vacuum advance

I got a mini starter also. With 14 initial timing there should not be a problem, there is no vacuum until the motor runs. My start retard is built in to the E Curve dist

The old cheap trick years ago was a on/off switch by the drivers seat to turn the ignition off/on. You would crank the engine with the ignition off and once it was cranking over flip the ignition on. Was great for a weak battery or starter or lock out timing