Repairing a Honda Recoil Starter

[NO0C]

I couldn't agree more. Good outfit! First place I look when I need Honda parts.

[38racing]

Well, the spring curl broke on mine again yesterday. I was able to put a new hook in it and got going again.

Decided that mowing 60+X/season X 10 seasons X 8 pulls/mow, it's probably been pulled north of 5000 times. Time for something different.

Went down to the local OPE shop and they wanted nearly $40 for an aftermarket Oregon 31-066. No thank you.

My neighbor has a 1 year old Honda mower with a GCV190 engine with a starter that will work on my CGV160A. 28400-Z8B-901ZB (red, long rope).

Found one at boats.net for $7.15 ($15.16 FOB 68845-4802). I just won't be able to mount the trim cover. I don't care.

I would assume that the rope could be extended up the handle simply by removing the pull T , splicing the extra piece of rope at the housing and running it up the handle and placing the T up there.

[NO0C]

This is the LONG rope version.

No modification required. Plug and play/pull.

[NO0C]

My new recoil starter arrived today. (28400-Z0B-901ZB)

It is indeed the long rope version and it came fully retracted and works great. No need to adjust anything to do with rope length. No stop bead on the rope either as the pulley must hold a lot more rope than the original design.

I did remove the TEE handle and replaced it with the OE handle. Nests in it's retracted saddle better and far more ergonomic.

I would assume that the rope could be extended up the handle simply by removing the pull T , splicing the extra piece of rope at the housing and running it up the handle and placing the T up there.

[38racing]

Now I find this interesting.
I looked up starter on ipl for gcv160a0 s3db
starter is the one going under the cover and is 28400-z8b-v41
now looking up for gcv160a stl1 it's 28400-z0l-v72
the ipl pictures are the same but that's for reference only I guess but I wonder what the difference is between the assemblies. Unfortunately I haven't found actual pictures on parts suppliers sites but the v41 is $10 on two sites and on both sites the v72 is $33-$45 range.

[NO0C]

Long v short rope?

Pull handle v no handle?

Color?