DIYbanter - View Single Post - Pull-rope on mower...

wrote:

Fairly easy fix. Go to the library and find a Reader's Digest or
Better Home and Gardens Home (or one of the dozen other such titles)
Home repair manual and look in the "lawn mower" or "small engine"
section.

In both my RD and BHG books the repair is spelled out in detail with
pictures and all.

Sounds like the "recoil spring" may have broken. If you're lucky, the
break will be very close to one end of the spring and with a little
heating to remove its hardness, plus bending, filing or drilling you may
be able to form a "new end" and reuse the old spring.

As stated above, it's not rocket science, just make sure you don't lose
control of the spring, it could fly loose and try and whack you in the
face. Wearing eye protection while working on those recoil starters is a
damn good idea.

Jeff

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Jeffry Wisnia

(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)

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