Outdoor Power Equipment (Lawn Mowers, Snow Blowers, Chain Saws and more) Discussions

Hello everyone. First time posting on this forum.

I was given an old Toro 824 for free. I think it's a 1989 model. I never owned a snowblower so I don't know much about them. The only snowblowing I did was with my two arms and a shovel.

I just dismantled the blower in my garage because of rust all over and are in the process of painting the engine shroud peices, the entire auger assembly and shroud, and the wheels. I took off the carb and cleaned it also. It ran great before the teardown and hope it runs better when I'm finished.

I just have some questions;

1) I purchased a new muffler but there was no gasket with it. The old muffler had no gasket either. Should there be a gasket?

2) What engine oil should be used?

3) What type of spark plug? (I just want to be sure it has the correct one)

4) Should there be oil in the auger gear assembly? I read somewhere grease is only needed.

5) Should there be an air filter? I didn't see one attached.

Here are some images.

The teardown...




Here is the painted engine shroud and auger shroud...



Here is the cleaned carb with newly painted linkage bracket...




Many more things to do...

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you shouldnt need a air filter,i have 3 of them and none of them have a air filter,try a j19lm plug,thats what mine use,and i put 10w30 oil in it,hope this helps,looks really good.jag

Air filters are one of the little differences between snowblower engines and units designed for use during the summer. I'm not exactly sure why since I would think aspirating snow into the carburetor would be considered "a bad thing". Then again you probably don't use a snowblower in dusty conditions.

an air filter on a snowblower would likely get wet during operation, and would then freeze solid after it's shut down. 

I finally had a chance to finish it. Check it out...

WOW! what an awesomwe job buddy, this is really good work, the look is incredible, guess i'd be happy to see it live hehehehe. You may add original sticker if you can get one , well again bravo.

Thanks Denis.

I still have the original sticker but it won't adhere anymore. Only if I could find some double sided tape the size of the sticker I'd be all set. Maybe a craft store would have something like that, I don't know.

I wouldn't mind getting a new one, but I don't know if Toro sells stuff like that.

that looks very nice,i have 2 sided tape,or tell me what the stickers are/say,there is a guy in town here that reproduces stickers that are not avalible anymore,again,nice work.  jag

the thing looks brand spanking new man nice job. i myself would have at first recomennded an iar filter but it would probably get we or somthing. if you really wanted one i would try to find an air filter housijng that was covered and pulled the air from the bottom or near th engine somewere as there would be no water there. have you fired her up yet?

I fired it up and idles great, the auger works, drives forward/reverse but am having a little trouble when I move the throttle to FAST. I followed Toro's factory setting but as soon as I move the throttle to FAST it dies. In one of the steps it says to rotate the Idle Speed Screw until engine idles fast at 1750RPM. How am I supposed to know when 1750RPM is reached?

I guess I have to play around with it a little more...

IT's very hard to ajust carburator in summertime without an air filter, thats why its dies, If you ajust the carburator with an air filter, you probaly need to reajust it in winter without the air filter. I use to run my snowblower once a week in summertime and it does the same thing but I know if i touch the screws it won't run good in winter.