Pull cord stuck to motor housing

Remove the recoil cover on the top of motor
& check it out

The housing might be riveted to the engine housing and might need to come off together. Hope this helps!

SAE 30

You could, but you shouldn't. I assume you need to replace the cord? Remove bolts from the whole sheet metal housing, and remove the cord reel from inside.

starter clutch under recoil is seizing on shaft...need to polish shaft and lubricate....recoil housing will probably be damaged as well

From what you describe it sounds like the line may be tangled, remove the rewind housing in order to inspect the line up close.

You don't, you must remove the entire housing to replace rewind parts.

measure it from the old cord thats the easiest way ?

Casey,

My son just bought a new Toro self propelled 22" recycler and has had problems on two different occasions. The mower just bogs down to a stop and when he tried to pull the starter cord, it was very VERY difficult to pull. At first I thought the engine had seized up for some reason (no oil?), but we found the problem.

First, disconnect the spark plug wire from the spark plug (to avoid the engine starting); tip the mower on its side and check very carefully the pulley and transmission belt. In his case, a piece of wood had gotten stuck between the belt and the pulley. Removing it fixed the problem (now he mows a little higher so as not to get so close to any debris). (We did have one further problem after that - the engine would not start - not even fire. After pulling and pulling, checking for gas, and checking that the air filter was cleean, we decided to check if the cylinder was flooded - we removed the spark plug, wiped and dried if off, and replaced it. It started right away.)

This belt 'n pulley arrangement isn't the best idea, if you ask me.

Good luck.

Sound like moto is locked up on u all u can do is git it ovehall it sound like it is stuck on u. Try to take the spark plug out and turn it over thind. If not thind it need's good work on?