Coolant probably never changed. Turns acidic over time. Seals start leaking and parts break.

So not much time to burn off any condensation really in frigid temps?? Could be a head gasket or lack of running it till it gets hot??? Do a couple oil dumps now in hot weather and run the snot out of it at FULL revs.

If the cable is good then the adjustment for the throttle slash choke is off. Download the engine manual for that mower. Read about throttle cable adjusting. Search on youtube as well.

Put all the stock parts back on. Keep the credit card in your wallet. Fix what you have. OEM parts are better than anything off Scamazon or Fleabay. Is the fuel tank spotless like a new one? As in zero trash in the bottom and outlet port? Does this have an after-fire carb solenoid?