I have been tasked with trying to get an old Pincor 5500 watt generator running. My brother-in-law had this under his porch for a few years. I've never seen more half-eaten acorns, grass, and crap come out from an engine housing. It is an 11 horse Briggs. I can't find any numbers yet. It has an external oil tank. The engine does appear to have good compression.
I have the shroud (with recoil starter) off, but I can't figure out how to proceed. I am presented with the ratcheting part of the starter mechanism (sort of a square stub) but what to do next? It just isn't obvious to me. There is more "stuff" under the flywheel to remove.
I will try and clean the rust off the flywheel and coil and then check for spark before proceeding.
Please be kind, this is my first Briggs.
Ralph
