As stated earlier you can freeze the engine and all engines by removing the spark plug and inserting starter rope into the cylinder.. On 4 cycle with OHV you will need to make sure both valves are closed. Then go ccw fron the blade side 1/2 .Turh cw and the piston will jam against the rope. As for tightening you can put a socket on the flywheel nut and tighten the screw. If you try to loosen it this way you may loosen the flywheel nut. BTW is your mower a Stripping Mower? I have one and I love it!

I took pictures but don't know if we can post them on the board. Here is how I do it, though there are other ways. Once you have your pics on your computer, you will then need to put them on an on-line photo storage site. I use Photobucket. It is Free, and you can join here Once you have your Photobucket account set up, you will need to upload the pics you want to post here. After you have them uploaded, just follow the instructions below. 1...just type your message,...or in this case a reply to this post, changing the Subject of Posting line by one character, if necessary. 2...open Photobucket in another tab, or window. 3...find the pic you want to post in the message, 4...click on HTML code found in the third box below the pic. It will say copied in yellow, 5...go back and paste the HTML code in your message box, 6...hit preview, You will then see your message, and the actual pic, and 7... lastly hit submit. If you have any problems, stop over at The Test Forum Gallery. There are several 'regulars' there that will be glad to help you if need be. Sue

Hi Stefny, to post pics you must upload pictures to a place like photobucket..under the picture in photobucket there will be a list of code...copy the one that says html code and come back to garden web and paste it in the box where you type...then click preview...if the picture shows there it will show here. Ps..If I were you I would post this in the garden web forum home decorating..there are quite a few photoshopians there.

Gardengal's suggestion of an online design course (I have no experience with them either) sounds like a good possibility for learning the landscape design PROCESS. The process begins with site inventory and analysis, and moves through schematic and conceptual phases to various forms of construction and presentation drawings. One must also learn about managing the project. These things are fairly straightforward, without much variation in how to accomplish them. When it comes to the artistic aspect of landscape design, I think this is much more difficult to teach and actually, the weak point in instruction. The rules for "good design" remain vague, or at least, to me, appear to. What I'm saying is that, in fact, you may end up teaching yourself what looks good and why. Therefore, it's not too early to begin to observe and study as much as possible. Notice why some things work well and why some things don't. Notice proportions ... connections ... materials, etc. I have no idea where you reside or what kind of work you do. But you might consider obtaining the highest level position you can in a local landscape company and begin to absorb all the knowledge you can about the work. Knowing HOW things are done can help immensely insofar as design is concerned. Also, it may give you opportunities (that you can't see now) that lead to a beginning level design position, where you can work and learn under the tutelage of a more experienced designer. It may begin with just "helping," but depending on your abilities, your help may be highly welcomed. At least you'll be getting some pay, as opposed to the poor students who must pay others! Another things that will be necessary to be a designer today, is computer graphic skills. Somehow, you'll need to learn CAD and other drawing skills. You could begin with learning Sketchup as it is used much.