I am perplexed. I have a Kohler Command CV 125 in a JD mower. It began just intermittently dying one day and when I would try to restart it it would pop and sputter when cranking but would eventually restart. Now it just won't start at all. It just pops and sputters when I crank it and with the breather off, it shoots fire out the carb. It's like it's firing out of time or something. I checked for a sheared flywheel but it looks like at TDC, it's lining up where it should. I put a carb kit in, no change. I can see spark at the plug when cranked and it's shooting fire out the carb so it's sparking. Could it possibly be the rectifier? The stator? What am I missing?