After about 5 pulls on the rope I took the front cover off and pulled a plug to check for spark. Everything looked great. Put the cover back on, pulled 2 more times and it started and idles like a new one. Runs really smooth. Now my question. It raced up and down using the tiller throttle but it only bogged down a little when I used the spark advance lever on the flywheel. So why does it have both? Need to refill my barrel and tinker a little more, but pleasantly surprised with the results. This was a side project while waiting on parts for my wood boat, which was a side project from refinishing an aluminum Cherokee boat. Glad to say my wood boat is about an hours work from being completely leak free and total repaint. Hopefully back to the aluminum boat before long, more paint and woodwork than motor work…. At least that’s my hopes, but you never know