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cushman eagle
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Bad and good day

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I finally got the Cushman flywheel back,and found it started reliably for a change. :clap: Our winter weather broke for a couple days with heavy rains that washed the salt off the roads.The temperature rose to 56 today, so after church , I decided to take the Cushman out for a ride :thmup: it ran good for almost 2 miles,stopped fireing and started whezzing :tho: after looking it over,I found out the block cracked down through the bore :cry2:.After pushing it back home,it pushes a Lot easier than a VXII,I did take my XII for an 83 mile ride :thmup: So after the bad the good :hmm:
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cushman eagle wrote:I finally got the Cushman flywheel back,and found it started reliably for a change. :clap: Our winter weather broke for a couple days with heavy rains that washed the salt off the roads.The temperature rose to 56 today, so after church , I decided to take the Cushman out for a ride :thmup: it ran good for almost 2 miles,stopped fireing and started whezzing :tho: after looking it over,I found out the block cracked down through the bore :cry2:.After pushing it back home,it pushes a Lot easier than a VXII,I did take my XII for an 83 mile ride :thmup: So after the bad the good :hmm:
Shame about the block, how rare are those engines ?
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Wow. Sorry to hear.... Hoping 2014 is a great one!
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Dennis Carpenter reproductions have new blocks for $1200,and rebuilt used short blocks for $995,so they are available ,but it is going to take some time for me to get the Cushman back on the road. :cry2: Winter maintenance on the VXII takes first priority on my spare change :thmup:
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