Wow, evidently the coil is a most important part of the starting system; when it goes south, it really goes south - and seems to take everything else with it. Wait, that sounds dopey. What i mean is i know that it is important but i had no idea what kind of havoc it can create when it's not functioning properly. Glad you seem to have sorted the issue out
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