There is a little metal tab that the center thumb bar pushes down. My experience has been that if that is not pushed all the way down , the thing will not pop up when you turn the crack. .Its not obvious that its not all the way down but pushing down on it hard usually gets it to reengage when cranked. Now I have also found that exercising it a bit with the end caps off the reel and using your finger to push it down hard each time it gets stuck will eventually get it working again . The problem will come back if the reel is stored again for any length of time so maybe you want to have Bucko's or someone do the repair T17 mentioned.
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