I got back to the Bendix after taking a “time out”
over frustration on ignition issues, having weak
spark.

I had tried two different after-market condensers
that tested at .23 mfd.

Today, I installed a .15 capacitor, and reset the points
again. It had seemingly good spark at the plugs, so
I squirted in some fogging oil.
It did fire a “little”. Sprayed some more, and it fired
less. Gave it a shot of ether, and fired a tiny bit.

I pulled the port spark plug, and it looked a little “wet”.

With the plug out, attached to the plug wire, and grounded,
I pulled the engine to check for spark again on the port
cylinder, and to my surprise, it ran a couple of seconds.

The spark on the port cylinder still looked plenty good,
so I re-checked compression. Surprisingly, the port
cylinder had higher compression at 73 psi, and the
Starboard 67 psi. The compression was probably higher
on the port from the “unburned” fogging oil.
Originally, the compression was within two psi between
cylinders.
If the compression is adequate, then one has to think “spark”?

Coils tested good on my Stevens tester, and via the Bendix
manual Model T coil setup.

I did notice before I put the magneto back on, that the
rotating magnet had twice as much pull
on one half of the magnet than the other, using a screwdriver.
It evidently has two opposing magnets as it’s a twin opposed
outboard.
I know magnet strength is debatable as far as “starting performance”
on outboards, but at this point, I have no other ideas!
How about you? Thanks.