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I suspect he was blowing smoke up my tailpipe, but considering how many people get sued nowadays, it is probably a lot easier (and safer) to say no than use common sense and sell me some.

Your lucky about the Av Gas as out in Southern Calif. I asked one of our general aviation fields about buying 100LL for the Cessna 172 we have at our school. The manager told me "he could only sell me gas if he pumped it into a wing". I called him on it and said I would bring in a wing from...

Don't forget to replace all of the fuel with fresh gas as this crap we buy today has a short shelf life. You can almost us it to put out fires after sitting a year......

Don't forget to check the screen in the fuel inlet to the carburetor. If you are missing the other two filters, there is a good chance that the little screen is clogged with debris as it wouldn't take much. Here is a link to some good information about the fuel systems filters...

When the engine is under load it takes a hotter spark, (read more voltage out of the coil) to fire the plugs. Remember too that the coil is firing BOTH spark plugs at the same time, the one on the compression stroke is called the 'event spark', the other cyl is the 'waste spark', but they both...

Thanks Snowtrack nome, forgot to add the choke flap check. Point gap is important, not only does the contact surface of the points affect the amount of spark the coil throws out on the secondary side, but the gap has a big effect on the timing as well. When you change the point gap, you also...

Trying to diagnose problems on the internet is like doing it on the telephone, you can only throw out ideas of things to check. There are 3 things needed for combustion, spark (at the right time and a fat spark to ignite the A/F mix), fuel (fresh fuel in the proper amount), and compression...