thanks this helped if i didn’t watch this i wouldn’t know how to fix it nd my dad would beat me

Thanks for the video. My son told me the chord was stuck for our mower. I quickly watched your vid, fixed the problem, and now my son thinks I know things.

Thank you so much for this video. I never had a father in my life to teach me things. Also I’m a single mother, and have to figure out everything by myself. After watching this video… I seen all the grass piled up and stuck between the blades. I’m so thankful you did this video! God bless you!❤

That was awesome! I am a 77-year-old woman who changed the oil and air filter on my lawnmower today for the first time ever and cleaned it up so it looks like it was new. Then I couldn’t pull the cord. UGG. I am immediately thought, “oh no, what did I do?” I quickly found your solution and 30 seconds later my mower was up and running beautifully. I am so grateful. Thank you

I looked under the mower and didn't see obstructions. Saw your video and followed the directions and guess what? It works!! YEA!! Thanks!!

I was ready to go and buy a new lawnmower. I watched another video on how to fix the pull string, but realized that was not the issue. After watching your video, I looked at the underside of the mower and realized it had quite a bit of built up hardened grass and dirt... A simple cleaning and the mower worked as good as it did. Thank you so much for the information.

My lawnmower was doing the same thing, it turned out to be dried grass under the deck. Thank you for your video, it’s save me a trip to the repair shop!

Thanks, 68 y/o wimpy, unhandy woman now feels a little sassy because this worked. Actually not the debris shield, but lots of debris. I’m now a subscriber.

Never had anyone to show me how to be handy growing up, so I'm glad I have the internet to show me stuff like this. Thanks for the video, it really helped me out. 🤙

Cool, my daughter was mowing the lawn and the mower ran out of gas. She put more gas in but when she went to start it up, there was a ton of wet grass underneath that jammed the blade as she tried to do her first pull. Clearing out the wet grass fixed the problem instantly.

Debris = correct! Saved my grass cutting (and Neighbors watching) in less than a minute, thank you!

Wow.. So many times I was ready to call someone, or try to be a hero and take the whole thing apart to see if the cord was tangled.. Really appreciate you posting and making this video.. Saved me a headache today and many many more in the future lol.. Thanks again !!!!

Wow I literally went under the lawn mower turned my blade and the string started pulling .. Dude you’re a lawn mower guru🤝

Thanks for the help, but people like you are why I hate asking questions.

Oh my gosh thank you for the video! I’m 13 and trying to start a lawn mowing business mine wouldn’t pull and turned out a stick kept it from moving you helped tremendously

Thanks man very helpful. I dont need a dad the internet comes to the rescue again

Thank you! For anyone reading - one other cause will be some crusty old chunks of grass on the bottom of the mower. Getting rid of that solved my issue.

First time mowing this season and the cord was stuck. Turned the mower over and there was dried caked on grass to remove.Afterwards, started like a charm. Thanks for your help!!!

Thank you. I lost my husband almost three years ago and determined to be independent. I utube a lot. My problem was I hadnt cleaned under in a long time and old grass built up and dried and was blocking blade. One more utube fix I ever marry again, I'll be someone's handy/fix girl. Lol Thank you. Nancy.

I was at my wit's end, about to completely give up. My husband passed away just a few weeks ago and he had always performed the lawn care. In point of fact, owned a lawn care business for many years. I now do those chores. The lawnmower pull cord was totally frozen today and I had no clue what to do until I happened on your video. While it was a bit of a different problem (clippings were clogged underneath and impeded the blade), your video gave me insight on how to resolve the issue. Success! Thank you so much!!

Okay, so I just had to troubleshoot and repair my washing machine last week after not being able to find anyone to help me. Many calls, many attempts, many tears. Ordered a door lock part, put it in and fixed! Yay me! Mowed the lawn today. Towards the end I ran out of gas. Refilled and went to start and Oh no! Cord won't budge! After the breakdown last week I was not mentally prepared for this. Had a shower, a drink, and then got to figuring out what's wrong the same way I did with the washer- KZfaq! This was the first video I watched. I paused when you turned the mower on its side and went out to do the same thing. It was all clumped with grass. Cleared the grass and now works. This was the super easy fix I didn't know I could be blessed with! Thank you!!!

I LOVE the condescending attitude guy! Makes me want to rent from you. All I kept thinking as you were talking is... "this guy's a jerk"

I'm a woman trying to start this thing. 😅 So I came looking for this video. Now I know and I can pass over the education. Thank you 👍🏻

I hadn't started the mower in a long time. My husband is out of state. His go to suggestion when he doesn't know exactly what the problem is, is "KZfaq it". This was exactly the problem and the solution. I barely got my hands dirty. Thanks for the help. Sometimes the easiest solution is the hardest to see.

Thanks! You just saved me the cost of a new lawnmower! Mine wasn't the back flap, but caked on grass all around the inside from 4 seasons of mowing.

Thank you so much! My Big Brother used to work with small engines lawnmowers, carburetor's and such. He passed away last year. I'm living in his house and when things like this happen, I just tell him I need him back. I know that's not going to happen but I want to do the best I can to take care of his property. Things like this are really hard because if he were here, it would be working. I called a lawnmower repair guy. I think he was a competitor of my Brother's business. He told me the mower was junk because it seized up. Wasn't friendly either. I guess he was mad because the city we live in picked my brother to work on their small engines. My brother was in a wheelchair but he didn't let disability define who he was. I miss my brother terribly as you can tell. I'm going to go check the lawnmower out like you said. And disconnect the sparkplug first. My brother drilled that into me. I miss him a lot as you can tell. Thank you. EDIT: Well, it wasn't what you said but if I hadn't turned it over I never would have seen a LOT of dry grass was holding the blade in place and it wouldn't turn. I cleaned all the dry grass out, connected the spark plug. And it STARTED! Thank You Thank You THANK YOU!

I have very little knowledge about lawn mowers, so when my mower cord wouldn't pull, I decided to check out youtube and saw your video. I was shocked when I saw the amount of buildup underneath my mower! I cleaned it out really good, flipped it back over, gave it a couple of pulls and IT CRANKED like a charm!!!!! Thank you so much for this video! I only wish I had seen the video BEFORE I weed ate the yard this afternoon!! Thanks, again!

My lawnmower gives me so much grief and I saw the $$$ adding up as I couldn’t pull the core out. With your info it was running in less than 5 minutes!!! TY so much!!!

Thanks a lot for the tutorial! I'm 21F who's only mowed the lawn once ever before and couldn't figure out the mower was filled with debris. I never even thought of looking under it lol 😅Thanks a bunch!

I need to buy you a beer! Thank you for making this video. Helped me get my mower running again.

Thanks this solved my problem today! It turns out there was some grass stuck between the blade and the frame, which made it impossible to pull the cord. After clearing that out, it worked fine!

5 years later and this still helps, there was a big bunch of grass stuck in between the mower and blade and I just had to clean it out

Very cool of you to make sure to belittle the person that needed your help. Do better

Thank you! I guess I’m not the most handy lady of the house, but I’m smart enough to watch this video and got my problem solved! Thanks again!

👍Thank you. This is the BEST video. Dried grass build up underneath, kept the blades from moving. Cleaned, works great .

Thanks a lot!! For me it was the first start up of the season. It had to do with a lot of dried dirt and grass blocking the blade from turning. Cleaned it out and fired up..

This worked! It was a blocked blade from grass clipping! Thank you! I think all of us video makers need to get to the point faster, though. Everyone is in such a hurry and our advice can usually be expressed in 30 seconds as opposed to three minutes. I see it with my own videos and am trying to make them quicker. You would think free advice on here would be appreciated, but everyone is a critic and wants their info in milli-seconds, if that is even a word! lol... thanks again.

You’re a yard saver. Just happened to me this morn cutting the grass. Couldn’t thank you enough!!

Thanks my dad is no longer with my family anymore so this really helped 😢

My husband grew up with 2 abusive fathers. Men who are "unhandy" could benefit from men who are handy teaching them how to do things instead of degrading them when they don't know. He has a brilliant mind and is a great student. He's a great husband, father, and provider. He's also humble. I've taught him the way of the handyman and he's so grateful to help when and where he can. Be kind.

My mower didn't have the flap caught underneath, but your video made me look on the underside to see if anything was under there that was keeping the blade from turning. And there was! Once I cleared it out, the mower started. So, thank you for posting it.

So glad I saw your video. I was about to start disassembling my mower when I decided to just go to KZfaq and look for an easy fix instead, and when I turned it on its side, there was a huge chunk of debris lodged inside it. The handle pulled just fine once I got it out.

Thanks much! We had a huge clog of grass stuck in ours, but problem solved in less than a minute, plus the minute and a half getting to the solution on the video!

Thanks a lot for sharing the video I just fixed my lawnmower. In my case it was the grass stuck underneath that would prevent the blade from turning.

Thank you so much I literally mowed the tall grass with a small mower and so much grass had accumulated at the mower blade that the knife could no longer turn and the rope didn’t want to come out. 😁👍

Didn't even watch the whole video. Just got to the part of flipping it over and seeing what's wrong underneath. I had all kinds of old grass that was mulched, had hardened and passed thru that the blade was stuck on. Thank you!

Man..... Just tried this video and it turned out to be the very first tip that worked. Thanks for the video La Mace!!! Cheers from 2022.

Thank you! Saved me a trip to the mechanic, they probably would of charged me a fortune too 🤣

Turns out mine wasn't the flap. It was clogged up grass. So this video still led me to the culprit. Thanks

Thank you u-tube dad. Good name for you. The u-tube father 😊 fixed in a few seconds. Also sometimes you have to turn the blade around clockwise a few times and it pulls when you try and start it. Mine still sticks even though it's new 😮 I cleaned the grass off. Checked for obstruction and still sticks and won't pull. My lawnmower is only a few months old and I've used it 6 times. 350.00 crazy

Just now. I knew not to panic until I came to your channel. Giant clumps of wet grass with a branch embedded. Back in business. You da man!

Thank you sooooo much for this video my cord was stuck and it would not pull. I turned it over on its side and there was tons of grass jammed up around the blade. I cleaned out the bottom of my lawnmower and pulled out that part that you said to pull out and it started right up. I thought I was going to have to buy a brand new lawnmower you saved me a ton of money. Thank you again!!!!🙏🏾

That was it! It didn’t seem like much caked on grass underneath but I gave it a thorough cleaning and presto. Was looking at 500 dollar electric mower… thank you😊

My problem wasn’t as stupid. Grass kept stopping the blade because I waited too long to mow. I was so panicked thinking the engine seized up. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

Man am iI feeling stupid. I had my 10 year old lawn mower half apart thinking there was something wrong with the flywheel. While there was nothing blocking the blade, a half turn and the cord was free. Thank you for the inspiration.

Thanks this helped underneath mine was clogged with hard dried grass. Cleared it and working now.

Thanks a lot, I tipped it upside down and the blade was stuck with a lump of grass,which I pulled out and problem was solved.

Grateful Thanks! Appreciate this more than you know!!! Solved my problem quickly. No time or money (& more) for repairs and to loose the window to mow. Life has been overwhelming -- Thank you!!! :)

Unhandy wife here, got me unstuck and moving on with my day. Simple, easy, probably will happen again. So, thanks!

Hey this is Monica well I just want to tell you thank you your video really helped and I got my lawnmower going again thanks

Thanks hun I’m not exactly a mechanical person and I’m not exactly supposed to be doing anything remotely like this as I’m unwell and the treatment is not helping 😂 but I’m going to try get the cord to pull with your instructions and wish me luck- cheers 🥂 ❤

Thank you for making this video. In my case it was a bunch of clogged up old grass probably from the previous 2 years. All my life until retirement I was at the mercy of Lawn Mower Tune-up fixers who take up to 3 weeks to tune a lawn mower up. (They tell you it takes them 3 weeks. It only took me 15 minutes to install a new Spark Plug, drain and replace the oil. Install a new Air Filter and clean out the empty gas tank.) You saved the day! Thanks again! (One thing yet to do: remove the blade and have it sharpened one of these days.

Thanks. Caked grass was preventing my lawnmower blade from turning. That is why my pull string was stuck. I simply cleared the underbelly of my lawnmower, and it started after that.

I turned it on its side and I removed all debris that was under there and I turned the the blade by hand it was really tight but after a few turns it did turn some what, however as I was turning all the sudden the air filter popped off and a bunch of oil spilled out. The cover was off the air filter because I had purchased a new air filter and was going to put it on. There is no more oil in the mower now. I think I should also volunteer that I am a 63 yr old widow, my husband was a wiz and fixing things and before him my father was also a wiz at fixing things. Everyday I realize that nobody ever taught me anything useful. I am a wiz at many things but not at keeping things in working order. Dads teach your daughters how to fix things, it is an important life skill.

I feel.like i want to jump in front of a train after this. I am.laughing because I cant cry.

YOU HAVE OVER A MILLION VIEWS, 😂 That is so great...I am one of the million that couldn't start my murry

OMG have been mowing for 50 yrs and have had this mower for 20. Thought is no way this is the problem. Yes it was 😂

OMG! For 2 years, I thought I had a broken lawn mower. I don't know why I never looked up the symptom to fix it. You were right! I had a wad of old grass blocking the blade from moving. Thank you for your video!!

Thank you. I just mowed my lawn. Yeah, some of us haven't been too handy. That's why we are watching. Shalom from Pennsylvania.

Thanks so much. It was old clumped grass underneath that wedged the rotor blade. I cleaned it out and it worked. You saved the day. Thanks.

thank you for a quick,to the point, helpful video without a bunch of stories and BS. I am going to check now if this is why my mower won't start. Even if it isn't, I very appreciate this video!

I did a whole tune up on the mower and still the pull string was stuck. Until I watched your video! Thank youuuu!!!

To those of you that you looked under deck and nothing was blocking the blade, then check oil. If it’s pretty low, add oil. Then remove spark plug and spin the blade a couple revolutions by hand, then reinstall spark plug. Problem should be solved.

Mines Was Like This And I Thought I Had A Bigger Problem But It Was Just Dried Up Mud That Was Stopping It From Pulling So Thanx This Helped A Lot!😌👍

Thank you for taking the time to make this vid. My cord was frozen, and i didnt wanna bother the land lord haha this did the trick. Tho it wasn't the flap caught, was an old dried up hunka grass :)

Can't express enough my relief with your help! You said, check the blade, and only after looking straight on that blade I finally figured out that it is a thick twig sitting their preventing blade to spin! But before with help of another video I removed the cover on a top, found spring is fine, looked at the bottom, found nothing! That twig was just invisible and I could not see it! Until I heard from you that magic words, "check the blade" and then I touched it to see if it turns and revealed that dumb twig! Thanks for this lection for dummies!

My son was cutting the neighbors yard for cash when this happened. Pulled out all the grass and was fixed. Thanks!

Your vid has made me a household hero just now - thanx muchly! (I might've figured it out on my own - after much colorful words and a few cold pints). Now I need another excuse for a few beers. Naw...........................

Thanks so much, you saved me the day. Dry grass clips caked up on me and prevented the blade from turning!

Thank you I was able to help my mom get her lawnmower starting

Thankyou for this. Last time it happened I paid close to $100 at lawnmower repair shop. Found this video, removed a clump of grass, problem solved.😀

Thank you so much. I was mowing and stopped to move stuff and all of a sudden, no pull. I did not have a dragging skirt, but it was easy to see that OLD DRY grass had accumulated and would not allow the blade to rotate. I guess I see the point of the deck wash port now.

Thanks for posting this, I’m a widow and am learning to do stuff on my own.

Very helpful thank you. Saved me 450.00

Thank you so mich for this video. I was able to fix my parents lawnmower and they were able to avoid paying a costly service fee.

Thank you, problem solved, clump of grass jammed my blade!! My family and friends all know I’m hopeless at handy jobs…..reaffirmed by fact I was viewing this video….self esteem a bit lower but glad another 1/2 million + people also had the same need to view this!!! 😂

Omgosh this saved me a bill to the fixit guy. Whoosh. Thanks a million.

Ok I feel like a idiot.........great video....... I looked underneath. Jammed with grass. Started right up. 👍🏾

Thank you! That was such an easy fix! There were large clumps of dried up grass blocking the blade.

Thank you. So much.this video really help me😀.I didn't know what to do😢 exactly what you said.That's what happened.I backed up on some wet grass and it was stuck by the draft ❤

I am not a smart man and this saved me not so much time but money, because I wanted to figure it out myself.

Love it!! Single mom here trying to figure out how to fix mower. Thanks for sharing

I don’t know how to fix much I had to figure things out by myself my dad died when I was six so this rly helped

Oh thank you for this video. My husband couldn't figure out what he was doing wrong. Between this video and another one, I not my husband figured it out. Lol. Thanks again

Exactly what the issue with my mower was. Thank you so much for thus helpful video! It helped me fix it in no time.

Thank you!!! Never be afraid to put simple things on KZfaq!! I don't know how to pull the spark plug so wish me luck.

Thank you so much..turns out the blade was just stuck on a heap of grass! Never would have thought to look under the lawn mower, though!!

Ain’t no way boy this man is a god sent

You just saved me from buying a new mower! Interestingly, the problem was not the guard, it was the caked-on grass. I've never had that happen before.

OMG. Thank you so much. Went to mow. After a few curse words decided to look for a video. As I turned it over, whatda you know. Lol. I learned something and now can mow. Thank you again.