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E. STARTER ROPE

• This is a complicated andpotenfially hazardous task.

- It is recommended that only your Sears Service

Center perform this repair.

_WARNING

Always wear eye protection and gloves when servicing

the starter rope. The recoil sprin_ located beneath the

pulley, is under tension. If the spring flies out, serious

injury can result.

O To repair or rephce:

1. Disconnect sparkplug wire.

2. Drain all fuel from tank.

3. Remove the four screws from fan housing. Figure 26.

4. Carefully separate fan housing from shroud about

• one (1)/inch.

5_ Disconnect fuel line from fitting. Figure 26.

6. Disconnect lead from "'off" button terminal on

ignition module. Figure 26.

7. Slide high tension lead grommet from slot in fan

housing. Figure 26.

8. Separate the fanhousing completely from theshroud

while guiding the choke throughthe fan housing.

9. If the starter rope is not broken, release the spring

tension by pulling about 12 inches of rope from the

pulley and catch the rope in the notch as shown.

-. " Figure29. •

[¢_U_ON: [ Be sure the tension on the starter

spring is released by rotating the pulley clock-

wise _ withyourfingerwhflepushingdown

on the pulley with your hand.

10. Remove screw and washer from the starter pulley

very carefully. Rotate the pulley clockwise

until no tension is felt and carefi_y lift the pulley out

of the fan housing. Figure 27. Remove old rope.

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N OFFBUTION

TERMINAL

HIGH TENSION LEAD

SHROI_

FUEL LINE

FUEL LINE FITTING

FAN

HOUSING

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13.

14.

16.

17.

Move away from the fuel tank with the rope to be

installed. Use a match and melt both endsofthe rope

to prevent fraying.

Pull the melted ends through a thick, clean rag while

the rope is still hot to obtain smooth, pointed tips.

Insert one end of the rope through the handle and

secure with a knot.

Insert the free end ofthe rope through rope exit hole

into the inside of the fan housing.

Guide rope inside pulley, then up through the pulley

ratchet side of pulley hole to the outside by pushing

the rope through from the hole on the spring cam side

with a small Phillips screwdriver. Figure 28.

Wrap rope counterelockwise _ around pulley

ratchet and tuck loose end back under rope where it

comes out ofhole. Leave a 1/4 to 1/2 inch tail laying

fiat on the top of the pulley. The rope tail must not

extend beyond the edge of the pulley. Figure 28.

Carefully replace pulley in the housing. Be sure the

pulley isall the way down. Replace washer and screw

and tighten. Figures 27 & 28.

18. Turn the pulley clockwise _ until all the rope is

wrapped onto the pulley.

19. Putlouttheropebythehandle(approximately 12")

and hold the pulley.

PULLEY

SCREW

PULLEY II

NOIL_

.ROPE

SPITING

Ftgu_ 27

UNDERSIDE

HOLE

RATCHET

Figure 28

ROPE TAIL

1 2 ... 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 ... 27 28

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