Model 71188 12-32
The previous owner claimed it ran last year but it just needed a battery. Long story short I said if you can allow me to put a battery in to try it and see if it runs, you have a deal. He said he had a new one from his other mower and would put it in. He called back 10 minutes later to say it cranks but won't fire. I said as long as I have your word it ran last year, we have a deal if you throw in that battery.
Fast forward when I finally get it home. It cranks, has spark I am almost certain it has compression, but just won't start. There are 3 sets of plugs that are unplugged that I have no idea where they go. one Blk/Wht single wire, One Gray - One Red/Wht double wire plug and One Black - One Brown double wire plug. I downloaded the schematic but it's not helping me, I have 3 female plug ends with no male ends to plug them into. I attached pics for you to see. So I had a good mechanic friend of mine stop by. I go to crank it and no more then 2 seconds into it, the motor just stops (mind you I was working on it for 2 hours before this with no issue). Turns our the the blade was engaged and was all of a sudden hitting the inside of the mower housing. My friend said it would be wise to check to see if the woodruff key for the flywheel is sheered. He said if that happened during mowing the momentum of the flywheel would keep it turning and throw the timing off. Unfortunately I did not have the correct socket size to remove the bolt on the flywheel to check the key. 25 mm I assume?. So my hope is the timing is just the issue, but I am thinking this guy lied or something worse happened he's not disclosing and tried working on it himself. There are no screws holding the upper shroud along with all those plugs unplugged.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!
The previous owner claimed it ran last year but it just needed a battery. Long story short I said if you can allow me to put a battery in to try it and see if it runs, you have a deal. He said he had a new one from his other mower and would put it in. He called back 10 minutes later to say it cranks but won't fire. I said as long as I have your word it ran last year, we have a deal if you throw in that battery.
Fast forward when I finally get it home. It cranks, has spark I am almost certain it has compression, but just won't start. There are 3 sets of plugs that are unplugged that I have no idea where they go. one Blk/Wht single wire, One Gray - One Red/Wht double wire plug and One Black - One Brown double wire plug. I downloaded the schematic but it's not helping me, I have 3 female plug ends with no male ends to plug them into. I attached pics for you to see. So I had a good mechanic friend of mine stop by. I go to crank it and no more then 2 seconds into it, the motor just stops (mind you I was working on it for 2 hours before this with no issue). Turns our the the blade was engaged and was all of a sudden hitting the inside of the mower housing. My friend said it would be wise to check to see if the woodruff key for the flywheel is sheered. He said if that happened during mowing the momentum of the flywheel would keep it turning and throw the timing off. Unfortunately I did not have the correct socket size to remove the bolt on the flywheel to check the key. 25 mm I assume?. So my hope is the timing is just the issue, but I am thinking this guy lied or something worse happened he's not disclosing and tried working on it himself. There are no screws holding the upper shroud along with all those plugs unplugged.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!