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    jaychristmas Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    Oct 17, 2009, 11:46 AM
    Lawnmower won't start
    I have a murray riding lawnmower and it will crank but when I put it in gear to go forward I hear like a ticking sound and it will not go forward or backwards.
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    Oct 17, 2009, 12:02 PM

    Hi,
    It is an idler, belt or spring on the motion drive system; or if you had a rear wheel off, you did not put the key back in that locks the wheel to the axle.
    Peace,
    Clarke
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