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I get different part numbers when I look at the fiche 094049E701MA https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=094049E701MA&_sacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2334524.m570.l1313&_odkw=94049E701MA&_osacat=0 094047E701MA...

did you look on ebay? I saw a couple there

what is the part number or photo of it etc

What happens if you stop some day in the middle of the mowing for five minutes and it doesn't have enough to kick it over - "now what do I do, push it home? It's 100F outside." Generally Lead Acid batteries are good for 4 to 5 years max, the average is 3 - 4. Starters can draw more current and...

it is at least 8 years old. replace it.

i'd be spraying a couple squirts of penetrating oil thru the spark plug hole down the cylinder walls because it sounds like the piston rings were rusted to the cylinder. Running that without some lubrication will only tear up the rings.

do you have two threads on this going?

call the people who provided you the sod to see if they have any suggestions. If some Canadian goose flew over it and took a dump from 4,000', they will have the same issue from more than one person.

what has already been said and, when was the last time it ran, and where has it been sitting since then? Is this a new mower to you? What is the history of maintenance on it?

so you sheared the bolt and the key. No way is that crankshaft not tweaked as a bend or twist. The key flat side usually goes into the crankshaft. Make sure the sparkplug wire is out when you work on it. Torque the bolt to specs. Then make note where one end of the blade is close to the edge of...

I do mine in the fall :)

If alum foil works go with it. I was going to suggest silicone fabric or sheet. It is good to 500F.

annual blue grass is easy to get rid of. Took me years to believe that but it is. You can use POA Constrictor this time of year, and then late next year just as it starts to cool down, put down a pre-emergent. POA is a cool season and spring grass. It slows or dies in hot weather. Bag your...

You say "Hex head." Is it Torx, Allen, or Star? Look closely and Google them if that means nothing to you. You need the right one for whatever kind of bolt it is.

that is messed up. Take the drain plug to your flaps and ask them for a thread chaser that size. Frankly I think you are looking at a helicoil or threadcert. You may not have cross threaded it, just way over tightened it until it stripped,