Toro weed eater won't start after sitting

It's garage sale season and the picking is good. I picked up this sweet Toro with plenty of compression last weekend. He told me he had owned it since it was new but when it wouldn't start, he tossed it in the shed and forgot about it. Let's get her running the way it's supposed to. 👍
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[@mr1pearl]

Its that magical time of the year when people have equipment that don't run and what do they do buy new our win yeh 💪

[@GuysPlayingWithTools]

Gotta love spring. 😁

[@tomassoyweyvon4902]

Happy to see you have Corvette Parking, Great Vid!!!

[@GuysPlayingWithTools]

She is usually covered up, I kick up a lot of dust out there 😁

[@Big_Johns]

Nice pick Bill, it's amazing what a little love will do for a piece of discarded equipment. 👍

[@GuysPlayingWithTools]

Thanks. This one cleaned up really nice. I don't know why someone would let a nice Toro get this way

[@Big_Johns]

Yep 😲

[@EverydayProjects]

@@Big_Johns Hi John. You look nice today.

[@Big_Johns]

🤣🤣😲

[@DIYVariety]

You gave her the bill love, shes purring now.

[@GuysPlayingWithTools]

Somebody had to do it, she needed love. 🙂

[@rickthelian2215]

Great repair😊

[@GuysPlayingWithTools]

Thanks. 🙂

[@barryewalt3250]

Runs good Bill👍

[@GuysPlayingWithTools]

Thanks. I love the way those sound

[@barryewalt3250]

@@GuysPlayingWithTools Yes it does

[@almclean4835]

Nice Bill. I won’t be doing a carb job on my strimmer. I’ve gone battery 😁😁

[@GuysPlayingWithTools]

Noooooo. Come back to the dark side. We have cookies! 🤣

[@almclean4835]

@@GuysPlayingWithTools I still have four Husky chainsaws, two lawn mowers, one portable capstan. So not going away, be here a while yet😁

[@GuysPlayingWithTools]

4 chainsaws? I am jealous. 🙂

[@almclean4835]

@@GuysPlayingWithTools I have a thing about chainsaws. I have two 254’s, 350 and a 357. The 254’s are my favourite. Used them professionally. Just rebuilt them and they’re as good as new. The 350 we bought as a spares or repair, I repaired it. The 357 has had nothing done to it. Looking at getting a seized 262 to rebuild

[@GuysPlayingWithTools]

You are becoming a collector, I have one that I kept as mine, but everything else goes out the door as soon as it's done.

[@fixitorstripitGardenmachines]

Nice job , i tend to change the carbs on the cheaper stuff. Yes ive been there with the cable. Great video.

[@GuysPlayingWithTools]

Thanks. I rebuild them now and then, but for most people, it's a lot easier to replace it and not buy all the tools you need to clean them right.

[@gravelyman]

Good job 🔧👍

[@GuysPlayingWithTools]

Thanks, I love weedeaters. 😁

[@ex8280]

I just took my carberator apart, clean off a little rust with q tip and wd 40, and spray some carb cleaner in all the hole. And looked for a tiny circular wire screen on the plastic part. Blast that good both ways. Works like new now.

[@GuysPlayingWithTools]

Cool! When I see rust, I worry about where else there may be rust. Good show!

[@ex8280]

​@@GuysPlayingWithToolshmmm? Never thought about that. Thanks

[@GuysPlayingWithTools]

Since you got it running, it's safe to say you got everything, or at least enough of everything. 🙂 I use the ultrasonic only because it gets into the books and crannies I can't see or easily reach(plus, when you do a lot of them, it makes it a lot easier)

[@ex8280]

​@@GuysPlayingWithTools I can't make it that clean, or else I won't have anything to fix in the future. LOL.

[@GuysPlayingWithTools]

@ex8280 🤣

[@EverydayProjects]

Old gas clogs up carburetors and leads to many pieces of equipment being tossed. The replacement carb is the way to go, especially when the knock-offs are so cheap and they usually work. If only we could learn to run the carb dry and empty the fuel tank before putting our small engines away (or learn to put stabilizer in the gas , at a minimum) Nice fix, Bill. You look really young today. Must be all that sunshine !

[@GuysPlayingWithTools]

I do rebuild them and put them off to the side for the next one pretty often but I would hate to see people buying a cleaner for one carb. I am feeling young today. Spring does that to us old people. 🤣

[@EverydayProjects]

@@GuysPlayingWithTools You said it, sunshine🌄🛴🔧🪛🔩⚒

[@tommyhanlon8012]

Hey Bill, would you not knock together one of them homemade weed eater stands like Taryl made ? Surly your new welding skills are up to that ?

[@GuysPlayingWithTools]

You have a point, I am sure I will eventually. I just put a rack together for storing them a couple weeks ago

[@ecgodsmack86]

Where do you add oil to this small engine, and what kind does it take for this model in particular?

[@GuysPlayingWithTools]

This one is a 2 stroke. With 2 stroke motors, you add the oil to the fuel, between 40:1 (3.2 oz per gallon of gas) and 50:1(2.6 oz per gallon of gas). I usually run them all at 3 oz per gallon. It will give a tiny bit of smoke on some motors, but they last forever that way.

[@dfields9511]

👍. I cannot tell you how many times I forgot to attach throttle cable too. 😊

[@GuysPlayingWithTools]

I didn't edit it out because I can't remember the last time I did it, and it was kinda funny... 🙂

[@dfields9511]

@@GuysPlayingWithTools someone gave me a Redmax trimmer it has been sitting for a few years unused and had saw commercial use. I got it running but leaked gas from fuel grommets for the lines. I went to look how much it was and for a few $ more I could get a new carb. Lines and extra lines. So I did that. It works great. But I have to get use to a head that rotates they way it does. Also the spark plug boot shocks you if you bump into it with elbow. Ouch. I think I need some electrical tape. I have only been shocked once before by my MTD made trimmer. Because it was raining out side and I was using it. Lesson learned . That just hurt like [censored]👹

[@GuysPlayingWithTools]

Ignition coils are pretty cheap, after that, using it wouldn't be a shocking experience. Lol I like redmax, they are worth saving every time.

[@KurtStevens-yi1jo]

My Toro bogs down too but I do not have a adjustment screw for the high speed. All I can do is take the carb apart and clean it. Any thought why there is not H or L screw???

[@GuysPlayingWithTools]

It's a design choice to save money. I usually pull the carb when I see that and replace it with a cheap one that is adjustable. (I hate those too)

[@user-wk8gg2uj8b]

Do you know the part number for that gas tank or replacement link I can’t seem to find it for the toro 51938 model looks exactly like yours.?

[@GuysPlayingWithTools]

This one changed a few parts, depending on the serial number, but this one will probably work, compare yours to the picture before hitting the button 🙂 www.repairclinic.com/PartDetail/Fuel-Tank/308675063/4526085?gclid=Cj0KCQjw4MSzBhC8ARIsAPFOuyWmmLZoGFDwu3AnbWsbFwNBo-R33u0Lr44zufh89pg5f4fmf4KpGOEaAncWEALw_wcB If it looks right, it also lists the mfg part # and that makes it a ton easier to search for. Let me know if that works for you 👍

[@user-wk8gg2uj8b]

@@GuysPlayingWithTools thank you 🙏. The problem I’m having is I can’t find the specific fuel tank for my model but the tank looks the exact same except some have no rubber grommet now. The toro 51938 string trimmer fuel tank is not available anywhere if I go buy model #. All the toros look alike I think it might just work

[@jrzuniga1410]

Hello there question where did you a just it from

[@GuysPlayingWithTools]

There are 2 screws on the carb that require special tools that you can get from Amazon, the one closet to the motor adjusts idle, the one further from the motor adjusts the high end

[@jrzuniga1410]

Is ur carburetor aftermarket or original cuase I don’t have that screw only the idle screw

[@GuysPlayingWithTools]

@jrzuniga1410 when I get one without the high/ low screws I replace it with an aftermarket carb. On this one in particular, the stock carb has a single adjustment screw in the center, down the center(from the top). I am not a fan of these because it's hard to get the adjustment perfect without both

[@jrzuniga1410]

I found the screw to adjust it on top of the throttle connection black top inside the small gold tip lol

[@GuysPlayingWithTools]

@jrzuniga1410 I was trying to find a good way to describe the location without a pic. Lol

[@BensWorkshop]

Good work. Carb for a change... ;)

[@GuysPlayingWithTools]

Carbs and bad gas eat up yard equipment every time. 🙂

[@BensWorkshop]

@@GuysPlayingWithTools Almost every time, yes. And yet people avoid looking at them.

[@GuysPlayingWithTools]

@@BensWorkshop If you don't have much experience with them, carbs are mysterious

[@spn455]

🎉cheers

[@GuysPlayingWithTools]

Thanks 😁

[@bigsonslawncare]

Kind of disappointed Bill you only bet a nickel I would've least expected a dime 😮! No throttle I want my view back😂😅

[@GuysPlayingWithTools]

A dime is outside my budget. Lol Since I missed the throttle, I I am giving out 10% off coupons for the next 5 views. 🤣

[@bigsonslawncare]

@@GuysPlayingWithTools Hehe love this 👏🏽🤣

[@GuysPlayingWithTools]

😁

[@themowerman]

Throttle cable.. dam it

[@GuysPlayingWithTools]

Right? I thought the same thing 🤣

[@samuelcain1145]

I saw you at McDonald’s today!

[@GuysPlayingWithTools]

I am out riding around, quite a way off my normal path. 🙂 I love the trees and everything up here. In Texas, we don't have anything like it