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Originally Posted by Fastbuck
You can actually change the coil on a M18 without pulling the engine. With some care and a cutoff wheel you can cut an access panel in the engine shroud. Then fabricate a cover to properly fit over the hole and secure in place with sheet metal screws. Paint it satin black and it looks like it belongs there. Some may not like to make modifications like this I guess.
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Those protruding sheet metal screws will just add to the amount of things that can collect grass and other crap that makes it past the flywheel screen. It's faster to pull the engine, and there's probably a lot of cleaning that should be done while the flywheel cover is off. Good time to service the starter as well.
One thing I've learned is that taking shortcuts like you've described usually results in more time being spent fixing things that should have been done right the first time.