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Originally Posted by Matt G.
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.
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Well, I guess "done right the first time" depends on your point of view. In mine, the engine would have had these access panels from the factory. As for your statement about the screws catching crap, that is correct. On the other hand, after putting in a panel like I described, you will be able to open it up in about a minute and have access to all that crap you talk about and you can clean it up without having to pull the engine. I'd bet that crap gets cleaned out a lot more often than if you had to pull the engine. And in my 37 years working on jet engines, I've learned that the more often you take something apart, the more likely you are to cause more problems than you had to begin with. Of course if you just like to tinker around, you are welcome to it.