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Ulysses
 
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Default small engine: wouldn't run, now won't start.


"George" wrote in message
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On Fri, 26 May 2006 14:01:42 GMT, lid (Hogwild) wrote:

Unless your carb settings are way off, it sounds like an ignition
problem.

To check for this you can take the plug out, connect and ground it and
pull to see if there is a spark.


I'd donethat - the spark looks good.


Me too and it still turned out to be a bad ignition coil. Sometimes they
will become intermittant before they finally die.