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So as it turns out there, @Sacto Mitch, the carbs weren't out of sync as much as I thought...

When I got everything back in there, I cranked the starter for about 25 seconds til the oil light went out - Everything's cool and the starter sounded great.  After that I replaced the coil wire and started it.  It turned over really slow, but caught right off and that was when I thought it was running slightly rough, but I thought it might be old gas with lots of Seafoam in it.

Since then, it's turned over very slowly and sounded labored, but it would start on the first turn.  The battery is 7 years old, so maybe it has passed it's prime so I bought a new battery.

No change.

OK, so it might be corroded electrical connections, so I cleaned everything up.

No change.

OK, so it must be the starter, so I got a new one from NAPA.

No change.    Hmmmmmmm.....................   What the heck is going on?

Sat back and thought about it and just for the heck of it I checked the ignition firing order:

1 - 3 - 4 - 2    Should be 1 - 4 - 3 - 2       Sonofagun.....................

Flipped #3 & 4, it turns over really fast, started on the first turn, idles great and purrs at 3K rpm.

It's always something with these little cars......   (Usually mechanic error around here...)

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