The story with these 3 pictures is a funny one. The carby is off a Briggs and Stratton generator. (Vanguard I believe). Anyway, he said it had been sitting for 15 years with fuel in the carby. He wasn't wrong. As soon as I opened the fuel cap, the whole workshop was filled with the dreaded stale fuel smell. Needle valve was welded onto the carby, had to be drilled out, all fuel line neeeded replacing, fuel tap needed drilling out, swapped with a second hand carby and now runs like new.
I remember comming home from work that day and still smelling stale fuel on my hands, even after washing my hands several times. Just another day in the business of small engines.

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