[Aarongriffey]

Ya, what Tubman said is what I thought right from the start.
Also, today I was checking the distributor on an 8BA. I don’t know what the engine came out of but the owner was not happy with it.
I pushed on the distributor plate to see if it would move and it did move all the way but would only return half way. They may have been setting the timing with the advance already half way advanced.
Also the points were so out of line that when the points close they almost miss each other.
Small things can cause large problems.