turbofiat124
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I must be the opposite. I'd rather have a pull starter on a mower as I would an electric starter. Because batteries these days are crap and cost more than what good battery would cost 20 years ago.
Both of my mowers (B&S 21 and 18 hp) do not have pull starters. But they start easy. Well that is if the batteries are not dead. Then I have to either take the battery off and take it to my garage or run a 100 foot extension cord and my battery charger and charge it for an hour or two.
It would be nice if I could just pull start it like every other small engine I have.
Someone told they think they make a kit to where I can pull start the 18 hp engine but not the 21 hp because of it's size.
I wondered if I could cut or pop of the center of the screen above the flywheel and mount a long threaded shaft (like a thread coupler) in place of the crankcase nut and on the opposite end attach a pulley and just wrap a rope around the pulley a few turns, pull it and start it that way. Like with small engines before they had recoil starters.
Anybody ever done this?
Both of my mowers (B&S 21 and 18 hp) do not have pull starters. But they start easy. Well that is if the batteries are not dead. Then I have to either take the battery off and take it to my garage or run a 100 foot extension cord and my battery charger and charge it for an hour or two.
It would be nice if I could just pull start it like every other small engine I have.
Someone told they think they make a kit to where I can pull start the 18 hp engine but not the 21 hp because of it's size.
I wondered if I could cut or pop of the center of the screen above the flywheel and mount a long threaded shaft (like a thread coupler) in place of the crankcase nut and on the opposite end attach a pulley and just wrap a rope around the pulley a few turns, pull it and start it that way. Like with small engines before they had recoil starters.
Anybody ever done this?