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You're welcome. It sounds like you're adjusted too rich but it could be a variety of things. I had similar problems which were solved, as old suggested, by rebuilding the carb. If you screw in the idle fuel adjusting screw (the head of the screw faces the front of the tractor) in till it gently seats and then out 1 to 1&1/2 turns and the main fuel adjusting screw (head points at an angle down and towards the rear) 2&1/2 to 3 turns out from the seat, you should be able to start the tractor. If I'm having problems, I usually take off the hose from the air cleaner to make sure the choke plate is all the way open. If you're not even scaring up a pop, you'll want to make sure you have a spark before you go any further (to the carb rebuild). There are a variety of ways of doing this. I usually pull a plug, reconnect its wire and then hold a face of the hex-nut part of the plug against a good ground (use well-insulated pliers and hold them with rubber gloves on), have someone turn over the enging to see if I get a spark across the sp gap. Make sure the shut-off switch is in the starting position, it's out of gear, and there's no gas fumes around, of course. There are many other things you may want to check - see the 'Articles' section under 'Research & Info' to the left of this web page. There's an article called something like 'Engine Troubleshooting - Gasoline Engines' that may offer some help. If you decide to go on to the carb rebuild, I can offer some tips for that. Just post a question to 'Dave in CT'.
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