Took the carb off my little old Merc kicker to clean it. Darn if I
can't find one of the nuts. NUTS!n (this is why I'm such a $hitty
mechanic - breakage and losage). Interestingly, local merc dealer
doesn't have them, told me to go to hardware store. I found a similar
nut locally (1/4 inch, fine thread), but I think the original is an all
metal locking nut and I can't find one of those locally. I could scour
dealers' bone-yard, or I could order one, but in the mean time, do you
think it would do any harm to just use a regular nut with a star
washer?

Camilo