Just picked a year old BME 44. Bolted it to the test stand, choked it, popped, started, ran great. While at near full throttle, engine quit. I looked down and found that my ground strap had come loose from ground lug. I figured that was the problem. Attached ground strap and proceeded to start engine. This is where my problem started. I have not been able to start since then all day.

I have checked the standard items. Pulled plug to check to see if flooded and plug was a little wet, probably from choking to much. I dryed plug off and tried to start again w/out choking engine and and throttle a hair above idle. No luck. Checked ig. battery, just fine. I tried to check for a spark by pulling the boot off and holding near plug end, I really could not tell one way or the other if I had a spark. I know carb is drawing fuel because I can flood the engine.

Question: I have another CH ignition from a Brison that has throttle coupled spark advance. The BME is fully electronic. Could I try the ignition from the Brison to check if my ignition is bad or would that not work.

Any help is appreciated.

Feel free to chime in Kris^