Originally Posted by fingernails
If I may ask, what exactly do you do here?
Hi fingernails, grumpy is one of the moderator team of this forum, who is a four stroke small engine specialist.
His experience in helping many members rebuild basket-case engines is well documented in our archives. He is an experienced and valuable asset to OutdoorKing.

We pride ourselves here in helping our members achieve a good repair results, with the members help; also by them following the advice given, and using good, safe, workshop practices.

We do not encourage or condone unsafe or shoddy practices as that would reflect badly on our reputation as a repair site, especially if someone suffered an injury as a result.

If you want Black Betty up and running sweetly again, I respectfully encourage you to follow grumpy's advice carefully.
Kind Regards,
Deejay
Global Moderator OutdoorKing.