Does that say Fisher Price on the handle? They might have a manual on the website.

since our last snow last year. I kept telling myself to fire it up over the summer, but I had drained all the fuel, and didn't want to mess with it.

Sounds to me that the float in the carb is stuck.

I will if I have to, but between my bad back, and our fairly steep driveway, I'd like to avoid it.

I never cared at our old house, because our driveway was short and flat, but this house is steep enough if it gets icy my work truck has a tendency to slide instead of park.

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My strategy is usually wait a couple days. It almost always melts by then. Steep driveways kind of change things, I guess.

I can't see his pics. Some small engines don't have a float. If it does he could probably tap the bowl with something and free it up
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Pull the plug, dry the plug with a lighter, crank the motor over a few times with the spark plug removed,to get the wet fuel out. also if you take the machine inside & let it warm up. It will help big time if its a 2 stroke.

My two wheeled weed whacker does.

That's the thing about ONLY some not having a float, that means some do.

Lol
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Oops, sorry.

All these pro's around, i'll save my comments.

Snow blower, pfft, what happend to your shovel little girl?

I don't think I have any clue where to even look for that. I had already tried burning off the plug with my mapp gas torch and dry cranking the engine. No go.

Guess I'll throw it in the truck in the morning, buy a new plug and try it then. if it doesn't work I'll run it by soomeplace.

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You can usually shake it around a but, tap it lightly with a rubber mallet, and if nothing else, take it apart... If it's gunked-up with old gas, it's a pretty common problem..