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Well finally some good news. Pulled the stator roter off and sure enough it had a sheared key, replaced the key and it started up. That brought to light another issue. It would start easy the just die for no reason, I suspected it may be the carburetor even though it's been replaced I did have to evict a mud dobber nest that had made a home in the fuel inlet because the fuel line was disconnected when I got it. Well I've been searching for other reasons why it would die suddenly, just about ready to dive into the carburetor when I decided to look into why the aftermarket led flood lights were dim. I found a bad or non existant ground between the engine and frame. I ran a new ground wire from battery negative to the frame the started it up and it sat and idled for a good 15 minutes and did not die. Now when the new drive belt comes in maybe I can actually test drive it. Still a few other things to look at but it's coming along.