Well I'm pretty happy, yesterday at a car show I scored what looks like either a Tecumseh HS40 or HS50 snowblower engine for $20. I took the carb off today, and gave it a good cleaning which got the engine running. It seemed as if the engine had an airleak. I put a brand new muffler on it and after about 5 minutes of running the paint on the muffler was starting to peal so I shut it down. It had a very high idle, and when throttle was given it would sputter like it was rich but stay running. I've never seen an engine get hot that fast. So at this point I'll replace the carb and intake gasket, and check the head gasket too.
