daveking95
New User
OK, so I parked my 340 Utility for the night, and it wouldn't start the next morning. I looked over the usual suspects, and didn't have any fire at the plugs. OK, I thought, some of the wiring shot craps and I'll have an electrical issue to fix. So I chased an electrical issue that isn't there. It's all solid. OK, I thought, the cap and rotor are funky or worn or whatever. Nope. Solid. Points looked good too...I eventually just got around to the last thing- take a look with the cap off and watch its operation. Ta-da! My rotor isn't spinning. So, since the rotor/shaft don't spin freely, the drive gear must be good, right? What else in that chain of gears make the distributor work? Is there a shear pin somewhere? It's time to start mowing again and now the dumb thing lays down on me.