Bother, that looks like a total catastrophic failure.

Closest I've had, was a generator that threw a rod.
But, mine was enought to result in some very
out of character crude language, as I realized my
mistake. Oh, well.

Christopher A. Young
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"Jules Richardson" wrote in message
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Must be something in the air... following the 'mower engine blowout'
thread a few weeks ago, my trusty ol' mid-'80s B&S lawn tractor engine
decided to call it quits yesterday:

http://www.patooie.com/temp/eng.jpg

Upon initial inspection the valvegear and crank seem to have escaped
damage, so I think the failure was limited to the balance weights (with a
bit of collateral damage due to things bouncing around inside the
crankcase)

cheers

Jules