Thank you I found it and others after doing a search with the right search string. Given its age and starting well all these years I'm not going to lose a lot of sleep over it. If I can free it up without pulling the cover fine if not another time in warm weather. the block heater works and it'll be under cover with a battery minder so it ought to kick when prodded.
So I took my precision oiler and was able to get lube to the entry point. Got a good stick and my dead blow mallet and was able to move it back and forth, adding more lube as I went and now the spring action works perfectly. Lack of use and sitting idle out in the weather was the culprit.