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Rob..... ....did you take your rotor off the end of the distributor shaft? You should notice that there is a notch in end of distributor shaft and that there is a corresponding titt inside the rotor that fits the notch. It should be obvious that the two fit together. And since it WAS RUNNING, I don't think you have the WRONG rotor. While negative ground isn't great, you'll loose upto 40% of your sparkies, since it WAS RUNNING, thats not of immeadiate concern. If'n the genny was NOT POLARIZED correctly after installing the battery negative ground, you just may not be charging the battery and that would account for your weak sparkies test. You can ALWAYS re-polarize again. Just quick spark your voltage regulator's BATT and ARM terminals together (they're side-by-side). Engine off. Your call wheather positive or negative ground. There is merit to keeping your 8N like Henry originally made it, positive ground. You will need to check your sidemount sparkie coil and make certain that the coil polarity matches the battery polarity. If positive ground, coil positive goes to distributor terminal. But generally, if any engine just "quits", that usually a result of bad electrics somewheres. One of the original N-Board contributors used to claim 80% of all N-Carb problems were found and solved in the ignition system. I'm gonna assume that your 10 gal gastank has more than 1 gallon of fresh gas in it, doesn't it?BTW, the elbow filter is a cheap $3 part..... ..respectfully, Dell
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