18HP briggs opposed twin

i just bought this opposed twin and it has compression spark and is getting fuel, but wont start any idea what it could be?

Are you sure fuel is getting through the carb?

i tryed put fuel right into the carb it almost fired once then wouldnt again

Try a 1/2 teaspoon down the carb with the choke off and throttle wide open. Keep your face away from the carb in case it backfires.

Spark plugs nice and clean? Have bad carbon build up in the cylinder? Or the intake port. Intake may be clogged. If It don't run. Take the carb and intake off and check that stuff. Clean the spark plugs. Someone could have messed with it and the timing is off or the gov has been messed with. A lot of reasons. Just throwing some out there

spark plug could be shot, or a common problem is the timing is off, is air pushing out of the carb?

i took the carb off to clean it so we will see if that helps i think my problem is i put to much fuel in the carb

greener179 wrote:

i took the carb off to clean it so we will see if that helps i think my problem is i put to much fuel in the carb

One of the reasons I prefer carb cleaner for starting

i will hs the engine mounted tommorow so that will make it easyer to work on my problem