Rings are definitley good, I can feel a little extra effort when I pull on the starter cord. I'm yet to get the condensor and I read a previous entry on this forum about no spark with points/condenser where the user said that the key in the keyway of the starter mechanism was not engaging the cam, I looked at mine and exactly the same situation so I made sure it was engaged, also adjusted the points (yet again) and got a better spark. As soon as I got the better spark I knew it would fire up and it did, but the tickler on the carby is not releasing any fluid so I've gone full circle on this mower. I assume that the needle is stuck in its seat so I'll look at that later. I am also noticing that there is a spark coming from the bottom right corner of the mower chassis, it's not everytime that I pull on the cord but approx 50% of the time. I have insulated the kill wire and still this mystery spark is there, what is causing it and why is it only happening on some of the pulls?