That's an awful lot to be wrong with a 3-4 year old mower that was only used for two years. Sounds like the owner didn't take very good care of it. That would make me leary of what else I might find wrong with it after I bought it. If you can get it cheap, like in the $50 range, then it might be worth repairing, otherwise I'd say pass on it.

I've owned a 20037 for about 7 years and used it spring througn fall every year and it shows no cable wear. I can't imagine how cables could be worn on such a lightly used mower. I suspect that plus all of the other broken stuff is indicative of other hidden damage. Such as an engine run without oil. Pass unless it is free.

Don't waste your money/time. This is a very abused mower. It's a 2006 model that may have been purchased in 2005. That means it may have 4 years of hard use or at least 3 years. I'd vote for a new Recycler if you need a 22" FWD mower (big lot), but really prefer a RWD 21" for a normal residential lot of 1/2 ac. or less.

The mower is basically free ($20). The blade engagement cable isn't actually worn but the plastic housing broke and needs to be replaced. The self-propel cable appears to have been disconnected during the attempted repair and may just need to be re-attached. The engine turned over but did not start (not surprisingly). I'm going to call my local dealer and see ballpark, what it might cost to repair.

Spoke with my local repair shop and they estimated $150 to repair the blade belt, cables, switch, carb, air filter, spark plug. Said I likely wouldn't need a new pulley. A bit more than I was expecting, but all the other used mowers with personal pace were in the $150-$175 range with varying degrees of issues so I'm going to go pick it up. Worst case, if the shop finds a bunch more wrong when they're going over it, they'll charge me a $20 inspection fee and be done with it.

If you get a chance post what the shop found. You may have found a jewel....

Got the call from the Toro Master Service Dealer today.

Mower model 20047 Personal Pace with Blade Engagement:

Blade
Blade clutch drive belt
transmission belt
Blade engagement cable
Off switch
Air filter
Pre filter
Spark plug
Carb rebuild

Total for Parts & Labor - $213

So I'll have a total of $233 in the mower, which is about half price of what I'd pay for a new one. Probably not the BEST deal out there, but I'm okay with it.

my toro lawn mower is getting fire and gas but no compression gas coming out the spark plug when not in all its doing is spinning is the motor gone please help

If you are getting no compression at all then you either have a stuck valve or the camshaft is way out of time with the crankshaft or one of the timing gears is stripped.

trp: Thats a very fare price for your parts and installation service . I would tend to stick with that Dealer or Repair Facility . You may well have found a solid investment ! Best of luck and Happy Cutting :)

Thanks ewalk! The parts should have arrived this week and I'm expecting I'll get a call next week with the mower repaired. I'm looking forward to dropping my crappy sears mower and using the Toro. The sears motor is nice, but it's heavy and the cut is terrible.

The paint on the underside of the toro deck is basically all gone and there is quite a bit of surface rust so I'm planning on cleaning it up and hitting it with POR-15 to stop the rust. After the POR-15 it should be a breeze to clean the underside of the deck (nothing seems to stick to that stuff).