NormK, agreed. Typical brittle fracturing! Too much hard, not enough tough.

As an aside, back in the 70's if a Masport PTO was bent too far to get the sump off, we wouldn't repair it.

It was cheaper then [and better engineering practice too] to just fit a new short motor, rather than smash the old sump off the crank and replace it.

Cheers,
Gadge

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