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thanks ED i will check into it...

Upon removing the top material and the two piece rain gutters which were still in great shape: I found only one mouse hole in the top which i repaired. The chicken wire and under lying materials are still intact and in great shape. Now my question is what type of sealant are they talking about...

It's back to sounding good again...now have to drain the carb again...it's starving must have got some crap in it. Always something.

hey guys....i want to thank everyone for all the fast help, all the great tips and tricks....I haven't done an A in 25 years...gees have i forgotten a lot of stuff..!! Well I think it was all narrowed down to the old gas, ( stuff i drained from the carb and tank I threw on some wood in the fire...

Yes the timing is dead on...

Thanks H.L.

Thanks Mitch..I'll try that tomorrow... I talked to Snyders and told them about the black rubber gaskets deal(talked with Tom) he sent some free cork gaskets. I'll try the rubber hose till they get here. I had my wife do the inside controls and I sprayed carb cleaner into the carb and it fired...

Thanks 1928 PU: I have another coil that i can test with..no spare plugs though. Is there a way to dry that condensation out of the coil? yes i agree that it doesn't take much to fire it... when I had two cylinders full of water last year: it still tried to fire up...lol...lol

Tom: i have a good spark from the coil wire t the head nut.. so I guess it's boiled down to fresh gas, I won't be able to try that until the new sediment bowl gaskets come in. Whew this ahs been a long day already...lol

Keith: you are correct...i din't answer that because i don't know the correct way to rtest that.

Hi tom, yeah the spark is ok... but I found more problems when draining the gas... the gasket in the sediment bowl has completely disintigrated , bits of black gasket in the bowl and carb. Bowl and carb cleaned out and blow with air. Guess this won't be fixed today after all.

ok Jason will check that too... I'm sure this will be resolved by the end of the day...hahaha

H.L. yes that's what i'm going to do next...fresh gas..sigh...lol the gas was not in teh tank for 5 months...I had a hole in the tank and i took the tank out 5 months ago to have it fixed. But i will drain what i did put in and go get some new.

Charlie: no i used some from the shed for the lawn mower...Only put about a pint in... I'll go get some new gas...I also use Seafoam in my gas. I didn't realize that it goes bad...thanks. :)

Katy...the spark IS small with a cracking sound. I'm wondering if the distributor body has a bad ground to block from sitting (could that be possible?) Tapping the carb didn't help it start ...it turns over but no hint of any firing going on .