Dissemble the carb, and use oven cleaner spray (really!) to take the green
slime off. Rinse well. Dry with paper towels, etc. Reassemble.

Replace the gasket between the carb and the engine. Very often the gasket is
missing or leaking. So, air comes in after the carb. Gook the gasket with
Permatex #2b non hardening (from your auto parts store.) If you get it on
your hands, use alcohol drygas to get the permatex off.

Also check to make sure the choke is closed for starting, and opens when the
motor starts.

Please check for hot blue spark.

Please let us know how this works out.
--
Christopher A. Young
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"93JONK" wrote in message
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All right, here goes..... i bought a 1986 Toro Lawn tractor on ebay
for quite a steal. Briggs 11HPi brought it home and stuck my jump-
starter on it and got to work. at first it obviously would not fire
up. i tinkered a little and could get it to fire up off of starting
fluid. at that point i started checking the gas lines, which were
clogged. i cleared the lines and tinkered with the carb for a while
and i eventually got it to fire up off of gas, but could only get the
engine running with the throttle up high. but it ran!!!! i rode it
around my property for about 10 MIN but it would still only run with
the throttle up high. the engine sounded great with no knocking or
sputtering. i went inside and ate dinner and when i returned (about an
hour later) it wouldnt even fire off of starting fluid. NOTHING. i
figured that the motor was flooded and i knew the carb needed
cleaning, so i removed the carb, drained the oil, and took the plug
out to hopefully clear some gas out of the chamber. that night i
cleaned the carb. the next day i re-filled the engine with oil,
reinstalled the plug, and cranked the motor a few times w/o carb to
hopefully clear any remaining gas out of the chamber. i reinstalled
the carb, but did not hook the gas line up to it. i gave it a squirt
of starting fluid and NOTHING. i can hear that the motor has
compression. and the plug is not wet, so at this point i dont think it
is flooded. i checked and i get a strong spark (ouch) from the wire to
the engine, but i cant seem to get a spark between the contacts on the
end of the plug when the wire is attached to it when i ground the plug
to the motor. i know the plug is good, because i tried it in my
snowthrower and it worked great. i am pretty sure that it is something
simple, seeing as though i had it running, but i am out of ideas.
please help!!