[james schaechter]

I have messed with quite a few of these. Yes, you can make a replacement carb work, but they are pretty straightforward to dissasemble and reassemble. If you can get it aprt and cleaned out, you are better off. The two strokes are finicky if the carbs are not right. If the scoot has not run much, the rings might be sticky too. If you can get her started, run good quality fresh gas through it with some sea foam in it. They are good scooters. If you need aftermarket parts, I have had good luck with Athena brand parts.