fish alittle rope (pull start rope) down the spark plug hole. works fine and is alot cheaper. the tool is a good investment tho
that worked and saved me the money buying a flywheel holderYou can wrap a ratchet strap around the flywheel in the opposite direction you will be wrenching, then hook the strap to the frame. When you start to wrench on it the strap will tighten on itself and hold the flywheel for you. Don't need the ratcheting part just the strap with the hook.