Hi, that is John from Denver Mower Pro’s in Denver Metro. Today, we’re going to reveal you what to do while you could’t pull the draw back starter on your lawnmower. First, permit’s take a look at for a blade obstruction. Put on gloves, disconnect the spark plug cord, and tip the mower on its facet with the air filter up.
If you see a branch or another item under the mower deck that’s preventing the blade from spinning, get rid of it. Reconnect the spark plug and also you should be capable of start the mower. If you didn’t discover some thing blocking off the blade, you may have a trouble with the draw back starter, or the engine might be locked up. We’ll eliminate the blower housing to check the draw back starter.
On this kind of engine, the blower housing is simple to take away, and the flinch starter comes off with the housing. Disconnect the spark plug again and release the starter rope from the lawnmower deal with. Remove the screws from the blower housing and pull the housing off the engine. Pull the starter rope to peer if the draw back starter works.
If the recoil starter is locked up or cracked, replace it. The flinch starter is easy to replace on this lawnmower. Pull off the protect, after which release the balk starter from the tabs on the blower housing. Remove the vintage starter and snap the brand new one into the tabs.
Reinstall the draw back starter protect, and you’re ready to reattach the blower housing to the engine. If the balk starter works, then you can have oil inside the cylinder causing a hydraulic lock. Tipping the mower ahead or on its aspect with the air filter down can fill the cylinder with oil. The piston can’t compress the liquid oil, so the engine seizes up.
To check for this hassle, take away the spark plug, clamp the bail manage bar all the way down to release the blade brake, and manually rotate the starter cup to peer if the engine rotates. With the spark plug removed, if the engine spins, reinstall the blower housing and pull the starter rope several instances to clean oil out of the cylinder. Remove the clamp from the bail manipulate bar, reinstall the spark plug, and reconnect the spark plug cord. You may locate the engine starts offevolved after clearing the cylinder.
The engine can also sputter and smoke till the cylinder burns off the oil. If you may’t rotate the starter cup with the spark plug removed, then the engine probably has an inner failure, consisting of a bent crankshaft or locked-up piston. Have a service technician observe and restore the engine. I wish this helped you out.
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