Re: Toro Serial Number Date Code
Elliott Davis
Beware of actual age. Many machines appear to be of newer vintage than they really are. One tip-off of age is the engine. If it has an original engine that has a flathead design with the valves adjacent to (to the side of) the cylinder, it probably dates to the early 2000s or before. If the engine has a Tecumseh Overhead Valve (OHV) design, where the valves are located over the top of the cylinder, it dates to between 2001 and 2007 at the latest. If it has a Briggs and Stratton (B&S) OHV engine, it is generally newer than 2006 or 2007. These are rough year estimates. The best indicator of actual build date is the Tecumseh serial number or Tecumseh Date of Manufacture (DOM) number or the B&S Code, each of which can be deciphered to give you an actual DOM. You can find out how to interpret Tecumseh numbers in the first few pages of the Tecumseh Basic Information manual, but somehow you need to have an idea of the decade of the machine (the first single digit is the year of manufacture; the next three digits give the day number within the year). For B&S, the first 6 digits of the Code give you the DOM year, month, and day in the format, YYMMDD.
For example, many 924-Series (model #924xxx) snow blowers, with either the black or bluish decals on the control panel, may look very contemporary, but can actually date to the 1980s or 1990s. Two example sets of photos are attached. The first four photos are of a 1993 Ariens ST824, model #924082. The Ariens sticker just gives a sequential serial number and does not indicate the model year. The engine numbering, stamped into the top of the engine shroud, shows a serial number of 3145D that indicates a DOM of the 145th day of 1993, or May 25, 1993.
924-Series snow blowers with the lower-set control panel (about 1/2 way up the handlebars) date to the 1980s. Refer to the next 4 pictures of a 1984 Ariens ST824, model #924050. The engine DOM number 4177D indicates a DOM of the 177th day of 1984, or Jun. 25, 1984. This early-80s snow blower has a short, squat, wide chute that matches early 80s machines.
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