mrlawnmoawer

have taken a look at it, had a load of old grass and crap underneath but apart from that can't find any material and the belts look fine. another problem i've noticed is that the cutting deck is just on 0 and i can't raise or lower it. i'll take it off and put it back on to see if that helps.

thanks and lol! wish I could blame the Mrs

So I was cutting the lawn earlier this week and a large piece of cloth material got caught on the wheel of the cutting deck then got caught in the blades. I instantly switched the engine off before it could get caught too much but some white smelly smoke came out still. I don't know if this was a smell of rubber burning or the motor. Since this incident, whenever I switch the engine on it runs fine, but as soon as you engage the blades the engine then cuts off after 20 seconds or so. The cutting deck seems to be shaking/vibrating quite a bit more than usual but all of the blades do spin. Another problem is that the cutting level is constantly at 0 and I can't raise or lower the deck anymore. What have I likely done to the mower? How can I fix? Cheers.