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    Thanks! I ordered a new coil (should be here today) and a tune-up kit with the points, etc. I have been looking through the service manual Mumbles sent and other videos and instructional pages. My biggest challenge to date was the flywheel. I couldn’t get the strap wrench to hold snug or really get it around the wheel well enough to do so. So I improvised and used some strong, thing rope, wound it around and snug against the notch and tied it to the motor stand in a way that made the wheel non-mobile. Then I got the nut off. Tonight, I have to get some 1/4 inch bolts for the flywheel puller I bought as no bolts in the kit I bought match up. Actually had some but found they are to short. They don’t get enough of a hold for it to work. Video I watched said the flywheel release can be “explosive” if not done for awhile so trying not to flinch when I do it. Ha.

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