Remove air filter. Splash a dash of gas down carb throat. Hold hand over throat while cranking(choke).
Another dash......crank with throat open. Repeat as needed.

Edit: You need to "re-wet" and refresh carb interior.

 

Compatible with gas?

The auto parts store should have fuel line which will fit. When I was a kid I used a short section of windshield washer hose. Real, real bad idea. Worked great for a few days, right till the gasoline ate through it and things got real ugly. First time I used a fire extinguisher. Most auto parts stores sell fuel line by the foot in a variety of ID sizes. Likely 1/4 inch for the barbed fitting you showed. Good luck.

<EDIT> I see you got the fuel line. May want to remove the carburetor bowl and clean it thoroughly. Once you know you have fuel check the spark and make sure the spark plug is dry and clean.

Ron

 

Likely 1/4 inch for the barbed fitting you showed.

Close. 3/16ths.

 

This page has a very interesting time lapse animation for the hurricane:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/09/05/us/hurricane-irma-map.html

 

 

Ok...found hose that fits at pep boys. No gas leaking, but no start.

I'm not a motor guy...does it take time for gas to get into carb? I don't remember this being the case.

The old hose was pretty dry and cracked. I wonder if there are other parts that have degraded...

Ideas welcome, but I don't have a lot of time to spend on this.

Did you change the spark plug?

 

If it is getting fuel and the spark plug is dry and clean it should start. Check for spark.

Ron

 

Gas, spark and air. Check in that order. Bypass the carb with a little primer gas as noted. If it runs and stops, focus on the carb. If it has mixture screws, turn them in to note their position (eg. 2 turns off bottom) and then remove and inspect them. Just backing them out will often clear a clog.

 

Thanks. This is tomorrow morning's project.

 

Thanks. This is tomorrow morning's project.

Good luck with Irma, Joey... I sincerely hope it affects your state as little as possible

 

Good luck with Irma, Joey... I sincerely hope it affects your state as little as possible

Well, I've already had to wash a full load of underwear.

 

If it's been a long time since you ran it then the carburetor is probably gummed up. Drain all the old gas out.
Take the bottom of the carb bowl off and there's anything in there that looks like lacquer then you will need to take the carb off and thoroughly clean it with carb cleaner. I recommend you buy at least 2 cans of Berryman's B12 cleaner; do not get it on your skin and for Christ sake do not get it in your eyes. Wear safety glasses with side shields. You need to squirt and thoroughly flush all little holes and ports on the carb, and get the wire out of a bread bag twisty tie to poke around inside the holes. take the float off and make sure you flush out that hole.

For future reference you make tygon tube stretch if you heat it with a heat gun.

Be sure the fuel valve is open Then, sometimes Berryman B-12 in a little fresh gas works without disassembling the carb. Take the air cleaner off and spray any ports you see. Remove the idle needle and spray in there. If it has a float carb, spray into the float chamber vent if you can and gently tap the top of the float chamber to unstick the float needle. Open throttle + choke it and pull a couple of times. Let it sit a bit while you are doing something else. If it starts, drain the unholy mix and add fresh gas.

EDIT: also shoot some B-12 into the carb's fuel inlet. That will hit the needle/seat directly. Lots of times a bit of varnish will stick the needle to the seat. It doesn't take much to free them.
B-12 can be hard on plastic floats etc. If it doesn't free things up in a short while, its time to disassemble.

Before you remove the needle valve, turn it in until it gently contacts the seat (stops), keeping track of how many turns. Repeat the process when you reinstall the needle so that it is in the same place.

Good luck, man.

 

I saw that hurricane track on a storm forum. Have no idea of what they were talking about.....but when I saw that track, I thought to myself......."CNN landfall prediction".....which tickled me.
Then when I looked at it a little closer.....I decided to name the storm Murphy. Cause after it boxes the US around......it heads straight for Ireland.

 

Gas, spark and air. Check in that order. Bypass the carb with a little primer gas as noted. If it runs and stops, focus on the carb. If it has mixture screws, turn them in to note their position (eg. 2 turns off bottom) and then remove and inspect them. Just backing them out will often clear a clog.

Do people still spray an s-load of ether down the carburetor - I was an expert on that

 

Mass evacuation nightmare before the storm nightmare.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/08/us/hurricane-irma-evacuation-florida/index.html

Gridlock on Florida roads harked back to chaotic evacuation attempts ahead of Hurricane Floyd, which aimed for Florida before turning north and weakening in 1999, and Hurricane Rita, which hit near the Texas-Louisiana border in 2005.

http://www.naplesnews.com/story/wea...s-fire-chief-its-too-late-evacuate/645465001/

 

Do people still spray an s-load of ether down the carburetor - I was an expert on that

I used to keep some around and have used it successfully. I quit using it for cars one cold day when the backfire through my carburetor convinced me that "that ain't right!". I once (in college) tried to use a can of it to light my charcoal since I had nothing else. It shot a blue flame 15 feet in the air for about 0.5 seconds and left the charcoal stone cold.

 

Mass evacuation nightmare before the storm nightmare.

Sitting in eclipse traffic last month, I couldn't help but wonder why they didn't open both directions to northbound traffic. I wonder if anyone has studied this. In Chicago, they have reversible lanes to match up with rush-hour traffic, and that seems to work.

 

Ok...found hose that fits at pep boys. No gas leaking, but no start.

I'm not a motor guy...does it take time for gas to get into carb? I don't remember this being the case.

The old hose was pretty dry and cracked. I wonder if there are other parts that have degraded...

Ideas welcome, but I don't have a lot of time to spend on this.

Give you a tip for when storing the generator after ward. Add some "Sta-bil" to the gas in the tank and run it for a while, to get the mixed gas into the carb. Always had the same carb problems with my snowblower and chainsaws until I started using it. One of the few gas treatments that works as advertised.
https://www.goldeagle.com/product/sta-bil-fuel-stabilizer

 

Add some "Sta-bil" to the gas in the tank and run it for a while

That's part of my standard winterizing process for my boat. I've never had a carb problem starting it in the spring. Batteries and spark plugs are another story.

 

Sitting in eclipse traffic last month, I couldn't help but wonder why they didn't open both directions to northbound traffic. I wonder if anyone has studied this. In Chicago, they have reversible lanes to match up with rush-hour traffic, and that seems to work.

http://miami.cbslocal.com/2017/09/07/keys-visitors-residents-heed-evacuation-order/

They did that in the Keys when I was stationed there in the 70's. We never completely evacuated the base even during a possible direct hit. I worked at the base TCF site at Boca Chica so we were always critical personnel. Our control bunker (all concrete building with self contained power) in the mangrove swamp was two stories high with a boat dock usable from the second story. Scary as crap being in that building during even a mild story.

Not much left of the station today.
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