Posted by David Critchfield on March 31, 1998 at 15:35:46:
Bulbous nose-piece to my David-Bradley walk-behind rototiller/tractor holds a rope coil with a coiled return spring, but whatever mechanism once pushed the cogs on the side of the rope coil down onto its mate on the front of the crank is missing. What was it? Rectangular opening in front of nose piece may have once had a grille.... or something else. Your comments appreciated.