Three year old Troy Built 24 cut which I reluctantly bought because my history with snow-blowrs is: The minute I really count on them they don't start, I wind up wasting time, energy and getting all pissed off and STILL have to shovel. However it worked pretty well except for twice once the wife flooded it ( typically in big storms she runs it and I shovel) In her defence it flooded easily and didn't even smell. ( Weird feature for a machine that is designed to not get started for months then suddenly fire up in below zero weather)
Then there was today. I don't use the damn thing unless I have to move a lot of snow. It wouldn't start , it sounds dry, you can't tell from the primer button whether you are moving gas or not. Probably needed more gas but shoveling seemed easier that dealing with flooding it out.
Any tips would be great which is why I included the brand, size and age. But I also thought maybe others had ***&&%##$ snow blower stories?