I have followed all of the helpfull advice from this forum. I greatly appreciate it too. I feel like I'm wasting my time, and now I'm going backwards.<br /><br />good battery - no spark<br />rope start - no spark<br />battery booster - no spark/bad starter now<br />5 merc dealers won't work on it - too old<br />patiencce - gone<br /><br />make me an offer