9n Won't start

I go to start it yesterday starts for a second or two and dies. Will no start again. checked spark, good clean blue spark. Cleaned carb nothing noticible found. With the air cleaner hose off there is good suction into the carb. Gas is leaking out of the air cleaner hose connection but the plugs are dry. Starting fluid would not help. Any help would be appreciated. I did have it started for a minute and died wouldn't start again. Again plugs dry, strong spark.

could there be something with the manifold that is causing air to be forced backwards? Valves? Not sure it just stopped working

Thanks for you help

It ain'chur carb and it ain'chur valves, its yer sparkies. PROVE yer sparkies will jump a 3/16" gap with bluesnott authority. Take enny ol'sparkie and bend the side electrode out for a full 3/16" for a precision sparkie tester. Clamp the metal shell to enny convenient bracket and plug enny sparkie wire to top of tester. With ignition ON, crank yer starter motor and watch yer sparkie gap. My eazy starting 6-volt 8N will jump a full 3/8" gap.

Iff'n I hadda guess, I'd guess yer frontmount points have SLIPPED (gap = 0.015") or the points have INVISIBLE contaminates and need to be polished with strip of brown paper grocery bag ...or... dollar bill pulled between the closed points. New points, $5 (cheap). SHORT 3/16-32 points screw with invisible wear. $0.50 (cheap)

Now REPLACE yer FLOODED sparkies with NEW DRY sparkies. AutoLite 437's are recommended. (gap = 0.025") Why? Ennytime yer engine don't start and you start crankin, even thought you think yer sparkies are dry, you done FLOODED them with INVISIBLE no-lead contaminates. And the ONLY WAY to gitt'chure lazy sparkies to jump the gap is by replacing them with CLEAN DRY sparkies.

NO, you don't throw yer dirty flooded sparkies out. After your engine is running good, you replace flooded sparkies one-atta-time in HOT ENGINE to clean and dry and SAVE for the NEXT time yer engine don't start..... ....Dell, yer self-appointed sparkie-meister

Thanks for the help. I have new spark plugs Autolite 437's I'll replace them tomorrow. What I was referring to with the manifold is could there be a hole(rusted) from the exhaust to the intake? I don't feel and exhaust pressure at the carb but was just thinking of all the possibilities

Thanks

And, lastly, if gas is dripping out of the carb throat, you are probably using way too much choke.

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