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While I was at it, I replaced the fuel line with some new fuel hose I had laying around because it looked pretty cracked. Once everything was clean, I put everything back together and put the carb back on the engine. I used some carb & choke cleaner with a straw in the nozzle to clean out all of the orifices and jets, just like in the video above. I think this was an indication that I was going to have some trouble with the gasket around the float cup. I struggled to take the float bowl off and gas splashed all over me when it finally came loose. I disconnected the choke cable and the throttle cable from the flywheel and removed the 2 nuts holding the carb on. Next I started taking off the carburetor. I have since found out that they didn't have an air filter on any of these little Snappers. I started out with the easy stuff, so I cleaned the spark plug with a wire brush and tried to clean the air filter but there wasn't any. I watched this video once and I was amazed at how easy it was. The main reason I picked this thing up was because I have had some luck in the past cleaning carburetors on lawn mowers, weed whackers and pressure washers.

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Update: I found the parts manual for the 3200, 3201, 32 models.

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I also found this better operating/service manual but that only shows how to service the auger belt and fold up the handle for storage. They can be helpful, if only to see how things come apart. I also found some parts diagrams on this website. I found the original operating manual here but that is only 3 pages so it isn't much help. I was hoping to find a service manual, but there aren't any online. Since a lot of snow builds up on the top of the auger housing, I expect most snow blowers would have the same issue. I had to use a lot of WD-40 to unfreeze these bolts and I ended up holding the carriage bolts with some locking pliers. Once the bolt loosens up it will spin freely and you will have to hold them tight to the housing. The housing has square holes that hold the square collar on the carriage bolt and prevent them from turning. The top cover is held on with just nuts and studs at the top end, and carriage bolts from the inside of the auger housing. They had some cracks in them, and a few of the fastening holes had broken tabs, but they would still stay on and keep snow out. I took off the top and bottom covers, which were in decent shape.

I tried the electric start and while that didn't start the motor, the electric motor was very strong and worked perfectly.

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Nothing worked, so I pulled some more and all I succeeded in doing was breaking the handle free from the rope, which ran away back inside it's hole. When I got it home, my first troubleshooting step was to put a little gas in it and pull the cord to see if it would start. I folded the handle down and put it in the back of my car. There was no gas in it so that is as far as I went. When I first saw this thing on the curb, I pulled the cord to see if it would turn and it did.

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