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well the nozzle came out pretty easy, it was in some sea foam for a few days. Turns out the carb itself was in great shape, the fuel tank needed a good pressure wash and the closer valve was fouled. After it was back together it popped up on the second pull.

Thanks Rivets, I will go slow with it and appreciate hearing about the trick. I was actually just reading that very manual you posted! Getting closer every minute.

Thanks everyone, I will get to cleaning up and inspecting this carb. We'll see how she looks. Thanks for reminding me bertsmobile 1 about the venturi tube, I almost forgot on the last one I did almost 15 years ago, but just caught it before I pulled anything apart. My uncle got it from his...

Well I remembered on the drive home that my uncle included a bucket of extra parts and there was indeed another flywheel cover in there model 61102. Turns out its about the same issue, with the diagram showing a tank mounted carb. Here is what the carb on the engine looks like. Might have to...

I double checked the numbers and they are correct with what is stamped on the flywheel cover. Odd thing is that parts diagram shows it having a tank mounted carb, where the carb on this unit is a flowjet?? Maybe someone found the flywheel from one engine and it just happened to fit the other...

I have a little 1964 flathead B&S engine from a relative and working to source parts. Can't find much out there about parts, so if I can't rebuild the carb I wonder if anyone knows of a way to retrofit a newer type to it. Everything else is in perfect shape, strong compression and strong...

I have a had this tractor for a couple years (second owner, ~200 hours on it) and recently this summer the shifting has occasionally been hard to move between gears (usually from fwd gears to N or R) but now is very hard to move between any gears. I had to replace brake pucks recently so had...

I recently bought this tractor used and since getting it home it has surged or lost power (with a gas smell when it loses power) and then surged back to full power. It happens both when mower is engaged and not. What I've looked at so far: -tested the solenoid under the carb and it worked...