:wall:Purchased a new Sears model # 247 889571 24 inch 179ccOHV snow blower in Nov 2010. Ran great since I got it and last spring before storing ran it down to little or no gas put a cap of seafoam in the gas tank and changed oil. Have had issues with it since I took it out this fall. Changed the plug with a NGK new plug as what was in there. It runs for awhile then stops very hard to restart. Took it to my repair man and he went through it and replaced plug with another brand and said it ran fine. Just used it and it stopped on me a few times and would restart but had to be careful not to prime it too much to restart it. Just quit while sitting on driveway idling. Very frustrating and also repairman called Sears for some specs but wouldn't give him any and closest Sears has no on site repairman. Kind of lame. Anyone know any specs for valves etc that he could try and have read here about un hooking the safety key wire. Any ideas specs etc would be greatly appreciated as it is winter and we have a bunch of snow and my back is sore from shoveling. Thanks.

Hi everyone, New to the site so hope I am doing this correctly LOL. I got a used Craftsman Snow blower from a friend model #247.88700 and I just used it and got all the way done and the thing stalled out and will not restart. I checked and I have gas but did notice that while it was running it was glowing orange hot and some sparks were shooting out the side. Don't think that is normal so let it cool down and it won't restart so think the electronic throttle box is fried or the choke box is fried. Anyone know about a snow blower running for a long time then just die and not restart anymore and what the problem is?? I need this thing working like now with all this snow we are getting!:madhell: Thanks, Dan