Also in this second image of the fuel pump side of the engine there looks to be paint missing around the area where the crank case splits. Is this an indication that the seals on that side are leaking?
To my untrained eye it looks like the paint that would have been there has been eaten away along that seam.
Also I replaced the short fuel line between the fuel pump and carb. That quicksilver line is about a 1/4 inch too short and really puts a lot of pressure on the cone fixture inside of the fuel filter on the carb.
