Got this craftsman r1000 from a neighbor thats moving for free. It was stuffed in the back of his shed hasnt been used in many years because the wiring was a mess. I deleted all the safetys and got it going again. But the carb was gummed up so i ordered a new one hoping it would save me some trouble. I also deleted the fuel shutoff on the carb because it was electrical. That was a bad move because it leaked when it was off. Iv done that 100s of times before and never had a problem. Got pissed off and tried to clean up the old carb no dice same problem. So I put the new carb back on and fixed the shutoff. Now it didnt want to run off choke. After all day fussing with it I figured out it ran good without the air intake on it. Must have been the wrong gasket and it was. The new carb has a vent hole that needs to be open. I put on the gasket with a cutout into the intake. Ran better but still not great. Seemed rich. So I made another gasket with a notch to vent the hole to outside the intake. Fixed! So the intake was sucking fuel out of the vent hole and making it too rich. Im going to be doing alot of testing before i sell it but my other neighbors son in law wants it because its small and will fit through his gate.
