Sue reported that it vibrated for a few seconds before seizing up. It's a rider and there is almost no grass in the engine compartment.
Regards. Max. K 4 O D S. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Transistor site http://www.funwithtransistors.net Vacuum tube site: http://www.funwithtubes.net Music site: http://www.maxsmusicplace.com To subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Kennedy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2008 2:29 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] New mower, Old one R I P. > I'd check the oil first. If it seized up it's always heat related. Low > oil causes tremendous friction which converts to very high heat. A less > likely cause would be debris behind the different shrouds. Grass > clippings and so on can get into the cooling fins and retain the heat from > the engine. This happens more on push mowers though. > > Beyond this it would depend on the engine. Is it a cast iron sleeve? The > older fully aluminum engines would lock up pretty easily. That just > wasn't one of the better combinations. > > When you get around to checking it out, take the shroud and screen off the > top so you can try turning the engine with the fins of the flywheel. You > may be able to break it loose. If it's still tight, there is a large nut > on the end of the crankshaft that you can put a wrench on. Unless it > welded itself together you should be able to put some force on the nut and > make it turn. > > I'd doubt very much if it was something like a broken rod. If the rod > breaks, the engine will still turn in most cases. At least part of the > way around. > > Of course this is all guessing for now without looking at the engine. But > I'd feel safe in guessing it is the rod seizing to the crank journal or > the crank seizing to the bottom end bushing if it doesn't have ball > bearings. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Max Robinson > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2008 12:51 PM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] New mower, Old one R I P. > > > Hmmm. I just might do that. I'm very curious about what happened to that > engine. > > Regards. > > Max. K 4 O D S. > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Transistor site http://www.funwithtransistors.net > Vacuum tube site: http://www.funwithtubes.net > Music site: http://www.maxsmusicplace.com > > To subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rodger Hood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2008 11:00 PM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] New mower, Old one R I P. > > > Hey do like I do. fix the old one when you have time so that you are > > never without. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Max Robinson > > To: Blind Handyman > > Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2008 8:36 PM > > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] New mower, Old one R I P. > > > > > > The riding mower died yesterday. Sue was driving it and reported to me > > that > > it had quit. The starter wouldn't turn it over. The battery is brand > new. > > I couldn't turn it by hand either. I quizzed her in more detail which > > revealed that it had started to vibrate and then stopped. The engine > > didn't > > coast down to a stop, it stopped dead. That seems to be its condition. > I > > assume something broke inside the engine. Probably a piston. Given an > > over > > winter I could likely tare it down, order the parts from Brigs and > > Stratton > > and fix it. But with the growing season still going strong I don't > think > > I > > could do it in time to suit Sue. Having a mower shop do it would likely > > cost as much as a new mower. We went today and bought a John Deere. The > > engine in it looks like a Brigs. > > > > Regards. > > > > Max. 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