The Timemaster's wide 30" cutting swath saves a lot of time. We have a lawn area of 0.4 acre, not large enough to justify a sit-on mower. By the way, the manual doesn't mention the size but it's a 5/8" spark plug, and fortunately I had that size spark plug socket. ![]() A few days later, got it going by: removing the spark plug and air filter, filling the carburetor with gasoline to dissolve oil, removing most of that gas using a syringe with tubing, pulling the starter cord to blow fuel out of the cylinder through the spark plug hole, then replacing the spark plug and air filter. After replacing the $20 ruined air filter it still wouldn't start. It turns out the oil system is not sealed, and when the mower is tipped the wrong way the oil runs into the carburetor, and air filter, and out. So, last month when I was tired and rushed I flipped it onto the wrong side to clean out wet grass. Tipping it on the correct side is a bit counterintuitive because that means tipping the heavy weight onto the side discharge plastic grass chute lid rather than onto the sturdy metal side of the deck. ![]() The machine itself is also stickered with numerous warnings - but none about tipping it on the wrong side. None of these three instructions explained why to do it that way, what might happen if you tipped it onto the other side, or gave a dramatic warning - though the manual has pages and pages of other warnings. Unlike most people, I did read the entire 33 pages of the manual so I had seen the three places where it instructed to tip the lawn mower with the oil dipstick down (air filter up). ![]() Warning: Mechanics know one should never tip a gas lawnmower on the wrong side. On the recommendation of a landscaper I bought the Toro Timemaster 30" in 2018, and it has given me good service for four years.
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