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My flymow mower smelt of burning then stopped working?

My flymo hover mower smelt of burning there was a little smoke and now it doesn't work. How do I fix it?
alice lane, March 2010
buy a new motor £27.00 on espares website

Jimmy, March 2010
Alice,
Try the fuse first but if its an electric one then often people try to cut grass which is much too lon/wet/thick and simply burn out the motor. Check if the underneath is all clogged up with grass around the cntre of the rotor and remove this as well before trying to restart it as just sometimes the smoke is caused by friction on the grass contacting with the highly spinning blabe central rotor.Hope this helps
regards
Gaz

Gaz, March 2010
could it just be the fuse or shall i scrap it and get another?

alice lane, March 2010
Unless it's quite new (and under guarantee) it could be the motor which is not good news I'm afraid.

larry, March 2010
link Click here to see other fixes for Flymo.