Ronman189
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These issues will seem trivial to most of you hardcore users on here, but to this 75 year old man, they are semi-critical. I have a nine year old 24" Craftsman snowblower that has been a headache almost from day one. The main issue is it is a bear to start. The first season, it pretty much started on the first or second pull. Since then, not so much. Luckily my wife, who purchased it for me, bought an extended warranty so every year for the first three years, I would try to start it in October and when I couldn't get it to start, I'd call Sears and they would send out a repairman. The problem was always with the carburetor. Finally a guy told me to drain the gas at the end of every season. A minor pain, but so be it. Now, I not only drain the gas, but change the spark plug every year and I still can't get it to start with the pullcord. It will eventually start with the electric start (thank God) or it would just be a piece of heavy junk. It never has seemed to run very well and I probably just move it an tenth turn from "choke" to make it run smoothly at all. Even then, it just doesn't seem to have the power it should have. Is there something else I should be doing? I always use new gas each fall. Also, is there something I can do to keep the front end on the pavement? Any time it meets any real resistance, it tend to do a wheelie, with the wheels spinning, which really defeats the entire purpose. Do people put extra weight on the front end to combat this or am I the only one with this issue with this blower? Are chains an answer? It has 6 forward speeds, but I never get past second. I've kept this machine in very good shape for being nine years old and I wish it would return the favor by performing better. Any help would be greatly appreciated.