Sorry for the duplicative link -- In all the excitement, I missed that Fibby had already linked to the Dead Engine Start tech tip. My bad.
Thanks for the compliment, Jon -- I wish I could take credit for the article. All I did was take notes and write 'em all down in some semblance of order.
We seem to be recommending that Tech Tip a lot lately so I may update it. We should probably add a little bit on a dead engine's carburetor -- probably that at a minimum, it should be removed and cleaned.
In the past, I have been guilty of grabbing the jumper cables, pouring a little gas down the throat and going for it. Experience has taught me that as much fun and expedient as this may be, its wiser to be more methodical. Probably safer, too, if we're dealing with a desiccated carburetor with deteriorated gaskets leaking all that fuel we just dumped in it ... one back fire and ... well, you could have a real problem on your hands.
If you or JonG have any input for a "checking the carb" section, please share separately (pm is fine). JonG's excellent B tip is great, but limited to Rochesters. For this tech tip, we need to be more generic.
