I agree with Joe, the full crank motors are the best.

I assume by what you said that you built it up. Some of those motors had the external coil and the side starter but still had points.

I had one of those all rusty and horrible looking.
After i fixed it i took it out front for a test. Set it to 'eat dirt' and it was just into it, had some awesome mumbo.

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It was my up sell mower. 'you can have this one for $100, or that shiny one there for $130' or 'whats that? you only want to spend $100, that one there is the one you get for $100'

Was a bit sad, someone bought it the other day. Its been replaced with a Lowarch with a wobbly front axle.

Cheers, Bob.