Thanks for the replies guys, before I posted here I completely removed the throttle pushrod, unplugged all but one servo from the receiver, took the reciever out and held it in my hand as far away from the ignition as the remaining servo wire would allow(18" or so), tried another receiver and transmitter, took the ignition module out and held it in my hand, plugged the rx pack directly into rx to bypass switch, plugged ig batt straight into ignition, and the grounding spring is in the cap. I bought the engine from someone local, but it had never been installed in a plane. Thanks again