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Hey Bruce,

Success man.  It was a combination of 2 things; being overly rich, and the timing adjustment arm being too advanced.  When I received my engine, the arm was locked in a straight up and down position. I figured this was the midpoint, and anything towards the left / exhaust was retarding & to the right was advancing.

I remember you saying right in line with the spark plug, so I moved the arm to the left in line with the plug, and that did it.  Really appreciate all your help, man.

It easily starts now with the rope, and the 4mm toothed belt I bought makes it even easier, lol.
It got too late tonight to run it much more, but I’ll make a video tomorrow of it putting away.  Actually pretty decent throttle response as well

Hope your stuff arrives soon 😊👍