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Jim60, once you have the choke issue taken care of, I think you also need to look further into the carburetor, with a warm engine or if has previously run within the last 1/2 hour, you should not need to choke it, just turn the key and touch the starter and it should fire up. Definitely get the choke working as that is needed for a cold start AND you don't want the choke valve flopping open or closed independently of the cable position.