Actually, there was very little oil in there but the tractor had been sitting for over a month.
When I started it in my testing, it ran maybe only 15-20 seconds before I shut it off so not much oil could have circulated. I also think I may have dabbed around with a rag to see what I could see, that would have been before I took the picture. I don't think there's a problem.
I did remove all the tins and the flywheel screen (except for the main shroud) yesterday. Sam Mac nailed it on debris, the flywheel screen looked almost as bad as the one in his pic up above. Blew it all out with compressed air and things look pretty good. I think today I will spray it down with degreaser and hit it with the pressure washer.
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