Here's the deal, I found this Lawn Boy 7035 in a barn in VA. I suspected that it wouldn't start and I was right. I cleaned the carb out to the best of my abilities, confirmed that it indeed had spark, confirmed the presence of good compression, and made sure that the pull starter was working. After many pulls, all I can get out of it are one or two tiny pops before it dies. I'm pretty sure that it backfired once because it gave a loud bang and a puff of white smoke after quite a lot of starting fluid in the carb. I read that it might be a muffler issue but I can't get the plate the blade mounts to off to check. I'm no Lawn Boy expert so I hope one of you could help me out. Thanks!