Talked a big game, was able to convince my wife we absolutely needed a lawn tractor not a riding lawn mower. That these 10-20 year old Murray's n craftsmans are throw away tools. That the only sensible thing to do is spend $200 on a 40 plus year old beast (please help there was a runnin mower 8 blocks away for $100) it's been sitting quit awhile, controls are stiff, the blades are frozen up it has compression. I can clean the carb. Only problem is no spark. I have to get the cover off. But there is a shaft running from engine to rear end. Can I just unbolt that from the engine n move it to the side to get cover off. I've read a couple ways to fix spark. Wire up a coil too points and the battery or take a coil off a newer single cyl Briggs flip it backwards and by pass points all together