Pulled the drive shaft cover off the back of the motor. Discovered that in the gap between the cosmetic drive shaft cover and actual drive shaft housing a critter had setup house keeping. And then at some point had died there. So the source of the smell no longer a mystery. Shop vacuum took care of the nest and the derbies. Took a good look at the engine mounts and figured out how to pull the power and drive section out of the mounts.
Decided to see how stripping the cover I had removed would go. Sprayed it with an aerosol stripper. The can all but exploded. Will be taking that back to Lowes for a refund. However, some of the stripper did get sprayed on to the part. This picture shows it at the start of the stripping process.
Next I tried a can of strong engine degreaser. That seemed to work . It seemed to remove the repaint that some one had done in the past without too much damage to the under lying paint. Washed out a good amount of grease and grime from inside the housing.
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