Briggs and Strattion Mod # 216 112 will not start

[BudDavis]

Bert, You-the-man!
Thank you again.
The bolt threads on the valve cover had some sort of brown stuff on them. Is it anti seize? Do I need to reaply anything before replacing?
Thank you.

 

[BudDavis]

It is running!
Thank you so so much.
I did not have feeler gauges that thin. I think my set is for plugs. So, I got my calipers and went around measuring things tuff enough to set the valves. I ended up with a pillow tag. It was exactly .005 and was just stiff enough to use.
I thank those that replyed and the person that set up this website.
By the way, who did set it up?
Thank all again.
Bud