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<blockquote data-quote="stoogr" data-source="post: 19408" data-attributes="member: 2109"><p>Thanks Mike. I was working on quite a slope when it started to smoke a little, intermittently. I decided to get out of there before it got worse, but as I was leaving the smoking increased significantly. It would run at an idle (still smoking) but as soon as I tried to give it any gas it would quit. I pulled the air intake off and confirmed the choke was open and tapped the carburetor bowl thinking the float was stuck. Since then, I pulled the carb and found everything good. I will get the battery charged up. I have already cleaned the posts and re-attached the cables (they were loose) and hooked a 700 cranking amp portable booster to it but it still won't engage. Next, I'll follow the cables back, cleaning as I go. Being an optimist, I am going with what you said in the reply to the other query I entered - that with a low battery the bendix sometimes hangs up. I'm not looking forward to removing the starter. The machine is sitting on forest floor so I'll have to dig a hole to get under it. A jack would just sink out of sight. One odd thing - I turned the motor over by hand to make sure it wasn't seized. It will go one direction (with the starter clicking away) but absolutely will not turn the other direction. It has a Briggs and Straton engine. Do these motors have a history?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="stoogr, post: 19408, member: 2109"] Thanks Mike. I was working on quite a slope when it started to smoke a little, intermittently. I decided to get out of there before it got worse, but as I was leaving the smoking increased significantly. It would run at an idle (still smoking) but as soon as I tried to give it any gas it would quit. I pulled the air intake off and confirmed the choke was open and tapped the carburetor bowl thinking the float was stuck. Since then, I pulled the carb and found everything good. I will get the battery charged up. I have already cleaned the posts and re-attached the cables (they were loose) and hooked a 700 cranking amp portable booster to it but it still won't engage. Next, I'll follow the cables back, cleaning as I go. Being an optimist, I am going with what you said in the reply to the other query I entered - that with a low battery the bendix sometimes hangs up. I'm not looking forward to removing the starter. The machine is sitting on forest floor so I'll have to dig a hole to get under it. A jack would just sink out of sight. One odd thing - I turned the motor over by hand to make sure it wasn't seized. It will go one direction (with the starter clicking away) but absolutely will not turn the other direction. It has a Briggs and Straton engine. Do these motors have a history? [/QUOTE]
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