Been five years or so, since I worked on one of these. Thanks for the
reminder. Hey, Bob, got to make sure the ignition coil is very close to the
fly wheel. I like to rip a spark plug box apart. Put that between the
flywheel and the coil. Loosen the two 5/16 bolts from top of the coil, and
slide the coil in snug to the flywheel magnets. Tighten the hold down bolts.
Crank the fly wheel to get the cardboard out. I think the spec is .014 inch
air gap, but a spark plug box thickness works OK, too.

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"Jon Elson" wrote in message
news No, these small differences in valve clearance will not prevent it
from running. And, you say it does have compression. Well, there's
spark, and then there's SPARK. Maybe the spark is weak, due to a bad
coil, or a bad plug. Or, the spark timing could STILL be off. Do you
have a timing light? Does this have electronic (breakerless) ignition,
or is there a set of points buried under a cover under the flywheel?

Hmmmm, funny it had the kickback when the flywheel was out of time.
That indicates the spark was adequate then. That sort of indicates
spark blowout under compression, ie. a weak spark.

Jon