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Thanks for posting that video Rog. Interesting that he's running his ignition coil at 3 volts instead of the 4.5 volts that it came set up for, with a three cell battery pack. Wonder what makes him think that is better?

Also interesting that he mentions no top oil in the fuel, nor specifically pre-oiling the cylinder walls, but I'm certainly not sorry that I do those things.

Sort of odd he felt he had to open the other side of the box too, instead of just sliding it out the bottom.

He does give a nice explanation of the four cycle system, though I'm sure most of us are fully aware of how it works.
 
All in all, I remain extremely impressed with the quality of this model for the price, or most any price really, and I definitely like your analogy of "smiles per dollar" .... a real bargain for certain and for sure!!!

All Electronics is my usual go to source or most surplus electronic type stuff, so you might have a look there. They do have a nice flashing red led that seems to handle 3-5 volts so might be an option as seen here:

https://www.allelectronics.com/item/led-4/red-flasher-led-t-1-3/4/1.html

Oh yeah ... and thanks for the link for the spark plugs, I'll definitely place an order if Jin doesn't have a better deal on these. May even see if I can get some replacement governor springs (Oops!!!) at the same time.