When I got a flash light and took a closer look inside the tank, I saw that it was not full. I siphoned out about 7 gals of old gas. The inside of the tank looked very good, no rust sediment that I could see. I actually think the old gas was in pretty good shape, it didn't smell foul and wasn't discolored. My garage isn't heated, but it is attached to the house and fully insulated and doesn't get humid at all. I changed the fuel filter, inspected the rubber fuel hoses (they looked good also, so I didn't replace them), put a fresh batch of gas in the tank and cranked her up. Of course I flooded the carb because I didn't change the old battery (I had it connected to a jump starter, so I thought it was fully charged) when I turned the engine over too many times
. I let her sit while I bought/installed a new battery and she fired up right away.
Rod
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Rod Woodson