I replaced mine once because when I pulled it out
the knob and pen came out in my hand.. figured it was broke..
willy-Nilly .. never heard that term,lol
probably refers to a lot of us here that listen
to all the experts, I had about five reasons why
my rod was hard to start when hot, timing, starter over heating,
etc............turned out to be a dead cell in a battery, my wife suggested I have the battery checked.....lol
probably if it was working before you started messing with it then you probably did something to make it no longer work..happens a lot.....