G'day Norm, cant get tension on starter spring, spring must be off its hook or broken.
You will have to pull the starter apart, clean it up and reassemble it.
There should be a thread for that task on this forum.

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Pull-cord problem	sim67	27/10/12 04:12 AM
Re: Pull-cord problem	mark electric	27/10/12 09:32 AM
Re: Pull-cord problem	Rodeobob	27/10/12 03:06 PM
Re: Pull-cord problem	Rodeobob	27/10/12 03:08 PM
Re: Pull-cord problem	sim67	28/10/12 01:45 AM

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