ok, now I'm really lost. Its back to not running again, didn't change anything before trying to start it again tonight and nothing.
I decided to check the timing and make sure it was right and the firing order was right... with the timing mark pointed at the 1st of the double notches on the crank pulley, the rotor is pointing straight at the floor.... which is between #1 and #3 if I'm reading my book right. And to top it off the spark plug wires aren't even close to to the layout in the I&T book.
I don't really know if this applies to tractors and magneto's or not, but if this was a small block chevy I'd suspect somebody had dropped the distributor in 1 or 2 teeth off and instead of fixing that they just rearranged the plug wires to make it run.
The shaft of the mag also has almost 1/8th a turn play in it. and there's no clicking or snapping that I can hear while cranking the engine.
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