Drum roll.....
It starts and runs (not all by the book)
Went out and bought new fuel, oil, spark plug and air filter. Drained the old oil and refilled, pulled the carby off and gave it a clean with degreaser, rinsed the fuel tank a few times with clean fuel and then put it all back together for the big moment.
Tried starting it for 5 minutes with no luck. Tried the old trick of taking the air filter off and tipping a bit of petrol in and it fires first go. Once it started it ran no worries. Ran over the lawn but unfortunately I had already cut it this morning pretty low so couldn't take much more off.
Next step is to make a call on Monday for the blade sharpening and start hunting down a catcher. Will then have some top dressing to do on my lawn to level out a few spots ( open to tips on this).
I still need a air filter screw and the deflector screws but other than that I should be good to go.
Any tips for not having to tip fuel down the air filter hole?
Anything else I need to do?

Thanks to all those that have posted on the forum. Lots of great info!

Cheers
Robbo


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