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So I went through the timing video with the multimeter to get the points to open at the perfect spot and made sure the coils are now flush. Check and had strong spark in both lines so I put it all back together. The thing roared to life first pull! Great video!
I let it warm up a bit then pushed in choke and it was running well. Sadly I noticed slowly dieing so I check the fuel bulb and it was a bit soft, pumped that and it came back (somehow I’m not getting enough vacuum from the fuel pump? My tank is a little low, but the pickup is still in fuel). I can feel Richard shaking his head :D.
With pumping the bulb every 20 seconds I was able to dial in the high and low needles a bit more, but then it just died out. Probably had the thing running for 3+ minutes. Went to crank it again and it will putter, but won’t stay firing, even with the fuel bulb hard…? Maybe I riched it out or something happened after it warmed up? Even reset the needles to “default”, still no luck. Noticed a bit of fuel down under (photo attached). Any ideas? Thought I was home free!