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After I took these pictures for Cozsum I was re-installing the oil bath filter and the hold-down casting broke away from the throat of the carb, it must have been cracking a little bit from prior remove/install episodes. I took the carb top off, drilled through the side of the casting where the original attachment was located and fab'd a basket style hold-down. Makes me feel sad when an original part is injured. At least we can keep the old iron going with some bailing wire and a stovebolt, hail to old school.