Tecumseh 590739 Recoil Starter

This is a genuine Tecumseh replacement part. Installed quickly and mower started easily. No complaints.

Thus item was a perfect fit for my Tecumseh LEV120-362003A.No hole drilling required

This is an identical replacement to the original starter rope recoil mechanism. SO it also duplicates the cheap plastic housing for the starter pawls that breaks if Goober yards too hard on the starter rope. The trick is to pull lightly on the rope until the pawls engage, and then pull hard - if you pull hard before the pawls engage, it puts a great strain on the plastic housing and it will break before long.It fits perfectly, the rope is plenty long, you can even take the label from the old starter rope and put it on this one. Supplier very prompt - it arrived in three days from order, and very reasonably priced. HIghly recommended.

This starter assembly is an aftermarket replacement that is functionally identical to the Tecumseh part. I was hoping that it wasn't going to be identical, because the Tecumseh part uses a plastic spool, which is what eventually failed on mine. Unfortunately, this part also uses a plastic spool. It's too bad someone doesn't make one out of aluminum. It does fit and function just like the original, so I only took one star off for the plastic spool ...

Works just fine - over 100 starts in the few weeks I had it (leaf mowing and frequent emptying). The soft plastic surround on the old mower had to be trimmed a little to fit, as a youtube video indicated - easily done with a utility knife.

Was surprised when I took this out the box to see that it looked identical to the OEM part that I took off the lawnmower (a Scotts 6.5hp self propelled about 11 years old, with a Tecumseh engine). All screw holes lined up and the starter fitted perfectly. After priming the lawnmower is started after just a couple of pulls. After warming up the lawnmower, the engine starts on the first pull - very happy. In summary ~$25 delivered to the door, saved me about $400 for the new lawnmower that I had my eye on.

The first few times I started my lawnmower, the string did not automatically retract, however it appears to working fine now. I guess it needed to be broken in.

After the pull cord broke and the "wings" on my starter assembly broke, I thought my mower was finished. So before giving up, I looked up my mower's model number online and matched this exact part. Now my 10 year old mower is working great again! This part was an exact match!