Once I stomped that out, I decided that was nature's way of telling me it's time to call in someone with more knowledge and skill than me. We have two really good tractor mechanics close by that we often hire for repairs on our bigger stuff, and I will give them a call after the first of the year and whoever can take it in first will get to figure it out. I suspect the carb needs a rebuild, I may check my plug wires one more time to make sure they're timed right, but the way I feel now, that's going to be someone else's problem. 
I may also check into adding a starter and a ring gear too....
Al
Brandon.
My other one spoiled me. Cleaning out the gas tank and cleaning up the points was all it took to get it going and it had sat longer than this one did. I hope that had nothing to do with the make of engines.......
I'd have it running very quickly, as most of us would. It only requires finding the problem (or problems) and fixing it. Getting mad at it won't help.
Got three blisters on my hands right now, even with gloves. Electric starting was an option on the Cub power unit used on the later #64 combine, which replaced the 52R.
