FINALLY! I GOT IT!!! Thanks to those who suggested the following: - pulled #1 spark plug, put finger over hole and hand-cranked the engine until the timing mark lined up on the rotation when compression occurred. - then pulled the distributor cap and ... low and behold, not pointing at plug #1 wire, but between #4 and #2 - not 180 degrees off but way off. - pulled distributor plate out and then removed bakelite rotor cap. Gearing in rotor to distributor shaft very loose and floppy. cleaned all the grease off, and thanks to my Cub buddy Roger's suggestion, noted that both gears had timing marks inscribed AND they were way off. When re-alined properly, the rotor cap now pointed at the marks I made for the #1 plug wire. - Put it all back together and BOOM! Fired right up like a charm. Best of all - Cub had previously smoked, and I assumed worn piston rings. Now I think the timing was off by 180 or something, and somehow recently it jumped one tooth on that distributor rotor gear. Now it runs VERY smooth compared to before, and very little smoke... Hooray! Now for fixing the pto clutch... Thanks to all who helped. Gevan
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