Mercury Mariner 4, 5 102CC Sail 1990 Outboard Service Shop Manual, Page 122Get this manual
",WARNING Spring tension is strong enough to cause serious injury
ReassemblyDesign 1
",CAUTION
When reassembling rewind starter, safety glasses must be worn in case spring should uncoil out of housing 1Applya thin coat of low temperat re grease to spri ng cavity of starter hou sing
if spring is released IMPORT ANT: It is not necessary to remove rewind spring from housing 'or inspection18If necessary, remo ve rewind sp ring (a) fro spring hous ing (b), by ca refully nwinding coiled sp ri ng,
as shown
2Place uter hook (a) of starter spring (b) in slot (c) of housing and wind spring clockwise into pring cavity,