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Correct. A friend bought a new mower and gave this one to me when the noise started. I never got around to asking how old it is. I took it because electric mowers have very few moving parts, and sometimes I can fix things. The old one had the motor sitting right there on top of the deck and...

Sounds worse with the blade off. Not good news. Got to be the bearings I reckon; I'm tempted to tear it down far enough to look. thanks for the help

This is an electric mower. It runs but emits a rhythmic noise. There's a link at the bottom to an imgur file with a .MOV video. It was given to me recently; I just tried it yesterday and got this noise. I bought an electric back in the 1970s and used it for 40some years. Trashed it when I ran...

B&S 331877 1234 B1 Serial 090608ZD67562 blows blue smoke out the muffler when blades are engaged, particularly when the grass is heavy and/or mower is moving uphill. This symptom appeared suddenly: didn't see smoke last time I used it; did see smoke the next time. Bought in 2009. Biggest...