lawn boy 10314 will only start after primed

Reeko236

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Hey guys, just bought a 10314, and I'm having some issues with it. When I bought the mower the other day, it ran great but was leaking gas from the carb/airbox. Opened it up to find a janky attempted-repair of the needle valve. No problem, I ordered a needle valve set(https://www.jackssmallengines.com/jacks-parts-lookup/part/lawn-boy/929697) and a new float (https://www.jackssmallengines.com/jacks-parts-lookup/part/lawn-boy/951899). Installed everything, and now the mower will only run for a second after priming. Then it wont re-start unless I prime it, then it just dies again.

Does anybody have any advice? Like I said, the mower ran great (albeit quite leaky) before the float/needle kit swap. Could I have messed something up? It all fit together quite simply and cannot think of where things went wrong.
 

Reeko236

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Update! - I solved the problem. I know nobody has replied yet, but I'm posting this in case someone else has a similar problem, and they can see what was causing my issue. I had a clogged jet. Somehow, the jet managed to get clogged before/while/after I replaced the float parts. It ran fine before (with the leak), which really puzzled me. I guess I assumed the jet was ok because it started and ran before, but low an behold, it was clogged up when I finally decided to look at it. starting great now after clearing it. :thumbsup::thumbsup:
 
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