no big deal, though. i had replaced the starter gear during my initial refurbishing stages. all was well for a while. i'd occasionally hit a spot on the flywheel with missing/broken teeth during starting, but all that was necessary was to turn the motor 1/4 turn or so by hand (place palm on top of motor, twist) to a spot with solid teeth for the starter gear to mesh with.
however, over the past season and a half of this the rest of the plastic teeth on the flywheel began to grind away to the point that i was finally no longer able to start the mower at all...
so, a call to arthur at hooper power equipment in murfreesboro (awesome lil shop and arthur is a fabulous resource for all things snapper/briggs&stratton) revealed that a starter rebuild kit (well, not the innards of the starter, but all exterior bits - weighted disk spindle thingy, spring, gear, cap and circlip) was $15.80 but a new flywheel for my motor (12.5hp Briggs and Stratton model 286707 circa 1996) was $120. whoa! next stop, ebay. a-ha! $15 + $15 to ship the heavy beast. plus, this one has metal teeth! done.
took it all apart then reassembled with the new+used parts and tadow - up and running again...
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