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Originally Posted by Fastbuck
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.
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Not to argue, but no way are you going to clean off the fins on the other side of the engine through a little hole over the magneto. A little preventative maintenance goes a long way...blowing off the flywheel screen with an air compressor and keeping the underside of the tractor clean go a long way towards keeping stuff from getting in there. Do that, and there won't be much of a need to be cleaning in there all the time. It's not like you're going to be pulling the shroud off every other mowing or something. Mine come off once when I first get the tractor so everything can get cleaned, and most of my tractors have not had it removed since unless needed for some other maintenance. Not sure what the big deal is here...