muddstopper
Veteran Member
Cant really blame anyone other than myself. When I got out of the landscaping business about 15 years ago. I left a lot of my equipment sit around rusting. Since I have stopped working, I started dragging some of that equipment out of the weeds and seeing if I can get it running again. Cant sell a rusty hunk of junk. Anyways, I own a aerovator with a 11hp honda. I kept it becasue I like to use it on my own lawn every now and then. It hadnt been cranked in at least 5 or 6 years, but it was in the dry. Took the fel and hauled it to the shop. I decided to take the bowl off the carb before trying to start. Well almost had to pry it off. Full of varnish. UHoh, went ahead and took carb off and disassembled for good cleaning. Everything was stuck, choke, throttle, if it was supposed to move, it was stuck. Spent some time with my pocket knife just scraping the gunk out of the carb. Then a good while with carb cleaner and tooth brush. Took some pbnutblaster and sprayed all the moving parts and got everything working, so I thought. Put carb back on motor and wouldnt fire. Checked for spark and had plenty. Sprayed either and would crank, but wouldnt run. Took carb off again for another look. Not sure what the part is called, but the little jet that actually sprays the gas inside the carb was clogged tighter than dicks hatband. It had a slot for a screw driver to remove, but it wasnt going to budge. while I sat there trying to figure how to get the jet out, I thought about my torch tip cleaner. They are just little drill bits and surely one of them would work to run thru the jet. I started tiny until I could feel the bit scraping metal and kept spraying with carb cleaner.until I had a big stream passing thru the jet. Put the carb back together, squirt of either and motor fired right up. Ran good too, for a few minutes and then started sputtering. Might be a piece of trash still in the carb, but I ma betting spark plug. Going to replace plug tomorrow and if that dont help I guess it tear apart the carb again.