Ryam , you may want to do 1 of my favorite repairs which is a sure thing to fix the problem ... Take the cutter outside , sit it on the ground & run over it with a bulldozer . Then buy a new P-Cut for a few hundred dollars & have a warranty . I " fixed " a Kawasaki H-1 motorcycle like that 1 time . I had a bunch of time & money in it getting it ready to race & finally came to see the light . If I can find the picture , I'll post it . It was a 3 clyinder 2 stroke & was still running with the bulldozer sitting on top. You can see the 2 stroke smoke coming out of the expansion chambers . It was cheap therapy . I sense you are close to where I was