bought a new old toro

If you are very careful, you can try to remove the bottom cover and remove the old grease. Use a good multi-purpose grease when replacing, but there is no reason to use a lithium or high temp grease in the gearbox.
 
So I found a parts mower on craigslist for 40 bucks it was missing air filter cover drive engage cable and had a custom on off switch for mower overall it was beat to hell.

Took the transmission and axle off of parts mower carefully cleaned all parts opened transmission and scraped and cleaned inside of transmission and repacked with marine grease. Put the rebuilt trans and axle on my mower and it was 1130 pm so I couldn't test. Took it out this morning at my first mow and I had put a wrong spring clip on ugh went whole day with it taking up space on my trailer.

Got it home tonight looked into it and the spring clips I had put on the outside of the small gear fell off on both sides. Replaced with proper "c" clips put it together and it worked took it into back yard and drove around.

Also off the parts mower I took the blade because it looked almost brand new. And I took the rubber off the front wheels of the parts mower and put it on the drive wheels of mine so now it has tread :) I'm excited to try it out in the morning.

Next project is to rebuilt one of the spare engines I have two non working engines and soon ill have a spare :) and maybe ill try to make a whole spare mower ill have an engine, transmission and axle parts, deck, bag and bbc stuff :)
 
Wow is all I have to say I had a minor mishap with a worn c clip replaced with new used it today and just wow. This engine if fantastic it can run circles around my honda I do not have the mulch plug for it yet so its not great at mulching although it does a decent job if grass isn't to long.

Bagging however this is where this machine kills the honda the honda when faced with thick grass will leave a trail of clippings forcing me to go back over it. The toro doesn't leave a single clipping

Ground speed is fast... as fast as my honda maybe faster. Overall with the blade brake I believe this will be my main mower and the honda will be demoted to back up
 
lawn mower fanatic said:
Relative has one that's not used and the self-propel bar (the black bar) has no tension. Wish it was an easy fix.
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exotion said:
Wow is all I have to say I had a minor mishap with a worn c clip replaced with new used it today and just wow. This engine if fantastic it can run circles around my honda I do not have the mulch plug for it yet so its not great at mulching although it does a decent job if grass isn't to long.

Bagging however this is where this machine kills the honda the honda when faced with thick grass will leave a trail of clippings forcing me to go back over it. The toro doesn't leave a single clipping

Ground speed is fast... as fast as my honda maybe faster. Overall with the blade brake I believe this will be my main mower and the honda will be demoted to back up
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Makes me want to get the mower from the relative and fix it!
 
Got 2 full days use out of this thing it takes the daily grind with dignity :)

I forgot how nice commercial mowers work it has less power than my honda but leaves a better cut and powers through thick stuff.

I have switched the walk speed to second gear on full speed I have to nearly jog and I love it :)

The blade brake works very nice and is very convienent no more pushing through gravel and bark for me :)

I have made my honda a back up/mulcher/weedy lawns mower as it still mulches better at least untill I find a mulch plug for the toro.

Total investment 120 for lawnmower with spare motor, 40 for parts mower, 30 gas traveling and a few hours labor. total: 190 for a fully functioning commercial grade toro lawnmower
 
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