the fun continues. after fixing up the head gasket and the loose condenser connection the engine fired right up after one pull today. which is good because the recoil spring on pull starter went slack - broken just before the soft steel loop. has any one ever repaired the spring connection by annealing the end and making a small loop to fit over the locating pin out of the spring itself. i think that should work but i only want to fix it once. as should be obvious i'm too cheap to buy a new spring (it broke my heart to have to buy a real factory head gasket). thanks, jon s
