fire or fuel

1948jr

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This has probably been asked 100 times but..... I have a 35 massey that ran good until I put a sicle mower on it now it is missing where should I start looking?
 
Simple trouble shooting 101.
#1 check that you have a good blue spark at the center wire of the distributor and at all 4 plug wires. If you do then go to #2
#2 check that you have a good steady flow of gas that will fill a pint jar in less then 3 minutes form the carb drain plug.
#3 when was the last time you checked the air cleaner and dumped the water//mud out of it and filled it with good oil??
#4 pull each plug out and make sure it is a good and clean.
A sickle bar mower tends to shake things up so rust/dirt in the gas tank can cause problems as will loose wires etc.
 
(quoted from post at 02:23:52 07/13/17) This has probably been asked 100 times but..... I have a 35 massey that ran good until I put a sicle mower on it now it is missing where should I start looking?

Next time it misses pull.the choke . If it smoothes out , even for a moment then it's probably fuel . If it doesn't then it's ignition.
 

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