One a day, plus iron

After work today, I went up to the shed to fetch out the wood splitter. (It'd been put away, tank empty, at the close of last year and parked in by the mower trailer and stuff.) Before I drug it out of the shed, I put in some fuel (about a cup) and tested to see if it'd fire up. No sense hauling it out if it won't start.

I adjusted the choke and the throttle and pulled the handle vigorously. Cough, sputter quit. (This is normal for first effort of the year.) I adjusted the choke slightly and pulled again. Cough, catch, die... and gasoline started pouring out of the little metal bowl tucked behind the air filter. Well, shit. That ain't good.

( Is *little metal bowl* a technical term? I am suspicious... )