boatsalotjay
Petty Officer 2nd Class
- Joined
- Mar 28, 2004
- Messages
- 110
Hi Everyone,<br /><br /> I recently bought a 1957 18hp M#FD-11. Excellent looking little motor, looks to be hardly used. The guy said it ran like a racehorse. Well, I put 'er in the barrel and tried starting it up and it will fire nicely and run for about a second and die. I am stumped on this one, both spark plugs are firing, pressure tank is getting plently of gas to the carb, I can't think of anything else that is wrong. It did run for a good ten seconds one of the first times I started it, but that was all I could get out of it. Any ideas? Could a crack in a gas line be sucking air possibly? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!