Mf 230 won't start since carb was cleaned

jtsttls

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I removed carb from tractor and cleaned it because
it was bogging down when a load was on the motor.
Just a little infor for everyone. I had the tank redone
and lined this year and replaced all the fuel lines
and fuel filter. So the fuel system is all new. I put
new plugs, wires and ignition coil. I also replaced
the points and something else I the under the dis
cap. It was running but the Rpm's was dropping
from 2000 to 700. It was acting like it was going to
quit on me. Someone told me to clean the carb out.
This made sense to me since I redone the tank and
fuel lines. Since I removed it and cleaned, by the
way the carb want even that dirty at all inside of it, I
can't even get it to start back up. I checked each
plug and they are getting a blue spark. I removed
the fuel line and it gets a steady stream of gas. I
removed the plug at the bottom of the float and
made sure the float was not stuck and fuel was
coming of the plug hole.

Any help would GREATLY help me out. I am lost as
to why it won't start now.
 
How is the advance mechanism in the distributor? The one on my old 2135 industrial gas came apart, you have to remove the plate that the points go onto, and look for anything broken.
 
I am learning as I go. What do you mean by
advance mechanism in the distributor? I change the
points they was broken and I gapped them. I can't
remember the name of the part but I also changed
the silver cylinder with the wire beside the points. I
am getting blue spark to the plugs
 
The little silver thing was the condenser. is fuel getting to the engine. pull choke and crank it over a few times. then pull plugs to see if they are wet from fuel. if you have sediment bowl make sure it is clean. and that fuel passes thru lines to carb. my 50 would not run when low on fuel. found out pickup tube was clogged on sediment bowl.
 
The "silver cylinder" is the condenser, the plate that the points, and condenser attach to is held on to the distributor by two screws. Just remove those two screws, lift the plate up, you can see the mechanism that advances the ignition timing, and look for anything that may look broken.
 
I got it running today. Somehow It was out of time. I brought the number one piston top dead center and used a timing light. It took me 8 hours of work but it was running pretty good.

Does anyone have an idea? When I changed the points and condenser could I have done something to put the tractor out of time?
 

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