A guy I know (who fixes lawnmowers also, he is a member on here just hasnt posted yet) Was repairing a ride on for a bloke. All was going great, had the prooblems with the machien sorted out.
He decides he would test the machine (as we do with all the others) out in the paddock. Not long after he started a loud CLUNK CLUNK BANG could be heard but alas you could still hear an engine running, along with "F*** S*** C*** F***!!!!", he comes back into the yard turns the mower off.
He turns to me and asks "how are you with puzzles?" to which I reply "Why?", he points to the engine. Somehow the whole ass end of the 12hp briggs crankcase had blown out, but the condrod andcrank were intact, he demonstrated it still ran ok by throwing the key over and alas it fired right up.
Explaining to the owner they were up for a new engine was another thing, while the main parts had not let go some part of the syncro balancing had.
