Ariens snowblower with Snow king Tescuseh engine ?
I have a 5 horsepower engine. I loosed up the bowl ,the float with the needle valve for the gas jet fell out. The float attaches to he body of the carburetor with a small pin,The needle valve sits on top of the float.It has a very fine wire on it.This small wire fits into the opening where the float pin is inserted ? To hold it into the gas jet there by metering the gas. The float and the needle valve work together to deliver the proper amount of gas to run the engine? Is this small wire inserted facing the engine or in the opposite direction? away from the engine ?
The wire is to hold the needle valve to the float. It goes around the needle and clips onto the float tang. It is not even necessary. It does make sure that the valve opens but gravity takes care of that. The reason for the float and the valve is to keep the float bowl at that correct level. The wire does not go into any opening. The wire can go on either side of the float tang. This site will show a picture of how the wire clip is installed.http://www.lawn-mower-shop.com/carb1.htm
it wont matter as long as its not binding .