Recent content by randarrington

Thank you all for the replies. I had a shop come and pick it up today. I don't have anything that I'd need to adjust the valves so I opted to let a pro do it. I had come to the conclusion that it's probably the valves. Sounds like I may have destroyed the starter too. Sigh. The mower is only a 3...

Oh also the engine is really hard to turn past the pressure point. I'm hoping it's something other than bad valves....

I've got a 3 year old lawn tractor and by the second year I noticed that it started to struggle turning the engine on the start. Once it had started then there wasn't an issue. Now, however, it seems to have gotten worse. The motor will turn once and then struggles to turn again. Holding down on...