I dremelled out the crack and cleaned with brake clean before heavy gooping with epoxy.
There is a front drain plug so this one will be abandoned in future..

 

Good job! The oil drain plug probably has tapered pipe threads. Clearly, someone over-torqued the drain plug.

Normally, just a bit of pipe thread sealant or Teflon tape applied to the threads and a small amount of torque would be sufficient to seal the drain plug.

 

Toro is not a tappered, but those are even more prone to cracking because it wedges in
These use a crush washer

 

Looks as if you made the best of a bad situation given the circumstances.

 

I have a couple spare motors however this one is electric start so I would need to swap just about everything to use them ...if it has provisions for starter to mount

 

not much surprises me anymore......like the gentleman who drained the hydrostatic oil on his Honda and replaced it with 30W.

 

Slowed the leak lol

 

I've said before that impact wrenches should be sold with loosening, or counterclockwise, rotation only. The user can spin the fasteners back on with a low(er) power screwdriver (example), and then torque by hand.

Ugga duggas are personal for me. Some years ago, during the annual State safety inspection, I had to pay for the replacement of several wheel studs on my truck, after the "technician" ruined them via negligent use of an air impact. They disclaimed responsibility, suggesting that I could've damaged the affected studs. I replied, truthfully, that the wheels weren't touched since last year's inspection appt., at that dealership.

No Joy, so I took one for the team that morning.

I know that time is money, but a service appt. shouldn't be treated as a NASCAR pit stop, FFS.

I learned a little while later, just by chance, that the employee in question was no longer employed by that dealer. I don't know if my episode was contributive, and I wouldn't have suggested termination anyway. It happened, though, so I hope a lesson was learned.

Impact wrenches have their place. Mine made rear strut replacement on Offspring's CUV a bit faster and easier. That said, once the old struts were removed, the impact was put to the side.

 

It's been said that machine damage is more frequently caused by over-tightening (not under-tightening) threaded fasteners.

 

You can always put the impact on low to spin things on and then hand tighten . . . saves time, but avoids killing things as well.

 

Must have been tightened by a Jiffy Lube tech 😂🤣

 

it's just amazing that someone used an air hammer on a snowblower to tighten something. just when you think you have seen it all.......

now when someone tells me they have done all the work themselves I ask so why are you bringing it to me......then I tell them sorry, ain't gonna work on it. it always takes twice as long to "fix" their repairs.

 

...when someone tells me they have done all the work themselves... then I tell them sorry, ain't gonna work on it.

Agreed. Even before I get a freebie, I ask if it's already been taken apart because it's much more challenging to figure out how someone else has incorrectly reassembled something or has left out a critical
part.