One of the local guys here sells fishing minnows.he works all day so he has his minnows in a cooler outside,and a drop box for the money.People who dont trap their own fishing minnows will go and get minnows there and leave the money in the box.
An honor system that works when people are honest.

Switch is OK. Pulled the coil and cleaned the rust from the fly wheel and coil. Now I have spark.
Still don't start. Got a new carb ordered. We'll see.
total cost so far $1.86 for spark plug.
$16.-00 for carb.
Fresh gas ???
just

You pricing your labor/time?

Boco, some people like to tinker. To be honest I think like you do.

There are quite a few guys that like to work on small engines.
I give stuff to one fellow here,he uses them for parts if he cant fix them.Especially old chainsaws.
I had him re build a skidoo engine for me once,real reasonable price and great work,quick return.
He has a shop and tools and likes working on stuff,I dont have the tools or time,not to mention I am not that good at tinkering with engines.

squirt bottle with a little fresh gas is a great tool the small engine shop in town uses the catsup and mustard bottles I use something like this i got for a couple dollars at a restaraund supply store and used for other stuff for years then when I needed it for an engine it got repurposed.
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I dump it out into another implement after every use so it is always fresh gas and I am not storing gas in the bottle I only put a few ounces in but it lets you dispense a little gas into the carb opening very hard to pour jsut a little gas from a can and it leads to other safety concerns. I know a guy who was pouring gas form a Styrofoam cup into a car carburetor to make it run like that and the car shot flames up the carb then he was holding a fire ball in his hand could not drop it fast enough.
so squirt a little , step back pull start cord see if it pops off if it does then carb is the right direction to go.


edit: I know a guy who was pouring gas form a Styrofoam cup into a car carburetor to make it run like that and the car shot flames up the carb then he was holding a fire ball in his hand could not drop it fast enough.
Just in case pouring from a cup wasn't a bad enough idea , gas dissolves many Styrofoam cups very quick. don't do this bad idea