I had used it multiple times this year. It was running well and I was almost done when it just died like I had shut it off. No putting or anything - it just stopped firing and that was it. There was a lot of snow flying around, so I thought it just ate some through the air intake. It didn't start after 2 days sitting in the garage to dry out. I doubt it's the spark plug due to the way it died and the fact that it was running really well. There was fresh gas with Sta-bil in it. I drained some gas from the tank and there was no water in the gas. I put gas from the same can into my neighbor's machine and it worked fine.

I imagine it will be some simple reason it's not getting spark but you never know. I will put a new spark plug in to be sure before calling someone.

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This was my thought, too. I took the shroud off and examined all of the wires connected to the throttle shut-off and the safety shut-off where you stick in the little plastic key but found nothing. I even wiped the grease off of the wires to make sure the plastic was still intact. So if there is a short, it's somewhere further inside where I can't see it.