Gasket- Carburetor 16221-ZE3-800

decades old carb off neglected Honda generator leaking gas, with prior repair attempts by previous owner. E parts had the only nice pic that was clearly identical to existing carb. Sometimes you just decide to bite the bullet & spend $100 to get a fresh start. It worked! JB

Although I own the Honda repair manual, it was of little help. I tried to find a video for this model on the internet, but could not find one for my HS 1132
Rather than try to figure out what was leaking, I just bought another carb and choke ass. It is not that expensive, compared to almost $4K for a new blower.
I carefully to ... Read more ok photos with my cell phone at each step.
You must remove the shroud to get at the carb. After that, it was sort-of obvious what to do.
The choke cable is attached to the choke assembly with a circle clip that was a bear to remove and replace.
Take careful note of the several springs that must be removed and put back.
After assembly, the motor started on the first pull. No adjustments were required.

Removed carburator, cleaned float needle, removed fuel mixed with oil from oil tank, Cleaned spark plug, put everything back together pull the rope and now is running like a champ.

Remove carburetor and than remove old gasket replace it with new gasket and but carburetor back and it worked.