Good find Speedy. I grabbed the same model last tuesday off the curbside collection - wound the startercord back in with a screwdriver through the cowl and it worked again.
Someone was rough and 2 lumps on the starter are worn.
Solution is to pull slowly until on compression, let the starter cord wind back in, pull back out and start as normal. That way the pawls on the flywheel are in the right position to use the unworn part of the starter.
Good thing is it starts 2nd pull. Last of the good-ish homelites in my opinion - after that they went downhill with the engines you can't rip apart without a shop press
I did the math of 1.6mm trimmer line v zip ties a while ago - zipties work out a bit more expensive, but if it means not stuffing around with a non functioning bump feed, it is worth it
