hey everyone it started!!!!! I checked and re-checked the ohms and everything. The cam is rotating as the rotor is in a different position each time I pull the cap off. I scrubbed the screw that the coil spring sits into as it was pretty greasy. I stretched the spring down 2 or 3 times to make sure it hit the screw. I sanded off the points with some very fine sand paper I had then blew them off with some air. While I was putting the distrib in my wife was jabbering in my ear about getting someone to fix it, and how maybe it wont ever start (is it possible to trade a wife in on a tractor?). Hit the starter switch a couple of times and she fired up, but I killed it as I moved the throttle to slower. Hit the starter again and got it started a second time but them it slowly died like it was in need of fuel. I think the crud in the fuel tank is stopping the fuel from going into the sediment bowl as it is just dripping from the fuel line no stream at all (I think an old man may even be able to pee faster than this). Thank you to all of you. I know it was getting tiring trying to think of what it could be but I really think it was the greasy screw and the compressed spring on the coil. You guys are the greatest. Now I think I will let it sit until tomorrow night when the carb will fill with gas and start it again and see if it dies for lack of fuel, then it may be a good cleaning for the inside of the fuel tank. Thank you again, from James
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