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Well I moved the linkage rods a bit,sprayed carb cleaner over the governor arm and spring and kept running it. It is smoothing out a bit the more I run it. The thing has not run in probably ten years or more,the seller said it was running and he cut his lawn with it a few weeks ago lmfao,good...

To recap. I got spark,got it tuned over by key,bought a new solenoid,new starer gear,soaked the carb in seafoam for 3 days and cleaned out the gunk and gel,waiting on the shift cables to be delivered,found neutral and both gears,replaced the belts and it moves in reverse and forward. Right now...

Had a moment after work to look under the carriage and see there is a belt that has rolled off the pulleys,so it should start moving in gear when I rout the belt back on right. I will see if I can get it back on right tomorrow and hope it's right belt,but I think it's obvious why it would move...

I'm starting a new thread on this used unit I have fully repaired from everything wrong. At this point it won't move in gear. If I jack it up and put it in reverse or drive,I can spin the wheels and they spin opposite of each other,so the gears are working and the brake isn't binding. When I run...

Ok I will keep posting whats going on. I hate people who post and never give the final fix and every post on this model and issue has gone into limbo years ago and not one person posted the final fix,just left the threads open ended and dead. I found out why It wouldn't start again wink lol...

Working backwards now. I got it running and found neutral. I wanted to see if it drives,I put a cable on it to pull the shift lever into gear when it's running,it doesn't move and began to stall and won't start again,it turns over but nothing and I can't get it out of whatever gear it's in and...

K today I got new starter gear and had the carb soaking in seafoam for 3 days and sprayed the carb good with carb cleaner after,it fired up no problem on the key,goes into neutral from me monkeying the shift lever to get the fork free. I still need new shift cables and those are the expensive...

Update,I found neutral. In my case I took a slot screwdriver and placed it on the shift linkage and lightly hammered it back and forth about 7 times and in between pushed the machine back and forth,rocked it as hard as I could and tapped the srewdriver with a hammer light,seems the shift fork...