You take the wife's best big sharpest kitchen knife and place the sharp edge on which side of the gasket you like . Then you use the hammer to tap -tap - tap the back edge of the blade . If necessary work around .
Yup had the knife out
I keep all knifes away from my wife!
Thanks
Before doing anything more remove the key and bolt. Then take some medium/fine abrasive paper and polish the crankshaft until it is smooth and shiny. Wipe clean with an oily rag and the sump cover should slide right off.
I'm taking a step back and can use some help!
The reason I'm took motor out is because I belive the governor arm is shot and small gasket leak!
I have adjusted and set governor arm every which way and the engine just goes wide open throttle
I can choke it to control rpms and manually adjust throttle but can't get it to smooth out!
So I decided to put motor back on to go over everything again!
there should be a total of 7 bolts/studs holding the sump on. Check down those deep hole above and below the crankshaft. I think you are missing a fastener which is holding the sump on.
Thanks wasn't sure that one in the hole was a fastener!