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Hey Jim what part of the country are you from?

Best of luck to you

Just food for thought. I happen to have one in here with the same issues and once I took the pan off pieces of the governor were everywhere. Aluminum pushrod on the intake was also bent as the heat allowed the valve guides to move. Yours may be different but a magnetic dial indicator could tell...

Jim, replacing the fan with another one may end up with the same result. Engine working at full rev may have lost the governor gear and overreving the engine which can bend the crankshaft, break fins off the fan, shear the key, and damage the windings under the flywheel leaving copper shavings...

I’m guessing governor gear and bent crank