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Old 09-10-2020, 12:31 PM
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Success! I checked that the carb is getting gas by removing the plug at the bottom-back and adjusted both the fuel mix and idle screws as directed. Then tried to start. It didn't at first, trying several times and the last time I thought it sounded like she was about to go, so I tried one more time and vroom off she went. Hopefully it's not a one-time event!

Was draining the carb and adjusting the screws all it needed? Anyway, I was able to run a bucket of anti-freeze through her and spray the carb with fogging oil (you need to do all that here up north in Toronto, Ontario).

I still want to go through the exercise of checking spark and timing since it's good to know how to do that but at least I know she CAN start and run. And over winter I may just well remove the carb and refit it as well, again just to know how to do that. Thanks so much to all who contributed!
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