Vervepipes
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Hi, just picked up a beautiful HR194 for free, doesn't start but is in great shape. I pulled the plug and it has spark, drained the carb bowl and fuel tank, tried a little gas right into the intake and it'll start for a few seconds, so it looks like it needs a carb cleaning. Bad news is the bowl bolt on the bottom is stuck and has rounded. I'll try with locking pliers when I get a chance to. Looking at an exploded diagram of this carb it doesn't look like it serves as the main jet, so at least it won't be super expensive to replace. I really like this mower. Besides the terrific condition, the blade clutch design is something I like and it runs at half the noise level of my Tecumseh powered Lawn Boy and Briggs flathead powered mowers. I see some replacement carbs on Ebay for about $40 shipped, if I have to I'll go that route but I haven't heard much good of Chinese repro carbs though.