I'm going to jump in and say check basic mechanical. I have a couple of the old big cast iron Briggs motors. The mechanically healthy ones start easy. Once they're lacking in compression, belting them to another to start is what it takes. At least you have good spark. That old horse shoe looking coil they use is very hard to find these days. If you need to rebuild it, if I remember correctly a model 23 Briggs uses the same connecting rod and piston. I find many times when I acquire an old engine like these (quit counting after I passed 50 small engines) I find most often a valve job will restore compression. I have had to find very few ignition coils. Points can usually be filed. I prefer to burnish them. From there, clean up the carb. I have quite a few n.o.s. Briggs parts. Pretty sure I have a rod and maybe a set of rings. I know a few other guys that have more parts than me. Email me if you need more help/parts.
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