C.L.
Where are you? There's a guy in Inver Grove Heights who operates under the business name "The Mobile Engine Doctor." He will come to your house to fix your mower and his prices are reasonable. I have also taken our mower to hardware stores for repair, including Hardware Hank. When our mower has conked out in the past I have usually paid a neighborhood teenager about $15 to mow the lawn. Maybe you have a neighbor kid who could do it until your mower is fixed.