What does Greg know?

Generally, great strength is a blessing I'm grateful for.  It does come with some drawbacks, however.  Like when you yank the pull cord on your Stihl BG 65 leaf blower . . . and the cord snaps in two.  (No, the fact that the cord was 10 years old, dry rotted, and badly frayed was not the reason it broke; I'm sure my almost superhuman strength was the cause.)

I'm also sure our neighborhood lawnmower shop would have been happy to replace the cord.  Maybe even for a fee of under $100.  Maybe.  But I decided to take a crack at it myself, anyway.  How hard could it be?

Greg the Gardener (who has performed the chore half a dozen times) responds, "It's damned hard, that's how hard."

So when I attacked the job, it was with the expectation that after and hour or two of serious cursing I would wind up tossing the whole thing into the trash can.  Not so.  After 15 minutes, the machine ran good as new.

I suspect Greg the Gardener would explain my success by saying that I cheated by not actually replacing the old cord but instead discarding the piece that had broken off and using the remainder (which was already threaded through the pulley).  Poppycock, Greg.  I did it so quickly and so well because I am a superior small motor repair specialist.

PS  I'm guessing that the thing the pull cord attaches to is a pulley.  I googled to find a schematic that would identify the part, but I found instead that "STIHL parts lists and service manuals are only available to our STIHL-trained technicians and Dealers."  The greedy, no-good rats.