Harmony 215 stalls easily - low power?

Oy, I'm such a noob. Took me a week to get a new inductive pickup for my tachometer, the old one died as I was starting to check the mower out. Turns out I was running at under 2900 RPM. Adjusted the throttle up to 3300, and lookin' good. Jeez.
 
I have two now:

The Harbor Freight automotive super-multimeter is an awesome tool and very reliable except the inductive pickup broke after 7 years and can't be replaced separately. So I'm out another $35 to replace the whole thing, minus whatever I get for selling the old unit on craigslist. Annoying, but $5/year is acceptable.
The other problem is that the inductive pickup is too bulky for small engine work; I had to remove the engine cover (translate starter reel and fuel tank) just to read the RPMs.
LCD Automotive Multimeter with Tachometer Kit

I just got a little bare-bones small engine tach off eBay, haven't tried it yet. I'll let you know how it goes after the new carb comes in for this other mower I'm working on.
Digital Engine Tach Tachometer Hour Meter Gauge Inductive 4 Racing Motorcycle TA | eBay
 
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