Well, I tried for about three hours before I threw in the towel! I didn’t know the original spring had a loop as in your photo. I thought it just had a small right angle that was held by the tab that I broke. There’s not much room in there!
I need the red shroud with the recoil intact.
Mine had the spring missing. I tried to install a spring from a weed wacker and that little tab that holds the end To the shroud broke.