2005 Toro LX 500, motor is a 20HP Kohler. Never ran really great, but it did the job. Took it out of the shed, since the lawn is going to need some love soon. Filled up the tires, checked all around for mice nests and whatnot. Put a freshly charged batter in. Crossed my fingers and hoped for the best, turned the key. It coughed, made a few revolutions and started to squeal. I pushed the tractor to the house where I could better asses the situation.
Figured the engine seized, so I went to pull the plugs out. First problem I found is one of my plug wires was chewed through. Exposed wire looked great. Wasn't until I gave it a slight tug that it just came apart from underneath the cowl. Pulled the plugs out. The right plug was clearly used and firing (as of last year anyways). The one with the bad wire? Coated in oil, looks like it hadn't fired in some time. I wonder if this wire breakage happened last year and the kids forgot to tell me that the tractor was running like crap.
At any rate.. Put a socket on the flywheel. Would not budge, at all. Put a breaker bar on it instead and finally got it to move. Sure enough, the motor spun freely by hand, just by grabbing the grass guard on top. I was happy, it didn't seem seized. I put a few squirts of oil in the cylinders just to be safe. Made several more revolutions by hand. Went to go start it again to make sure it would turn over, and the starter engaged, but made this terrible squealing. Put the wrench back on and the engine wouldn't budge. I'm starting to think the starter is just toast. I've had them go before, but it's usually just a "click-click"
Any more info needed?
-Seth
Figured the engine seized, so I went to pull the plugs out. First problem I found is one of my plug wires was chewed through. Exposed wire looked great. Wasn't until I gave it a slight tug that it just came apart from underneath the cowl. Pulled the plugs out. The right plug was clearly used and firing (as of last year anyways). The one with the bad wire? Coated in oil, looks like it hadn't fired in some time. I wonder if this wire breakage happened last year and the kids forgot to tell me that the tractor was running like crap.
At any rate.. Put a socket on the flywheel. Would not budge, at all. Put a breaker bar on it instead and finally got it to move. Sure enough, the motor spun freely by hand, just by grabbing the grass guard on top. I was happy, it didn't seem seized. I put a few squirts of oil in the cylinders just to be safe. Made several more revolutions by hand. Went to go start it again to make sure it would turn over, and the starter engaged, but made this terrible squealing. Put the wrench back on and the engine wouldn't budge. I'm starting to think the starter is just toast. I've had them go before, but it's usually just a "click-click"
Any more info needed?
-Seth