Pacificmonarch wrote:
Is it going to interfere with anything?
I'm surprised it hasn't interfered already.
I wouldn't go riding too far in the rain, that's for sure.
With the back side of the ignition plate open to the elements like that, all kinds of things can interfere - up to and including small animals.
Do you think I can get it fixed?
At some point, it'll be an imperative.
The best fix would be a new set of cases. Period.
There's any of several ideas that might provide *some* level of comfort with a situation like that, but fiberglass wouldn't be high on my list.
I'd hunt around boneyards to see if a junk set of cases could be had on the cheap - with the appropriate section intact.
Depending on your metalworking skills, the existing crater in your cases could be trimmed back to some cleaner shape - and *measurable* dimensions - and a matching section from the junk cases could be cut to fit the trimmed cases and heli-arced into place.
The resultant repair - if done by someone that knows their stuff - could be ground, filed and polished to a degress that it'd do the job - and look acceptable to the casual eye.
Cost-wise? Hard to say. Depends on how much of the job - and required tools/equipment you have at hand.
Who knows - in looking around, you might happen on a complete motor in runnable condition for less than it'd cost to fix that one...