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I dont know anything about snowblowers. But if it wont fire up for you, a shot of starter fluid in the carb intake will get it running.

Don't know if I mentioned it or not, but I ended up ordering a new snow blower starter motor from Amazon and it should be here this Saturday. It's just a 5 minute swap out,, so I hope that will fix the starter issue. It pays to shop around and consider your options. I could have bought the snow blower starter motor locally for $130..00 I found the same starter on Amazon for $61.00. Both had a 1 year warranty, so I opted to save myself some money and wait the ~10 days for the starter to be shipped from Amazon.
Honestly, if my gas snow blower dies and needs to be replaced, I am seriously considering going with a battery operated snow blower. The battery operated 2 stage snow blowers are now about the same price as the gas snow blowers. The advantage of the gas mowers is their long run time compared to the battery operated snow blowers. But it appears that the new battery snow blowers now run long enough to do my driveway. That's all I need. So I might give up fighting with the gas engines and just get a snow blower with an electric motor on my next big purchase.
Almost all my gas outdoor and lawn maintenance equipment has been replaced with battery operated tools. I have had much better luck with the electric motors because they do not have carbs that get gunked up while sitting in the garage/shed when not being used for a good 6 months out of the year. I just put a fresh battery in my electric tools and they run, no issues.