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Old 07-08-2021, 04:43 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by 8gv View Post
If it ran when parked you only have two things to check:

1) Gas left in the carb is bad and has gummed it up. Take it apart and soak it in PineSol (wear gloves). Use guitar strings to ream out the idle jut and other small passages.

1000) Mice ate your wires. Look for evidence of that.
No evidence of mice, and I added Sta-Bill to gas last Fall and ran engine for a few minutes before shutting down. I haven't had the need to start since then.....

Pin-Sol to clean carb parts ? Haven't heard that advice before ?
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