8n wont start

Take care of the sediment bowl leak first. Those things can be really finikey. There is a nut on the back side of the screw knob that sometimes has to be tightened up, but if you go too tight, you can't turn the knob. You have to find the "happy medium" with that nut. The other happy medium is on the sediment bowl retaining screw and band (the one on the bottom). Too tight and gas won't flow. Too loose and and she'll leak. Leaks are really bad, as you can imagine. I would guess that the reason you are seeing gas around the carb when she dies is that you are trying to start it and it is flooding. I would also guess that the reason it is flooding is that it isn't firing. Why? From your description I am gonna put my money on the coil. When she gets hot the insulation in the coil melts down enough to short it out. When she cools down, she starts up again. The other thing you could try is jumpering around the key switch. Same reason, when it gets hot, it shorts out, and when it cools down, all is well. With all that is going on, I would throw a set of plugs in there too just for good measure. If that is the problem (likely not) it will drive you crazy. Please post back and let me know what you find out. Hope I helped a little---Rob

When it quits.. see if you can get gas flow at the bottom of the carb? If not take your gas cap off.. might have a vacume drawn.

If gas flows good before you remove the cap.. check for spark.. if gas flows good after you remove the cap.. try to restart and see if the vacume was the problem.

Soundguy