Thanks for the article Carolyn! Sounds like you are on an adventure on your farm! Glad you got your mower running. It's hard to keep everything working, I have the same problem. I can fix some things but not all lol. One thing I would recommend is to you use ethanol free gas in your mower and other small engines, it keeps the carburetor from gumming up. The ethanol causes problems with small engines. At the end of the season, either run the motor out of gas or put in a gas preservative.