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    Chris take out a spark plug and ground it to the block. Crank it over and check for a good spark on the plug. If you have good spark, give it a little shot of ether and see if it will fire. If it fires and runs for a second start looking for a fuel issue. If it still won't fire and there is spark, the compression, the ignition timing and valve timing needs to be verified. If you have the service manual it will walk you through the tests to verify these things.

    Since it was running fine and started to sputter and now won't run, it sure does have an ignition "sound" to the problem. Verify that you have good spark at the plug.

    If you look down the carburetor with the engine off and open the throttle do you see fuel squirt into the engine?

    If it has good spark, good fuel, correct ignition timing, correct valve timing and compression it has to run.

    Keep trying Chris, I have lots of guesses!
    Last edited by bmorgil; 12-03-2020 at 02:28 PM.

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