bertsmobile1
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I rather think your float valve is not working properly causing the engine to flood.
After that it could be the flywheel is loose enough for the timing key to have broken & the engine gets out of time.
An exhaust valve with excessive clearance can also cause these symptoms.
As mechanical things are easier to check than fuel / electrical ones, I would start by verifing the valve lash.
If that is OK, pull the retaining bolt off the flywheel and check that the 2 halves of the key shaft line up EXACTLY to make a square.
The take the float bowl off and check that the float valve stops the flow of fuel before the float touches on the carb.
And you will need soem new clean & dry spark plugs.
Once many of them have been fuel wette they need to be burned off to clean them properly or the spark will just run down the side of the electrode insulator rather than jump the gap.
After that it could be the flywheel is loose enough for the timing key to have broken & the engine gets out of time.
An exhaust valve with excessive clearance can also cause these symptoms.
As mechanical things are easier to check than fuel / electrical ones, I would start by verifing the valve lash.
If that is OK, pull the retaining bolt off the flywheel and check that the 2 halves of the key shaft line up EXACTLY to make a square.
The take the float bowl off and check that the float valve stops the flow of fuel before the float touches on the carb.
And you will need soem new clean & dry spark plugs.
Once many of them have been fuel wette they need to be burned off to clean them properly or the spark will just run down the side of the electrode insulator rather than jump the gap.
