Snow Blower that won't Blow

So I have a late model snow blower that I bought from my old boss last year. It worked fine all last year and I pulled it from storage this fall to make sure it started and all was working correctly. Then on the first snow fall of the season I went out to get the driveway cleared and guess what...it didn't start. So for the next couple of days I tried to figure out why. I put some gas in, which was old. Didn't start. I then added some water remover into the gas, that didn't work. So I did what any nerd who is not all that mechanical inclined would do. I searched the internet. I found a reference to a similar issue and it was related to gunk in the float and carborater.

Now mind you I really never have messed with a carborator but I was adventurous and still had some money on my credit card if I really messed things up. I pulls the float a their was a ton of crap in there. I used the carborator cleaner and sparyed it all inside the float area and around the outside until it seemed that the float (which is a round doghnut shapped object inside the bowl that I removed) moved freely and seemed clean. There was a small pin to right top of the float that fell out of a small hole and it didn't really want to go back. I evnetually after playing with it got it back in, placed the float in the right spot, replaced the bowl, opened up the fuel line and hoped for the best.

I started it up, and I didn't even need to use starting fluid. It popped right off and ran beutifuly. I even had to turn off the choak (which I prevousely had to keep on in order for it to run). The only remaining problem I am having is that it seems that when the engine is straining that it seems to empty the float and the engine dies. But when I go to restart it and it pops right off so I am not sure what the deal is but for now it is working fine.