My 28" Craftsman walk behind snow blower needs carburetor work. The repair shop in town is way backed up with work. I'm fairly mechanically skilled----anybody ever do their own carburetor work? The shop suggested going with a carburetor "kit".
Exactly WHAT do you mean by carb work? Does it leak? Won't start? Won't idle? Won't flow gas? Won't run at full power? Etc??
Fellows, I just spent a while working on my '89 vintage Craftsman 5 hp 24 inch blower, it has the Tecumseh Sno King so commonplace to Craftsman dual stage blowers. About 2 weeks ago I got it out of storage, checked the oil (changed it last fall) filled the tank, two pulls and it was started. Let it run for a while, then shut it off.
Came out the next day, the carb was leaking out of the inlet (choke area), I drained the fuel, removed the float bowl, took the float, spring, needle out. Had replaced the seat and needle and bowl and gasket two years ago. They looked fine, no debris at all. Put it back together with a new seat and gasket, added gas, next day it was leaking again. Primer hose was cracked, I replaced that, made no difference. Finally changed float level by bending tab up to make needle seat sooner, that solved the problem. From what I have read online the bottom of the float, when the needle is seated against the seat (!!) should be exactly level in relation to the carb body. Still, cannot figure out why float level would change from one year to the next.
If you left fuel in the machine over the warmer months, it may have dissolved and left gunk someplace, I am always reluctant to take things apart until I have to, maybe I gave you some idea of what to check for???
