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1406, but that's neither here nor there at this point(smile).

Still had intermittent spark loss. Took it back to the trusted mechanic in town before I broke something.
He found 2 issues.

1 - E choke on the carb was wired to the + on the coil. He wired it to a spade in the fuse box.
This helped but did not 100% resolve the spark issue.

2 - New Pertronix dist (#D7120700). He told me the timing setting, but since I did not write them down, I no longer recall.
While there he adjusted the carb. Said it was a minor tweak.

Wrote the check, Fired her up. Idle great, ran great.
About a mile down the road I hear a rubbing noise. Driver side tail pipe fell off. Bunggie cord got me home, and to the
exhaust shop. While at the exhaust shop, found 2 broke wheel studs(rear), which (fingers crossed) gets fixed this weekend.

Thanks for all your help.
Much appreciated....don t.