firealarmgeek
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Hi everyone,
Just joined the forum and looking to get some help. I'm very inexperienced with fixing mowers.
I picked up a Honda HRA214 mower for free off of craigslist. It has a Honda GXV120 engine. The owner told me it wouldn't start.
I got it home and tried to start it, and it did not start. Everything else checked out okay, so I pulled off the carburetor, gave it a good cleaning following step-by-step instructions on a YouTube video, and put it back on the mower. Was hoping it would be a smooth startup.
Now, the engine is suddenly very difficult to turn. The starter handle broke off of the rope which doesn't help, but before I was still able to give it some good pulls right from the rope. I have to pull on it with all my might to get it to turn a little bit, now. I ruled out the recoil starter; that pulls and retracts fine off the mower. So it's acting like it's hydro-locked, but I don't know how it can be if I didn't tip the mower at all. I pulled the spark plug out, and no change. Still hard to turn. I can get it to turn a little easier using a ratchet/socket, but still have to put some force into it.
Any ideas of what's going on? Thanks in advance.
Just joined the forum and looking to get some help. I'm very inexperienced with fixing mowers.
I picked up a Honda HRA214 mower for free off of craigslist. It has a Honda GXV120 engine. The owner told me it wouldn't start.
I got it home and tried to start it, and it did not start. Everything else checked out okay, so I pulled off the carburetor, gave it a good cleaning following step-by-step instructions on a YouTube video, and put it back on the mower. Was hoping it would be a smooth startup.
Now, the engine is suddenly very difficult to turn. The starter handle broke off of the rope which doesn't help, but before I was still able to give it some good pulls right from the rope. I have to pull on it with all my might to get it to turn a little bit, now. I ruled out the recoil starter; that pulls and retracts fine off the mower. So it's acting like it's hydro-locked, but I don't know how it can be if I didn't tip the mower at all. I pulled the spark plug out, and no change. Still hard to turn. I can get it to turn a little easier using a ratchet/socket, but still have to put some force into it.
Any ideas of what's going on? Thanks in advance.