coaxing a sleeping fuel system alive

Current mood: determined

went to noble with my friend michael c. today to attack the vicious and tricky carburetor monster.  it almost got the best of us, brandishing a quite impressive fire in the air cleaner shortly after we started.  boy was that exciting! nothing quite like a real experience to get the blood moving.  got it put out with a towel, no melty wires or anything.  now the new battery is dead, but the clogs seem to be working loose. the  battery is charging as i write.  of note:  someone was mowing the lawn so i couldn’t hear all the dogs barking today.