1. The Ignition batery wire runs from the 2000MAh battery pack to the kill switch and then back doown under the gas tank to the ignition. I thought this could be an issue so I removed this and went straight from battery to ignition with no change. When I have the battery connected to the ignitino direct I did move the battery up in front of the received but there was still no change.
2. I have a ball connector that is plastic connected to a metal push rod that connects to the servo with a metal connector. this is only about 3 inches long and does not run along any wires. I am going to change this but I assumed that as long as the connector was not metal to the engine it would be ok. maybe not.

thaks for the help.