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Rolled my Sears Craftsman LT1000 with 18HP OHV and it wont start

chopper395
10 years ago

Rolled it, and now it wont start (I'm ok, thanks for asking!) Now the battery wont keep a charge and the engine seems to be suffering from some kind of vacuum lock. What I've done so far is charge the battery to 100% (THE BATTERY IS 4 MONTHS OLD) When starting the engine it rotates about 2 revolutions and stops. I then need to use my hands to rotate it past the 'lock up' I pulled the plug, made sure it's getting spark, sure is. Pulled the air filter off and I'm getting a faitn puff of smoke and a gasoline smell, so I'm pretty sure it's getting gas. I pulled the rocker cover off to check and see if the push rods were bent and nope, not bent. Any ideas?

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