Hi everyone, 1st post so here goes!

I have been given a tilt a cut by the grandparents in law ( an old one which worked for a short period).

After 1 long edging session the edger seemed to just stop suddenly. mad

I tried to restart the bugger but to no avail.

The edger will turn over a few times after i leave the darn thing to 'rest' for a short while after which it again stops abruptly (keeps going for 2 secs or so).

I have tinkered with the carby airflow (its the model with the 'slow-fast' dial) and have found the spot where the engine will turn over for 1-2 secs every time i pull start it, but it just does not seem to want to keep going.

Checked the spark plug and it is good, Have also checked and cleaned the decompressor as it was a bit of a pain to start the mower (this also helped with the starting but again, does not want to keep going).

Anyone with any clues? ( i hope the engine itsself is not stuffed frown )