Sam R
8mm Socket
A broken pull rope is never just a broken pull rope.
A fella brought in his 038 to have the starter re-strung. Easy 5 minute job, right? Well I get it strung and when I go to test it out I see the rope kind of pours out of the bushing when I give it some gas. I think, that's kind of weird.
So I take it out to the customer and say, 'hey has it ever done this before?' Then, 'let me show you.'
Pull start it, give it gas for one second and the pull handle violently ejects from the housing, breaking the new cord and smacks me right in the middle of the forehead, blasting my hat off my head and leaving one honey of a welt.
'Son of a *****,' I say, 'Can you leave it here?'
That's the story of how I got shot in the head by a Magnum. Always check your springs & pawls when stringing a starter. I know I will from now on.
A fella brought in his 038 to have the starter re-strung. Easy 5 minute job, right? Well I get it strung and when I go to test it out I see the rope kind of pours out of the bushing when I give it some gas. I think, that's kind of weird.
So I take it out to the customer and say, 'hey has it ever done this before?' Then, 'let me show you.'
Pull start it, give it gas for one second and the pull handle violently ejects from the housing, breaking the new cord and smacks me right in the middle of the forehead, blasting my hat off my head and leaving one honey of a welt.
'Son of a *****,' I say, 'Can you leave it here?'
That's the story of how I got shot in the head by a Magnum. Always check your springs & pawls when stringing a starter. I know I will from now on.