Essential Service Steps For Your Toro Recycler Lawnmower
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- Опубліковано 6 лип 2024
- Simple service steps for a complete tune up for a Toro 22" Recycler Personal Pace lawnmower that has not seen any maintenance for more than five years. The engine is a Briggs & Stratton 6.75 Quantum. The same procedures for similar mowers by Craftsman, Troy-Bilt, Cub Cadet, Husqvarna, Snapper, Lawn Boy.
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00:00 I'm not Juan
00:57 RPM adjustment
02:03 Drain engine oil
02:33 Remove and sharpen blade
04:56 Balance blade
05:29 Replace and torque blade to 45 ft./lbs (61 nm)
06:47 Refill engine oil
08:51 Remove and replace air cleaner
10:15 Check and clean spark plug
12:29 Lubricate wheels and control cables
14:58 The money shot
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Wear your safety glasses, or you'll shoot your eye out. Try on some gloves. Take off that spark plug boot. Clean your room. Open the windows, those fumes are nasty. Just 'cause I do it, don't think it's the end all, be all solution. There's plenty more ideas out there, I can't take responsibility if you slice off a few fingers after watching my videos. And don't just pour that toxic stuff down the sewer or in the ditch, dispose of waste responsibly. Just be safe, OK?
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I totally agree. These older mowers are way better.
Always nice to watch Stella.
Thanks Gary. Cheers!
IMO…One of the best Briggs engines ever.
I agree!
Nice one, Stella! I just figured out that your name represents your Italian heritage. Playing a tarantella during the blade sharpening gave it away. 🎶
I like to get a thin, straight pic down inside the spark plug to confirm there’s no carbon chunks inside. For really bad ones I put them in the vice horizontally and get them red hot with a propane torch to burn them clean. For the rest I clean them up on the bench grinder wire wheel, finishing up with regapping as necessary. 🔧👍
Good idea! Thanks for watching. Cheers!
9 years out of print makes it a classic.
Nice job Stella! I love the toro personal pace mowers to flip, especially with the quantum engine. I never negotiate on the price of those. Stay safe and stay cool! 👍🇺🇸
Good idea! I appreciate you watching Roger. Cheers!
Quantum 😊 one of my favorites great show 🙌
Nearly bullet-proof little motors. Cheers Brock!
Very Smart video!
Especially lubing the cables.
Glad it was helpful!
you remind me of my mom so much i love your stuff so much
Thank you! I appreciate you watching. Cheers!
I still use my 79' 18" Toro aluminum deck Techumseh motor to cut my grass great video Stella loved the music
Very nice! Hard to beat those old mowers. Cheers!
Well done 👍🏼. You’ve done a great job.
Thank you! Cheers!
Stella, you are Juan in a million. 😊
I see what you did there...
You take a lot more care of mowers that you service than most folks.
Thanks. I figure I'm charging for the hour of time, I might as well do an hour's worth of work. I appreciate you watching.
@@TheLawnmowerLady My pleasure.
Good full service. Hard to find shops that do that kind of in depth service. On blades that just need a "refresh", I use a hand file. That's just my preference. Another good video.
Thanks for the info!
Nice work Miss Steller.
Thank you kindly Mr Pete!
Nice one Stella - as always good speed, instructive and good angles and zoom - nice! Cheers! 👍
I appreciate your kind comments. Cheers!
Another great video Juan, I love the Quantum engines, so much fun to work on. 🙂👍
Haha! Cheers John!
Right back at ya Ms Mower Lady.
I got a free toro recycler mower over 10 years ago and it was a very neglected mower. I did the basics and got it running and then I heard the dreaded knocking sound and I was like crap but lucky for me It was just some loose mounting bolts for the engine and it runs perfect. I changed the oil and air filter and the filter was soaked with either gas or oil or both so I changed that and the belt for the self propel and I've had for the last 10 or 12 years and I think it was a mid to late 90's or so mower and I'm still using it 10 years after I got for free. All I ever done to it is change the oil and replaced the blade and the spark plug and it starts on the first or second pull. I've also used always the 30 weight oil on any of my mowers or riding mower I had just for a few years and never had a problem and that's what briggs and stratton recommends.
They certainly don't make them like they used to. These little engines will last with simple care and maintenance. I appreciate you watching. Cheers!
Thank You for Sharing
Thanks for watching!
Great video Stella.
Glad you liked it. Cheers!
Fantastic job Stella great video great editing and really clear and direct 👍
Thanks so much! 😊
Good video Stella. You give some tips on serving this mower in the video!
Nice work Stella.
Thank you! Cheers!
Thanks again for sharing your knowledge. Preventative maintenance will go along way and ensure years of trouble free equipment.
I agree! Thanks for watching. Cheers!
Great video! This is so helpful. Thanks for sharing this. 👍🏼
You're so welcome! I appreciate you watching. Cheers!
Good video. I like to use a teaspoon of DSX extra in the oil and it keeps the engine temperature down and uses less fuel. Heat is the enemy of mechanical devices
Great tip!
Great job Stella as allways.Had a mower dropped off to service yesterday but had a hole in valve side so a write off.But got loads of spares plus cutomer gave me some cash result.All the best.
That's not a bad deal Martin! Thanks for watching. Cheers!
Stella, thank you for another informative video.
Mow Happy
Thank you too!
Great video Stella, well explained for wanting to do a service themselves 👍👍
Thanks Nev! 🙂
Great to see that you are using some gease on these parts. I have noticed that many people forget or do not care about parts lubrication on small engines?
I guess you're right. Thanks for watching. Cheers!
Great Job!
Thank you! Cheers!
People can’t change the oil and air filter but they sure know how to increase the RPMs
Haha! I think he might have just run up under a bush or something.
Great video 📹 👍
Glad you enjoyed it
Hi Hun... Proper service.. we don't see a lot of the personal pace over here... A professional service from a professional lady..
Cheers Sir Mick! Folks here either love 'em or hate 'em.
@@TheLawnmowerLady think I see a video from Jason about an upgrade on a bracket once as it was giving way
@@themowerman I should watch that. Lady gave me one last year ( I had just serviced, new transmission, etc.) when a tree fell on hers and broke the wonky drive handle.
Kodibass outboard motor service channel uses triflow for starting fluid as its a lubricant great video Chris from OHIO gooooooo Buckeyes
Wow! That's some spendy starting fluid, and certainly better than ether for 2-strokes, due to the inherent lubrication. Thanks for watching!
Great video . One thing I like to do on older mowers is retorque the head bolts , you'll be surprised how loose some of them get .
Good tip! I do sometimes, but not always. Cheers!
Nice work stella my personal mower is a toro recycler 22" 2010 model different style deck has a quantum engine that 12 years old (2011)
Bullet-proof engines those Quantums are. I appreciate you watching!
👍👍👍.Thank you
Welcome 👍
I got a dad who's in his 80's who go full turret when you try to service his dead mower. And he has 3 of them.
Oh my! I guess he looks forward to working on it himself one day...
Hi mower lady I love your videos. Through them, I managed to clean my dad’s carb and get his mower running. However I don’t think he ever changed the oil. I did 2 oil changes and the oil is still very dark 😅 do you have any suggestions on what to do?
Now that Honda has ceased production of lawnmowers, I would hope to see Toro license the Honda Drive system for the US market. I own a Honda and a Toro Super Recycler. The Honda Drive system is so intuitive. Release it during operation to pull back with ease. Release the Toro drive, and push forward a little to disengage the drive before pulling back. That’s crazy.
Interesting idea. So much about Honda is superior IMO. Shame really, they are leaving the lawnmower business.
I enjoy your videos. On this rear drive Toro aren't there grease fittings for the back wheels or is that just on the Super Recyclers? You do a great job!
I think... and I might be wrong, that there are none on this model. I replaced the transmission on an identical model a few years ago, and there were none. I appreciate you watching. Cheers!
Glad you are going to clean the grass off the blade otherwise the balance of it is going off when you sharpen it then check it out for balance
It does more than folks realize. Thanks for watching!
@@TheLawnmowerLady your welcome Stella 🌹💐
I’ve been given a similar Toro.. Decent machines, the personnel pace is odd to begin with but you get used to it.
I agree!
Another great video Stella :-) I did laugh at the raccoon 🤣 how do you like the personal pace? I haven’t seen them out here, but they sure sound like a good idea!
Cheers Tom! I can't really say yay or nay since I don't own one. From a repair perspective, they have a lot of fiddly bits and bobs of plastic that wear out prematurely IMO. As for performance, I've read complaints from others the physics of the drive mechanism is awkward. Difficult to regulate your speed as any effort to push the mower forward alters your force on the drive handle. In my limited use of test drives, I'd have to agree. I appreciate you watching.
@@TheLawnmowerLady hahaha I never thought about it that way 🤣🤣🤣
Thanks your advise my lawn move issue, when i turn the blade i hear the noise Camshaft lose ? Thanks
Hard to tell... If it's a clanking sound, maybe the blade bolt is loose? I wish I could be more helpful. Thanks for watching.
On my Super Recycler 21565 the cryptic diagrams in the manual say not to screw down the cap when checking the oil. Seems like in every toro video I see people screwing it down to check. I don’t know how critical it really is. Thanks.
Typically that's just for Honda vertical engines. Thanks for watching.
HI : I have a Toro like this I bought new 20 + years ago. Lately It will not rev high enough to work well. I'v adjusted control location a bit to alter control cable tension, very small improvement. I can't see any throttle adjustments on the carb or anywhere- any suggestions?
If your mower indeed has the same older Briggs & Stratton Quantum (flathead engine: no overhead valves) have a look at this video: ua-cam.com/video/s1eiIAJC_jo/v-deo.html In that video I show in more detail exactly what I'm adjusting to alter the RPM. The basic idea is to increase the tension on the governor return spring to increase the RPM. Hope this this helps.
If rolling machine backwards and it squeaks you need to pull drive wheels and service drive gears
God info. This one seemed OK. Thanks for watching. Cheers!
Saw Ms. Juan
Noticed TORO
Somethin' lawn?!
No Java burro?!
Now work at
Washin' this
Sharpen that
Oil dat an' diss
Check D list
Years go by
Things R missed
Makes Yo sigh
Task is done
Tks now due
Juan has won
Tuned as new
Haha! Thanks Ray!
@@TheLawnmowerLady Ur most welcome "Ms.Valdez"
Hi I have Lawn mover Brig & Straton 6.75 but the issue when stop Engines after 10 second I hear the noise knock knock
RPM 3100 , Please Tell me how to fix Thanks
Check your blade is torqued properly. Thanks for watching!
There should be a drain plug but you need to remove the belt shield
I wish I knew the year they quit making that. So useful, I can't imagine it adding more than a few cents to the cost, a shame really.
Like to buy a Troy Bilt TB240 if anyone has one. Leave contact info please.
If you in USA, FB marketplace as well as Craigslist are good resources. Thanks for watching.
wow! 20005ish Toro recycler that's not a tecumseh!
I know. Right?
No way it was close to 6,000 RPM. Perhaps 3,300. Blade did not need sharpening. Prime and paint areas where powder coating has peeled away. If you are in longer grass and not using a bag, or want to mulch, buy a diverter which holds the side discharge port open.
Thanks for watching.