Originally posted by R Pope
It must be spark. Just the shot of gas from the accelerator pump will start the engine. Unless your gas has gone rotten? How long has it been in the tank?
The gas is pretty fresh with in a couple of weeks.

Originally posted by robot
Simple question: did you remove the distributor to install the Accel components?
I did not remove the distributer to install the accel components.


Originally posted by pelligrini
I'm really thinking it is your timing. You don't necessarily have to get a backfire if it was off. I was playing around with my timing a few weeks ago advancing it bit by bit. At one point it was running well, but when I went to start it again, the engine would not fire too. I was getting, what I am guessing, a slight amount of kickback when cranking. I’ve only read about that part on these forums, so I’m not sure if that was the case or not, but something just didn’t “feel right”.

I retarded the timing just the last little bit and it fired right up, and there was no apparent missing or backfires.
I checked my carb, I am getting fuel and I ran a ground from the frame to the motor and a ground from the cab to the motor. Still assuming my coil and wires are fine I guess the last thing I have is timing.