[PaulS]

Eric and I have a 2072 that has been repowered by a Command Ch18. We have done a bunch of repairs to it mostly to correct PO shoddy work. When done it ran like a champ. The other week Eric was going to use it to haul wood to his house and shortly after he started it he heard a loud bang and saw something fly out from the back of the engine. It squealed like a pig caught in an electric fence. He quick turned it off and it sat for about two weeks in his woodshed till we got to it. Yesterday we removed the gas tank and firewall. I then took off the flywheel shroud and found a bunch of pieces of something sort of stone metal mix. As I pulled several small pieces out I placed them together and they were attracted to each other. Well we then knew what had happened. After the flywheel removal all our doubts and fears were realized. No magnets were left on the flywheel and the stator was killed. Fortunately only a couple of minor gouges to the engine but the stator was toast and the flywheel was done for also. Yes I know that it did not happen without pics so Eric will arrive shortly with them. I was very tempted to look for used parts to repair but found them a bunch cheaper than CC prices at Upstate Outdoor power Equipment.