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If all else fails bring it to my place and I can fit a later cup starter setup on it seeing you are in Melb

Hi FiM

Not completely sure what motor you have without seeing it but sounds like the one with those older Briggs recoil setups, that the clutch pawl or ratchet sprocket acts up, works just like a bicycle freehub—if the little dogs or springs get gummed up, worn, or fail to disengage, the spinning flywheel catches the starter and forces the cord back out at a million miles an hour, generating enough friction to melt the plastic housing and fry the ratchet.

You can buy a new inner starter part that threads onto the crank, if you can find one, but usually these have small steel balls inside to
engage ,if its not too stuffed I usually open the seal up enough with a feeler gauge on the ratchet part and spray WD40 into it , you aren't
meant to as this makes it slip but if you spray it then leave it a day its usually dries enough to work but is lubricated enough to stop the squealing
and ripping the rope starter apart.

I usually find if I replace them with another second hand one it does the same thing until you use WD40 in it.

Cheers
Max.

Hi Olqualcast

Its a D61 Turner mower they just put a Qualcast badge on it for a different manufacturer.

https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.a...turner-the-lawnmower-range-for-1961.html

It’s badge-engineered, exactly like how a mid-eighties Ford Laser is actually a Mazda 323 underneath. Turner and Qualcast were different brands, but they shared the exact same chassis and design—Turner built the mower for Qualcast just slapped their badge on the front of the same machine.

Sometimes other shops would sell them with no cast badge on the front.

Cheers
Max.

Hey I resently got an old rotary hoe with a briggs and stratton 5hp it had a few problem but iv got new carbi new exhaust new head gasket seal new electric starter motor but it starts and then sckwheels loudly and melted plastic pull cord assemble and pushed all the cord back out and the ratchet washer melted off so I replaced both started it again and same thing what going on please any help would be super appreciated

Digging through a barn at my grandparents farm in Western Australia came across this mower, have not found a single example or picture of another one anywhere, has sparked an interest in vintage mowers now, please some info or photos of one would be great I would like to restore it to its original state.
Deck looks to be hammer tone gold originally, thanks in advance