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Toro walk behind mower hard to pull start

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IaLeo

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Is there a decompression feature?
1. 8 year old mower worked fine.
2. 2 years idle, now hard to pull, won't start.
3. One day, it pulled easily, started immediately.
4. Now pulls hard, won't start.
5. Removed sparkplug, not much improvement on pull.
Why difficult to pull? Underside looks clear and normal.
When it started, acted normal, used it 30 minutes. Now????

Thanks for reading...Leo
 
If that has the squeeze handle for the blade brake/kill feature, check that cable works free and moves the lever on the motor that pulls the
band away from flywheel to start. I have had the cable to mess up and not pull all the way to release brake. That would make it hard to pull
start.
 
Is it one with the flywheel brake?? If it is good chance the cable has locked up or other such thing has locked up. Flywheel brake that does not release is next to impossible to pull the engine over by hand. On most of the old mowers I have that part has been removed because of the problem that are commonly cause by that brake
 
I'm with the other guys the blade brake is not releasing. Sometimes the cable will stretch and not completely release the brake or
open the kill switch.
 
Like others stated. Check the engine brake first. Cable wear and stretch can affect the brake and not allow it to release as it should.. Cable wear can really effect the brake on Personal Pace models.

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I am a true off set wheel Lawn Boy guy myself and do not like Lawn boys built after Toro begin painting their mowers green and slapping Lawn Boy stickers on them. That being said. I have also found that if grass and gunk gets built up around the drive belt, pulley's and transmission. It will not let the belt to release fully. So that may be something to check into also,
 
Well, thanks all of you! It was just a matter of that cable/brake adjustment and now it runs fine, starts readily. This YT forum is great for us dufuses like me. Now to get a new carb into the Mantis and find why the 200 amp feed to the shop went dead. LOL Leo
 
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