It will pull and try to crank and recover barely but eventually all the rope stays out. I took the metal outside pull cover off and all I see is the plastic piece that the rope wraps around. What is required to access and repair the rest of the recoil pull start? I am assuming the spring is bad? Any special tools needed? Can I just take the next housing cover off carefully? The elect start doesnt work either [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/img] Which is "mechanically" the easiest of the two to repair? The starter looks very difficult to access bolts. I want to get it running to see if its worth putting more money into.
thanks so much for any help or pics or advice !

 

Tough recoil assy to work on,have to have in a vise to unscrew plastic housing if needed, easy to damage,PLUS a manual will be more precise. To me not as easy as the 500 recoil assembly,BUT this is just me! Other owners probably will give their suggestions