OK...get ready to laugh at the newbie. I tried taking the 31 SWTS out of the garage this morning...getting ready to change out the tires.
After maybe five minutes of trying off and on to start it...the starter quit turning the engine over and when I press the starter switch it sounds like the starter was turning, but the bendix was not engaging the flywheel.
I searched the past discussions and decided the bendix must be stuck, so I pulled the starter loose and it was sliding back and forth on the shaft with no problem.
Re-installed the starter and still no joy...sounds like the starter drive gear is turning but not engaging. The teeth on the fly wheel were fine too.
By the way, sometime in the middle of this I realized I had forgotten to turn the fuel on! But still, the starter is not working now. I had to enlist the wife and grand daughter to push it back into the garage.
So do I order a new starter?
RBH
