Recent content by sgkent

probably depends how reliable their power is. Like here, a long outage is two or three hours, and that might be once every 5 to 7 years. A whole day out is a once in a 25 - 30 year event. But someone in the foothills might see 10 shutoffs a year for two or three days at a time when the wind is...

I have been using the Simple Green Pro HD that is metal safe. It cleans well and doesn't discolor metals. The orange big box hardware store has it by the gallon. I use about a cup and clean hot water...

how did you test for spark? A plug can fire outside a cylinder but with compression fail. Were it me, I would buy a new fresh plug from a known good source and not Amazon. Then blow the cylinder out with compressed air to make sure it is not flooded. Pull it over a few times with the plug out...

I would use the choke, or something to substitute and richen the mixture with the choke to see if that stopped the surging. That will tell you if it is running too lean. You can cut the fuel off and let it die from starvation to see if it is too rich. If the rpm gets better when the mixture...