Duff2 wrote:
I need help.

I removed the float on this 9 year old craftsman 22 inch push mower
and the needle valve. Now I don't know how to reassemble it.

The needle valve has a tiny wire wrapped around the end of the needle
and the other end of that wire has a little half rectangle. If I hook
it over the wings on the float, then it seems to bind the needle so it
doesn't move freely. But I don't see any where else to hook it so I
just let it dangle. The needle can't go anywhere anywhere so maybe it
is not important that the needle be hooked to the float. If the float
drops, then the needle should fall open by gravity or else be pushed
open by the fuel in the tank pushing it open.
....

It can't just be unhooked or it will simply sit in the throat and block
flow.

One end goes around the neck of the valve, the other slips over the
float -- some have a small hole, others simply slip over one way or
another, but it has to hang from the float freely.

Keep looking at alternatives until it becomes clear how it must do that.
There possibly would be pictures on the Sears website that show carb
parts diagrams that would help...

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