[Kistle]

A good question on the battery, Noah. It is a Deka ETX20L with 310 CCA. I keep it on a trickle charger, and the motor has compression releases. With a full charge, it will crank the motor over at a good speed. Given the starting problems, I have run it down pretty quickly, but the starter usually gets hot first. Once the starter cools off, I have connected it to an engine starter and jumper cables, and again get good cranking speeds.

Now, it does beg the question that Bill brings up. Is it possible that the battery is strong enough to turn the motor over (with compression released), but not strong enough to also supply a good spark? I assumed not, as my line of thinking was with what Gogar suggested.

And on2wheels, that is exactly what I did. I held the spark plug body to the cylinder, which is when I indicated that I saw little-to-no spark. I even have one of those cool little fittings that snaps in between the plug and the wire and has a light bulb in between. Seems like I could see nothing on one cylinder, and a very, very faint light on the other.

JA