Get a good tight grip on that can of starting fluid- - - -open the shop door- - - -fling the can as far as you can throw it- - - -now, find the hammered-out rod and replace it. Maybe you haven't bent a rod or scored the crankshaft.
Jerry

"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!