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Well, I tried to swap the motors tonight but unfortunately that fit wasn't correct. That said, I'll keep the motor and rip into it when I get some more free time and see if I can't repair it. Thanks for the help and suggestions!

I took a look at it again when I got home from work. The shaft is bent. Also, I can hear a fairly loud click when turning it over. I would say motor is shot. I’ll look into the clone at HF. Might try swapping my Briggs on since that is free other than my time trying. If it doesn’t work, oh well.

Unfortunately that might be the case. Is it even worth digging in further? The rest of the mower is really nice...tempted to see if I can take the briggs motor off of my old mower and put it on this one.

Yes, oil level is good and looks almost new.

Hello - I picked up a Honda HRN 216 mower off Facebook marketplace for $20. The person said the engine had issues, but they weren't sure what was wrong. Basically it was hard to pull. I put it back together, they had the motor off of the deck. I was able to get it to run for close to a minute...