Outdoor Power Equipment (Lawn Mowers, Snow Blowers, Chain Saws and more) Discussions

After the last snowfall, when I was finishing up, my snowblower stopped abruptly

and now it feels like it's locked up. When I push the electric start it make a terrible sound

and when I tried to pull start it,  it won't even budge.

Does anyone know what the problem could be? and if so, how I can fix it?

Thanks, Bob

Thanks for the info. I hope you're right and it's #2 also!

I just remembered that another person reported a similar problem. For them it turned out that the starter motor was loose and had jammed up the engine. When they took off the starter they were able to turn over the engine by hand and get it going. They didn't mention why the starter was loose.

Well, here's what fixed it......for now anyway.

Our maintenance man from work suggested to take off the cover and rotate the flywheel with a screwdriver. That way anything jamming it up should drop. I did that, and it's running again. I hope it wasn't anything too important that will end up giving out right away. Oh well we'll see.

Thanks for your input!

~Bob