Thanks for the quick responses. Shield Arc, have you ever had trouble getting any of yours going after sitting for several month's? The plugs looked perfect but had no signs of gas. There was some gas in the carb. when I took the air cleaner off. I took the plug/bolt out of the end of carb., above the distributor cap, but no gas came out of there. I thought it was the carb. drain? Should gas have poured out of there? Maybe the carb. has some crud in it too?
I saw spark but it was really small. I thought it might have at least fired on starting fluid but nothing. I was thinking maybe a little condensation in the mag. Is there anything to careful of taking the cover off to get at the points? I'll mark the plug wires and get them out of the way first.
I need the welder for a real small job. My skid steer has intermittent starting problems even with a rebuilt starter and I want to weld some new bolts on for the ground cables. The factory in their wisdom welded them on the bottom of the battery tray (behind the seat) and also the bottom in the engine bay where all the water and crud sits. They're both really rusty and I'm hoping that's what's causing the clicking when trying to start it. I'll weld them up on the side where they won't be sitting in the water and dirt.