Can't get a spark, it was really picky where the connections were on the coil and still seemed to have a week spark. Any ideas?

mate bad connections, any frayed wires at connections, loose or dirty ground connections can make a bad spark, has it got bad spark with the electric starter only or with the pull start as well?

pull starter doesnt work at the moment so only with the electric starter at this point. i was thinking dirty connections too

Pull the plug out of the cylinder and crank it while checking spark.

My starter robs the juice from the coil and it won't fire up. Works fine with the pull starter.

Rand

Randman is on it. Check the color of the spark, blue white is what you want, orangey is weak. Clean all your connections, you can make the coil tab tighter with some needle nose then reinstall. Also, change the plug or check the plug boot. They unscrew off the coil wire, cut back a half inch of coil wire then reinstall. Also check inside the plug boot too. If there is a lot of black carbon buildup, needs clean, tightened or replaced. You can tighten the if its the loop type. Some you have to remove the threaded sparkplug cap on the plug itself so all you can do is clean that.

I have more coils, plugs, cantact cleaners in my garage, have at em! Let us know what works so others can learn too!

Gary