Thanks for all the help!! Would it narrow things down a bit if I told you it seems to only do this when it's cold? Once it has been driven around it is fine the rest of the day (so far). This always seems to happen the first time it is driven for the day. The weird thing is it starts right up with no problem and gets the better part of a block away before it starts stuttering then dies at the stop sign. It has a carb and is not fuel injected.
Hmmm, it has me thinking that perhaps it has something to do with your choke setting.
OR the way that you normally try to start it up. I.E. do you pump the pedal, once and then hold it half way, or do you continually pump it until it starts?
Do you let her warm up in the morning before you take off, or do you start her, and take right off?
When driving dureing the course of the day, is there a ten minute interval after you shut her off, before you restart her?
IF you turned her off, after she was fully hot, would she restart right away? OR would you have to wait ten minutes or so?
Hint.. a properly tuned and well running carbureted engine should be started in the following manner.
Push the pedal all the way to the floor, let it up, and then depress it half way, then try to start it.
When it won't start if you could differenciate between a spark problem, or a fuel problem that would be a big help.
If it won't start, take the carb cover off, and look into the throat of the carb. Move the throttle and if you see two little streams of fuel squirt into the throat, you have fuel. NExt you need to test for spark. This is a two person test.
pull a plug wire, and plug it onto a spare spark plug, hold the metal part of the plug to a ground and have someone crank the engine. See if there is spark. While doing this, make sure you are not wearing any clothing or jewrly that could get caught in any moving parts.