OK. Because I don't have a huge ego and I'd rather see other folks learn something, no matter how silly or seemingly stupid...
I always looked at the electrical schematics of the ignition switches as "open" circuits since they depicted the switches as "open" and this was the "off" condition of the engine.
NOT SO!
The depiction is the "open" circuit and "ON" condition of the engine. SO...I have since re-wired the ignition switches to the correct position for "off", meaning grounded or closed circuit, and "on", meaning not grounded or open circuit.
Several electrical depictions also have both ignition switches eventually going through one wire to ground, so in my haste I wired them so. This is an unsafe condition where if the one ground wire fails, both ignition units would ground causing engine stoppage. This has since been corrected.
BTW, we tried another start yesterday with correct switch positions. The engine did not start, but we got a few pops out of it and the plugs did have fuel on them. I probably flooded it. Will try again this weekend with some starter fluid to "help" it get out of its storage funk.
Thanks for the help. I'm learning more about this hunk of metal every day.
Corey
