The recoil starter is not throwing the pawls out when the rope is pulled, and Iβm having trouble understanding why. One of the pawls was being pushed up by its spring, see the attached photo, which I thought may be creating enough drag to prevent them releasing. I bent the spring back into something resembling what it should be like, but still not engaging in the starter. It seems like the bottom plate needs to rotate against the rope pull direction to throw out the pawls, but I canβt see how that happens. Maybe I have to spend a little money after all on a new starter, to finish it off.
