OK, here's the update. Taking the info on this thread, I went out to check for spark. I pulled a plug and tried grounding it to the engine block and seen no spark. So then I took the wire that goes from the ignition coil to the distributor cap and pulled the end out of the cap and tried grounding that and getting a spark, but didn't get spark there either. So at this point I'm thinking the issue has to be the ignition coil itself, the generator, or the voltage regulator. Is this accurate? How can I narrow down the culprit? I'm an electrical idiot so I'm not sure the best way to test these parts...
I also cleaned out the air cleaner, pulled the plug in the carb and let gas run through, and messed with the choke and the main metering needle and they seem OK as far as I can tell.
Another side note. Why would stalling the tractor out cause this to all the sudden happen? It was running fine until I stalled it trying to pull my truck out of the mud. Then this...
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