Sounds like one of the jets is clogged up.
I'd pull the jets and clean them up real good.
Then reinstall them. Run them down all the way the back them out 2 turns.
Then make 1/4 turn adjustments till it runs right.
--Hop
>From: jon@dakota-truck.net
>Reply-To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
>To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
>Subject: Re: DML: RE: OT: Small engine repair
>Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2006 14:47:24 +0000 (UTC)
>
>"Neil W. Bellenger" <neil624b@rochester.rr.com> wrote:
>
>: So far you have gotten good advice from Ray and Bob.
>: This sounds too simple to overlook, when the gas line is pulled off the
>: carb, does gas come out? If the engine has a sediment bowl, take it apart
>: and clean it good as well as checking for varnish or gunk in the fuel
>: shut-off if there is one.
>: Tecumseh engines from this time period were my least favorite, I'd put
>them
>: at the bottom of the longevity and quality list.
>
> Hi Neil,
>
> Yep, the gas flows freely from the line when disconnected from the
>carb, and every time I pulled the carb off to fiddle with it, the float
>bowl was being refilled when I re-installed it.
>
>--
> -Jon-
>
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