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Got it back from the shop this morning and it runs great. In fact, the owner said, “yeah, they couldn’t believe how well that thing runs for its age. It really hums.” I don’t have a compression tester yet but I started the motor on the first pull and it idles down nice the lowest point of the slow scale and just keeps going. I had my son practice starting it to and he got impatient and tried to pull twice once it got going and it made a quick grinding noise. I let out a bit of yell on that one. lol. And instructed him not to do that again. Keeps starting and running well though. The shop said they reassembled the ignition system correctly, installed some missing springs within it (the little dog ones). They also installed new plugs and checked the gear lube, found it was bad, and changed it. It was $100 for the labor and $20 for parts. But been doing research since I dropped it off and can’t wait to work on stuff like the coils and water pump myself. Thanks for all the welcomes and advice!