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When I was about 12 or 13, I threw a rod in my go-cart, B&S 10HP single cylinder. I had taken the governer off so it was running waaaay past redline (ah, youth). Blew a hole in the side of the case about the size of my fist. Tore the motor apart and with some help from my father, patched the hole in the case with a piece of sheet steel, lots of permatex and literally 30 or 40 rivets. New piston, rod and put it all together and I got some more life out of it....shoorty after that I got my first car, a 68 Bug that may have actually been worth less than the go-cart....really, really bad shape, no floorboards, but a load of fun.
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