It's about 70 here and all my carbs have the choke closed with spring tension. It could be just bound up and crusty, or just bad all together. You will be glad you got the spare carb.
Hmmm. Sounds like it's time for a more serious look at the choke, as soon as my backup carb arrives. I am pretty sure I'll be glad to have it -- I can then rebuild one at my leisure, "borrow" parts if they are broken, and generally twiddle and tweak to my heart's content.
The accelerator pump should give you a cross between a squirt and a mist, pretty well pronounced it if it's good.
Sounds like mine is about shot. Maybe that's why I have such trouble with pinging when I try to accelerate uphill. In any case, I detect some o-rings and maybe machine shop work in my near future.
