1.   Chops responds, without pausing in his frantic pulling on the starter cord.

2.   Chops, our de facto Kiwi skipper and engineer, makes another valiant attempt to get it going with the starter cord.

3.   Now turn the mower right-side up and examine the starter cord.

4.   Pull up on the starter cord with the other hand.

5.   We went back to the shop, I grabbed the weed whacker and gave the starter cord a yank.