Will not start

make sure that the fuel is okay, if the tank has had stale fuel it will gum up the pump and filter, so check this first, then make sure you have good fuel pressure and spark, start here.

Thank you for your input, I have already done this. It has fresh fuel. it feels like it wants to run, but when you get it to start, it runs for about two seconds and cut out. I feel that I am over-looking something so easy, but I am just waiting for you to figure it out LOL!
Thank you.
Mark

Does the ignition system have a ballast resistor? if so this may bee faulty. i do not have a wiring schematic to hand for this model. best way to test is to hot wire the coil, small jump wire from battery to coil positive (+) this will by pass any in line resistor, try a start and if it runs this is the problem. if the ballast is faulty it will fire on cranking, but when the key is returned to run it will loose ignition, or just check for twelve volts at the coil ignition on, same thing with out the hot wire.

Two things come to mind first is does the ignition have spark and does the engine have compression. If the compression is low I would think the timing chain has jumped which is common for engine of this age.

Here are some guides to help us confirm the problem:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-test-an-ignition-system

and

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-test-engine-compression

Please let us know what you find.

Cheers, Ken

Hi Ken, I just wanted to thank u for your advice.I found that 2 of the spark plugs were incorrectly gapped. I regapped them and now it runs just fine.

Thank U
Mark

Nice work, we are here to help, please use 2CarPros anytime.

Cheers, Ken