Hi NormK,
As promised, this design will go on production. The unit selling price I expect to be less than half of the Viton Tip needle price. I can even include 1 free for complete rebuild kit. I will keep the Viton Tip needle design to maintain the sealing quality that you can even leave the tap open as long as you like without flooding. Obviously we need this new lever design to pull the needle out when float drops. Without the lever, there's a high chances that the needle will sticked in when the mower will sit in the shed for months with less or no fuel or even with fuel where the lower part of the valve will dry up and the Viton Tip will bind to the seat. We can't tell customer to keep banging the primer cap when mower doesn't starts. We want the mower starts all the time we need they need it even sitting in the shed for months. When the carby venturi and spark plug are always dry with enough fuel in the reservoir, the mower will always starts all the time.
Cheers,
TheCarby
