My Husqvarna was running and cutting grass then it started running rough. I shut off the clutch to the blades and tried to reengage the clutch, nothing. I then shut off the engine, and now there is nothing, nNo click, no pop, nothing! What the hell happened?
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Sounds like your carburetor has blown. You may also have a starter issue. With your mower running rough and now nothing, it was giving you the last clue before turning off. Hopefully after the carburetor replacement, there wouldn't be a battery issue ,because the battery may have kept this mower going longer with failing parts. Have battery tested, there are many places that do that for free. This makes sure that when parts are replaced, that the battery will be strong enough.
My husky mower did this and the fuel pump was bad. I put a low pressure electric one on it and it runs like a champ now.
Husqvarna and Briggs engines seem to have multiple starting issues. Ive encountered a few. The oddest was exactly what you described. Mowing fine and then just shuts down completely. No crank or sound when key turned. Just hour meter. After scratching my head for awhile I decided to start tracing voltage from battery. First stop was starter solenoid which was right on the top side. No click. I jumped it out and the engine started right up.
If the lawnmower was running rough and you heard some noise from the engine as you were cutting the grass it sounds like the engine has seized up and is no longer cranking over. You could have blown a gasket in the engine which caused it to either leak oil or get oil in the crankshaft of the engine.
Actually, this could be due to a maintenance issue but probably has to do with the carburetor.
If you are mechanically inclined you may be able to take your mower apart and check for problems.
Just be sure you have clean (preferably new) air filter/gas filter, spark plug before you retry the engine as all of these items (and more) could cause other problems.
You can also post your question on some of the repair forums and they'll know what questions to ask to help you figure out what needs to be done. You may have to join the group before you can post and some take a little figuring out on how to post.
You'll need your model number also.
There are also lots of YouTube videos on how to repair almost everything on a mower.
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