The fact you got a blower for 1k amazes me. I Paid $2700 for mine and I got a discount on that even.

The -81 still makes great power. If they are that cheap I'd just buy another blower and then worry about fixing the other one and perhaps sell after its been rebuilt. I don't recommend rebuild yourself. I tore my old 81 apart and it was not pretty. There's things that need done that I didn't know about till after it was too late. Thankfully it was a trashed blower anyways.

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