HOW TO TUNE UP A TORO SR4 SUPER RECYCLER LAWN MOWER

[@kristinfrederick6867]

First time watcher here who is very green in terms of mower maintenance. (Or any kind of maintenance for anything that has an engine, for that matter.) I came across your video when I was searching for some basic tune-up instructions for our Toro walk-behind, and you have been a LIFE 👏🏻 SAVER 👏🏻 ! Especially when I had to disconnect the carburetor to clean it out. Still not finished with the job since I broke a very old fluid bowl gasket, but I really hope to have an improved mower once everything is reattached! 🤞🏻 Thanks again for a great video! 10/10 ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ 100% satisfaction Yada yada yada…

[@GarageGear]

Hey Kristin! Glad to hear this video helped you out. Let me know how she runs for you when the job is complete! Great work tackling this repair head on! 👍👍

[@kristinfrederick6867]

@@GarageGearDude, IT RUNS! 🙌🏻 Thank you so much for such an awesome video! I may not have needed to take apart the carburetor like I thought I did, but now I know I can do it. Thanks a million!

[@gregoryeditor6500]

You are the man, if I would try that I would expletive deleted it up! I just finished cleaning underneath my 2007 Super Recycler with a scraper, hose and scouring pad and a blower for the top and sides of it, I have not done that for years. Maybe the Personal Pace will work a little better next time I try it. We have a drought in Kenosha WI the grass is just not growing and it is to expensive to water it for hours. You sure do give good reviews. If I had your email address I could send you a short video of my Lawn Mower.

[@GarageGear]

Hey Gregory! My email is in the video description! Thanks for watching! 👍

[@gregoryeditor6500]

@@GarageGear I just sent you my Toro Lawn Mower. Thanks

[@GarageGear]

@@gregoryeditor6500 ok I’ll take a look thank you!

[@norge696]

Those autochoke briggs quantums are so nice when functioning properly. Primer ones overtime warp and never prime again unless you double up the gaskets or use tape to seal the air vein. For the primer style carbs briggs makes a revised cover made out of a harder ABS plastic. Part# 795259

[@GarageGear]

Awesome tip here! Thanks for sharing Norge!!!

[@viper100200]

​@@GarageGearhere's another tip: Need more jump cuts and useless side pics. Totally doesn't scream millennial trying to be hip with zoomers. Totally not pathetic...

[@GarageGear]

@@viper100200 thanks for watching

[@perkyturkey3641]

@@GarageGear Good response

[@michaeljoy5638]

I love your style of filming/editing; succinct, detailed, professional and yet organicly human. I'm a fan. Thanks for sharing.

[@GarageGear]

Hey Michael! I greatly appreciate the positive feedback! Thanks for being a cool fan of the channel! 👍

[@garydunnjr8176]

7:17. 👏👊

[@GarageGear]

She’s the best isn’t she? What do you got going on the rest of the weekend my friend?

[@garydunnjr8176]

@@GarageGear our street is having a block sale next weekend, so we need to find stuff for that, chillaxing

[@GarageGear]

@@garydunnjr8176 REALLY??? I’m totally going to that! Maybe I’ll find some things to use on the channel! Thursday, Friday, Saturday?

[@garydunnjr8176]

@@GarageGear Saturday/Sunday… not sure what the neighbors will have out .. but you never know..

[@GarageGear]

@@garydunnjr8176 thanks my man! I’ll probably be seeing ya! 👍

[@capona6826]

I really enjoy your video's. This video was really good as well. What is the difference between the SR4 super recycler and the super recycler that doesn't have the SR4 designation? Which is better?

[@GarageGear]

Hey capona! I’d have to look back a bit to find a reason for this designation! Appreciate the positive feedback my friend!

[@lunacallie6858]

@@GarageGearmine is a Torro recycler 7.25 brigs n Stratton do you have a video for it????😁😁😁😁😁

[@GarageGear]

@@lunacallie6858 unfortunately I do not

[@423co]

Hey JB, loyalty watch. 100 degrees here. Lawns in the neighborhood drying up. Water police are out looking for violators. Do a GG on fans and evaporative coolers. Ours are working overtime and may need tuneup and/or repair.

[@GarageGear]

Hey William! Appreciate the view! That’s crazy! What’s the fine like to violating? I’ll see what I can do on the fans and evaporative coolers! Enjoy the rest of the weekend my friend!

[@jaybooth4815]

Dang, that should fetch a good price. Looks brand new! You do an awesome job on these mowers JB! Excellent video and very detailed! Enjoy the weekend brother! Cheers!

[@GarageGear]

Hey Jay! Got a guy coming today to check it out! Hard to find one like this! Appreciate the positive feedback as always bud! You enjoy the rest of the weekend too my friend!

[@jaybooth4815]

@@GarageGear will do!

[@aramis53204]

You just save 80 bucks!!! And I did it in less than 30 minutes, cut my lawn already.,. Thanks!!!

[@GarageGear]

Awesome my friend! Glad you found this video helpful! Thanks for watching!

[@joechriste7052]

Just scored one of these with the Honda engine with all the accessories for $75. Needs some cleaning up and could use a tune up and ready to mow!

[@GarageGear]

Awesome my friend! Those with the Honda engine were unstoppable!

[@stevelamby7658]

Pretty sure those SR4’s have an oil drain plug on the deck. I used to drain mine while I had the blade off to sharpen.

[@GarageGear]

I believe you’re right! Always done the tip method! Thanks for sharing Steve!

[@jimmysgarage9068]

I got excited when you broke out the blow gun - not gonna lie. If you need more air pressure, I know a guy.🇺🇸🤘

[@GarageGear]

Asking for a friend… who makes a good short length air hose? 5 feet roughly. The harbor freight one only lasted about two years and started leaking air!

[@bobhildebranski7034]

Thanks for the great video! I tuned up my dad’s mower today with your help, made it easy start to finish-It’s now running great-Cheers!!!

[@GarageGear]

Glad you got her running Bob! Thanks for watching!

[@TheLawnLover]

It's amazing what some people will practically give away instead of putting a little elbow grease into it! Great video JB

[@GarageGear]

Thanks a lot Lawn Lover! I only ended up putting about 45 minutes into this tune up. Took me longer to film it lol! These machines are fairly easy to work on! It was a hell of a deal! Thanks for watching bud! 👍

[@tannerc900]

I wish I was able to sell mine…. I have a problem. I buy second hand stuff and fix it up to make it run brand new again with the intent to sell but to much of my wife’s despise I end up keeping it now owning two lawn mowers and 4 snow blowers 😭😂

[@GarageGear]

You’re in good company Tanner! Lol thanks for watching! 👍

[@paulmysliborski4832]

So no re-jet for future blower installation?? ;P Awesome stuff, JB. (Love the Garage Gal video bomb)!! Lmao.

[@GarageGear]

PAUL!!! Maybe next time around Lol! Thanks my friend! I’m slowly chipping away at the pile of tune ups in my garage. She likes to get in on the action every now and then! She actually has a KZbin channel of her own called the Clean Queen! Her channel is slowly growing. 👍 enjoy the rest of your week my friend!

[@cruzmaldonado9611]

Dude. Love it. They just gave me one exactly, but it sounds like it needs a tune up. Thanks

[@GarageGear]

Awesome! Let me know how the tune up goes!

[@cruzmaldonado9611]

@@GarageGear for sure. Maybe this week after the holiday tomorrow

[@cruzmaldonado9611]

Dude I did it, it looked cleaned, more than I expected, one of the air butterfly inside the carb was stuck. Thanks for the encouragement

[@GarageGear]

@@cruzmaldonado9611 awesome Cruz! It’s always something weird holding it up! 👍👍

[@adriantomlin2902]

Awesome vid. Detailed and to the point in a hurry. 🤔👍 Why don't push mowers have an oil drain plug on the bottom anymore?

[@GarageGear]

Hey Adrian! Thanks for the positive feedback! All companies have cut costs. That was something they could easily get rid of.

[@anon-kt7dc]

Awesome video. You make the carb cleaning look so easy.

[@GarageGear]

Thanks anon! You do it a couple times you get the hang of it. Thanks for watching

[@RMason1971]

Sweet video JB! I'll now have to tune up my toro recycler 👍keep up the good work!!!

[@GarageGear]

Thanks R! This thing runs like a dream now! Will do! Thanks for watching another my friend 👍

[@DefensorFortis]

Do you ever worry about the RPM feed if it's too low or too high? And how would you measure or validate that or adjust it?

[@GarageGear]

Hey back in service. Not really unless one one has adjusted them previously. I would just hook up an hour meter/rpm meter to the spark plug wire. That would give you a good read out! 👍 enjoy the rest of your weekend my friend!

[@kjell-richardlvdal373]

Great tune up, the New owner will be a happy man, and you Have a good feeling when you sell it

[@GarageGear]

You got it Kjell! Not a fan of selling something that doesn’t work. And this mower runs perfectly! Any plans for the rest of the weekend?

[@kjell-richardlvdal373]

@@GarageGear, i am on vacation in Cebu phillippines with my family, so my wife can meet her relatives

[@GarageGear]

@@kjell-richardlvdal373 awesome my friend! Enjoy your trip! 👍

[@mateodemateus5444]

Love it, you are a super Doctor Of Lawn Mower. Now let fix my wish lock.

[@GarageGear]

Thanks my friend! Good luck! Let me know how it goes!

[@SFCRambo60]

Can you explain why you heat the spark plug up before cleaning it? And why not use the spark plug cleaner that's a mini sand blaster?

[@GarageGear]

Hey Rambo! Check out this video I did a while back on cleaning spark plugs! HOW TO CLEAN A DIRTY FOULED SPARK PLUG FOR FREE. Small Engine Maintenance and Repair. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aITLp5eMl5ele7c I tried using the sand blaster in the past and bits of sand were caught in the plug still! I don’t want those those pieces of sand ending up in my engines. Let me know if that video explains it for you. Thanks for being a cool fan as always Rambo!

[@SFCRambo60]

@@GarageGear thanks, I did watch it again but you do what I do by using a wire brush and blow it out and I seem to get it clean, but will try it your way and see. Have a great day.

[@GarageGear]

@@SFCRambo60 give it a shot and let me know how it goes! 👍

[@smallblock412]

running like a top. just as good as new.

[@GarageGear]

Can’t beat it Smallblock! Runs and looks great! Had I found this in the very early spring I probably could have sold it for even more lol! 👍

[@ottomueller4425]

Just got one at an auction for $20 it is a 2007 runs like a top had to put a new blade on it that's about it well I put new oil in it and a filter and a spark plug regular maintenance stuff because you never know what the last owner did so I wanted to start off new but it runs great and everything works on it.

[@GarageGear]

Awesome, my friend! $20!!! Great deal! You will have that mower for a long time.

[@BigDaddysGarage]

👋👋👋👋

[@GarageGear]

ROCK ON FLINT!!!👍👍

[@WillsSmallEngines]

I love your videos, too have a youtube channel I'm pretty new but I'm growing at a pretty good rate.

[@GarageGear]

Hey Will I just checked it out! AWESOME! I didn’t know you had a channel. Very cool! Keep on posting my man! The channel will just continue to grow. Thanks as always for being a cool fan of mine! 👍

[@WillsSmallEngines]

@@GarageGear no problem

[@Sly.Therrin]

Does your recycler have a fuel filter anywhere? I am trying to find if there is one- my mower wont stay running.

[@GarageGear]

No it does not but you could add one. I would clean your carb first. That’s usually where the problem is

[@Peacepeacepeacepeacepeace]

Awesome, thank you!

[@GarageGear]

You got it!

[@janmiranda2615]

Hahaha im in the white board! More power to you sir!

[@GarageGear]

Hahaha yep! Thanks for leaving a cool comment last time! Appreciate it! Thanks for being a cool fan. 👍

[@gardenjohn1]

JB, You the Man!!

[@GarageGear]

You Da MAN Fisherman John Flounder! Enjoy your weekend my friend! 👍

[@insidious5.230]

Ugh. Mine still struggles to idle

[@GarageGear]

I would recommend trying a new carb. They’re pretty cheap and may help you out. Thanks for watching

[@jtinero]

What product did you use for the final wipe down?

[@GarageGear]

I used automatic transmission fluid! Doesn’t take much of it at all to shine it up! Cheap and works great! Thanks for watching!

[@KenzertYT]

Just found one of these in the garbage!!!! And it works great!!

[@GarageGear]

I have no clue why people get rid of them!

[@yankos_]

Nice!!!!

[@GarageGear]

Thanks for watching Byankos! 👍👍

[@dazedconfusedSKZ]

Good !!🙂

[@GarageGear]

Thanks for watching!

[@victoryfirst2878]

DOES this mower have a throttle cable speed control Sir ?? Thanks

[@GarageGear]

No it does not. Thanks for watching

[@victoryfirst2878]

@@GarageGear What I am wondering is how you control the engine RPM for fine tuning grass cutting duties Sir ?? Thanks

[@GarageGear]

@@victoryfirst2878 hey Victory there is no throttle adjustment on a cable on this mower. Only one cable to the engine shut off bail. Perhaps you could make tuning adjustments to the engine at the governor, etc.

[@victoryfirst2878]

@@GarageGear That is strange that no throttle control is featured on this mower. Thank you for letting me know Sir.

[@davidheinzmann4403]

Which site have you had more success with, marketplace or Craigslist?

[@GarageGear]

That’s a good question! I’d say it’s neck and neck right now. I always post the same item on both. Craigslist has less people on it now it seems but marketplace has definitely changed things with their algorithms because I used to post things and get lots of hits. Now the same items barely get any traction. I just post on both to expedite the process. Great question though! Thanks for being a cool fan David! 👍

[@GlitchEmpireBrett]

How much did you put it up for?

[@GarageGear]

Put it up for $275. Got a few hits but they were no shows. Ugh!!!! Got it on for $250! Someone will grab it! Best running mower in town! 👍

[@GlitchEmpireBrett]

@@GarageGear best of luck and I got a couple of mowers I need to sell aswell

[@GarageGear]

@@GlitchEmpireBrett sales will probably pick back up when the grass starts growing again. Right now everything is dry and browned out. Good fortunes are in our futures lol! 👍

[@jamesdedafoe]

How much did you end up getting dor that mower?

[@GarageGear]

Pretty sure $225. It was a while ago now since I sold that thing.

[@jamesdedafoe]

That was a really nice mower. Wish you lived by me.​@@GarageGear

[@GarageGear]

@@jamesdedafoe my neighbor may be moving this summer lol!

[@jamesdedafoe]

In your opinion is the older toro super recycler better than the new one they have out now?

[@GarageGear]

@@jamesdedafoe absolutely! If you can snag one on marketplace or elsewhere go for it.

[@BOB12349307]

you could have bought a new carb for the price of that carb cleaner

[@GarageGear]

But then I wouldn’t be able to show people how to clean them lol

[@BOB12349307]

@@GarageGear thats true i bought a new carb for mine and still cleaned the old one and kept it for a third spare

[@baihum8861]

What about oiler change

[@GarageGear]

@@baihum8861 you can change it once a season. Did you have a more specific question?

[@damjamlean2166]

Looks like brand new again inside and outside, great work

[@GarageGear]

Thanks my friend! Thanks for watching

[@edrumsas5420]

Great video. Great info

[@GarageGear]

Thanks a lot Ed! How’s your channel coming along?👍

[@edrumsas5420]

@@GarageGear work in progress.

[@ssei2001]

Great video bro very nice step by step "how to."

[@GarageGear]

Appreciate you my friend!

[@ae8554]

great video

[@GarageGear]

Appreciate you AE!

[@martinsmotivationalmoves329]

How much did you sell it for?

[@GarageGear]

Ended up selling it to a friend for $240! His son is in high school and is starting a landscaping business! Guy’s gonna be set! 👍thanks for watching Martin!

[@martinsmotivationalmoves329]

@@GarageGear You are a good man for responding! I hope your channel succeeds. :)

[@GarageGear]

@@martinsmotivationalmoves329 thank you my friend! I try my best to respond to comments within 24 hours. 👍

[@dtanner7]

You are very entertaining and informative. Great video, sir.

[@GarageGear]

Thanks a lot dtanner! Appreciate you! 👍