brucew44guns
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My 1952 8N got pretty ratty, almost would not start. We have a local country type shop near, so they came and got it. Overhauled the carb, cleaned and adjusted points. I had put new plugs in myself before they came. He said it started fine, after several re-starts over 2 days at their shop. I parked it in shed, 2 weeks ago. Tried to use it today, about ran down battery, then it finally started. I mowed 1.5 hours, I shut it off. Then--no go, not even a sputter. Wife came with JD Gator, pulled it, she ran fine. One more hour mowing, came to the barn, shut it off, re-fueled it, tried to start it. Nothing. I pulled a plug wire, put on a new plug I had, lots of spark. Funny thing was, it started that time easily on 3 cylinders, I was just cranking to check spark. Put wire back on plug, it started easily everytime I tried for 4 or 5 times and ran smooth. What the heck is going on here? It's usually been a good old machine and always has started. What could be variable, for it to go one time---not the next?