That's what I was thinking of doing Just got nervous thinking it may be a motor ...... but as for Murphy's Law, the mower is less than 2 months out of warranty
My mower has 183hrs and today while mowing i heard an odd rattle and smell...It seemed to be coming from the pto clutch on the bottom crank of the mower. I shut the mower off for a drink and it will not start now..It slowly tries to turn the engine over...Could the clutch have basically froze...