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Mine has been doing that, and now it isn't. I'll tell you what my cure was. #1, tank was low on gas. It's amazing how poorly machinery works when it's running out of gas. :-)
Seriously, I'd say that with a rather big flat bottom tank there's very little pressure on the fuel to actually work it's way down to the carburetor with only an inch or two of fuel standing on the bottom of the tank. Made worse for me at least by hills and such that get the fuel away from the gas line. So my "cure" for the future? Keep the tank topped off. #2, I've seen some griping messages about the points rubbing block wearing away rapidly with certain types of points. Pop my cap and sure enough, mine too has smeared itself onto the distributor shaft and the points are barely opening. Clean things up, relube, reset the points. Between these two things my 8N has changed from a very balky, hard to start machine back to a quick starting and smooth running beastie.
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