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glad you got it going, careful with priming it that much, you should prime as little as needed, to much you could flood and cause some problems.  Other than that enjoy snowblowing!

The Champion RJ19LM is the correct plug, you can use the standard J19LM but it may interfere with TV/Radio signals w/o the resistor.  I think they cost the same either way.  Almost all (if not all) Tecumseh 4-cycle engines use that plug.

It was basically a flip of the coin for me to choose Toro or Ariens.  It was between the Ariens 926LE and the Toro 826LE.  Both the same price but every location here wanted 50 extra bucks to put a light on the Toro.  The plastic is stated as a cost reduceing feature yet I was able to come away with the all steel Ariens for the same price and included a light and the nice shovel :)  The toro plastic is pretty durable, under warranty toro replaced the original design with that of an even tougher design because of some sub-zero cracking, both companies stand by their products.  I got a chance to look at some of the impaller covers off and its pretty thick, much better than that of the MTD/Craftsmans and other companies that clone each others blowers.  The chute itself is disigned to flex to prevent breaking and help reduce sticking.

In my opinion they are both great brands but in my area and my case the Ariens was the obvious choice in my price range.  The next step up for toro is the 828LXE (and LE w/o triggers) and around here it was priced about the same as the 11528LE which has a remote wheel lock and the bigger OHV engine to compete with the quick stick and triggers of the Toro.

I think it has more to do with location and compitition.  It seems in my Area that they arn't priceing the Toro's to be competitive with the that of the Ariens.  I've been told Ariens is the "2-Stage Leader" and Toro is the "single stage leader", that reflects what I have in my garage :)  It really did come down to basically a coin flip and a dealer switch though.  My old dealer was SLOW at doing anything and took forever to get anything done, combine that with the Ariens at his shop being sold out and we almost bought a Toro from him...until we called around and found another dealer who is larger in size and has some of the fastest turnaround times, that's what ultimately got us in Orange over Red, the dealer just as AZinOH said.

In the mid-market compact design Ariens has the best machines in my opinion, the 7524LE is priced near that of the snow commander and with its 12 inch impaller and OHV engine it moves a serious amount of snow for taking up just over lawnmower space in the garage.  That was a close third choice but I wanted the the added augar intake height of the Ariens 926LE/Toro826LE.

I guess it just boils down to what kind of a deal you can get, what features you value over other features, and most importantly: dealer support and service.

abcdef wrote:

I would bring the throttle all the way up, then back it down to just before the full throttle mark, you should feel a click when its all full, then back it down.  Give that a try and I bet it will kick right over in a few attemps if not the first try.

patsfan wrote:

The manual details what needs to be done in setup,  it states that a run in of the engine, to check to make sure it wont fail, adjust the carb, for smooth idle etc, for the blower itself its states to check pulleys/belts/friction wheel/friction disc/augars/implaller/drive speed/engagment of clutches and check for proper chute rotation and tension of the lines/belts.  Mine actually came with a seperate pamphlet for the chute control assembly.

Toro might do it differantly but it seems a majority of problems come from home depot and don't get rectified, instead just replaced with a new blower or it goes to a dealer and is charged for inproper setup, while as with a dealer they stand behind their product and run it through the paces to make sure it will last and wont have to come back for awhile.