On Wed, 3 Aug 2016 08:29:22 -0700 (PDT), Yvonne
wrote:

On Wednesday, 3 August 2016 16:03:50 UTC+1, Yvonne wrote:

OK, are we all sitting comfotably?

The photo I supplied last night was taken in the dark but I have uploaded two which clearly show the correct layout.

So dark you forgot you hadn't cleaned the mower for a while. ;-)

http://s1318.photobucket.com/user/sa...ml?sort=2&o=40

http://s1318.photobucket.com/user/sa...ml?sort=2&o=41

Excellent, both pictures come up fine in this 10+ year old XP. ;-)

The key thing is that the spring ( in the OP's original photo) is the wrong way round on the black plastic spigot. It should be turned round 180 degrees so that the short arm is on the left.

I think that had been confirmed upthread somewhere but would good to
see the pictorial version (so thanks for taking some more).

The short arm with the loop is clearly shown going vertically down into the slot.

Agreed.

The sideways bend is likely human intereference and most ulikely due to it hitting the blade at any time.

Ok?

Even withis slight bend the short arm will go into the slot OK.

I didn't try (it was a quick look and photo and was raining outside)
but will.

My forensic conclusion is that the entire upper cover was, at some stage, removed and whoever did it did not work out how to slott the spring arm under tension into the vertical slot.

Quite possibly but such hasn't been mentioned (not to say it didn't
happen of course).

Min's a Guinness, please.

I'm afraid it's only tea a biscuits but have one on us. ;-)

Cheers, T i m