There was nothing. Some friends told me to pull the carburetor and clean it up since it was just dead silence after a pull. So I dutifully cleaned it up and put it back and it fired off on the first pull. A very satisfying feeling. The ugly float was ok I guess because I didn't replace it. It was, however, not sitting level when holding it. So I tweaked the arm a little, finished the clean up and that took care of it. I also replaced the spark plugs since the old ones sat for 2 years. but I think the issue was that float arm way out of sync. It was probably off by about 40 degrees. Thanks for the quick response by the way. I thought I might hear from someone in about 2 days or so.