I checked for missing teeth already. That was one of the first things I thought of. But it never made any noises like it was eating its own valves, and the spark plugs were undamaged. I tried to start it Friday before leaving for Myrtle beach (posting from hotel now, bout to go to beach!) and it actually fired, ran for 2 secs then promptly died again. It's GOTTA be a bad sensor me thinks.
Anyone have a crank position sensor I could use for trouble shooting?