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Message: <blockquote data-quote="wmk0002" data-source="post: 409747" data-attributes="member: 13975">Are you sure the float is stuck open or not set to the right height and it is not a fuel leak elsewhere? Either should be a fairly simple fix at home and you can test it right before you leave for the ramp in the driveway on muffs or in a barrel.As to the starter failing ...these are pretty easy to rope start by wrapping a lose rope around the flywheel. The 15 hp I just bought has a stripped hole where the recoil starter mounts so it also has to be started by this method until I can fix it. The trick is to make sure you lightly pull on it until it has that little bit of extra resistance telling you that one cylinder is at top dead center. Then just give it a crisp yank like you would with the recoil starter rope.</blockquote>