[Karl Bebout]

Oh Fer Dumb!
No idea how this happened, but the #5 spark plug had blown out of the head and was attached to the plug wire. Obviously, I had not screwed the plug in properly but fortunately, the threads in the head are fine as are the plug threads. The plug would not turn in the wire boot, so it couold not have spun itself out. How this could have lasted about 1000 miles since I'd installed the plugs. Friggggggin Weird! At least it was a cheap fix. The little engine is running fine, again.