Another miserable evening...
Went to harbor freight at 4:30ish (95deg out)
Got carb cleaner + fresh gas + other things I needed
Started taking apart mower at 5:30, cleaned carb, put back together... no start
Went inside to chill... went back out, cleaned carb again (this time using wire on the jet and being very thorough)... As I'm putting it back together, I drop a bolt into the void of the mower (I had it tilted on its side)... I shake the piss out of it to get it out, causing a fuel spill in the process... and magically the bolt drops out... reassemble... no start... FUUUUCK, by now it's 8:30.
I go inside shower, then remember that a new sparkplug might be what I need... run over to Home depot at 9:15... grab a plug... no start still...
Pulling my hair out at this man... FFS!!!
Tomorrow I drive it 45 min north to the guy who sold it to me (he flips mowers and is a standup guy) to see if we can figure it out (lowkey hoping he might take the lemon mower in exchange for a working one...