John Lawrence wrote:

"this" refered to fuel filters and carberators.

The reader has no way of knowing what you meant since top-posting
removes the connection between your pronouns and their associated
nouns. That's one reason why most usenet users dislike top-posting.

Please re-read the post. Fuel filters and carburetors have nothing to
do with the cranking problem. They may, however be related to the
stalling problem.