My brother suggested using a timing light to see if I was getting spark on all the leads before writing off the two parts and spending money.
I'm going to do that and then clean the carbs if I am getting spark and just fous on getting the motor running before replacing parts.
It ran when I bought it, and it ran for 5 minutes last season while I was doing some pre-splash testing.
If anyone has any other suggestions on getting the beast started I'd be happy to hear them or if there's a thread on bringing a motor to life after sitting, I'll read that too.
Side note: when I pump the primer bulb it doesn't get hard. I just hear the feeder line bubbling in the fuel tank. I tried a second bulb and it des the same thing. Is this normal? I don't remember one of these ever doing this. I can see the fuel in th fuel filter move when I squeeze the bulb.