Thanks guys for the input.
Another member emailed me. He has the same engine and he says that the instructions are wrong. The battery is in the tender in contradiction to the nice picture in the manual!
I'll check it out when I get home. Makes me wonder if their picture that shows what screws to remove is wrong as well
The engine was re-released in 2012 with whistle smoke. I may take a look at that manual.
I may need to do a little coaxing as GRJ suggested. Is using a crowbar the same thing as coaxing??
Bob