Ok, that makes sense. Mine seems to have worked its way backwards and caught itself in the bolts for the rag joint, breaking off a couple of blades. Looks like it's time for a replacement.
On the good news front:
After the ignition tune up and rebuilding the carb (Thanks to Matt G. for the tutorial!) she is up and running like a champ!
I even took her for a couple of hot laps around the yard. Yeeha!
Now I have to delve into some hydro drive research because I only seem to have about 1/16th inch of 'Neutral' setting between Forward and Reverse.
It'll probably help when I learn how to drive it properly as well. lol
Now that it's running, I'm assuming these small engines are kinda like air cooled motorcycles where it is better to run them a little bit rich to minimize overheating?
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