alrighty…found the problem, apparently somehow the packing came lose in the silencer and was plugging things up, pulled it all out and it fired on the first kick…loud as hell, but runs great! did a quick test run up the street and am pretty sure woke the whole block. All feels good…was stressing out because I've only owned this one about a month and thought it was doomed. Appreciate you all for taking the time to look