gray squirrel
Forum Newbie
- Joined
- Apr 23, 2011
- Threads
- 2
- Messages
- 4
Hi, new to the forum, I inherited a craftsman 21hp v-twin with a 42 inch deck. It sat for 2 years in a building, and was in pretty bad shape. the flywheel, magneto, coil were all rusted stuck. I cleaned everything up, gapped the coil, and pulled the plugs. it will turn freely without plugs. Coil is working, checked spark on both plugs. Put it all back together, and now when you attempt to start, it will act like a dead battery, then I reach up and turn the flywheel by hand, and it will start and run fine. Is it a bad magneto, coil, or is a valve issue. Thanks for any help with this mower.