OK, this one is going to be a fight to the finish!
While the spark is better and equal since changing the coil, something still ain't right. Got a thread going in the engine section. After ruling out some of the simpler more obvious problems, looks like the heads have to come off to look for a gummy and or burnt valve. Ordered gasket kit today. In the meantime I was going to paint the deck tonight. I asked a while back what everyone was using for paint. A lot of you guys are using Rust-Oleum almond. I don't need enough to justify ordering a case of Valspar. I happened to be in Tractor Supply and what do you know, they had IH white majic paint. I got a couple cans and some primer. The primer went on great. Got ready to paint tonight and NOTHING out of the first can.
Second can only wanted to spit and sputter.
Ok lesson learned--stay away from that crap! I wanted to paint the underside of the deck where the spindles go. Also wanted to paint the underside of the reinforcing plate that goes on top of deck. I grabbed a piece of can of Rust Oleum hunter green that must be 10 years old. Wouldn't you know it, sprayed perfect. That's one way of getting rid of old paint. Tomorrow the plan is to get some Almond. If that doesn't work I'm going to grab every piece of can of paint I have lying around and have at it. We'll just name this one "Dolly" as it would have its own song to match the paint job.
Yeah I know, some of you got completely lost by that last comment.