Luckily for me, I have found a local lawn mower repairman, one who doesn’t intend to retire on what he charges me to keep my mowers in running order. During the last couple of weeks, my riding mower's pull starter cord and recoil mechanism stopped recoiling and starting it. Then, to add insult to injury, yesterday my push mower's, pull starter cord’s braided nylon outside layer has skinned back, revealing the braided center core, and for the fourth time it has begun sputtering to a stop after... Sign in to see full entry.