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Yeah, if it dissolves ethanol tarnish then it will do it

Mule. Last forever.

Well it looks like this carb for a Kawasaki FE290 engine is really common and used in a lot of John Deer Gators, Club Car golf carts, and quite a few lawn mowers. There are a lot of versions with it and seem to revolve around exterior dimensions for the throttle stack height and choke orientation. But the bolt holes and throat dimensions seem to be the same and I bet they'd cross over from model to model fairly easy.

Hi sorry late, I work night shift out of town. Got it figured out, simple just unbolted the gas shocks bolt assembly (not struts). Thanks

Couple things, if the new spark plug was a different heat range, it would affect the idle characteristics. Second, the idle air screw having trash or corrosion will do this. For those that don't understand carburetor fundamentals, the carb runs off the idle air screw from idle to about 2500 rpms. From about 2500 to 3500rpms, it's a combination of idle air and main jet fueling. After 3500 rpms it's all main jet fueling. So, hopefully that helps some folks narrow down their carburetor troubleshooting. For example, idles fine but boggs down at higher rpms, you have main jet issues (the big one that pokes up through the middle of the carb). Bad idle but runs with open throttle, idle air issues (usually a screw or smaller needle type, may be under a thin tin cap that you drill or pry out (EPA thing), up in the front of the carb).

Partzilla has treated me well. Prices are always lower or equal to anything else I've found, and they even comped my last shipping fee because they had to order a part they didn't stock.

Yep, and, the OEM mounting bolts and the brake line flange nut are the right size/thread too. So I thought it was a pretty good find. I might have to try one of these $15 Amazon carburetors next just for fun.