It will take a little more work to get the primer fuel line out. Remove the ignition wires by pulling their attachment clip out by hand. The control plate still won't be able to turn over because it will still be attached to the machine by a fuel line and a pair of ignition wires. Separate the ignition wires and the fuel line from the control plate. While lifting the control plate away from the machine, the choke lever must be carefully threaded out of the carburetor. The back of the snowblower's choke lever attaches to the carburetor. It's time to lift the control plate away from the snowblower, but this has to be done carefully. It may take a little coaxing to get it away from the handle bars. Use a wrench to remove the two handle bar screws, one on each side of the snowblower. And two handle bar screws hold the front cover to the machine. The front cover also holds the control plate down.
The cover will still be attached to the snowblower's starter rope, so you will have to wind the rope around the handle bars to keep it and the control cover out of the way during the remainder of the repair.
Now the control plate cover can be lifted from its position. Next, remove the ignition key from the control plate cover. To remove the control plate cover, first remove the three fasteners that hold it to the control plate. The first step in removing the control plate is to first remove the control plate cover. Most Toro single stage snowblowers have very similar designs, so these steps will apply to nearly every Toro single stage machine. This is because the primer assembly must be pressed out of the back side of the plate. The control plate has to come off of the snowblower in order to remove the primer bulb. Check out the demonstration video as an additional, visual repair guide. This repair can take less than ten minutes and will save a snowblower owner a handful of money. Simple tools and a little dismantling are all that is required to replace a snowblower primer bulb. Replacing the primer bulb on a Toro snowblower is one of the most common repairs for this machine, and luckily, it's a repair that snowblower owners of any level of repair experience can handle of at home.