I ended up tipping it. Oil wasn't hot. More like cold black coffee. No spills. Had two tasks for today. First was to reinsert the mulching plug. Done. Cleaned out about 3/4 cubic feet of dried grass and the like. Second was to attach the chute deflector. Partially complete. Got it back on the rod that holds it. Didn't get the springs quite right. Not enough hands. Just occurred to me that I can use some string to hold the springs 'open' while seating everything. These are the springs that cause tension on the 'door' when you open it. Next task after that is to figure out why the throttle and drive controls seem frozen.
