Hi Terrie, I had the same problem with the very first mower I owned. Turned out the oil leaked out through a crack in the oil pan and the thing seized-up. Have you checked the oil lately? On my mower, I replaced the oil pan, filled it up with new oil, put oil in the cylinder and started twisting the mower blade to try and get things moving and lubricated. When it started turning easily, I pulled the cord a few times and it finally started. Luckily, the mower hadn't burned-up. Hope this helps.
Take care, Ed Przybylek At 01:20 PM 8/8/2006, you wrote: >iam new to thelist and I have a problem with my gas mower . I was cutting >the grass and the pull cord would not pull when the mower chocked on some >tall grass I pulled the grass out of it and tried to pull it but it would >not budge. >does anyone have any ideas befor I roll it to the repair shop . I think it >is something simple so I am open for suggestions. >Terrie > > > >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 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/