85 Marathon, sputters, won't stay running

[steve wendlandt]

I'm new to this forum, so first of all..Thank-you!

I have been using our cart for general purposes on our country lot for 10 years plus and it has been reliable and consistent...until this past weekend.

It was running as good as always when it suddenly started to spit and sputter and would not stay running. I have put a new spark plug in, checked the fuel filters and nothing seems out of order.

My question is this..is there a few other things I can do easily that will prove that there is fuel going to the carb, good spark at the plug or any other key requirements that are operating correctly?

I have a manual for this and can reference components in detail, I have mechanical abilities but am NOT a 2 cycle cart guy!

Thanks again for any response!