It mighty snow again...and I want to be ready this time! The first snow this year that was enough to blow, the engine wouldn't start. The neighborhood kids took care of the driveway for me for home-made chocolate chip cookies and a few bucks. It was too cold in the garage and the birds somehow got into the furnace flue so I couldn't heat the garage. I finally got to it and found it wasn't getting gas.
I pulled the carb and cleaned out the brown concrete in the brass fitting that the bottom needle valve goes through and Gum-Out'd the rest. There are two needle valves, one vertical, one horizontal. I set the horizontal at one turn from closed and the vertical at one and one-half turns from closed...I forget where I read that.
It started instantly but I have to keep the choke 3/4 closed to keep it running and it won't stay running through the throttle range.
How do I adjust the carb? I did look on the web first.