Sounds like a fairly simple gadget.

The points (screw or nut connection on the side) should have two wires. One
is the killswitch which grounds out the coil when you want to stop. The
second wire is a small wire which goes to the coil.

The other small wire for the coil oughta have a round lug on it. The other
small wire goes under one of the mounting screws that holds the coil on.

The points should open to .020 inches at the widest when you turn the crank
shaft.

The coil should be near the flywheel without touching it (I like to use a
piece of cardboard from a sparkplug box)./

Remit $47.50 for advice.

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I got a lawn tractor that was given to me. It has a 10 HP Briggs and
Stratton, probably a 1974 (by the model number).

I got the starter working now but there is no spark.

It has points and condensor under the flywheel and a magnet on the
flywheel
working with a magneto/coil.

A friend of mine thinks that it should have either the points and
condensor,
or the flywheel magnet, but not both. Is that correct?

Also, the wiring is all unplugged. There are 2 wires going from under the
flywheel. One seems to be a ground/shutoff. Where does the other connect
to?
And where do the magneto wires connect to? Does anyone have a wiring
diagram
for these old motors?

Thanks!