Toro Personal Pace 6.5hp Tecumseh- can't save them all 

Either way, the severely scored cylinder wall would have not made this mower reliable or usable long term. I've had many machines low on compression try to fire. They will, but never will build up any speed or RPMs.

Thank you, it wasn't too bad except my arm was sore after all the pulling I did on the rope. I was almost positive it was the primer bulb until I pulled the head and knew it wasn't worth going any further with. I've had good luck overall with Tecumsehs too overall, this one just turned out to be too far gone. However, I've yet to have a Tecumseh come in that was blown up!

Yes these Tecumseh engines have their issues but I've never seen one blown up. By the way the cylinder wall looked it had a hard life and was time to retire.

True, they’re extremely durable. That one looks like it’s been run without an air filter or just not taken care of. Wish Techumseh was still around, I liked ‘em!

Yes the gas caps get plugged over time, this one wouldn't fire even with carb spray and spark and when I took the head off and saw all that scoring I knew why. Wish mine was just a gas cap!

That was my original thought but after checking fuel flow, and putting a known good carb on there I all but eliminated that as the issue. The final nail in the coffin was when starter fluid made no difference in getting it to fire. I have had many mowers that have come through here with that problem and I wish that was the problem, but when I saw the scored cylinder walls and the symptoms the mower had it pointed to a low compression issue since it was getting both fuel and fire and at that point knew it really wasn't worth fixing.

On the carb between the carb and intake tube there should be a small piece of metal sticking up with a small hole in it for the spring to link to. That little metal piece can be bent to speed up or slow down the engine. The spring attaches to the metal piece and the linkage attaches to the actual carb. If somebody worked on it before they may have taken it off. I thought so too which is why it baffled me for a few days until I took the head off and saw how bad it looked. It got plenty of fuel and fire which left compression as the only other thing it could be.

Ellis Mowers I found it.. Thanks for the help. I also didn’t know I could speed up or slow down mower by doing that. I appreciate the help.

That's the plan for this one too, did one on a FWD Toro last year and worked great. Knew it wasn't a fuel issue on this one when I sprayed starting fluid in it and nothing different happened. After pulling the head I knew why!

It has been 4 years since I have had this mower so I am not sure.

@@EllisMowersandmore can you please take a look of the sticker? I have a same one but cant find the model number. Thank you very much. You did great job!

@@meiguzhimei I got rid of the mower 4 years ago, therefore can't look at the sticker.

i have the same model and here is the sticker: tecumseh engine displacement 195cc, engine family y-6tpxs.1951bc. call 1(800)558-5402 for engine owner's manual. carb float bowl stamped tecumseh 45. bar code 21038 20074. good luck!!

Try starting it on starter fluid. If it fires then most likely a whole new carb would be the best bet. Tecumseh carbs typically don't come back when they fail even after cleaning. They're only around $10 online. If it isn't starting at all even on starter fluid check your spark plug to make sure it's getting spark, if so, you may have to take off the head bolts on the front of the engine to see if the cylinder wall has any scoring. It should be smooth, if they look like this one then IMO it wouldn't even be worth going further.

Mine starts right up on starter fluid thanks for your help

I've learned that free mowers typically are gone by the time I see them. But good luck! I'll always take a Briggs over a Tecumseh.

@@EllisMowersandmore me too

TJ Verrett did you check the fuel pump? The one that doesn’t exist? It’s gravity fed genius

Thanks for the feedback. I did end up replacing the primer bulb around the 6 minute mark. Either way spraying carb cleaner in the intake would get it to fire, good primer or not. With no fire at all I was considering a spark issue until I pulled off the head and found all the scoring which led me to the low compression issue.