Engine runs fine and blades turn. Tractor won't go either forward or back. Drive belt is hard to see, but I can feel it in places. If it were broken, I think that I could pull it out. This mower has an automatic transmission with a transaxle. Transmission is controlled by a lever near my right knee: push lever forward to move forward; pull lever back to go backward; neutral in the middle. When I move the lever forward or back, I hear no change in the engine noise and the tractor does not move..
Forward motion suddenly stopped after I had started cutting grass. I had cut maybe 200 feet. I didn't hear anything; it just stopped moving; At first I thought I had run into an obstacle.
There's a wire hook sticking out of the back of the frame that disengages the transmission so that it can be pushed by hand. I can push it now with the transmission engaged, but it's much easier to do that with the transmission disengaged.
Bought it new in 2009. New solenoid a year or two ago; replaced battery a time or two. Other than that just routine maintenance. It's been a great machine. Advice much appreciated.
Forward motion suddenly stopped after I had started cutting grass. I had cut maybe 200 feet. I didn't hear anything; it just stopped moving; At first I thought I had run into an obstacle.
There's a wire hook sticking out of the back of the frame that disengages the transmission so that it can be pushed by hand. I can push it now with the transmission engaged, but it's much easier to do that with the transmission disengaged.
Bought it new in 2009. New solenoid a year or two ago; replaced battery a time or two. Other than that just routine maintenance. It's been a great machine. Advice much appreciated.
