"Jeff" wrote in message ...
I have a roughly 8 year old Honda Harmony (2 speed) self propelled mower.
Once, if not twice per season, the mower begins slipping while engaged.
This will cause the mower to slow, then catch, then slow, than catch.
Releasing the clutch and re-engaging helps to re-engage most of the time. I
have tried to tighten the cable myself after paying the repair shop several
times. Nothing seems to last longer than 20 - 25 mowings (1/3 acre) before
the problem appears again.

Any suggestions for stabilizing or fixing this? Perhaps hints to tightening
the cable properly would help.

Hello Jeff,

I have had problems with my 1993 Honda Harmony mower also, that is
with the self-propelled system. My first problem was within the first
two years of ownership where the cable that engages the self-drive
broke...it was fixed under warranty. Now here in May 2003, I have the
problem again but just the opposite... Now the self-propelled drive
won't DISENGAGE! Their must be a spring that has broken that puts
tension on the cable to assist the pull of the drive lever... Anyhow,
it works fine but there is about a 7 second delay in the drive
disengaging...probably the time it takes for the mowers vibration to
work the drive lever in the bottom of the mower...down (=disengage).

So its back to the shop for the second time for self-propelled
problems. The mower is 10 years old and has been a good mower. The
engine is starting to act up a little like its not getting fuel and it
does smoke most times on start-up, always has... Always change the
oil at the begining of our short summer season here in Northern
Michigan and always use premium gas fresh.

It well be getting a tune up along with the fix....its about time as
the last time was when the self-propelled cable broke in 1995.

Jason