1200 quit the other day, can you guess what happened?
 

Mowed with my 1200 the other day. This is the first full year of running since I overhauled the engine (K301). I mowed for about 30 min turned the deck off went to mow another part of the yard. Flipped the switch and she rattled coughed, backfired and died! Tried starting it no luck. Rolled it back to the garage. Had spark, but only when turning the key off. Coil? Nope checked again then it was getting intermittent spark and back firing. Condenser is brand new. After some more looking forward found the problem. Very simple fix, no new parts needed! Just had to find a screw. Can you guess what it was?

Hmmmmm...... do I answer now, or wait until some guessers come by....:bigthink:

Condenser came loose?

PTO switch, safety part or Ign point mounting screw, do I get a combined guess?

Engine not grounded.

Fuel was shut off.

Jon waiting on your answer!

Point cover hitting points

That was my guess as well.

Ding ding ding! Redhogg and Jon were right! I just use the top bolt on the points cover. It rattled out and the cover went between the points. Had to re-time it. New bolt tightened it all back up and started fine! Now as you may have seen in another post the muffler box came loose. Everyone, check your bolts and screws periodically for tightness!