I bought a 2 stroke snow blower at a garage sale a while back. The lady said it ran when they last used it a couple years. She wanted $40 and I said if you start it I'll pay you $40. She grinned and said I'll throw in the gas can and not start it for $20 and I took it. I like following the guys trying to fix stuff here on OA. It's fascinating. My parents owned a Schwinn Shop when I was young and I miss working on mechanical things so I bought it.
I drained the gas, checked for spark and it had it, but I bought a new plug since the old one was oiled up. I also got some engineered gas and some carb cleaner per @gotmuddy. The primer bulb didn't seem to work since I couldn't see or hear anything when I pushed it. I took off the shrouds, got the gas and spark plug in and had to hook back up the ignition switch since it was attached to the shroud. I sprayed some carb cleaner in it and it started on the second pull. SWEET! The only problem is it dies if I turn off the choke. That and the shrouds are really difficult to work with so I might leave then off and run it rat rod style.
Any ideas on the choke issue. Youtube says it could be the carb diaphragm. Some on here recommended just replace the carb but it's $89. Right now I have $27 in it.
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