1988 Johnson 4HP 2 stroke, starter cord won't retract. Please help!

zsistadivine

Recruit
Thread starter
Joined
Aug 30, 2009
Messages
1
Pulled on starter cord this a.m. to go fishing and cord would not retract. :confused:
 

Vic.S

Rear Admiral
Joined
May 4, 2004
Messages
4,721
Re: 1988 Johnson 4HP 2 stroke, starter cord won't retract. Please help!

Spring broken ??
 

Rick.

Captain
Joined
Jul 30, 2006
Messages
3,740
Re: 1988 Johnson 4HP 2 stroke, starter cord won't retract. Please help!

First thing to try is a rag under it and then spray lots of wd40 into the spring area. Can you still see the small coil of spring out side the spring cup towards the back? If not your spring has retracted into the cup any you will need to pull it apart for that fix. Best of luck. Rick.
 
Top