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Great tip, RedOctobyr! If mine rips, I'll head to Ralph's for some gasket material.

Thanks a lot, aa335. I guess I WILL try to clean up the carb I have. But was tempted to just slap on a knockoff carb after reading somewhere here on Abbysguide about a guy who had trouble cleaning his HS621 carb, then found a $12 knockoff carb which worked great. Here's my plan. (Never messed with a carb before so could be interesting.) Will drain the fuel, then will tip machine forward, leaning up onto its chute to see if I can wrench out the carb from the bottom (not real confident about making this step work). If that works, I'll go at things with some Gumout, poking a thin wire through various carb passages if possible, then slap it all back together and hope to run without choke full on. If that doesn't improve things, I might try higher octane fuel. Might be back on here in a day or so asking where to buy new carb gaskets. If still running on full choke, I might ask for any direct pointer to a decent priced knockoff carb. Don't really feel like spending the $62 for OEM if an approx. $12 knockoff will get me running strong. Thanks again, aa35!

Never had the choice. I bought a used HS621 which will only run with choke almost full, then it just stalled today under a little snow load here in Detroit. Anybody know where to get a cheap knockoff carb for this machine? Also, to pull the carb, do I have to take the shroud/engine cover off the top? If so, any tips on easy shroud/engine removal? This machine seems pretty quiet to me, and looks pretty cool. Hope I can get it working well. Thanks for any help.