First, pull engine shroud sheet metal, clean fins and chk for any hidden wire damage. then next time if it still cuts up, stop and check right away for spark to both plugs.If you are still getting a nice hot spark to both plugs, may still have a fuel delivery prob. that could mean checking the entire fuel line back to tank, replacing any soft/cracked lines, new fuel filter, gas cap vent cleaned and possibly another serious carb cleaning along with draining all old fuel outta the tank and replacing with fresh... And mebbe Walt will drop by with some of his sage advice..

After not having enough T-paper and dog food (with two hugh dogs) during the blizzard in Indianapolis in the late seventies and having to walk 10 blocks to get some to hold us over, I swore that would never happen again so I always have a good supply of both. Then, after we first moved down here to the boonies on top of a high hill and experiencing many power outages while living in a mobile, I decided what I would do and get to be prepared when we got our house built. The first thing I did was research woodburning stoves until I found one that didn't take up all the room in the world yet would provide all the heat we could want, light and plus I'd be able to cook on it. Bought it a little over a year before the house was done and stored it. Then we bought a generator which the one dog tore all of the wiring out of before it could ever be used much. Lesson learned. The next generator we bought is encased. I also started stocking my pantry, overstocking it as DH always complains. I don't think there is such a thing as overstocking it. Also put in a good supply of flashlights, batteries and candles. Since we were on a well, everytime they predicted a good storm or tornado or the wind just got up high, I'd fill the bathtubs and washer plus have drinking water on hand. About two months or so ago we went on county water. Just in time. No more problems with flushing. We heard this storm was coming in and got extra gas for the generator. I'd just bought a 40 lb. bag of dogfood and had my normal back ups of everything else. Didn't need to go to the grocery at all. The ice storm hit but power didn't go out until about 1:30 a.m. so the generator, already set up and filled, was fired up and we already had the woodstove going strong. We watched some weather reports on television for a little while, then on to bed where our CPAP machines worked great off the generator. When we lose power, we also lose our land line, so we make sure our cell phones are always well charged and we can always contact relatives to make sure they are well and let them know we're okay. We do have our backpacking stoves and some battery operated Coleman lanterns as well. When we got up, the house was pretty much as warm as we always keep it. The young man from the place down the road came over to make sure we were okay. He said no one could get up the steep hill that we live on or down it. I heated water on the woodstove for hot drinks and we had cereal and fruit. Later I started dinner on the woodstove, smoked sausage, onions, carrots and potatoes, and the power came back on. This was around 4:30 p.m. Finished cooking on the kitchen stove and its just like nothing out of the ordinary never happened. When we first found out this storm was coming, DH went out to the 5th wheel, put the slide in and started up the furnace. We figured we'd just move into it if the power went out. He'd just had the two big propane tanks filled so we'd be able to stay warm and cook in there. However, he didn't like the way the furnace sounded so decided to turn it off and stick it out in the house. I'd say the first thing we were going to do once we can get out of here was take the 5th wheel to have the furnace checked, but I know better. We were supposed to leave here for a warmer climate shortly after Christmas and kept getting delayed. When we can get it out of here, we're getting in that RV and heading south or southwest. We can get that furnace checked wherever we wind up and our ceramic heater or two will work until then. Something else everyone should think of is sleeping bags. Even with heat and blankets, my DH has been putting his Marmot -20 sleeping bag over the bed. He chills so easily and can't easily warm up. I, however, do not have that problem. Anyway, sleeping bags could be life savers for some and kids love them.

If I can bring the ambient room temperature measured with a standard room thermometer, from 48 degrees to 74 degrees or so, with the fireplace, then it does more than make feel a "bit warmer", but I do understand you were probably referring to just the fireback there. I do understand the heat loss issue from the damper, since as I experienced, within 8 hrs most of it was lost, although maybe not all, since I don't know how cold the room would have gotten had I never used the fireplace. It seemed that had I had the glass doors at the time, there actually would have been some heat gain. I really am not considering heating with wood at this time because the cost of wood is quite high, and the work involved in cutting and splitting my own is not something I could do any more. I am just looking to use my fireplace for enjoyment without INCREASING my heating bill, and hopefully adding a small amt of heat gain if I use it judiciously only when I can keep it going long enough to heat the firebox and take advantage of the radiant heat. It might be that no one has really measured heat gain/loss from the average fireplace under circumstances other than the usual 2 or 3 hour fire with a couple of logs, and an open fireplace, so the rest might just be guess work. I was hoping since I had heard that the glass doors do help significantly, that someone had done some measurements about how much it helps, and if the end result is still a loss.

From personal experience and recent reading of posts here, my recollection is that at least the current dual fuel models from GE, Bosch/Thermador, Frigidaire, Samsung, DCS, Miele and Wolf all can be lit manually during power outages. There are likely others, as welI, and maybe other folks will chime in with more specific knowledge. If you are looking for a dual-fuel range with double ovens, I believe that the current GE Cafe and Samsung double-oven dual fuel models are ones which permit stove-top burners to be lit manually during power outages. It is still a good idea to search owner's manuals/user guides --- other than the ones for Whirlpool brands --- for references to lighting burners during power outages. No reference? Then you definitely are looking at a model whose burners cannot be lit without power to the stove. It may bear mentioning that that there has been much previous discussion here on this subject, particularly following Super Storm Sandy and its widespread long-term power outages. The most frequent complaints were about some of the higher-end Electrolux dual fuel ranges that are interlocked, and all of the Whirlpool-made double-oven ranges with gas burners. The Whirlpool complaints included all of its brands such as Kitchenaid, JennAir, Amana. Maytag and the analogue versions sold at Sears under the Kenmore brand. There have been complaints that some of single oven-models of Whirlpool's ranges also may lack the capability for manually lighting burners without power. Whirlpool also has come in for complaints here about providing generic manuals with uniformative generic disclaimers like the one jlhug described above a couple of years ago. Might be best to avoid the Whirlpool models if you are looking for a dual fuel with a manual-lighting burner capability.