Thanks for your help Max - fantastic.
It seems that only the last one on the list has a pull-start backup option. In my mind this is essential - been using that on my current motor for the last few years after replacing the starter motor once and it then failing...
Help me out here - would it be silly of me to spend the extra $$ to get a Briggs? Delivered to me it will be almost $1K. At the moment I'm thinking that this will be better quality (??) and I won't have any probs getting it under the hood. Am I wasting my money?
Thanks a lot,
Oli