Originally Posted by
Bill Huber
I am not sure what size mower you are talking about but I had a 1978 John Deere 316 and in 2004 it started doing just was you are saying. It would run fine for a while and then just bog down and stop, let is set for a while and it would start and run then bog down and stop.
Checked the point, timing, rebuilt the carb with no help. I was about ready to pull the engine and rebuild it and notice that there was some oil around the top of the coil, got a new coil, installed it and that was the problem, it is still running fine for the new owner, I sold it in 2006 when I down sized.