"In a previous post I describe
"In a previous post I described how my starter cord broke when it improperly retracted back inside the engine and lodged against a hot engine part and melted through. I brought the engine back to the dealer who replaced the starter cord.
The engine was fine until last week when I pulled the cord to start the engine out on the water and the handle pulled away from the cord and the cord disappeared inside the engine. I thought: WHAT THE HELL!!!??? Back home, I found a diagram for the starter cord and saw that a knot should have been tied in the cord inside the handle to keep it from pulling through the hole in the handle. Well, someone forgot to tie that knot. So I pulled apart the handle and tied the knot. By hand, I retracted the starter cord around the fly wheel by turning the spring-loaded device up inside the engine. I removed the spark plug (since I was in my back yard and didn't want the engine to actually start) and pulled the cord to test it. Well, it only retracted partially back inside the engine. I retracted it fully several times right up to the handle. But each time I pull on it, I'm left with about two feet of starter cord outside the engine. What do I need to do to get it to properly retract all the way around the fly wheel?"
"In a previous post I described how my starter cord broke when it improperly retracted back inside the engine and lodged against a hot engine part and melted through. I brought the engine back to the dealer who replaced the starter cord.
The engine was fine until last week when I pulled the cord to start the engine out on the water and the handle pulled away from the cord and the cord disappeared inside the engine. I thought: WHAT THE HELL!!!??? Back home, I found a diagram for the starter cord and saw that a knot should have been tied in the cord inside the handle to keep it from pulling through the hole in the handle. Well, someone forgot to tie that knot. So I pulled apart the handle and tied the knot. By hand, I retracted the starter cord around the fly wheel by turning the spring-loaded device up inside the engine. I removed the spark plug (since I was in my back yard and didn't want the engine to actually start) and pulled the cord to test it. Well, it only retracted partially back inside the engine. I retracted it fully several times right up to the handle. But each time I pull on it, I'm left with about two feet of starter cord outside the engine. What do I need to do to get it to properly retract all the way around the fly wheel?"