Farmone, if you lacked a ground on the engine it wouldn't crank, the starter wouldn't work .... if the "lawnmower test shows all the plugs fire blue", then the plugs are firing, maybe just not enough, try jumping it with a 12V battery
"When we tug a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world" ~ John Muir "When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" ~ me Some TF series details & TF heater pics
