It always is, at least with me. It’s just a matter of finding which simple thing it is.
A couple of years ago I did the winterizing thing thinking in the spring I’d just fire it up and go.
But a spider which had found its way in to the throat of the carburetor foiled this plan. How it got there is beyond me.
That’s why I just bought the whole new carb. It’s almost impossible to get all the varnish out of one if it has set for a while.
I am with @wanna_be here. I think the coil is weak. Yes, I It’s firing but not strong enough. My buddy with the welding shop says, either a coil works or it don’t. Hmmmm… I’m not so sure. The last time I got the shit knocked out of me with an ignition wire I knew it. This just doesn’t seem to have enough zap.
It could even be the gap between the magnets on the flywheel and the coil. If you have gap gages it’s easy to check and set, but even if not, I just butt the coil up against, then budge it back like a hair. Just so that there isn’t contact with the flywheel.
Gauss fields can be pretty sensitive. I think you can even just use a piece of paper to set the gap.
I set the gap with a business.
I’ve also seen older flywheels lose a lot of of their magnetism
That would be relegated to paperweight at that point.
I have a few little super magnets left from some automated weld systems I used to fix. After repeated over-heating exposure they would become weak and need replaced.
Even when weak those little buggers were pretty strong!
I am not buying it a new flywheel 
those are like $70. My “he really is a rocket scientist” buddy thinks it could be the plug wire itself, not the coil. He said the same as PimpDaddy, it either works or it don’t. I told him it’s all one piece so… Honestly I should have just bought the damn spark tester, which PimpDaddy insisted I did not need if I just put my finger in the plug wire and pull the rope 
There’s a reason I have never gotten the thing running.
A lot of coil problems I see is they start breaking up when they are hot, runs good cold, runs bad hot. Plug wires build up resistance and eat up a lot of an already very low output ignition system when old
I don’t think it would do any harm to replace it and see what happens. Thank you and @SkyzykS for your help!
Those clear little spark testers that stand in the gap between the wire and the plug work decent for small engines, they are trash for modern ignition systems, but I like them on lawn equipment. Usually dirt cheap and you seem to be working on things a lot, might be a useful tool 
My thoughts exactly.
Never trust a welder when it comes to electrical…
Oh wait. Scratch that.
Lol! He has built several RatRods so he is a decent mechanic on certain things. Maybe small engines isn’t his thang. He DID catch his zero turn mower on fire once
Not bad… Not bad…
But did he ever flip a stump grinder end over end?
Pretty NOBODY would trust him with a stump grinder
I’m moving on. It’s time I do this on my own. I have used this as a crutch for way too long. I’ll be back when I get my shit sorted out.
Wait, what? You’re not leaving are you?
Only you, the weights and a radio for awhile. That’s cool.
Just listen to better music until you get back!
I enjoy your log and hope you’ll continue with it again. But I get it. Sometimes it’s best to turn off the noise. I hope you get whatever it is you’re after.
