[JerryHawk250]

After re-reading this thread from the beginning a lot of this is starting to make since. This is how I see it. You bought this use. Hopefully you got it cheap. The original owner had transmission problem so he pulled the cover off and pulled a few parts off trying to fix it without success. He then reassembles and just puts up for sale. This would explain how the stopper arm may have ended up behind the stopper plate. Did the original owner tell you there was a problem with it? I would be pissed if he didn't. That's why I hate buying used unless it was from someone I knew. Hope for the best and it works when up put the parts back on.