Took a look at it yesterday and discovered it has no spark. I have tried a spark plug from a working mower and cleaned the magnet surfaces on the flywheel and ignition module to no avail. Have run a multimeter and got a reading of 6.2 k-olms resistance reading from end of plug lead to both electrodes on the module. Ran it on a spare I found and got 5.95 on both it's electrodes. Does that leave the chip as the culprit?
Ahh, if only victa had kept producing the thumblatch catcher series, they would be in better shape today!