Please add to you video there 10 screw not 9, i did traid for 1 hour to take the cover off did not work, some how they put another screw under the toroto sticker without any marking , so if any body has problem taken cover of look under the toro sticker, sorprise😅😮 Thanks 🙏 (for model#51618)
Someone else mentioned that a few years ago so I put that info as the first line in the video description.. I'll also pin your comment so it stays as the first (top) comment..
Thanks for the video, I was about to go to the store and purchase a new one, then I said to myself , why don't you go on RU-vid and see if someone else had the same problem and boom there it was, I followed your instructions and I was able to repair mine. The problem with other people not being able to pull it apart is that, there a sticker holding the two pieces together and it has to be removed before it can be separated!!
Thank you so much for sharing this great idea. It worked out great for me. Guys like you make guys like me who aren't the best at this stuff breath easier. Keep sharing the gifts God has given you!
Thanks for your video! We were able to make the exact repair on our blower, too! Saved money and provided another lesson for my kids to be resourceful!
Glad it helped.. With all the aging Toro blowers out there I figured someone else would have the same problem.. Also nice for your kids to learn that things can often be repaired rather than replaced.. All that's needed is a little info/inspiration..
Thank you very much for this video! It saved me from buying a new one. Mine was only a little dirty or something. I had to do some continuity testing to figure out the problem, once I did, I just taped up my wire insulation holes and it worked great! Without your video, I probably would have been too scared to attempt this.
Absolutely brilliant PB man and can't thank you enough. My old trusty Black and Decker has faulty mail plug on the housing but rest of unit still works great. Going to give this a shot tomorrow. Regards, Frank
The problem is that the orange light duty extension cord can't handle the medium duty blower's amps. Pay a little more and get a medium or heavy duty extension and it will handle all of your yard tools without worrying about the plug becoming fused to the extension. Get an extension that goes a little beyond in amps than what the tool can draw. ex- 12 amp blower get a 12 to 15 amp extension.
@@tongo117 Success!Success!...buuuuut I only had a 10amp cord to cut from (the blower is 12amp, on high I assume) so gonna have to find a thicker one. You're the best, wouldnt have done it without your vid.Thanks!....Oh, one question though, should the top of the motor (where it spins by the brushes) be "sparking" lightly within itself?Thanks again.
I just ran a permanent cord into one of these & a "weed eater" brand one- since hot integral male plug also can destroy the female end of an (increasingly expensive!) extension cord! (Though of course you can always buy an expensive female end and repair your extension cord too, which I've done ...)
Maybe I missed it, but why do the male plugs burn like that. This just happened to my Toro (maybe 2 years old) and my Black & Decker edger too. Am I using the wrong cord? It's an extra-long orange cord from Home Depot. Also, the white plug you used, did you buy that separately as a Toro part or did you just use an old extension cord and cut it short?
The problem is probably too thin of a gauge of wire. The gauge number of an extension cord goes down as the thickness goes up. The thicker cord can handle more power going through it on a longer-term basis. Also, longer cords add more resistance which leads to more heat, if you only need a 50ft cord you're better off with that instead of a 100ft.
I had this problem with a Troy bilt leaf blower. Instead of using wirenuts, I just soldered my replacement cord in. My leaf blower works better now with the replacement cord.
Brilliant, PB-man! I had mine taking up space on the back of a shelf for 10 years after the plug end ripped out the same as yours. I was cleaning my garage shelves, and was deciding whether to toss the blower out or not after having no luck scouring the internet for the plug part; but I came across your video with the same exact unit, and the same exact situation. Very smart solution. Do you have any idea what gauge cord would be compatible?
Thanks! It looks like you just plugged the repaired blower back into the same extension cord that the prong had been embedded in when it started smoking. Is this correct? My extension cord smells like electrical smoke after the prong was embedded in it and I pulled the prong out so I left it outside because it stunk. But since then, it's been rained on. Is it useable again or would the end of that need to be replaced? How do you tell?
It's been 5 years and to be honest I don't remember if the cord in the video was the same one that the prong broke off in.. With yours you could plug something in and try it out or play it safe and replace the female connection.. If the plug is wet inside from the rain either allow it to dry out naturally, dry it out (hair dryer) or spray WD40 (if you have it) inside to displace the water..
Yes geest video very thorough and to the point except they come 2 prong and you are replacing with 3 prong and didn't mention what you did with the ground wire . Im doing the same thing but wanted to add the ground and wonder where to connect it anybody know please help thanks!
You are correct.. The salvaged power strip cord did have a green ground wire which I did not use.. If you freeze the video at 2:31 you can just see the end where I cut it off short.. Not sure where you should connect yours.. Hopefully someone else can help..
plug was some type of hard rubber.. not sure of the drill bit size but i do remember starting out with smaller hole and progressing to larger until it was a tight fit..
I took all the screws as I can see. However, it is still not coming apart. It is very tightly stuck around the power cord exit . There is a push tab there. Is there a trick?
There was no trick with mine.. After taking out the screws (9) the two pieces came apart easily as shown in the video.. Have you tried placing something flat in the seam between the two pieces and prying them (gently) apart?
Hi, My Blower the Circuit Breaker is bad! where can I get it , or there is a way I could by pass it and replace it wit a fuse or a switch ,or a regular breaker? Thanks. please, email me : daryoush1949@gmail.com
My friend, I followed your instructions but my power strip that I used have a green wire with black and white, I ignored the green wire and connected the black and white and when I was done there's no power...please help!
Mine had a green wire also.. If you freeze at 2:31 you can just see the end of it cut off short.. I connected black/black, white/white and that was it.. So I can't really help except to say check that connections are secure.. Or, possibly you do have power it's just that the motor is not turning on for some reason??
