so I managed to cobble together the working coil (with the bad lead but that still worked with wires and alligator clamps) to a lead from a coil which did not work, a long lead. turns out that these leads also screw in like the chainsaw ones, though I had to destroy the plastic around it, I can use J B Weld to reform that. still coughing , backfiring and not running well. more to do. ordered another of the coil, at least these old ones had a parts number stamped on them, however all the ones on ebay seem to have the shorter leads. mine as it stands comes from the right (carby side) out of the coil, as do these ebay ones , with the same parts number, all the way under and round the valve cover. that seems better from a melted spark lead point of view. (I did it again today, on the muffler). also I found a loose thing that may or not come from somewhere, any ideas if relevant appreciated. always gets tricky the older the motor (and 'mechanic') and the newer the replacement parts. I note too the new coils on ebay all have a protective sheath at their plug end.. I do not recollecting seeing those before and the lack of which probably contributed to my 'melting moments'.
