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Attach 0-20 VDC voltmeter across the battery terminals. Start the engine. Voltage should read about 13.5 to 14.5 volts with engine running if charging system is OK; this is a test we do on automotive charging systems.

Don't "just" throw a new starter on, try with the spark plug out.

On the cylinder heads of my two old VWs, I use nuts 8mm x 1.25mm that utilize an 11mm wrench. Simpler is to grind a socket or wrench narrower; use a bench grinder and eye protection.

Well, I hope your grandson learned a lot by all this. For a lawn mower like his, a dealer in replacement engines should be able to know what fits. Has anyone tried the replacement engines from Harbor Freight? Installation of replacement engine into a lawn mower should be straightforward.

My 2022 solution has worked for me still.

THIS !!!! This information is from a "well-known" cussing chemist !!!

And aftermarket/owner-installed cables may not be of traditional red=positive, black=negative color. If I needed or did something like that, that's what spray paint is for !

I'm wondering if a piece of tarp got stuck in the belt drive system somehow.....thus preventing engine from turning

The owner's manual for my 2005 LT1000 with B&S engine detailed different part numbers for the drive belt and the deck/mowing belt, the specifications on these were 1/2 inch different. I use the same belt size for each location.

Mine is an LT1000 from 2005, with B&S engine, but I had similar symptoms a decade ago. My manual choke lever would move the cable but the spring in the carburetor was too weak to allow the choke butterfly to return to the "open" position when I manually moved the lever after 5 minutes of...

One can get a balancing tool at Home Depot or similar, inexpensive. Or use a large bolt.

I use a length of chain for that, on my 42" LT1000

I use my 2005 year LT1000 (42", 2-blade) to cut weeds and tumbleweeds in a 1.5 acre horse pasture. Yes, there is some horse poop in the pasture too. I typically have to clean out the deck bottom and sharpen/rebalance or change blades after each mowing, much tougher on mower than using on grass.

I've got a LT1000 2005 model. There's an idler pulley (145) in a bracket which rides a slot on the deck, gets pulled by the manual cable that attaches to the lever. Dirt gets into the channel for the pulley, and must be cleaned out periodically, maybe lubed with a stick lubricant such as Door...

I believe that the tensioner pulley (which should have a spring to release it when you move the lever out of the blade engagement position) is too tight and not moving freely. I've had that get stuck from dirt while mowing tumbleweeds, and I had to take stuff off and clean and lube that to...