Toro walk behind help plz ?

[WHX?? 46,750]

Try turning it with the electric and a spark tester on it?

[Digger 66 3,476]

Ya know , that's interesting and I will remove that safety switch and hit it with contact cleaner but my gut tells me it's somewhere in the fuel delivery .

It makes no sense what the difference would be but I cant deny the fact that when I pressed the primer bulb while cranking with the starter , she fired right up .

She's on the bench now being torn down and cleaned up .

[Digger 66 3,476]

I just wanted to update this for anyone following along .

I've been through the wiring and replaced the existing wire with 14 ga automotive wire .

While I had it apart I

Rebuilt the carb

Replaced all 4 wheels 

Replaced the two pinion drive gears .

Changed the grease in the differential ( not really a differential , more of a 90 degree gearbox )

Lubed the cables 

 

Mower starts / runs and moves beautifully 

Electric start is still slow and weak .

I jumped it direct with the battery in my pickup ( 800 cca ) and the dang thing nearly spun out of the garage .

Seems to me Toro decided to use this battery ( on the left ) based on the space between the gas tank and thwe flippy-uppy-thingy for the rear bag rather than the cranking requirements of a 6.5 HP engine . This battery delivers a whopping 45 amps for 5 seconds . Hardly enough juice to spin a 6.5 HP engine let alone START it IMO .

I know the starter will handle the amperage so I'm going to replace all the wiring with 10 ga and fit a motorcycle battery ( on right ) onto the deck in the space of the puny battery .

I should be able to find a battery that will deliver upwards of 100 amps to fit .

 

Stay tuned , I may make the newspaper 

 

 

 

Edited December 31, 2018 by Digger 66

[Digger 66 3,476]

SUCCESS !!

All done , fires right up , runs & moves beautifully !

Fitted it with a YTX4L-BS AGM motorcycle battery that provides 50 CCA of power .

The mounting is a bit ramshackle but it's sturdy and will work fine .