It may have stalled due to flooding and the pull starter wont work because the engine is hydrolocked. Take off the spark plug and see if the pull starter frees up. If it does than I think your electric start will work again as well. The cause of the hydrolocking may be a hung open float in the carb. Which maybe due to fuel gelling in the carb from long periods of sitting. So the Chem-Tool idea is a good one but I would also check the carb by having someone take the carb bowl off and looking for gelled fuel.
SOURCE: electric starter not working on Toro
I've had the same problem (I think) - the starter will not activate. First time, I found the fuse that's attached to the battery "tray" had corroded. For that I put a good coating of silicone dielectric grease on the fuse contacts and holder. This keeps moisture out. With that it was good for a few months. Now it's gone bad again. This time the fuse is good, but the battery is dead, and so dead that it won't recharge. Apparently the cause of the discharge was/is grass and moisture finding its' way into the battery area, and providing a conductive path between the battery terminals. I was recharging it regularly, following the owners manuals' instructions, so it's definitely not a negligence problem caused by me.
So, obviously what we have is a design flaw in the mower that allows grass clippings to get into the battery area. Time for a recall, but for a quick fix for your current pioblem, you might just find the fuse is corroded, and a replacement + non-conductive grease may be all you need to git'er going.
SOURCE: toro s 200 snowthrower electric start when air
Can you hear the motor run when you try to start it when it's cold? If so then it could be in the drive mechanism. I had one that I thought had a bad bendix in the starter. Here it has a rubber disc that turns the starter sprocket. I removed the retainer, took off the sprocket. Cleaned everything and re-assembled, and low and behold it worked. A new starter was over $100.00. Now if yours doesn't even turn when its cold, I'd look into the starter push button, or key switch for bad connection.
SOURCE: Toro snowthrower model 38185, wont
For the easiest solution, try running some automotive type fuel system cleaner through the machine (added to the gasoline; not straight). Find some Chem Tool Berryman B-12 at the auto parts store and add 2-3 ounces in a gallon of fuel or 1-2 ounces in a half gallon. The solvents in the cleaner may aid in cleaning a dirty carburetor. You may want to drain the fuel and remove the carburetor bowl and clean it out as debris may be there, intermittently clogging up the main jet in the carburetor. Water will settle there too.
SOURCE: My toro snowblower keeps stalling. It starts up fine, but won't run continuously.
If you haven't already, dump out gas and put fresh in it and try this, if it doesn't work you will have to clean the carb, take it apart and clean all jets ports etc and put back together and you should be Good to Blow Snow, pretty common problem with Small Engines that set half the season.
check and make sure its getting fuel. when trying to start, spray some engine starting fluid in spark plug hole. just a little bit. replace the plug then try to start it. if it starts then quits then its a fuel problem. fuel not reaching engine. good-day !
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