20 Most Recent Briggs & Stratton Ignition Kit 2-8 HP Engines with Breaker Point Ignition #5012D Questions & Answers

If selled some capacitor or new ignition parts order it always with statement of the serial motornumber and the year of build , because of modifications on marketing technical dicisions can be made for your engine, that can prevent a next disappointment. may be for the problem a new sparkplug the supression capacitor can also be bad a bad sparkplug connection cable .are some small sugestions.

sparkplug or a defect ignition coil, if the last option happens it is a very important that you should always note the serial number and year of age and the brand of the used engine because of marketing technical modifications can happen over time. it happened in practice too often that some people just give up the model and then come to decide that there is no spark coming from the spark plug.

it should be right below the link to the choke rod
if not what is the engine number

pull the bulb and retaing ring any way you can. don't try ti save them. you get a new retaing ring with the bulb. put the new bulb in then work the retaing ring in with a screw driver,clean everything behind the bulb before you put the new on in.

Replace ignition switch
Key is sticking on loose or broken parts int

check gap on coil the gap on the points and also make sure the magnets are free of rust, the capacitor could be weak also.

Maybe your converter is stopped up this is just one thing could be a fuel filter

That is never good....

make sure the flywheel key hasnt sheared off .

to much oil or cracked oil ring

Have you cleaned fuel line and tank to make sure no restrictions to carburetor?

if condenser has leaked provided it is not oil or greese i would say that would cause a defective spark.

Spring goes from throttle air valve to plastic lever under flywheel. Cooling fan on flywheel provides pressure to open/close throttle. As engine (fan) speeds up, pressure on lever causes throttle to close. As engine slows, throttle will open. System achieves an equilibrium very quickly.

hope it helps!