Ford 8N Tractor Won't Start

This is a 1952 Ford 8N tractor that I bought a year ago. It worked then and would start with a little choke. In the past few months, it kept getting harder to start and has since stopped. I have done a lot of reading and have gone through the standard checklists and parts replacement and am now desperate to get this tractor working. Any ...

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