So, I am really upset with myself over this.
I have my Dad's lawnmower, a Toro Recycler 22. It had been sitting for several months but fired right up on the 1st pull and ran great. Well, I thought it was sitting up a little high for my yard so I lowered it down and was trying it out and whammm, I hit a dang root and of course the mower immediately shut off. I tried to restart it but knew right away that there was a problem so I take a look and see that the blade is bent to hell so, off with the blade and I ordered a new one.
While waiting for the new blade to arrive I decided to refurbish some things on the mower. I replaced the broken engine cover with a very nice used one I found on ebay, replaced the broken drive cable, removed all the wheels, masked off the front tires and painted the front wheels to match the rear wheels better. I know, I know, it is a lawnmower but I wanted it to look fresh. While I had the front wheels off, I inspected the drive gears and generally cleaned everything and scraped all the old built up grass from under the deck. So, I put it all back together this past weekend, pulled the cord and again on the 1st pull it fired right up, only uh oh, there is a knock coming from inside!!!! The engine runs but upon start up and when I cut the engine off, there is a really pronounced knocking.
I understand that the knock may be a bent connecting rod and can be replaced. I had my son pull on the cord to spin the blade while I had a look underneath and I didn't see any wobble from the shaft bit I will do some measuring to make sure the crankshaft isn't bent. So, anyway, yeah, if I just had not hit that dang crepe myrtle root...
Here are some pics of my project.
The model of this mower was manufactured from 2002-2006, and according to the label on the engine, it was manufactured in 2005.
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