Your coils should not get any voltage. A ground is sent to them to kill the spark. If you were to unsnap the harness as it feeds to the engine, and you have spark when you crank it- then something in chassis is sending a ground signal to the coil. If it does fire, it won't for long as the carb solenoid will not be receiving power.That should help isolate the issues at least if it is chassis or engine related.

"I cleaned the magneto points"

Not sure what you mean by this. IF you are talking about the laminets and flywheel magnet, cleaning them will do nothing.

I would disconnect both "Kill Wires" from the base of the coils and see if you have fire. IF so, problem in Kill Wire Harness.

Walt Conner

I will check this tomorrow, what if I unplug the harness and still have no spark? Can't lose both coils at once.

Okay. Unplugged coils and cranked, no spark. Bypassed seat switch. No spark. Recharged battery. Unplugged
harness heard fuel solenoid drop out. Cranked, no spark. Man I need a service manual and wiring schematic for this thing.... lol....

Engine should be a Briggs 446777-0246-E1

There is a schematic on page 33/56 of the Owners Manual.

Anything that grounds the "M" terminal of the key switch will kill spark.
Hopefully, you didn't try jumping 12V to the coils. You'll "fry" them.

"Bypassed seat switch"
Just exactly HOW did you do that.
Most likely your "method" is PREVENTING spark.
So will disconnecting the plug to it.

This post was edited by bill_kapaun on Sun, Apr 27, 14 at 16:24

Well not to worry I have not connected 12 volts directly to coils. I am really getting an education though. I unplugged the seat switch and jumped the connectors in the plug, not the seat side. It's kinda funny I work on HVAC systems all day and cars as a hobby but this thing is kickin my butt... Of course having no manuals or anything to go by is a bit of a pain. I disconnected the coils as suggested and got no spark. I unplugged the plug that feeds them and the fuel solenoid as suggested and no sparks. The fuel solenoid works I can hear it click.
I appreciate the help. Anything else I can check would be great. Thank you.

Jumping the seat switch connector grounds the coils.
As I mentioned previously, ANYTHING that GROUNDS the "M" terminal of the key switch kills spark.

The wires to the coil are GROUNDED to kill spark.

Well, I want to thank you all for the advice. Everything is cleaned up, inspected and attached. Went out and purchased a new Battery (old one was an autolite brand) Got my new one at Lowes after reading the poor reviews on the old brand. Installed the new battery and this thing runs better than it has since I bought it used last year.