Mickey2, I read the book and did all that they said but when it came to greasing the motor it is different. There are two grease cups up under the hand wheel and you are supposed to put the old grease tube up in there and squeeze it into the two cups and then put the thumb screws back in, well with the new grease tubes you can't reach it, so I packed it in there best I could and replaced the thumb screws, which are big screws, this is after cleaning out what was left of the yucky grease. I just don't know if it will get up to where it is supposed to be because it wasn't injected up in there like they said from the old tube. The only way to get into there easier would be to take off the light and cord plug in which looks to me like would be a pain, or if it could even be done. Taking off the hand wheel would'nt help at all. I hope I explained that well enough.
About the plate on the spool pin, I looked on google and there are tons of them with and without, so still doesn't tell me if some of these came without those darn plates! Thank you for your help.