Im thinking its a 3.5 classic.
Didnt pay enough attention to the quattros ive fixed to notice if they were post and sprag clutch starters. I thought they had the cup type.
If you get it to the point of putting missing bits back on and running it, you need the curved vane on it with that baffle plate
Stuff a bit of rag in the inlet and wash it up.
Id go past a truck parts place and get a 20L drum of 'shock treatment' degreaser. Its $60 well spent. A 2L spray pump from bunnings. Mix it 50/50 with water and get washing. The stuff does a good job, help it on the real bad stuff with a tooth brush, once its on dont let it dry. Not good on bare aluminum. Or bare skin, stings like a bitch if you get it in your eyes. Not too bad on your hands but arms legs or face it stings.
Fallowish ground (its biodegradeable but the stuff your washing off is not) and a garden hose. Ive got a scrubbing brush as well, good for catchers and frames that are real bad.
Id also suggest going to a hardware car parts place and buying some organising trays with a lid and internal compartments. If you strip a motor, sort your bolts. Then if youve got an incomplete etc its easy to lay your hands on the right bolts.
Ive got a few of the trays Bunnings have a 'tecknix' brand one with orange bins in it for $15 each which is pretty cheap.
Ive got wheel and axle in one, bearings bushes, spring clips, nuts etc. Briggs and tecumseh bolts in another. Loose blades and bolts in another. Victa bolts in another along with the victa special tools ive made.
I had blade bosses in one as well but it got too heavy, so ive put them in onve of the open top stackable poultry tubs that my engine parts are in and i put the bar blades in with them.
The stackable crates are a good idea too, labled, its a pain having to move the 4 in the stack to get the bottom one out but its not that bad, at least you know exactly whats where. I forget what ive got, Brown ones for briggs, Good side starters, starter parts, carbs & parts, 3-4hp carbs and tanks, 3-4hp engine parts, 35 quantum, 5hp quantum, grey one for Tecumseh, green for victa PT, G4-LM carb, victa mufflers. Yellow for full crank, one for engine parts and one for throttle cables and carbs etc. Then a white one for the crank bosses.
Had a brown one left over and its got the thru bolt with over centre lever type handle clamps in it.
I got a thing from bunnings a while back thats got all little compartments that goes on the wall in the shed. Ive got service items and the like in it, then the O-rings for victas hanging on the shadow board.
The two screws on the mesh on the sprag. They are 1/4", i had troubles with my 1/4 drive socket, its rounded into the hex and the heads on the bolts on the briggs motors are shallow so the socket wouldnt grab them. Also the socket was too fat, some of the bolts ( i think it was tecumseh) are well shrouded and the socket wouldnt get in. I could grind the tip of the socket flat to square it up but instead ive just used a drill driver for for a 1/4" bit. Works well.
Sorry, i ranted.
