Lawnboy won't start

[bob]

I have a 5 year old Lawnboy, with about 4 hours on it. It's a spare mower. I got it started with a shot of starter fluid, but it will only stay running when the primer is pushed.

[Fish]

You need to take the carb apart and clean it out.
Fish

[vipermanz]

be very careful around the air vane governer