I've solved it! The cover over the flywheel mounts on to the engine with 4, 10mm screws, but the cover has slots in in rather than round holes. If the cover is fitted without pushing it hard against the engine, it results in the pull starter being too far outside the "pot" mounted on the f...

I’m trying to restore old Qualcast Punch 43s. It had been abandoned in a shed for years, but I was optimistic it could be fixed. A lack of spark proved to be due to the electronic ignition module having packed in. In order to change that, I had to remove the pull-starter and the flywheel. Having re-...