Pull/Recoil starter on 14.5 hp briggs and stratton?

so thats my goal, if anybody has questions comments or want to help, OR have done it themselves with an engine please respond!
pics are appreciated!!!

got on off an old kohler 8 hp i had to drill a couple holes in the shroud to bolt it up and put the bolt the cup on the fly wheel, actually isnt that hard to pull on an 11 hp but is a beotch when it doesnt wanna start

redzz02 wrote:

got on off an old kohler 8 hp i had to drill a couple holes in the shroud to bolt it up and put the bolt the cup on the fly wheel, actually isnt that hard to pull on an 11 hp but is a beotch when it doesnt wanna start

if you got any pics or could take some please do so, thank you!

hey sorry bud this is the best i can do for now


you can see the pull start on the 11hp


this is the cup still bolted on the fly wheel and you can see the extra holes drilled into the shroud, i would get you some detail pics but the pull start part is 2hrs away up my camp sorry, just find one that has a cup and not a ratchet like some of the briggs and you should be able to bolt them up and i might have some pics i just gotta look for them

redzz02 wrote:

hey sorry bud this is the best i can do for now


you can see the pull start on the 11hp


this is the cup still bolted on the fly wheel and you can see the extra holes drilled into the shroud, i would get you some detail pics but the pull start part is 2hrs away up my camp sorry, just find one that has a cup and not a ratchet like some of the briggs and you should be able to bolt them up and i might have some pics i just gotta look for them

hey thanks! what im workin off of is using an old honda push mower starter, but ill look for a old rider with one

Some of the larger motors on snowblowers are pullstart with a nice big handle also. Might be able to find the part to bolt right on to your shroud.

Jamus wrote:

Some of the larger motors on snowblowers are pullstart with a nice big handle also. Might be able to find the part to bolt right on to your shroud.

will check that out, but i live in Texas and we dont get much snow down here but, that gives me the idea maybe i can find an old generator, most bigger models have pull starts and electric

i got a craftsman 11hp and took a pull start off a 3 hp engine i had layin around. i bolted the "cog" on the 11hp flywheel. then i cut the part off the shroud from the 3 hp and welded it to my shroud on the 11hp. i was gonna bolt it, but it sat too close to the flywheel fins. i had some trimming to do to keep it low profile. but it is cool and works great. but i had to take it all off to change out my flywheel. broke on me.

biscuit wrote:

i got a craftsman 11hp and took a pull start off a 3 hp engine i had layin around. i bolted the "cog" on the 11hp flywheel. then i cut the part off the shroud from the 3 hp and welded it to my shroud on the 11hp. i was gonna bolt it, but it sat too close to the flywheel fins. i had some trimming to do to keep it low profile. but it is cool and works great. but i had to take it all off to change out my flywheel. broke on me.

thanks! that helped alot! im gunna probably do something similar, do you happen to have any pictures of how it bolts on to the flywheel?

I pull started a 12 horse easily but I broke my wrist trying to Pull Start a 17 horse by wrapping a rope around the pulley and pulling.