I should title all of my threads "Help a girl out"!!!!!!!
Because no one was even viewing my post until i changed the title! AND i am a girl, so I figured more kind strangers would take pity. (I was right.)
Lawnmower Justin: I think you're right. I thought I had achieved victory and even mowed some earlier today, but when I returned the mower to the shed... there were bits of plastic fin on the ground. Ughk - time to order yet another fan. Any tricks to fitting the dipstick tube back in? It is loose, for sure. Do I just push it back in?