Not sure if your motor is early or late. Note the hole above the front wheel. If yours is like this, flood the e-unit through the hole, then shake up and down to try and loosen the piston, rinse well, then repeat a few times. Hopefully that will loosen it up. If that fails, you can jam that to forward to lock it in forward. I use a piece of wooden skewer pushed in at an angle to jam the rod.
Steve