Engine stalled, petrol stink etc

Be warned the float valves in the rebuild kits nowadays are utter tosh

 

I certainly do!

Get a kit and strip the carb - just follow your nose. They're not very complicated. Get a can of carb cleaner and some air duster cans to blow all the passsgeways through.

 

Yep - reuse original stuff if it's in good shape.

 

Ah, how will a relative ignoramus like yours truly know if it is in good shape or not?

 

S'obvious