As I mentioned several times last June, I have been trying to get one more year out of our old riding mower.
I have probably spent as much time working on the mower this summer as I did actually mowing grass. In addition to the spindle I replaced back then, I’ve replaced blades and belts, and even repaired a cracked engine block with epoxy.
We almost made it.
I had just finished mowing a few days ago, and was running up and down the driveway blowing leaves and clippings off the pavement, when the engine made a loud noise. I shut it down immediately, but when I tried to start it again, the engine wouldn’t turn over.
I went out to work on it yesterday, and found that – even with the sparkplug removed – I could not turn the engine with a wrench and a cheater pipe. It is locked up as solid as a rock.
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