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I wonder if I've got the right spool - the replacement part here: https://www.partselect.com/PS10165961-DeWALT-143684-01-Trimmer-Spool.htm?SourceCode=1&SearchTerm=ST4000&ModelNum=ST4000 ...is stamped with a part# 2015 208F, and mine is stamped 2019 36. The stem it sits on is flanged, but...

That is incredibly helpful - thanks!!

I'll take another look - not seeing anything red in the photo, but where I see the cord inserted at the top of the photo isn't where I feed it out - I feed it out off the spool. I align the notch with the feed hole and then clip the hub back on, on the assumption that those notches catch and...

I think so - it looks like the natural direction for the feed.

Yes

I do have the spring, just didn't put it on for the photo. The string *is* thick*, but even with the standard thickness it wasn't advancing when I tapped. As far as I can tell, no parts are missing, based on this diagram...

I've got one of these electric trimmers - motor works fine but the tap-to-advance stopped working ages ago. I can find no help online - there are similar discussions, but the photos show a mechanism that doesn't look like the inside of my trimmer (photos of the inside and the spool attached)...