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This video shows how to troubleshoot the most likely causes, so you can find out what's wrong and get back to mowing. For additional repair help-including common symptoms and troubleshooting tips, and step-by-step riding mower repair guides and articles-check out our repair help section.

A bad starter solenoid often causes this problem-but not always. The mower could have a bad starter motor, a wiring failure, a weak battery or a locked-up engine. We'll show you how to find out what's wrong.

• Work gloves and safety goggles
• Multimeter
• Wire brush
• Baking soda and water
• Petroleum jelly
• Clip-on meter probes

If the starter cable is okay, you know that the starter motor is getting power.

Since the motor isn't turning, we've narrowed the failure down to a seized engine or a failed starter motor.

We'll check for a seized engine and if it's not locked up, we'll know that the starter motor failed.

To see if the engine spins, remove the plug from the screen above the flywheel to access the flywheel bolt. Use a socket wrench to rotate the flywheel bolt clockwise and try to spin the engine. If the engine won't spin because it's locked up, have a service technician diagnose and repair the problem.

If you can spin the engine, replace the starter motor because it's not spinning the engine when activated.

If you follow these troubleshooting steps, you should be able to get that riding lawn mower engine started so you can get back to mowing.

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