1980 Johnson 2HP Service Manual, Page 49Get this manual
7-3 dCarefully lift the straight off the starter housing so that the spring remains in the housingSee Figure 7-6Jar the housing, bottom side down, fRemove four starter from See Figure 7-7the to dislodge spring
plate screws and plate to remove rope
Figure 7-6
ROPE SCREWS
Figure 7-7