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Wayne
A friend of mine just bought this same year model from a widow neighbor. The best part was that it still was in the factory box and never ran; and as new as new is!. We put it in my tank with the hood on, and it started up immediately, but ran about 5 min and stopped. I knew the background on these motors; so we pulled the hood off and it ran like a champ. The exhaust fumes do shut down these motors, and that invention on yours is very well thought out. Some in the past; we have drilled 1/4 inch holes around the front and back of the hood and this stops the fumes from ingesting back through the carb and killing the engine.