Terru First lets make sure that your engine is not seazed up. pull off the spark plug wire and move it out of the way so that it can not fire. Get your hand under the mower and turn the blade both ways. if it does not turn you may have run it out of oil. at that point if this is an old mower and you feel it is not worth putting much money into you could try just filling the oil and putting a couple of drops in through the spark plug hole. and if you can break it loose you can work the blade bak and forth to get the oil disbursed. then if that works I would pull it over sevrel times with the spark plug out to make sure it is well lubricated. This is a bit non convensional but I just did this with a rider and it works fine now.
If however you find that you can turn the blade one way but not the other then your problem is in the recoil. iether the spring is broken or the rope is bound up inside. The spool that the rope winds around is nost likely plastic and they are prone to brake. If you are mechanicaly inclined and it is the recoil then you can take off the shroud, which is that whole top cover that holds the pull cord. there will be 3 or 4 small bolts aroun the sides down low at each corner. If it is the recoil you will need to bring the shroud in and they can get you the replacement parts. Make darned sure you have all the numbers off the machine. The small engine industry is number happy. If you dont have numbers you can't get any thing. repairing those things is very tricky. If you are quite handy and you like a chalenge you could get the parts and fix it yor self. on the other hand a good local handy shop shouldn't charge you much to do that repair Oh ya I almost forgot lets not over look the most obvious. Yes you pulled out the grass but you should get back under there and take a real close look on top of the blade in the center where it attaches to the engine to make sure that you did not get a rope or string or wire some how wrapped around there. To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
