All you guys never cease to amaze me! Even when you're fooling around you provide good, useful information..
As my entry into this field has simply been for my own edification, and where I have no use for a vertical shaft engine at the moment, I doubt I will spend much (if any) money to get this engine running. Assuming I can get the recoil starter to function and am able to get it to produce a spark once things are cleaned up and it's turning over, then I may take the carb apart and clean it. Where it may go from there is unknown at this point. But there is satisfaction in making something run, that didn't.
The longer I hang around with you guys, the more I realize that there is far - FAR - more to the proper operation of an engine than I ever realized. The old saw - "All you need is air, fuel and spark" - is simplistic almost to a fault. Just reading about Bert-Man's submersion into the depths of the concrete saw's engine he's laboring over, indicates just how utterly ignorant I am in these matters. I stand in awe - (well, sit actually) - of all you guys.. People who come on this forum and don't appreciate the expertise that is available to them, are shortsighted...
Me? Hell, I'm just having a grand time and appreciate the fact that you guys will play along. A little levity goes a long way in improving anyone's day..
Best wishes to All Hands!
Zero Bubble,
Roger