Fuel - AIR - Spark
Sounds like you have spark and fuel. How long does it run? As in fires and dies or does it actually start - and you release the key and she's still running only dies immediately?
Instead of cranking the poor thing til you kill the battery - which is also hard on the starter motor.... try using starting fluid --- a small squirt and you'll fire right off. Any time I'm having problems with starting a car - I use the starter fluid.
You coil standing up or laying down? Is it the old round style? Sounds like things got fairly warm in there... and maybe you cooked the coil. Which is why I was asking about it actually running -- or just trying the catch. The ignition key will allow 12 volts to pass to the plugs -- giving you a false hope... but if you let off the key to the run position there's no spark from the coil. I just went through this and it took me 3 days to figure it out. I was chasing a fuel issue -- thinking I had spark.
If it's actually starting and runs momentarily after you allow the key to go back to "run" position -- have you tried cranking your idle up a bit - to see if she'll run at a higher idle speed? That would allow you to try to do some more diagnoses...
Try starting it -- and when it doesn't start - immediately pull a plug -- see if it's wet -- indicating a flooding condition.
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