For the first time in 10 months, the 109 started! We found a replacement carburetor on Craigslist--a great guy down near Puyallup that used to run a carb shop until the 80s when there just weren't that many left on the road. He has about 600 carbs in his garage for sale.
He charged us $40 but warned that it probably needed a good cleaning, a new float and a rebuild kit. Gord'n installed it just to see what would happen and it worked "as is!"
Not without a bit hitch however--the automatic choke is not working. So tomorrow (just 3 days before we plan to drive the 109 to Portland) he will rebuild the carb and hopefull find/install a manual choke.
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