I have an old Condor Mower but when I tried to start it recently the recoil start rope broke, or at least it came out of the mechanism.

I can see also that the end of the return spring seems to be broken, but that it would be possible to grind the end back to copy whatever shape it should be, using an angle grinder

The problem is that with it all in bits, it is difficult to see how it all goes back together, The cord may well have something on the end of it like a knot, but it is not obvious how I should go about it's repair.

Is this information available anywhere or will I have to approach Briggs and Stratton?

Thanks George.

George wrote:
I have an old Condor Mower but when I tried to start it recently the
recoil start rope broke, or at least it came out of the mechanism.

I can see also that the end of the return spring seems to be broken, but
that it would be possible to grind the end back to copy whatever shape it
should be, using an angle grinder

The problem is that with it all in bits, it is difficult to see how it
all goes back together, The cord may well have something on the end of it
like a knot, but it is not obvious how I should go about it's repair.

Is this information available anywhere or will I have to approach Briggs and Stratton?

Thanks George.


I can't search at the moment but I'm willing to bet that a "Briggs and
Stratton recoil starter repair" search on the Internet will bring up more
sites and YouTube videos than you'll know what to do with.

Regarding the spring, unless you have absolutely no alternative I'd go for
replacement, not cutting/bending/grinding. Spring steel is cussed stuff.

Tim

On 19/04/2016 20:43, George wrote:


Is this information available anywhere or will I have to approach Briggs and Stratton?

Lots of Youtube instructional videos


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On Tue, 19 Apr 2016 12:43:22 -0700 (PDT), George wrote:

Is this information available anywhere or will I have to approach Briggs
and Stratton?

Have you not found google yet?

The B&S website has manuals for download. The hard bit might be
finding which manual to download but they give guidance on where to
find the required engine numbers.

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Dave.