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Nope, you can’t swap the pulleys. Not sure about the whole starter, but if you can you would have to swap flywheels also, as just said, above. Personally, I use a figure 8 knot. But it is not a good solution. If you do, be aware that if you pull it to the end of the rope, it is sure to cut the knot off.
Which brings up something else. When they started using nylon rope in the simplex starter, they added a pin that the rope goes behind. The pin prevents pulling the rope clear to the end and cutting the knot off. So…whenever putting a nylon rope in a simplex that previously had a wire rope, I like to swap the pulley to one that has the pin. Trouble is, you soon run out of pulleys. So I drill the pulley for a pin. But it is too thin to hold it. Solution is to remove a pawl and drill in just the right place below it, install pin, and reinstall the pawl. Works for me.
BTW, use the proper hard braid starter rope. That soft mooshey stuff from wal mart doesn’t get it.