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mattbatson
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I watched the video and it's for sure choking to death on too much fuel.. If I was doing this, I would get it running like in the video, and then disconnect the fuel line.. (Or pinch it closed good). Or turn the gas off if it has a valve..
The point would be to see if the engine cleared out and ran smooth for a few moments before it runs out of gas.. If it does then we could maybe know the carb has a jet or something that has fallen out, or something causing it to offer too much fuel.. Float might have a hole or needle leaking..
Last quick guess. Don't rule out the flywheel key if nothing else ever helps or works.. Only a couple of times I've seem this where it shears and slows down the timing so late that the engine barely runs and will mimic being flooded..
I actually thought of flywheel key, and forgot I had taken pictures
I had a question.
where on the flywheel is the key and is there only one?
I took pics...this is just an empty slot...not sure if the key was in there and fell out?

this is another spot on the flywheel that I thought might be the timing key...

and then there is this hole...

I'm assuming one of these is the flyweel key?