On Sun, 12 Mar 2017 21:30:22 -0500, Dean Hoffman wrote:

Maybe a good cleaning would help. Is the cord wet? Maybe it has
expanded a bit.

Cord is dry as we've had days of dry weather, but I'll pull the cowling
tomorrow and snap a few pictures.

I'll also change the oil and dump the old gas out as it has been in there
all winter outside.