Don't have a clue...8N

[Egon]

Crank her over by hand. That's a good compression check!:thumbsup:

Give the carb a little tap.

 

[veresjwv]

Crank her over by hand. That's a good compression check!:thumbsup:

Give the carb a little tap.

OK, She sat overnight outside, First thing we did was pull the plugs, they were pretty fouled, put new ones in. Compression was OK, point gap looked to be too small we set them with a match book cover. Pulled the fuel line from the Carb let the gas drain out for a while into a glass Jar - Looked good! Put the line back on tapped the carb with the end of the wooden hammer handle. Verified we still had spark. Put it all back together and she started like she was brand new!!!!

Thanks guys, I just can't figure how it happend when he hit the glob of grass with the mower. Anyway my Father-in law and I want to thank you for your help, and your time:thumbsup:

Here's just a small sample of what he does with his 8N. You made an old man happy!

 

[k0ua]

thanks for posting back, very glad you got the man's machine going again.
James K0UA

 

[Soundguy]

might have literally been unlucky timing.. IE.. a lil glob of water in the fuel right at the point it was under load.. etc.. etc.

hard to say.

soundguy

 

[brucew44guns]

You probably got it running by now, but my 8-N does this once in a blue moon. I use a one pound ball peen hammer, striking from the wooden handle end, and tap seriousely----but not too hard to break anything----the outside of the carb. Just tap on it vigorousely for a minute of so, and see if the float got huing up and is flooding the engine. Mine will do this a couple times a season without the engine stall, I ran the battery down a time or two before I tried the above fix, now it's no problem.