42firestillwater
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Hello everyone. First time posting here
Saturday I picked up a simplicity 5212.5 for free from the town dump. About an hour later a guy showed up at the firehouse where I was working with a bigger for it, a plow and a few other things. The man said the motor is blown that's why he got rid of it. I rolled it into the garage and started looking into it. Turn the key and it just clicks, tapped the starter and it doesn't help. Removed the top cover and found the starter to be jammed up, or at least appeared to be jammed. The bendix comes up when you turn the key then doesn't have enough power to actually turn the drive but then the bendix doesn't go down and just jams in. I removed the starter and took it apart and put it back in and it still does the same thing. Motor can be turned over by hand so motor isn't seized. Tried looking up a part number for a starter last night but don't see it listed anywhere online. Any help will be greatly appreciated, just bought my first house and if I can get this up and running for a few hundred dollars it saves me some much needed money.
Thanks in advance
Steve
Saturday I picked up a simplicity 5212.5 for free from the town dump. About an hour later a guy showed up at the firehouse where I was working with a bigger for it, a plow and a few other things. The man said the motor is blown that's why he got rid of it. I rolled it into the garage and started looking into it. Turn the key and it just clicks, tapped the starter and it doesn't help. Removed the top cover and found the starter to be jammed up, or at least appeared to be jammed. The bendix comes up when you turn the key then doesn't have enough power to actually turn the drive but then the bendix doesn't go down and just jams in. I removed the starter and took it apart and put it back in and it still does the same thing. Motor can be turned over by hand so motor isn't seized. Tried looking up a part number for a starter last night but don't see it listed anywhere online. Any help will be greatly appreciated, just bought my first house and if I can get this up and running for a few hundred dollars it saves me some much needed money.
Thanks in advance
Steve
