Maybe you could be a bit more descriptive. It sounds like it cranks over well, but doesn't seem to be getting enough fuel to start. That part may just be a simple choke adjustment. The plate has to close all the way over to be effective. Fuel needs to be new also. Then once started -does it surge or just have low power? Will it continue to run?

it surges & yes it continues to run. I have run some seafoam thru it to try & clean the carb out but that has not worked either. How do you adjust the choke or could there be something in the carb that is stuck?

You could try removing the carb bowl and giving it a quick clean, flush some fuel out of the end of the fuel line to know what you are getting is clean fuel. The choke plate linkage is adjustable, but many times it is out because the control cable moved some. You will need either to physically see the plate closed or feel the shaft that it is completely closed.