Picked up a free push mower about a mile from home last night. Talked to the guy in his driveway, and he just said it wouldn't start. He asked me what I would do with it, "try to fix it, but I'm not very good at that. So it will likely get scrapped." When I got home I gave it a pull and it seem locked up. What a shame I thought, here is a very nice Toro GTS 6.5 HP 22" rear drive personal pace with bagger that someone didn't put enough oil in. It was late so I didn't do any tinkering. This morning I was prepared to rip the motor off the deck and get things ready for the yard. First thing though I flipped up the lid that covers the grass chute, so that it mulches and doesn't shoot the grass out the side. On the back edge of the chute was a stick perfectly wedged in place to stop the mowing blade. Pull the stick out, shut the lid, and the mower ran like a champ. Nicest push mower I've ever owned, kinda feel bad but I know the guy had a brand new mower in his garage already anyways.
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